EXHIBIT 6.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE
BY COUNTRY AND AREA, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 1997

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             December  to date   rank December  to date  rank

     TOTAL                -15,086.2  -181,488.2 (X) 59,663.8  689,182.4 (X)

Afganistan                     -1.7         1.5 113      0.3       11.5 177
Albania                        -0.5        -8.6  83      0.3        3.1 194
Algeria                       -60.7    -1,747.9  21     77.6      691.6  61
Andorra                         4.0        21.4 147      4.2       21.7 161
Angola                       -117.4    -2,498.6  17     20.9      280.6  82
Anguilla                        1.3        17.4 144      1.4       18.1 168
Antigua and Barbuda            12.3        79.6 178     12.6       84.5 115
Argentina                     368.6     3,581.8 221    557.6    5,810.0  24
Armenia                         4.2        56.1 172      5.0       62.1 125
Aruba                         -28.5      -371.8  36     16.9      238.4  88
Australia                     565.3     7,460.6 226    968.4   12,062.9  15
Austria                        -0.8      -293.7  39    183.4    2,074.7  38
Azerbaijan                      5.5        56.6 173      5.9       62.3 124

Bahamas                        56.5       654.6 211     71.7      809.5  59
Bahrain                        29.3       289.8 198     41.7      406.1  70
Bangladesh                    -93.6    -1,420.4  23     19.2      259.0  84
Barbados                       22.5       238.7 196     25.6      280.9  81
Belarus                        -2.3       -25.4  74      3.3       40.6 137
Belgium                       447.0     5,508.4 224  1,115.3   13,420.3  13
Belize                          5.1        37.5 157      9.0      114.8 107
Benin                           0.2        43.9 161      3.6       51.6 130
Bermuda                         6.4       308.2 199     27.1      338.1  76
Bhutan                          0.1        -0.4  94      0.1        0.6 213
Bolivia                         8.0        71.9 176     25.4      295.1  78
Bosnia-Hercegovina              3.5        94.2 180      4.1      102.5 111
Botswana                       -0.1        18.5 145      1.6       43.1 135
Brazil                        726.8     6,289.2 225  1,466.0   15,914.7  11
British Indian
    Ocean Territory             (-)       -10.6  82      (-)        0.5 216
British Virgin Islands          4.4        51.5 165      5.1       64.6 123
Brunei                          4.1       122.3 184      8.9      178.1  95
Bulgaria                       -9.7       -61.8  62      6.9      109.6 109
Burkina                         1.7        17.3 143      2.0       18.3 167
Burma (Myanmar)               -10.0       -95.0  56      0.5       19.9 163
Burundi                        -3.1       -13.3  79      0.1        0.5 215

Cambodia                      -15.0       -84.4  58      1.2       18.6 165
Cameroon                       -2.9        64.3 174      4.4      121.4 102
Canada                     -1,813.3   -16,434.2   4 12,422.4  151,766.7   1
Cape Verde                      0.3         9.5 132      0.4       10.0 179
Cayman Islands                 24.6       250.7 197     24.8      270.3  83
Central African Republic        (-)         2.3 118      0.1        3.6 192
Chad                           -0.4         0.2 103      0.1        3.1 193
Chile                         281.1     2,075.3 219    477.8    4,368.4  29
China                      -3,868.4   -49,695.3   2  1,232.7   12,862.3  14
Christmas Island                0.1        -0.3  95      0.1        0.4 219
Cocos (Keeling) Island          0.1         0.3 104      0.1        0.4 217
Colombia                      -16.6       459.7 204    423.0    5,197.0  26
Comoros                         (-)        -2.2  90      (-)        0.3 221
Congo (Brazzaville)           -35.9      -396.8  34      5.8       74.7 120
Congo (Kinshasa)              -12.4      -244.0  41      2.9       37.8 139
Cook Islands                   -0.1         0.2 102      0.4        1.3 207
Costa Rica                    -19.1      -298.8  38    184.0    2,024.4  39
Croatia                         2.4        55.9 171     10.9      138.7 101
Cuba                            0.4         9.5 133      0.4        9.5 181
Cyprus                          9.8       228.1 195     10.8      244.5  87
Czech Republic                -13.7       -20.0  75     36.7      589.8  62

Denmark                       -61.9      -380.8  35    137.2    1,756.9  43
Djibouti                        0.9         7.3 128      0.9        7.3 185
Dominica                        6.3        28.3 151      6.9       37.4 141
Dominican Republic            -84.6      -402.8  33    310.3    3,924.0  30

