EXHIBIT 6.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE
BY COUNTRY AND AREA, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 1998

In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(Z) Less than one-half unit of value shown. (X) Not applicable. 
(-) Represents zero.



                                                                            
                               Trade balance                 Exports
                             (Customs imports)         Domestic & Foreign,
                                                          f.a.s. basis

                                      Cumulative                Cumulative
         Country           November     to date  rank November    to date  rank

     TOTAL                 -20,191.6  -213,842.6 (X)   57,955.2  623,477.0 (X)

Afganistan                       0.4        -9.2  80        0.8        6.5 184
Albania                          1.5         1.1 110        2.2       12.5 172
Algeria                        -47.1      -937.1  31       46.9      598.8  61
Andorra                          3.2        21.1 152        3.2       21.3 153
Angola                        -181.0    -1,778.8  21       29.9      321.9  76
Anguilla                         1.0        13.1 139        1.2       15.0 167
Antigua and Barbuda             10.0        84.7 181       10.1       86.5 112
Argentina                      239.6     3,372.9 221      419.4    5,424.7  23
Armenia                          0.8        33.8 160        2.0       49.2 131
Aruba                           47.2      -107.5  54       90.2      325.2  75
Australia                      546.6     6,119.3 226      950.4   11,030.1  15
Austria                        -77.0        12.1 138      146.0    2,345.7  36
Azerbaijan                      12.8       114.2 187       13.0      118.8 101

Bahamas                         45.4       619.4 211       59.6      744.8  57
Bahrain                         12.1       132.4 192       24.1      273.9  80
Bangladesh                     -72.3    -1,469.4  23       29.3      271.9  81
Barbados                        21.5       219.4 198       24.6      252.0  85
Belarus                         -6.2       -68.1  60        1.8       27.9 145
Belgium                        314.5     5,130.5 225    1,033.2   12,859.2  13
Belize                           4.6        48.3 168        9.2      110.5 102
Benin                            4.9        38.1 164        4.9       41.3 136
Bermuda                         28.3       335.3 206       29.1      346.2  71
Bhutan                          -0.1         1.6 113        0.1        2.7 204
Bolivia                         18.3       168.6 196       34.4      366.2  69
Bosnia-Hercegovina               4.2        22.5 155        4.9       29.3 143
Botswana                         0.7        14.1 141        2.6       32.4 141
Brazil                         490.1     4,470.6 224    1,264.7   13,736.1  11
British Indian
     Ocean Territory             (-)         0.3 102        (-)        0.6 217
British Virgin Islands           3.5        49.9 169        4.1       56.5 126
Brunei                         -30.5       -83.9  58        3.9       96.3 108
Bulgaria                        -7.9       -98.4  55        6.2      108.5 104
Burkina                          2.7        15.0 143        2.7       15.6 165
Burma (Myanmar)                -11.1      -118.6  52        0.4       30.1 142
Burundi                          1.0        -4.2  82        1.3        3.4 195

Cambodia                       -36.8      -309.0  38        1.3        9.9 175
Cameroon                         1.9        21.7 153        3.6       70.7 118
Canada                      -1,957.6   -16,567.6   4   13,336.4  143,617.6   1
Cape Verde                       0.8         8.3 133        0.9        8.5 181
Cayman Islands                  33.4       293.4 204       34.4      310.4  77
Central African Republic         0.2        -0.1  93        0.2        2.7 202
Chad                            -0.6        -3.9  84        0.1        3.2 197
Chile                           10.6     1,351.1 217      234.6    3,580.1  29
China                       -5,034.0   -52,922.7   2    1,336.9   12,906.7  12
Christmas Island                 0.1         0.2 101        0.1        0.5 219
Cocos (Keeling) Island           (-)         0.1  98        (-)        0.2 220
Colombia                       -31.6       200.2 197      356.8    4,435.8  26
Comoros                          (-)        -0.3  90        (-)        0.5 218
Congo (Brazzaville)            -27.9      -206.6  44        7.7       87.3 111
Congo (Kinshasa)               -14.2      -125.6  50        1.3       32.4 140
Cook Islands                     (-)         0.3 105        0.1        1.1 213
Costa Rica                     -86.2      -330.0  37      204.7    2,114.7  39
Croatia                          3.4        23.7 157        6.6       91.1 110
Cuba                             0.6         2.7 119        0.6        2.7 201
Cyprus                           9.2       125.3 189       11.9      152.5  95
Czech Republic                  -9.8       -86.9  57       47.4      526.0  63

Denmark                        -61.6      -414.4  35      152.8    1,752.5  44
Djibouti                         0.4        17.9 147        0.4       18.4 159
Dominica                         2.3        42.8 166        2.9       48.4 132
Dominican Republic             -32.4      -437.5  34      332.3    3,650.5  28

