
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 18. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS BY SELECTED
            COUNTRIES DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may 
            not equal totals due rounding. (-) Represents zero or less 
            than one half unit of measurement shown.)

                   
                    Exports

                          Total

      Country                                               Cumulative
                         December          November          to-date

TOTAL                           5,659             6,540            71,598
                                                                          
Australia                          43                49               940
Austria                            60                56             1,107
Belgium                           123               107             1,190
Brazil                             30                53               802
Canada                          3,184             3,874            39,521
Germany                           187               229             2,369
Japan                             297               302             3,296
Korea                              36                24               330
Mexico                            889             1,035            11,745
Saudia Arabia                     106               145             1,191
Sweden                             22                24               271
Taiwan                             21                20               298
United Kingdom                    124               131             1,333
                                                                         
Other                             538               489             7,205
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                           Cars

      Country                                               Cumulative
                         December          November          to-date

TOTAL                           1,409             1,611            16,205
                                                                          
Australia                          10                 6               170
Austria                             4                 2                16
Belgium                            52                33               339
Brazil                              4                14                63
Canada                            681               845             8,630
Germany                           116               140             1,267
Japan                             105               114             1,024
Korea                               1               (-)                 4
Mexico                            129               143             1,383
Saudia Arabia                      33                74               533
Sweden                              4                 4                49
Taiwan                             14                12               171
United Kingdom                     65                66               525
                                                                         
Other                             192               159             2,031
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                          Trucks

      Country                                               Cumulative
                         December          November          to-date

TOTAL                             742               757            10,015
                                                                          
Australia                           8                 4               201
Austria                            (-)               (-)                5
Belgium                            40                39               362
Brazil                              2                 3                59
Canada                            429               497             5,913
Germany                             2                 3               109
Japan                              27                13               163
Korea                               1                 1                 5
Mexico                             46                49             1,069
Saudia Arabia                      55                53               431
Sweden                              1               (-)                16
Taiwan                              1                 2                35
United Kingdom                      3                 2                44
                                                                         
Other                             127                92             1,603
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                          Parts

      Country                                               Cumulative
                         December          November          to-date

TOTAL                           3,507             4,172            45,378
                                                                          
Australia                          25                39               569
Austria                            56                55             1,085
Belgium                            31                36               489
Brazil                             24                37               681
Canada                          2,074             2,533            24,978
Germany                            69                86               992
Japan                             164               175             2,110
Korea                              34                23               321
Mexico                            715               842             9,293
Saudia Arabia                      18                19               227
Sweden                             17                20               206
Taiwan                              6                 6                92
United Kingdom                     56                62               765
                                                                         
Other                             219               238             3,571
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                         Imports

                          Total

      Country                                               Cumulative
                         December          November          to-date


TOTAL                          14,395            13,772           151,385
                                                                          
Australia                          44                43               313
Austria                            24                27               265
Belgium                           147               142             1,554
Brazil                            106                90             1,246
Canada                          4,994             5,223            52,931
Germany                         1,683             1,120            14,302
Japan                           3,451             3,190            37,477
Korea                             253               239             2,452
Mexico                          2,430             2,539            28,311
Saudia Arabia                      (-)              (-)                 1
Sweden                            322               265             2,395
Taiwan                             86                78             1,013
United Kingdom                    325               298             3,155
                                                                          
Other                             530               518             5,972
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                           Cars

      Country                                               Cumulative
                         December          November          to-date


TOTAL                           8,401             7,500            80,868
                                                                          
Australia                          24                29               133
Austria                            (-)               (-)                2
Belgium                           124               119             1,294
Brazil                             (-)               (-)                1
Canada                          2,893             2,904            28,798
Germany                         1,399               830            11,061
Japan                           2,353             2,152            24,621
Korea                             191               177             1,696
Mexico                            855               831             9,143
Saudia Arabia                      (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                            291               227             1,988
Taiwan                             (-)                1                 6
United Kingdom                    216               200             1,810
                                                                          
Other                              56                30               315
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                          Trucks

      Country                                               Cumulative
                         December          November          to-date


TOTAL                           1,268             1,383            14,382
                                                                          
Australia                           1                (-)                2
Austria                            (-)               (-)               (-)
Belgium                            16                16               175
Brazil                             (-)                1                12
Canada                            823               963             9,010
Germany                            10                 7                84
Japan                              44                44               745
Korea                              (-)               (-)                1
Mexico                            344               324             3,925
Saudia Arabia                      (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                              8                 8                71
Taiwan                              1                 1                 8
United Kingdom                      9                 7               204
                                                                          
Other                              11                11               145
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                                  Parts
 
      Country                                               Cumulative
                         December          November          to-date


TOTAL                           4,726             4,890            56,136
                                                                          
Australia                          19                14               177
Austria                            24                27               263
Belgium                             7                 8                85
Brazil                            106                88             1,232
Canada                          1,278             1,356            15,123
Germany                           273               282             3,157
Japan                           1,054               994            12,111
Korea                              62                62               755
Mexico                          1,231             1,384            15,244
Saudia Arabia                      (-)              (-)                 1
Sweden                             23                30               336
Taiwan                             85                76               999
United Kingdom                    100                92             1,141
                                                                          
Other                             463               476             5,512

Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-31), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, December 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.