Ecuador                       -33.1      -528.9  31    119.0    1,525.9  48
Egypt                         224.9     3,177.9 220    303.0    3,835.4  31
El Salvador                   -21.2        53.8 168    102.7    1,400.1  50
Equatorial Guinea               8.1        16.9 141      8.2       47.2 133
Eritrea                         2.2        15.0 137      2.2       16.3 171
Estonia                         1.0       -29.3  71      4.6       47.4 132
Ethiopia                       11.8        51.5 164     14.3      121.2 103

Falkland Islands                (-)        -0.4  93       (-)       0.1 223
Faroe Islands                  -1.5       -13.5  78      0.4        0.8 211
Fed. Republic of Germany   -2,130.4   -18,663.2   3  1,989.0   24,458.3   6
Federated States
    of  Micronesia              0.5        17.2 142      1.4       29.0 153
Fiji                           -3.3       -51.8  64      2.4       32.8 150
Finland                       -31.8      -650.4  29    155.5    1,741.1  44
France                       -430.5    -4,671.5  12  1,460.1   15,964.9  10
French Guiana                  72.8       491.4 209     72.8      493.7  66
French Polynesia                4.8        69.9 175      7.4      105.2 110
French Southern and 
    Antarctic Lands             (-)         0.6 106       (-)       0.6 214

Gabon                        -131.2    -2,117.7  19      5.8       84.5 114
Gambia                          0.1         6.8 126      0.6        9.7 180
Gaza Strip Administered
   by Israel                    (-)         0.3 105       (-)       0.4 218
Georgia                         9.1       133.6 185     10.2      140.6 100
Ghana                          15.6       159.8 189     30.8      315.0  77
Gibraltar                       0.2         6.0 125      0.2        8.8 182
Greece                         42.8       496.2 210     75.7      949.3  56
Greenland                      -0.6        -3.0  87      0.1        4.9 190
Grenada                         3.7        34.1 155      4.8       40.6 138
Guadeloupe                      3.6        54.1 169      3.6       57.6 127
Guatemala                     -46.8      -260.6  40    151.7    1,729.6  45
Guinea                          1.6       -44.9  67      9.5       82.8 116
Guinea-Bissau                   0.4         2.4 120      0.4        2.5 199
Guyana                          1.5        29.7 152     11.8      142.5  99

Haiti                          27.3       310.9 200     46.4      499.1  65
Heard and
    McDonald Isles              (-)         (-)  99      (-)        (-) 225
Honduras                      -66.7      -303.4  37    161.3    2,018.9  40
Hong Kong                     461.4     4,829.3 223  1,309.8   15,117.1  12
Hungary                       -65.1      -593.5  30     50.1      485.5  67

Iceland                        -8.3       -51.6  65     12.6      179.2  94
India                        -297.2    -3,714.8  15    268.8    3,607.6  32
Indonesia                    -263.2    -4,666.1  13    470.3    4,522.3  28
Iran                           (-)          1.0 111      (-)        1.1 208
Iraq                          -34.1      -229.9  42     14.8       82.0 117
Ireland                       -74.0    -1,224.4  25    472.6    4,642.2  27
Israel                         19.2    -1,331.0  24    661.1    5,994.9  23
Italy                        -955.2   -10,412.8   7    799.6    8,994.7  17
Ivory Coast                   -38.3      -138.1  49     17.0      150.9  98

Jamaica                        46.8       678.4 212    108.6    1,416.5  49
Japan                      -5,215.9   -56,114.8   1  5,215.7   65,548.5   3
Jordan                         37.7       377.1 202     38.7      402.5  72

Kazakhstan                     -8.2       217.4 193      7.9      346.3  74
Kenya                          -2.6       111.4 182      9.2      225.3  90
Kiribati                        0.2         1.0 110      0.3        2.7 197
Korea, South                 -385.8     1,873.0 218  1,633.5   25,046.1   5
Kuwait                        -48.5      -426.4  32     88.5    1,390.0  51
Kyrgyzstan                      1.4        25.9 150      1.4       28.4 154

Laos                           -1.1       -11.6  81      0.1        2.7 196
Latvia                         22.8        72.7 177     24.5      217.8  91
Lebanon                        40.2       474.2 206     44.9      551.9  63
Lesotho                        -9.4       -84.2  59      0.1        2.4 201
Liberia                         2.3        38.1 158      2.4       42.9 136
Libya                          (-)          (-) (X)      (-)      (-)   (X)
Liechtenstein                 -14.2      -104.0  52      0.6       12.5 175
Lithuania                       8.0         7.6 129     12.2       87.4 113
Luxembourg                    183.2       473.2 205    206.0      712.1  60