Ecuador                        -25.6      -183.6  45       92.8    1,445.3  48
Egypt                          325.4     2,129.1 220      362.9    2,741.1  35
El Salvador                     24.0        50.8 170      123.9    1,371.8  49
Equatorial Guinea                5.9        -3.1  85        5.9       61.4 122
Eritrea                          0.6        22.4 154        0.6       23.1 150
Estonia                         -7.1       -29.6  70        2.9       81.9 115
Ethiopia                         3.2        33.8 161        5.5       81.2 116

Falkland Islands                 (-)         3.1 121        (-)        3.3 196
Faroe Islands                   -1.0        -6.2  81        0.3        3.1 198
Fed. Republic of Germany    -2,048.5   -20,635.6   3    2,197.1   24,173.6   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia               1.4        18.2 148        2.0       29.3 144
Fiji                            -2.5       -24.8  72        2.3       72.4 117
Finland                        -65.1      -590.9  33      152.3    1,778.8  42
France                        -717.0    -6,082.8  12    1,440.1   15,993.8   8
French Guiana                   78.8       239.5 200       78.8      242.7  86
French Polynesia                 3.6        60.1 174        6.5       92.3 109
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands              0.2         0.1  97        0.2        1.1 212

Gabon                         -100.2    -1,149.5  26        6.8       58.0 124
Gambia                           0.4         6.9 131        0.4        8.7 179
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                    0.2         1.5 112        0.2        1.6 209
Georgia                          6.5       109.2 185        7.2      123.2 100
Ghana                            5.4        69.0 176       16.4      203.0  88
Gibraltar                       -0.1         6.7 130        0.2        8.7 180
Greece                          38.1       845.3 214       77.6    1,272.6  51
Greenland                        0.3        -2.0  87        0.7        4.9 188
Grenada                          3.3        40.1 165        4.6       51.3 130
Guadeloupe                       5.1        51.6 172        5.2       53.8 128
Guatemala                       20.7      -126.9  49      162.2    1,762.7  43
Guinea                          -1.6       -45.2  66        4.8       59.5 123
Guinea-Bissau                    (-)         0.8 109        (-)        0.9 214
Guyana                           0.7         5.4 127       10.8      131.1  99

Haiti                           16.0       238.8 199       37.5      485.6  64
Heard and
    McDonald Isles               (-)         0.2 100        (-)        0.2 221
Honduras                         4.1      -208.0  43      170.2    2,126.5  38
Hong Kong                      167.1     2,054.6 219    1,004.9   11,809.6  14
Hungary                       -104.1      -947.2  30       41.5      440.2  67

Iceland                        -14.3         5.4 128       13.9      223.1  87
India                         -341.0    -4,592.1  14      221.9    3,085.0  34
Indonesia                     -596.9    -6,719.5  11      173.7    1,887.5  40
Iran                             (-)        (-)   95        (-)        (-) 224
Iraq                          -160.1      -975.4  28        0.2      106.2 105
Ireland                       -276.6    -2,633.8  18      462.5    5,133.0  24
Israel                        -183.5    -1,620.5  22      600.1    6,316.0  20
Italy                       -1,040.2   -10,951.3   7      795.4    8,232.2  18
Ivory Coast                     -3.2      -225.0  41        5.7      139.1  97

Jamaica                         23.6       476.6 210       84.6    1,170.0  52
Japan                       -5,779.2   -58,216.9   1    4,507.5   53,245.8   3
Jordan                          22.5       313.1 205       24.0      327.4  73

Kazakhstan                      -3.5       -57.6  63        6.8       99.2 106
Kenya                            6.4        98.8 183       12.3      188.9  89
Kiribati                         0.1         1.7 114        0.2        2.5 206
Korea, South                  -528.2    -7,669.2  10    1,551.6   14,146.5   9
Kuwait                          80.1       149.4 194      127.6    1,368.8  50
Kyrgyzstan                       2.0        17.7 146        2.0       18.0 160

Laos                            -0.9       -16.9  77        0.2        3.5 193
Latvia                          -9.9        81.4 179        9.0      176.0  92
Lebanon                         39.1       401.0 209       44.8      475.4  66
Lesotho                         -7.8       -89.6  56        (-)        1.4 210
Liberia                          3.8        23.7 158        6.0       46.3 134
Libya                            (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  -23.6      -217.2  42        1.0        6.5 185
Lithuania                        1.4       -13.8  79        6.7       57.5 125
Luxembourg                      -9.6        83.8 180       19.9      424.7  68