Macao                         -84.8      -956.0  26      4.2       65.0 121
Macedonia (Skopje)            -12.1      -113.3  50      1.5       33.8 149
Madagascar                     -8.4       -51.0  66      0.3       11.5 176
Malawi                         -6.2       -65.3  61      0.7       17.6 169
Malaysia                     -706.3    -7,246.7   8    837.1   10,780.0  16
Maldives                       -1.1       -13.9  77      2.2        5.5 188
Mali                            2.0        22.3 148      2.4       26.2 156
Malta                          -0.2      -102.7  53     20.6      120.9 104
Marshall Islands                1.6        16.3 140      1.7       23.6 160
Martinique                      1.7        31.4 154      1.7       33.9 148
Mauritania                      1.1        20.6 146      1.1       20.9 162
Mauritius                     -18.3      -207.0  43      1.8       31.4 151
Mexico                       -657.8   -14,549.1   5  6,298.7   71,388.4   2
Moldova                        -3.9       -34.0  70      3.3       19.7 164
Monaco                          0.7       -12.7  80      2.3        6.9 186
Mongolia                       -2.9        -8.1  84      1.3       34.3 147
Montserrat                      0.4        12.1 135      0.4       17.1 170
Morocco                         8.7       138.9 187     35.8      434.7  69
Mozambique                      4.0        15.1 138      5.5       45.6 134

Namibia                        -5.0       -38.1  69      3.3       25.0 158
Nauru                          (-)          0.9 108      (-)        1.0 209
Nepal                          -3.8       -86.7  57      6.4       26.7 155
Netherlands                 1,079.3    12,533.8 227  1,764.0   19,826.7   8
Netherlands Antilles           16.0      -104.6  51     43.2      475.2  68
New Caledonia                   1.0       -17.5  76      2.4       34.4 146
New Zealand                    26.7       382.9 203    138.5    1,962.1  41
Nicaragua                     -14.5      -149.5  47     21.3      289.8  79
Niger                           1.5        -5.0  86      1.7       24.8 159
Nigeria                      -303.4    -5,536.4  10     77.6      813.1  58
Niue                            4.8        36.9 156      4.8       37.0 142
Norfolk Island                  0.5         3.6 122      0.6        3.7 191
North Korea                     (-)         2.4 119      (-)        2.4 200
Norway                       -184.7    -2,030.7  20    149.4    1,721.3  46

Oman                           31.2        98.4 181     54.2      340.8  75

Pakistan                      -24.6      -202.2  44    108.9    1,240.1  52
Palau                          -0.4         2.2 117      0.9       15.2 173
Panama                        102.9     1,168.9 215    127.8    1,536.1  47
Papua New Guinea               -0.7        52.1 166      6.5      116.6 106
Paraguay                       51.8       872.8 213     56.7      913.4  57
Peru                           27.6       181.0 190    183.7    1,953.3  42
Philippines                  -331.5    -3,027.6  16    593.1    7,417.3  20
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-)     97      (-)      (-)   (X)
Poland                         11.0       474.4 207     77.0    1,169.9  53
Portugal                      -19.6      -183.8  45     75.0      954.2  55

Qatar                           6.6       221.7 194     29.4      379.0  73

Republic of Yemen               3.1       137.4 186      3.5      153.4  97
Reunion                         0.1         1.7 116      0.1        2.3 203
Romania                        -9.5      -141.8  48     18.6      258.0  85
Russia                       -259.4      -954.0  27    250.5    3,364.9  34
Rwanda                          0.5        31.1 153      1.0       35.0 145

San Marino                      0.3         7.1 127      0.4        7.6 183
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)         12.8 136      (-)       13.0 174
Saudi Arabia                1,234.9      -927.0  28  2,002.9    8,437.8  18
Senegal                         2.8        44.9 162      3.3       51.8 129
Seychelles                      0.1         3.8 123      0.3        6.1 187
Sierra Leone                   -1.5        -2.7  88      (-)       15.7 172
Singapore                    -262.8    -2,378.4  18  1,416.1   17,696.2   9
Slovakia                       -6.3       -83.6  60      6.0       82.0 118
Slovenia                      -13.3      -163.6  46     11.3      113.1 108
Solomon Islands                 0.2         1.6 114      0.2        2.3 202
Somalia                         0.6         2.4 121      0.7        2.8 195
South Africa                   27.1       487.2 208    258.0    2,997.2  36
Spain                          86.9       933.3 214    500.5    5,538.7  25
Sri Lanka                    -120.5    -1,465.3  22     17.0      154.7  96
St Helena                       0.2         1.7 115      0.2        2.7 198
St Kitts and Nevis              1.0         7.7 130      3.3       37.6 140
St Lucia                        6.6        55.1 170      8.7       89.3 112
St Pierre and Miquelon         -0.4        -0.2  96      0.1        1.8 204
St Vincent and Grenadines       4.9        50.0 163      5.1       54.4 128
Sudan                          -0.1        24.3 149      (-)       36.4 143
Suriname                        3.9        91.5 179     14.4      183.0  92
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)          1.4 112      (-)        1.4 205
Swaziland                      -9.5       -38.9  68      0.2        5.2 189
Sweden                       -371.8    -3,984.8  14    309.1    3,314.1  35
Switzerland                  -251.2       -98.2  55    547.6    8,306.9  19
Syria                          16.1       152.6 188     18.9      180.4  93

Taiwan                       -764.4   -12,262.8   6  2,193.4   20,365.7   7
Tajikistan                      3.0        10.0 134      3.1       18.6 166
Tanzania                        2.9        38.3 159      5.2       64.9 122
Thailand                     -627.0    -5,252.1  11    522.7    7,349.4  21
Togo                            1.0        16.2 139      1.1       25.6 157
Tokelau                        -0.1        -2.2  91      (-)        0.3 220
Tonga                           0.9         4.5 124      1.1        7.4 184
Trinidad and Tobago            -3.3       -28.3  72     87.1    1,105.9  54
Tunisia                        13.9       189.2 191     19.8      252.3  86
Turkey                        120.5     1,418.5 216    283.6    3,539.5  33
Turkmenistan                   17.9       115.6 183     17.9      117.7 105
Turks and Caicos Islands        3.8        53.3 167      4.4       58.6 126
Tuvalu                         (-)          0.1 100      (-)        0.1 224

Uganda                         (-)         -2.5  89      2.1       35.2 144
Ukraine                        -9.9        -7.1  85     25.0      402.9  71
United Arab Emirates          116.5     1,687.0 217    163.8    2,607.1  37
United Kingdom                246.8     3,766.0 222  3,319.9   36,425.3   4
Uruguay                        36.8       318.7 201     53.4      547.6  64
Uzbekistan                     12.1       195.1 192     13.1      234.1  89

Vanuatu                        (-)         -1.5  92      (-)        0.6 212
Vatican City                   -0.1         0.6 107      (-)        1.4 206
Venezuela                    -625.1    -6,875.6   9    500.0    6,601.6  22
Vietnam                       -19.9      -101.9  54     25.9      286.6  80

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-)     98      (-)      (-)   226
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                 (-)          0.9 109      (-)        0.9 210
Western Sahara                 (-)          0.1 101      (-)        0.2 222
Western Samoa                   0.7         8.6 131      0.9       11.1 178

Yugoslavia                      9.7        38.7 160     10.7       49.1 131

Zambia                         -1.3       -26.6  73      1.4       29.3 152
Zimbabwe                       -5.3       -57.5  63      5.5       81.9 119

Unidentified                   42.4       340.9 (X)     42.4      340.9 (X)

North America              -2,471.1   -30,983.2 (X) 18,721.1  223,155.2 (X)
                            
Western Europe             -2,324.6   -17,572.9 (X) 13,634.0  155,383.9 (X)
European Union (EU)        -1,990.2   -16,754.5 (X) 12,562.9  140,773.4 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association            -458.3    -2,284.6 (X)    710.1   10,219.9 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           -292.6      -594.3 (X)    583.6    7,888.6 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic   -198.8      -159.4 (X)    388.0    5,190.8 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment(OECD)in Europe   -2,327.0   -17,624.7 (X) 13,559.4  154,548.7 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries -10,826.2  -121,627.4 (X) 16,028.1  193,740.4 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East         1,452.1       524.6 (X)  3,162.3   20,927.1 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)             -951.6    -7,938.9 (X)  6,552.7   78,225.1 (X)
    Asia--South              -541.3    -6,888.0 (X)    420.7    5,299.6 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)       -2,186.7   -22,448.7 (X)  3,848.2   47,943.2 (X)
                            