Macao                          -84.2      -971.8  29        3.7       37.0 139
Macedonia (Skopje)              -9.0      -153.2  47        2.5       13.9 168
Madagascar                      -5.8       -50.5  65        1.9       13.3 169
Malawi                          -6.8       -41.4  67        0.3       12.5 171
Malaysia                    -1,107.4    -9,098.8   8      609.9    8,302.6  17
Maldives                        -2.1       -25.5  71        0.7        4.5 191
Mali                             1.6        20.0 150        1.9       23.2 149
Malta                          -12.9       -60.5  61       12.9      253.7  83
Marshall Islands                 2.1        15.4 144        2.3       21.1 154
Martinique                       1.3        22.8 156        1.3       23.8 148
Mauritania                       0.4        16.6 145        0.4       16.9 163
Mauritius                      -19.2      -229.7  40        1.5       20.9 156
Mexico                      -1,246.0   -14,443.5   5    6,991.1   72,466.9   2
Moldova                         -1.7       -79.5  59        1.7       19.3 158
Monaco                          -0.1       -18.8  76        0.8        6.2 186
Mongolia                         3.3       -19.2  75        6.2       19.3 157
Montserrat                       0.3         4.5 124        0.3        4.7 189
Morocco                          8.5       164.7 195       32.9      476.5  65
Mozambique                      -0.5        18.9 149        6.8       43.1 135

Namibia                         11.8        -2.5  86       14.5       46.3 133
Nauru                           -0.1         0.7 108        (-)        0.8 215
Nepal                           -9.4      -109.7  53        0.6       15.0 166
Netherlands                  1,095.0    10,386.2 227    1,739.5   17,329.5   6
Netherlands Antilles            30.6       376.4 208       58.6      664.0  60
New Caledonia                   -0.1         0.4 106        1.9       17.8 161
New Zealand                      1.6       250.9 201      126.4    1,750.2  45
Nicaragua                       -2.2      -119.4  51       27.3      299.1  78
Niger                            1.4        14.2 142        1.5       15.8 164
Nigeria                       -206.1    -3,240.4  16       56.2      750.3  56
Niue                             (-)         5.4 129        (-)        5.5 187
Norfolk Island                   0.1         2.2 116        0.1        2.2 208
North Korea                      (-)         4.5 123        (-)        4.5 192
Norway                         -72.4    -1,053.9  27      165.6    1,564.3  47

Oman                            16.3        79.5 178       31.8      279.0  79

Pakistan                       -81.2      -892.5  32       40.5      669.2  59
Palau                            0.4         1.1 111        1.2       13.3 170
Panama                         101.3     1,318.4 216      124.5    1,602.8  46
Papua New Guinea                -1.5       -58.0  62        3.0       62.3 121
Paraguay                        65.0       700.7 213       67.8      730.8  58
Peru                           -66.8       137.7 193      153.3    1,873.7  41
Philippines                   -421.6    -4,876.5  13      529.8    6,169.4  21
Pitcairn Island                  (-)        -0.3  89        (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                          18.0        88.5 182       89.1      817.9  54
Portugal                       -24.9      -357.0  36       75.0      811.2  55

Qatar                            8.6       128.5 191       37.8      332.0  72

Republic of Yemen                1.0       125.8 190        4.1      163.3  94
Reunion                          0.1         2.5 118        0.1        2.8 199
Romania                         -4.6       -38.0  68       16.3      326.6  74
Russia                        -360.7    -1,969.5  20      136.6    3,337.7  31
Rwanda                           2.4        13.9 140        3.0       17.7 162

San Marino                       0.7         5.0 126        0.7        8.4 182
Sao Tome and Principe            0.1         8.7 134        0.1        9.3 178
Saudi Arabia                 1,294.4     3,726.3 222    1,698.4    9,613.1  16
Senegal                          2.2        47.7 167        2.7       52.6 129
Seychelles                       0.5         7.3 132        0.6        9.5 177
Sierra Leone                     0.1        10.7 136        1.5       22.5 151
Singapore                     -271.2    -2,676.8  17    1,163.9   14,144.8  10
Slovakia                         4.9       -55.2  64       14.8       98.0 107
Slovenia                       -13.3      -154.3  46       10.1      109.1 103
Solomon Islands                  (-)        -0.1  91        0.1        2.8 200
Somalia                          0.7         2.1 115        0.7        2.7 205
South Africa                   133.9       374.4 207      392.4    3,171.1  33
Spain                           84.0       631.2 212      518.9    4,971.7  25
Sri Lanka                     -107.6    -1,469.3  24       13.7      180.9  90
St Helena                        (-)        -0.1  92        (-)        0.1 222
St Kitts and Nevis               3.3        10.2 135        5.8       39.6 138
St Lucia                         5.9        63.6 175        7.7       84.0 113
St Pierre and Miquelon          -0.1        -0.7  88        0.5        2.7 203
St Vincent and
     the Grenadines              8.2       267.3 202        8.7      271.1  82
Sudan                            0.5         0.3 103        0.5        3.4 194
Suriname                        11.5        76.7 177       17.1      172.3  93
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl          (-)         0.3 104        (-)        1.2 211
Swaziland                       -0.6       -16.4  78        0.9        7.2 183
Sweden                        -297.5    -3,494.4  15      423.0    3,535.1  30
Switzerland                    146.3    -1,360.7  25      921.7    6,598.1  19
Syria                            9.9        99.6 184       12.5      143.3  96