    South/Central America     977.8     9,324.2 (X)  5,539.6   63,021.1 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics                 45.9    -7,975.1 (X) 11,267.2  127,947.1 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  -168.3      -958.4 (X)    621.1    7,462.7 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association        168.2    -8,103.2 (X) 10,161.2  114,515.7 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies  -3,397.5   -27,697.8 (X) 24,310.3  286,209.4 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                    23.0   -18,499.8 (X)  3,424.8   25,525.6 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)           42.4       340.9 (X)     42.4      340.9 (X)
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                                             Imports

                            Customs basis             C.i.f. basis

                                    Cumulative              Cumulative
      Country              December    to date rank December   to date rank

     TOTAL                 74,750.0   870,670.7 (X) 77,166.1  899,119.2 (X)

Afganistan                      2.0        10.0 156      2.1       11.1 156
Albania                         0.8        11.7 153      0.9       12.5 153
Algeria                       138.4     2,439.5  36    151.0    2,646.4  35
Andorra                         0.1         0.3 207      0.1        0.3 207
Angola                        138.3     2,779.1  34    148.6    2,960.7  34
Anguilla                        0.1         0.7 199      0.1        0.7 200
Antigua and Barbuda             0.3         4.8 171      0.3        5.1 172
Argentina                     189.0     2,228.2  42    204.9    2,398.2  42
Armenia                         0.7         6.0 167      0.8        6.3 167
Aruba                          45.4       610.2  63     48.0      646.5  63
Australia                     403.1     4,602.3  30    428.7    4,910.9  29
Austria                       184.3     2,368.4  38    192.5    2,456.1  40
Azerbaijan                      0.4         5.7 168      0.5        6.3 168

Bahamas                        15.2       154.9  90     16.3      167.9  89
Bahrain                        12.5       116.4  97     13.2      124.8  98
Bangladesh                    112.7     1,679.4  50    119.0    1,780.5  50
Barbados                        3.2        42.1 125      3.3       43.3 126
Belarus                         5.7        66.0 113      6.1       70.1 113
Belgium                       668.3     7,911.9  21    686.0    8,119.2  21
Belize                          3.9        77.3 110      4.0       82.4 110
Benin                           3.5         7.7 162      4.2        9.1 159
Bermuda                        20.7        29.8 134     20.7       30.1 134
Bhutan                         (-)          1.0 195      (-)        1.1 196
Bolivia                        17.4       223.3  84     18.0      232.1  83
Bosnia-Hercegovina              0.5         8.3 160      0.6        8.8 160
Botswana                        1.7        24.6 139      1.7       25.1 139
Brazil                        739.2     9,625.5  17    781.6   10,145.4  17
British Indian
    Ocean Territory            (-)         11.1 154      (-)       11.9 154
British Virgin Islands          0.8        13.1 149      0.8       13.5 150
Brunei                          4.8        55.8 120      5.0       58.0 120
Bulgaria                       16.6       171.4  86     17.7      184.5  86
Burkina                         0.3         1.0 197      0.3        1.0 197
Burma (Myanmar)                10.5       114.9  98     11.1      122.8  99
Burundi                         3.2        13.8 148      3.3       14.3 148

Cambodia                       16.2       103.0 102     17.0      109.7 102
Cameroon                        7.3        57.2 118      8.2       63.7 119
Canada                     14,235.7   168,200.9   1 14,502.4  171,588.5   1
Cape Verde                      0.1         0.5 204      0.1        0.5 205
Cayman Islands                  0.3        19.6 141      0.3       20.3 142
Central African Republic        0.1         1.3 192      0.1        1.4 193
Chad                            0.5         2.9 179      0.5        3.1 179
Chile                         196.7     2,293.1  41    229.7    2,621.7  37
China                       5,101.1    62,557.6   4  5,367.1   65,836.6   4
Christmas Island               (-)          0.7 200      (-)        0.7 201
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)          0.1 214      (-)        0.1 214
Colombia                      439.7     4,737.3  28    466.6    5,047.5  28
Comoros                        (-)          2.6 181      (-)        2.7 184
Congo (Brazzaville)            41.7       471.5  66     44.0      501.8  66
Congo (Kinshasa)               15.3       281.8  76     15.9      294.6  76
Cook Islands                    0.4         1.1 194      0.4        1.2 195
Costa Rica                    203.1     2,323.2  39    217.1    2,488.8  39
Croatia                         8.5        82.8 107      9.1       87.2 108
Cuba                           (-)       (-)    (X)      (-)      (-)   (X)
Cyprus                          1.0        16.4 144      1.1       17.6 145
Czech Republic                 50.4       609.8  64     52.7      639.2  64