Taiwan                      -1,140.6   -13,807.4   6    1,717.6   16,484.6   7
Tajikistan                      -3.7       -21.6  74        0.4       10.9 173
Tanzania                        -0.5        34.8 162        2.9       62.8 120
Thailand                      -798.7    -7,954.2   9      367.6    4,381.0  27
Togo                             1.8        20.2 151        2.0       22.3 152
Tokelau                          0.1         2.9 120        0.4        4.7 190
Tonga                            0.5         5.0 125        1.4       10.4 174
Trinidad and Tobago             -0.2        -4.0  83       69.3      912.6  53
Tunisia                         13.5       120.3 188       15.7      179.3  91
Turkey                          61.7       877.6 215      321.8    3,273.9  32
Turkmenistan                     1.0        24.0 159        1.2       26.4 146
Turks and Caicos Islands         7.5        51.3 171        7.9       55.5 127
Tuvalu                           (-)        (-)   94        (-)        (-) 226

Uganda                           0.9        11.9 137        1.5       25.9 147
Ukraine                         -8.4      -141.1  48       23.9      355.6  70
United Arab Emirates           268.7     1,545.7 218      327.4    2,164.7  37
United Kingdom                 -35.9     4,409.8 223    3,016.7   36,168.5   4
Uruguay                         29.9       290.5 203       46.3      530.0  62
Uzbekistan                       1.2       109.8 186        4.4      138.5  98

Vanuatu                         -0.7        36.8 163        0.1       40.3 137
Vatican City                     0.1         0.4 107        0.1        0.8 216
Venezuela                     -301.9    -2,567.2  19      453.4    6,088.7  22
Vietnam                        -22.4      -254.2  39       21.5      253.4  84

Wallis and Futuna                (-)         0.1  99        (-)        0.1 223
West Bank Administered
    by Israel                    (-)         2.3 117        (-)        2.3 207
Western Sahara                   (-)        (-)   96        (-)        (-) 225
Western Samoa                    0.4         3.2 122        1.1        9.6 176

Yugoslavia                       2.3        53.0 173        3.2       64.6 119

Zambia                           1.2       -24.5  73        2.2       20.9 155
Zimbabwe                         2.0       -35.9  69       11.4       83.4 114

Unidentified                    97.8        (-)  (X)       97.8        (-) (X)

Timing adjustment                (-)       242.9 (X)        (-)      151.7 (X)

North America               -3,203.7   -31,011.1 (X)   20,327.5  216,084.5 (X)

Western Europe              -3,038.0   -25,545.2 (X)   13,731.2  149,212.1 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)         -3,122.4   -23,661.3 (X)   12,250.0  136,782.0 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association               36.0    -2,626.4 (X)    1,102.2    8,392.1 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe            -477.8    -3,026.7 (X)      437.2    6,969.7 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic    -375.7    -1,890.7 (X)      219.7    4,640.1 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe  -3,024.1   -25,423.6 (X)   13,675.4  148,463.8 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries  -14,280.1  -148,676.5 (X)   13,683.3  152,073.4 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East          1,409.2     4,105.5 (X)    2,932.6   21,563.2 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)            -1,773.0   -22,098.7 (X)    5,438.1   56,585.5 (X)
    Asia--South               -611.2    -8,542.3 (X)      306.8    4,228.5 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)        -3,226.4   -31,409.7 (X)    2,848.8   34,981.5 (X)
                            
    South/Central America      850.5    11,614.4 (X)    4,933.1   57,803.0 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics                -772.5    -6,113.0 (X)   11,297.8  124,094.7 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                    -39.6      -733.4 (X)      688.2    7,674.7 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association        -818.4    -6,502.0 (X)   10,114.7  110,678.3 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies   -4,388.7   -33,692.6 (X)   24,903.9  272,669.7 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                    339.7    -8,889.7 (X)    2,921.6   22,910.1 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)            97.8        (-)  (X)       97.8        (-) (X)
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                                                 Imports
                              Customs basis               C.i.f. basis

                                      Cumulative                 Cumulative
     Country               November     to date  rank  November    to date rank

     TOTAL                  78,146.8   837,319.6 (X)   80,787.2  865,505.1 (X)