Denmark                       199.2     2,137.7  44    206.3    2,223.0  46
Djibouti                       (-)       (-)    221      (-)      (-)   221
Dominica                        0.6         9.1 158      0.6        9.6 158
Dominican Republic            394.9     4,326.8  31    404.4    4,442.4  32

Ecuador                       152.0     2,054.8  46    168.3    2,279.6  44
Egypt                          78.2       657.5  62     80.6      695.0  62
El Salvador                   123.9     1,346.2  54    126.8    1,385.0  54
Equatorial Guinea               0.1        30.2 132      0.1       33.0 131
Eritrea                        (-)          1.3 193      (-)        1.4 192
Estonia                         3.6        76.8 111      3.8       85.7 109
Ethiopia                        2.5        69.7 112      2.6       72.3 112

Falkland Islands               (-)          0.5 203      (-)        0.6 202
Faroe Islands                   1.9        14.4 146      1.9       15.1 147
Fed. Republic of Germany    4,119.4    43,121.5   5  4,218.7   44,246.1   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia              0.9        11.9 152      1.0       13.0 151
Fiji                            5.7        84.6 105      6.3       94.6 104
Finland                       187.3     2,391.5  37    196.1    2,521.9  38
France                      1,890.6    20,636.4   9  1,940.1   21,227.6   9
French Guiana                  (-)          2.4 186      (-)        2.5 187
French Polynesia                2.6        35.4 129      2.6       36.4 129
French Southern and 
    Antarctic Lands            (-)       (-)    (X)      (-)      (-)   (X)

Gabon                         137.1     2,202.3  43    147.0    2,349.3  43
Gambia                          0.6         2.9 178      0.6        3.0 180
Gaza Strip Administered
   by Israel                   (-)       (-)    218      (-)      (-)   217
Georgia                         1.1         7.0 164      1.2        7.4 164
Ghana                          15.1       155.3  89     15.6      160.7  90
Gibraltar                      (-)          2.8 180      0.1        2.8 181
Greece                         33.0       453.2  67     36.8      498.2  67
Greenland                       0.7         7.9 161      0.8        8.4 162
Grenada                         1.1         6.5 166      1.1        6.9 166
Guadeloupe                     (-)          3.5 176      (-)        3.6 176
Guatemala                     198.5     1,990.2  47    210.1    2,105.1  47
Guinea                          7.9       127.7  95      8.5      129.0  96
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)          0.1 213      (-)        0.1 211
Guyana                         10.3       112.8 101     12.7      131.9  95

Haiti                          19.1       188.2  85     19.7      197.1  85
Heard and
    McDonald Isles             (-)       (-)    (X)      (-)      (-)   (X)
Honduras                      228.0     2,322.2  40    238.9    2,438.7  41
Hong Kong                     848.4    10,287.8  16    879.5   10,666.4  16
Hungary                       115.2     1,078.9  57    118.7    1,109.0  57

Iceland                        20.9       230.8  81     22.1      245.6  81
India                         566.1     7,322.4  23    595.8    7,713.3  22
Indonesia                     733.5     9,188.4  19    778.6    9,752.1  19
Iran                           (-)          0.1 210      (-)        0.1 210
Iraq                           48.9       311.9  73     54.3      345.9  73
Ireland                       546.6     5,866.6  27    554.1    5,951.8  27
Israel                        641.9     7,326.0  22    656.7    7,459.3  25
Italy                       1,754.8    19,407.5  11  1,826.8   20,229.1  11
Ivory Coast                    55.3       289.0  75     59.0      313.6  75

Jamaica                        61.9       738.0  60     65.4      779.5  60
Japan                      10,431.6   121,663.2   2 10,711.3  124,577.3   2
Jordan                          1.0        25.3 138      1.0       26.0 138

Kazakhstan                     16.2       128.9  94     16.3      131.9  94
Kenya                          11.8       114.0  99     12.3      119.9 101
Kiribati                        0.1         1.7 191      0.1        1.9 191
Korea, South                2,019.3    23,173.1   8  2,075.7   23,812.3   8
Kuwait                        137.0     1,816.4  48    151.4    2,000.5  48
Kyrgyzstan                     (-)          2.4 185      (-)        2.5 185

Laos                            1.2        14.3 147      1.2       15.1 146
Latvia                          1.8       145.1  92      1.9      158.4  91
Lebanon                         4.8        77.8 109      4.9       80.2 111
Lesotho                         9.5        86.5 104      9.8       89.7 106
Liberia                         0.1         4.8 172      0.1        5.2 170
Libya                          (-)       (-)    (X)      (-)      (-)   (X)
Liechtenstein                  14.7       116.5  96     15.6      121.2 100
Lithuania                       4.3        79.8 108      4.8       89.8 105
Luxembourg                     22.8       238.8  79     24.1      255.6  79