Afganistan                       0.4        15.7 144        0.5       16.5 144
Albania                          0.8        11.4 152        0.8       12.0 151
Algeria                         94.0     1,535.8  50      104.4    1,692.3  49
Andorra                          (-)         0.1 215        (-)        0.1 216
Angola                         210.9     2,100.6  42      228.2    2,286.0  41
Anguilla                         0.3         1.9 185        0.3        2.0 186
Antigua and Barbuda              0.1         1.8 188        0.1        2.0 187
Argentina                      179.9     2,051.8  43      192.2    2,224.3  43
Armenia                          1.3        15.5 145        1.3       15.9 145
Aruba                           43.1       432.7  67       45.8      457.7  68
Australia                      403.8     4,910.7  28      429.3    5,221.6  28
Austria                        222.9     2,333.5  39      230.5    2,420.6  40
Azerbaijan                       0.2         4.6 167        0.2        4.8 167

Bahamas                         14.1       125.3  98       15.2      136.2  99
Bahrain                         12.0       141.5  95       12.8      154.5  95
Bangladesh                     101.7     1,741.4  45      107.1    1,836.7  46
Barbados                         3.1        32.6 126        3.2       33.7 126
Belarus                          8.0        96.0 106        8.6      102.5 107
Belgium                        718.6     7,728.7  22      738.8    7,929.6  22
Belize                           4.5        62.1 116        4.7       66.3 116
Benin                            (-)         3.2 174        (-)        4.0 170
Bermuda                          0.8        10.9 155        0.9       11.1 155
Bhutan                           0.1         1.0 191        0.1        1.1 190
Bolivia                         16.1       197.6  88       17.3      206.3  88
Bosnia-Hercegovina               0.7         6.8 160        0.8        7.2 161
Botswana                         1.9        18.2 141        2.0       18.8 142
Brazil                         774.6     9,265.5  16      813.3    9,745.6  16
British Indian
     Ocean Territory             (-)         0.3 205        (-)        0.3 204
British Virgin Islands           0.7         6.6 161        0.7        7.0 162
Brunei                          34.4       180.2  89       37.8      190.1  89
Bulgaria                        14.1       206.9  85       15.3      219.2  86
Burkina                          (-)         0.6 200        (-)        0.6 200
Burma (Myanmar)                 11.5       148.8  94       12.2      159.1  94
Burundi                          0.3         7.5 157        0.3        7.9 158

Cambodia                        38.1       318.9  73       40.6      338.9  73
Cameroon                         1.6        49.0 119        1.8       54.9 119
Canada                      15,294.0   160,185.3   1   15,560.2  163,134.1   1
Cape Verde                       (-)         0.2 211        (-)        0.2 211
Cayman Islands                   1.1        17.0 143        1.1       17.5 143
Central African Republic         (-)         2.8 179        (-)        2.8 180
Chad                             0.7         7.1 158        0.7        7.6 159
Chile                          224.0     2,229.1  40      244.8    2,558.5  36
China                        6,370.9    65,829.5   4    6,766.9   69,449.3   4
Christmas Island                 (-)         0.2 208        (-)        0.3 208
Cocos (Keeling) Island           (-)         0.2 214        (-)        0.2 215
Colombia                       388.4     4,235.6  30      412.7    4,496.7  30
Comoros                          (-)         0.8 195        (-)        0.8 195
Congo (Brazzaville)             35.6       293.8  76       38.7      312.1  76
Congo (Kinshasa)                15.5       158.0  91       15.9      165.8  91
Cook Islands                     0.1         0.7 196        0.1        0.8 197
Costa Rica                     290.8     2,444.7  35      309.1    2,610.0  35
Croatia                          3.1        67.4 113        3.3       70.9 114
Cuba                             (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Cyprus                           2.7        27.2 134        3.0       29.8 132
Czech Republic                  57.1       612.8  63       59.8      637.7  64

Denmark                        214.4     2,166.8  41      223.1    2,258.6  42
Djibouti                         (-)         0.5 201        (-)        0.5 201
Dominica                         0.6         5.6 164        0.7        5.9 165
Dominican Republic             364.7     4,088.0  31      372.8    4,187.9  32

Ecuador                        118.4     1,628.9  48      135.8    1,845.5  45
Egypt                           37.6       612.1  64       39.6      648.2  63
El Salvador                    100.0     1,321.0  53      103.1    1,358.8  54
Equatorial Guinea                (-)        64.6 114        (-)       71.0 113
Eritrea                          (-)         0.7 197        (-)        0.8 196
Estonia                         10.0       111.4 102       11.1      122.7 103
Ethiopia                         2.2        47.4 121        2.4       49.4 121