Macao                          89.0     1,021.0  58     92.6    1,063.9  58
Macedonia (Skopje)             13.6       147.1  91     13.9      154.7  92
Madagascar                      8.7        62.6 117      9.2       66.2 117
Malawi                          7.0        82.8 106      7.4       88.0 107
Malaysia                    1,543.4    18,026.7  12  1,584.9   18,533.5  12
Maldives                        3.3        19.4 142      3.7       21.2 140
Mali                            0.4         3.8 175      0.4        4.1 174
Malta                          20.8       223.6  83     21.1      226.6  84
Marshall Islands                0.1         7.3 163      0.1        8.0 163
Martinique                     (-)          2.4 184      (-)        2.8 182
Mauritania                     (-)          0.2 208      (-)        0.3 208
Mauritius                      20.1       238.4  80     21.4      254.0  80
Mexico                      6,956.5    85,937.5   3  7,072.5   87,233.1   3
Moldova                         7.2        53.7 121      7.9       57.8 121
Monaco                          1.6        19.6 140      1.7       20.4 141
Mongolia                        4.2        42.4 124      4.4       45.3 124
Montserrat                     (-)          5.0 170      (-)        5.1 171
Morocco                        27.0       295.9  74     28.8      316.5  74
Mozambique                      1.5        30.5 131      1.5       32.4 132

Namibia                         8.4        63.0 116      8.6       65.4 118
Nauru                          (-)          0.1 211      (-)        0.1 212
Nepal                          10.3       113.5 100     11.4      126.3  97
Netherlands                   684.7     7,292.8  25    715.7    7,697.4  23
Netherlands Antilles           27.2       579.8  65     28.4      609.0  65
New Caledonia                   1.4        51.9 122      1.9       67.1 116
New Zealand                   111.7     1,579.2  52    122.3    1,734.9  51
Nicaragua                      35.8       439.3  68     37.2      459.5  69
Niger                           0.1        29.8 135      0.1       29.9 136
Nigeria                       381.0     6,349.4  26    406.3    6,718.4  26
Niue                           (-)          0.1 212      (-)        0.1 213
Norfolk Island                 (-)          0.1 215      (-)        0.1 215
North Korea                    (-)       (-)    (X)      (-)      (-)   (X)
Norway                        334.0     3,752.0  33    355.9    3,942.3  33

Oman                           23.0       242.4  78     24.8      260.9  78

Pakistan                      133.5     1,442.2  53    141.1    1,525.4  53
Palau                           1.3        13.0 150      1.4       13.8 149
Panama                         24.9       367.2  72     27.5      405.4  72
Papua New Guinea                7.2        64.5 114      7.3       69.5 114
Paraguay                        4.8        40.7 126      5.2       44.6 125
Peru                          156.2     1,772.3  49    167.4    1,862.9  49
Philippines                   924.5    10,445.0  15    956.6   10,807.4  15
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-)    216      (-)      (-)   216
Poland                         66.0       695.6  61     71.2      742.7  61
Portugal                       94.6     1,138.0  55     99.6    1,194.3  56

Qatar                          22.8       157.4  88     25.2      167.9  88

Republic of Yemen               0.4        16.0 145      0.4       18.2 144
Reunion                        (-)          0.6 202      (-)        0.6 203
Romania                        28.1       399.8  70     30.2      428.6  70
Russia                        510.0     4,319.0  32    528.0    4,551.7  31
Rwanda                          0.5         3.9 174      0.5        4.0 175