Falkland Islands                 (-)         0.2 213        (-)        0.2 214
Faroe Islands                    1.3         9.4 156        1.4        9.7 156
Fed. Republic of Germany     4,245.6    44,809.2   5    4,377.4   46,116.5   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia               0.6        11.1 154        0.7       11.8 153
Fiji                             4.8        97.1 105        5.7      107.6 104
Finland                        217.5     2,369.6  37      229.6    2,510.1  38
France                       2,157.1    22,076.7   8    2,209.1   22,649.6   8
French Guiana                    (-)         3.2 175        (-)        3.2 178
French Polynesia                 2.9        32.2 128        2.9       32.7 129
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands              (-)         1.1 190        (-)        1.1 191

Gabon                          106.9     1,207.5  55      116.6    1,315.3  55
Gambia                           (-)         1.9 187        (-)        1.9 188
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                    (-)         0.1 216        (-)        0.2 213
Georgia                          0.7        13.9 148        0.7       14.9 146
Ghana                           10.9       134.1  96       11.9      142.6  97
Gibraltar                        0.3         2.1 184        0.3        2.1 184
Greece                          39.5       427.4  68       42.6      470.8  67
Greenland                        0.4         6.9 159        0.4        7.2 160
Grenada                          1.3        11.3 153        1.4       11.8 154
Guadeloupe                       0.1         2.2 181        0.1        2.3 182
Guatemala                      141.5     1,889.6  44      150.5    2,020.3  44
Guinea                           6.4       104.7 103        8.8      128.2 100
Guinea-Bissau                    (-)         0.2 212        (-)        0.2 212
Guyana                          10.0       125.7  97       12.9      144.0  96

Haiti                           21.5       246.8  81       22.1      255.8  81
Heard and
    McDonald Isles               (-)         0.1 220        (-)        0.1 220
Honduras                       166.1     2,334.4  38      170.5    2,445.7  39
Hong Kong                      837.9     9,755.0  15      873.9   10,119.4  15
Hungary                        145.6     1,387.3  52      149.1    1,426.8  52

Iceland                         28.1       217.7  84       29.7      232.0  83
India                          562.9     7,677.1  23      593.4    8,079.0  20
Indonesia                      770.6     8,607.0  18      830.2    9,186.4  18
Iran                                             222                       222
Iraq                           160.3     1,081.6  57      178.7    1,228.2  56
Ireland                        739.1     7,766.8  21      749.1    7,853.3  23
Israel                         783.5     7,936.5  20      795.9    8,077.2  21
Italy                        1,835.6    19,183.5  10    1,913.6   20,002.8  10
Ivory Coast                      8.8       364.0  71       10.2      390.6  70

Jamaica                         61.0       693.4  61       66.1      734.4  61
Japan                       10,286.7   111,462.7   2   10,556.4  114,304.0   2
Jordan                           1.5        14.3 146        1.6       14.9 147

Kazakhstan                      10.4       156.9  92       10.8      164.9  92
Kenya                            5.9        90.1 110        6.3       96.1 109
Kiribati                         0.1         0.9 194        0.1        1.1 193
Korea, South                 2,079.8    21,815.6   9    2,163.9   22,607.5   9
Kuwait                          47.5     1,219.5  54       55.2    1,406.5  53
Kyrgyzstan                       (-)         0.3 207        (-)        0.3 207

Laos                             1.1        20.4 139        1.2       21.4 139
Latvia                          19.0        94.6 108       21.1      103.4 106
Lebanon                          5.6        74.4 111        5.8       76.4 112
Lesotho                          7.9        91.1 109        8.3       95.1 110
Liberia                          2.2        22.6 138        2.3       23.9 138
Libya                            (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                   24.6       223.7  83       25.3      230.4  84
Lithuania                        5.3        71.3 112        5.7       77.4 111
Luxembourg                      29.5       340.8  72       31.0      363.2  72

Macao                           87.9     1,008.8  58       91.9    1,048.3  58
Macedonia (Skopje)              11.5       167.2  90       12.1      175.6  90
Madagascar                       7.7        63.8 115        8.0       67.3 115
Malawi                           7.1        54.0 118        7.7       57.6 118
Malaysia                     1,717.3    17,401.4  11    1,763.0   17,876.2  11
Maldives                         2.8        29.9 130        2.9       33.5 127
Mali                             0.2         3.2 176        0.3        3.6 173
Malta                           25.8       314.2  74       26.0      320.0  75
Marshall Islands                 0.1         5.7 163        0.1        6.2 163
Martinique                       (-)         1.0 192        (-)        1.1 192
Mauritania                       (-)         0.4 202        (-)        0.4 202
Mauritius                       20.8       250.7  80       22.0      267.1  80
Mexico                       8,237.1    86,910.4   3    8,337.9   88,169.1   3
Moldova                          3.4        98.8 104        3.7      106.3 105
Monaco                           0.9        25.0 135        0.9       25.6 136
Mongolia                         2.9        38.6 124        3.2       41.4 125
Montserrat                       (-)         0.2 209        (-)        0.2 209
Morocco                         24.4       311.8  75       25.7      333.3  74
Mozambique                       7.3        24.3 136        8.0       25.9 135

Namibia                          2.7        48.8 120        2.9       51.2 120
Nauru                            0.1         0.1 217        0.1        0.1 217
Nepal                           10.0       124.7  99       11.1      137.7  98
Netherlands                    644.6     6,943.3  25      680.4    7,330.9  24
Netherlands Antilles            28.1       287.6  77       29.9      305.6  77
New Caledonia                    2.0        17.3 142        2.3       20.3 141
New Zealand                    124.8     1,499.2  51      136.1    1,643.5  51
Nicaragua                       29.5       418.4  69       30.3      435.5  69
Niger                            0.2         1.6 189        0.2        1.6 189
Nigeria                        262.3     3,990.7  32      282.9    4,324.2  31
Niue                             (-)         0.1 219        (-)        0.1 219
Norfolk Island                   (-)         0.1 218        (-)        0.1 218
North Korea                      (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Norway                         238.0     2,618.2  34      251.5    2,766.9  34

Oman                            15.5       199.5  87       16.3      212.3  87

Pakistan                       121.8     1,561.7  49      128.9    1,650.7  50
Palau                            0.8        12.1 149        0.8       12.9 149
Panama                          23.2       284.4  78       24.3      300.9  78
Papua New Guinea                 4.6       120.3 100        4.8      126.5 102
Paraguay                         2.8        30.1 129        3.0       32.7 130
Peru                           220.1     1,736.0  46      230.8    1,817.9  47
Philippines                    951.4    11,045.9  14      983.4   11,401.6  14
Pitcairn Island                  (-)         0.3 206        (-)        0.3 206
Poland                          71.1       729.4  60       75.5      776.4  60
Portugal                        99.9     1,168.2  56      104.9    1,224.9  57

Qatar                           29.2       203.5  86       32.1      219.8  85

Republic of Yemen                3.0        37.4 125        3.2       43.0 124
Reunion                          (-)         0.3 204        (-)        0.3 205
Romania                         21.0       364.6  70       22.3      389.5  71
Russia                         497.3     5,307.2  27      525.5    5,565.7  27
Rwanda                           0.6         3.7 170        0.6        3.8 172

San Marino                       (-)         3.4 173        (-)        3.5 174
Sao Tome and Principe            (-)         0.7 198        (-)        0.7 198
Saudi Arabia                   404.0     5,886.8  26      466.1    6,647.8  26
Senegal                          0.5         4.9 166        0.5        5.3 166
Seychelles                       0.2         2.1 182        0.2        2.2 183
Sierra Leone                     1.4        11.8 150        1.4       11.9 152
Singapore                    1,435.1    16,821.5  12    1,459.4   17,090.6  12
Slovakia                         9.9       153.1  93       10.4      163.3  93
Slovenia                        23.4       263.5  79       24.4      275.8  79
Solomon Islands                  0.1         2.9 178        0.1        3.5 176
Somalia                          (-)         0.6 199        0.1        0.6 199
South Africa                   258.5     2,796.7  33      270.2    2,920.8  33
Spain                          434.9     4,340.6  29      464.2    4,640.2  29
Sri Lanka                      121.3     1,650.2  47      127.4    1,734.9  48
St Helena                        (-)         0.2 210        (-)        0.2 210
St Kitts and Nevis               2.5        29.4 131        2.6       30.4 131
St Lucia                         1.8        20.3 140        1.8       20.9 140
St Pierre and Miquelon           0.6         3.4 172        0.6        3.5 175
St Vincent and
     the Grenadines              0.5         3.8 169        0.5        3.9 171
Sudan                            (-)         3.1 177        (-)        3.3 177
Suriname                         5.6        95.6 107        6.0      101.6 108
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl                      0.9 193                   0.9 194
Swaziland                        1.5        23.6 137        1.6       25.3 137
Sweden                         720.5     7,029.5  24      740.2    7,247.4  25
Switzerland                    775.4     7,958.9  19      791.6    8,165.3  19
Syria                            2.6        43.7 123        2.7       45.5 123