San Marino                      0.1         0.5 205      0.1        0.5 204
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)          0.2 209      (-)        0.2 209
Saudi Arabia                  768.0     9,364.8  18    840.7   10,142.6  18
Senegal                         0.5         6.8 165      0.5        7.3 165
Seychelles                      0.2         2.4 187      0.2        2.5 186
Sierra Leone                    1.6        18.4 143      1.6       18.5 143
Singapore                   1,678.9    20,074.6  10  1,704.0   20,375.6  10
Slovakia                       12.3       165.6  87     13.0      175.6  87
Slovenia                       24.6       276.7  77     25.7      288.9  77
Solomon Islands                (-)          0.6 201      0.1        1.2 194
Somalia                        (-)          0.3 206      (-)        0.3 206
South Africa                  230.9     2,510.1  35    238.8    2,625.5  36
Spain                         413.7     4,605.5  29    440.5    4,909.3  30
Sri Lanka                     137.5     1,620.0  51    144.0    1,711.4  52
St Helena                      (-)          1.0 196      (-)        1.0 198
St Kitts and Nevis              2.3        29.9 133      2.4       31.1 133
St Lucia                        2.1        34.2 130      2.2       35.2 130
St Pierre and Miquelon          0.5         2.1 190      0.5        2.1 190
St Vincent and Grenadines       0.2         4.3 173      0.2        4.5 173
Sudan                           0.1        12.1 151      0.1       12.9 152
Suriname                       10.5        91.5 103     11.0       96.7 103
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)       (-)    220      (-)      (-)   220
Swaziland                       9.7        44.1 123     10.3       47.6 123
Sweden                        680.8     7,298.9  24    700.5    7,529.8  24
Switzerland                   798.8     8,405.1  20    812.5    8,549.9  20
Syria                           2.8        27.9 136      2.9       30.0 135

Taiwan                      2,957.7    32,628.5   7  3,055.4   33,723.2   6
Tajikistan                      0.1         8.5 159      0.1        8.8 161
Tanzania                        2.3        26.6 137      2.5       28.2 137
Thailand                    1,149.7    12,601.5  14  1,188.9   13,062.4  14
Togo                            0.1         9.4 157      0.1       10.6 157
Tokelau                         0.1         2.5 182      0.1        2.7 183
Tonga                           0.2         2.9 177      0.2        3.5 178
Trinidad and Tobago            90.5     1,134.3  56     97.1    1,228.4  55
Tunisia                         5.8        63.1 115      6.1       67.2 115
Turkey                        163.1     2,121.1  45    172.6    2,247.4  45
Turkmenistan                   (-)          2.1 188      (-)        2.3 189
Turks and Caicos Islands        0.6         5.3 169      0.6        5.6 169
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-)    (X)      (-)      (-)   (X)

Uganda                          2.1        37.8 128      2.2       39.4 128
Ukraine                        34.9       410.0  69     38.6      465.5  68
United Arab Emirates           47.2       920.1  59     50.5      965.4  59
United Kingdom              3,073.1    32,659.3   6  3,148.2   33,524.7   7
Uruguay                        16.6       228.9  82     17.6      240.6  82
Uzbekistan                      0.9        39.1 127      1.0       40.3 127

Vanuatu                        (-)          2.1 189      (-)        2.3 188
Vatican City                    0.1         0.8 198      0.1        0.8 199
Venezuela                   1,125.1    13,477.2  13  1,203.8   14,420.0  13
Vietnam                        45.8       388.5  71     48.6      413.3  71

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-)    (X)      (-)      (-)   (X)
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                 (-)       (-)    217      (-)      (-)   218
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-)    219      (-)      (-)   219
Western Samoa                   0.2         2.5 183      0.3        3.5 177

Yugoslavia                      1.1        10.4 155      1.1       11.2 155

Zambia                          2.7        55.9 119      2.8       56.8 122
Zimbabwe                       10.7       139.5  93     11.4      148.1  93

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

North America              21,192.2   254,138.4 (X) 21,574.9  258,821.6 (X)
                            
Western Europe             15,958.5   172,956.8 (X) 16,441.5  178,525.5 (X)
European Union (EU)        14,553.1   157,527.8 (X) 14,986.0  162,584.2 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association           1,168.4    12,504.4 (X)  1,206.2   12,859.0 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe            876.3     8,482.9 (X)    915.2    8,976.8 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic    586.8     5,350.1 (X)    610.8    5,684.8 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment(OECD)in Europe   15,886.4   172,173.4 (X) 16,366.6  177,711.5 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries  26,854.3   315,367.7 (X) 27,769.1  325,921.9 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East         1,710.2    20,402.5 (X)  1,826.0   21,621.9 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)            7,504.3    86,164.0 (X)  7,714.7   88,577.6 (X)
    Asia--South               962.0    12,187.5 (X)  1,013.5   12,868.1 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)        6,034.9    70,391.9 (X)  6,218.0   72,589.1 (X)
                            
    South/Central America   4,561.8    53,696.9 (X)  4,860.2   57,177.6 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics             11,221.3   135,922.2 (X) 11,617.2  140,447.8 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                   789.3     8,421.2 (X)    830.2    8,877.2 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association      9,993.1   122,618.9 (X) 10,335.5  126,525.7 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies  27,707.9   313,907.2 (X) 28,396.0  322,148.4 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                 3,401.9    44,025.3 (X)  3,661.8   47,159.3 (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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