Taiwan                       2,858.3    30,292.1   7    2,972.1   31,401.5   7
Tajikistan                       4.1        32.5 127        4.2       33.1 128
Tanzania                         3.4        28.0 133        3.6       29.7 133
Thailand                     1,166.4    12,335.2  13    1,216.4   12,822.9  13
Togo                             0.2         2.1 183        0.3        2.8 179
Tokelau                          0.3         1.9 186        0.3        2.0 185
Tonga                            0.9         5.5 165        1.0        5.9 164
Trinidad and Tobago             69.5       916.6  59       76.9    1,009.3  59
Tunisia                          2.3        59.0 117        2.4       62.1 117
Turkey                         260.1     2,396.3  36      268.8    2,520.2  37
Turkmenistan                     0.3         2.5 180        0.3        2.6 181
Turks and Caicos Islands         0.5         4.2 168        0.5        4.3 168
Tuvalu                                           224                       224

Uganda                           0.6        14.0 147        0.6       14.8 148
Ukraine                         32.2       496.7  66       35.9      548.8  65
United Arab Emirates            58.7       619.0  62       64.5      664.8  62
United Kingdom               3,052.6    31,758.7   6    3,135.1   32,597.5   6
Uruguay                         16.3       239.5  82       17.1      248.3  82
Uzbekistan                       3.2        28.6 132        3.3       29.2 134

Vanuatu                          0.8         3.5 171        1.0        4.1 169
Vatican City                     (-)         0.3 203        (-)        0.4 203
Venezuela                      755.3     8,655.9  17      830.0    9,384.6  17
Vietnam                         43.9       507.6  65       47.5      547.2  66

Wallis and Futuna                (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
West Bank Administered
    by Israel                    (-)         0.1 221        (-)        0.1 221
Western Sahara                   (-)        (-)  223        (-)        (-) 223
Western Samoa                    0.7         6.3 162        0.9        8.5 157

Yugoslavia                       0.9        11.6 151        0.9       12.6 150

Zambia                           1.0        45.4 122        1.0       46.1 122
Zimbabwe                         9.4       119.3 101       10.0      126.9 101

Unidentified                     (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)

Timing adjustment                (-)       -91.2 (X)        (-)      -84.8 (X)

North America               23,531.2   247,095.6 (X)   23,898.1  251,303.2 (X)

Western Europe              16,769.3   174,757.2 (X)   17,309.9  180,465.0 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)         15,372.4   160,443.4 (X)   15,869.7  165,616.0 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association            1,066.1    11,018.4 (X)    1,098.1   11,394.6 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe             915.0     9,996.3 (X)      965.4   10,517.5 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic     595.4     6,530.8 (X)      632.3    6,892.6 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe  16,699.5   173,887.4 (X)   17,237.6  179,560.8 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries   27,963.4   300,749.9 (X)   29,069.1  311,666.5 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East          1,523.4    17,457.7 (X)    1,635.2   18,791.0 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)             7,211.1    78,684.2 (X)    7,469.2   81,218.9 (X)
    Asia--South                918.1    12,770.8 (X)      968.4   13,455.5 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)         6,075.3    66,391.2 (X)    6,290.2   68,567.9 (X)
                            
    South/Central America    4,082.6    46,188.6 (X)    4,351.4   49,287.9 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics              12,070.3   130,207.7 (X)   12,417.9  134,344.3 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                    727.8     8,408.2 (X)      763.5    8,870.3 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association      10,933.1   117,180.3 (X)   11,235.1  120,729.5 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies   29,292.6   306,362.2 (X)   30,030.6  314,238.7 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                  2,581.9    31,799.8 (X)    2,844.2   34,754.7 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)             (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)

North America - Canada, Mexico
Western Europe - Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia,
 Cyprus, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibralter, Greece,
 Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein,  Luxembourg, Malta and Gozo,
 Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway,  Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia,
 Spain, Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United
 Kingdom, Vatican City, Yugoslavia.
European Union - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
 Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
 United Kingdom.
European Free Trade Association - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
Eastern Europe - Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech
 Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
 Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan,
 Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Former Soviet Republics - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia,
 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,  Russia, Tajikistan,
 Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
OECD - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland,
 Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway,
 Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Svalbard, Jan Mayan Island, Sweden,
 Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Pacific Rim Countries - Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
 Japan, Korea, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
 Singapore, Taiwan.
Asia Near East - Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman,
 Qatar, Saudi Arabia,  Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
Asia - NICS - Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan.
Asia - SOUTH - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
ASEAN - Brunei, Indonesia,  Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand.
South/Central America - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba,
 Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin
 Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica,
 Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana,
 Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,
 Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,
 Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
 Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Twenty Latin American Republics - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
 Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,  El Salvador,
 Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
 Uruguay, Venezuela.
Central American Common Market - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
 Honduras, Nicaragua. 
LAFTA - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, 
 Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
NATO Allies - Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland,
 Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway,
 Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Svalbard Jan Mayan Island, Sweden,
 Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
OPEC - Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar,
 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela.  

(2) The export totals reflect shipments of certain grains, oilseeds, and
 satellites that are not included in the country/area totals.

CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or
         Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see 
         our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/"

NOTE:  For information on more detailed data available, please see
       record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE." 



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