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          December  to date  rank  December  to date  rank

     TOTAL               -17,378.9 -230,851.5 (X)  59,095.2  682,976.7 (X)

Afganistan                    -0.5       -9.7  82       0.5        7.0 185
Albania                        1.4        2.5 117       2.4       14.9 169
Algeria                      -44.0     -981.1  31      51.4      650.2  61
Andorra                        1.7       22.8 152       1.7       23.0 155
Angola                      -118.5   -1,897.2  21      32.5      354.3  73
Anguilla                       1.5       14.6 137       1.7       16.7 165
Antigua and Barbuda            9.2       93.9 181       9.3       95.8 111
Argentina                    260.3    3,633.2 221     460.6    5,885.3  23
Armenia                        0.9       34.7 160       2.2       51.4 132
Aruba                        -12.4     -119.8  52      25.9      351.2  76
Australia                    428.1    6,547.4 226     899.3   11,929.3  15
Austria                      -64.1      -51.9  67     160.4    2,506.1  36
Azerbaijan                     3.7      117.9 186       4.1      122.8 103

Bahamas                       53.1      672.6 211      70.3      815.1  57
Bahrain                        7.0      139.4 191      21.0      294.9  81
Bangladesh                   -58.5   -1,528.0  24      45.8      317.7  79
Barbados                      26.5      245.9 200      29.1      281.1  82
Belarus                       -6.9      -75.0  59       2.5       30.4 145
Belgium                      365.7    5,496.2 225   1,058.9   13,918.1  13
Belize                         5.6       53.9 167       9.5      119.9 104
Benin                          2.0       40.0 164       2.3       43.6 137
Bermuda                       53.5      388.8 205      54.1      400.3  71
Bhutan                         (-)        1.7 110       (-)        2.7 204
Bolivia                       10.7      179.3 194      36.7      402.9  70
Bosnia-Hercegovina            10.1       32.6 159      10.7       40.0 140
Botswana                       1.8       15.9 140       3.2       35.6 141
Brazil                       563.9    5,034.5 224   1,420.9   15,157.0  11
British Indian
    Ocean Territory           -0.1        0.2 100       (-)        0.6 217
British Virgin Islands         5.3       55.2 169       6.3       62.7 125
Brunei                        -4.1      -87.9  58      26.6      122.9 102
Bulgaria                      -5.6     -104.0  54       6.6      115.1 105
Burkina                        0.5       15.5 139       0.5       16.1 166
Burma (Myanmar)              -13.2     -131.8  49       1.7       31.8 143
Burundi                        1.3       -2.9  85       1.4        4.7 193

Cambodia                     -45.0     -353.9  38       1.1       11.1 175
Cameroon                       0.1       21.8 150       4.5       75.2 118
Canada                    -2,177.8  -18,536.1   4  12,480.7  156,307.6   1
Cape Verde                     1.0        9.4 132       1.0        9.6 178
Cayman Islands               110.2      403.6 206     111.3      421.7  69
Central African Republic       1.7        1.7 111       1.8        4.5 194
Chad                           (-)       -3.8  84       0.3        3.5 197
Chile                        181.3    1,532.3 217     405.1    3,985.2  28
China                     -3,975.2  -56,897.9   2   1,351.2   14,258.0  12
Christmas Island              -0.1        0.2  99       (-)        0.5 219
Cocos (Keeling) Island         0.1        0.2 101       0.1        0.3 220
Colombia                     -35.0      165.2 193     380.9    4,816.7  27
Comoros                        0.1       -0.2  90       0.1        0.6 218
Congo (Brazzaville)          -16.8     -223.4  43       4.8       92.0 114
Congo (Kinshasa)             -11.9     -137.5  48       1.6       34.0 142
Cook Islands                   (-)        0.4 102       0.1        1.1 213
Costa Rica                  -116.3     -446.2  36     184.5    2,299.3  39
Croatia                        0.6       24.3 154       5.7       96.8 110
Cuba                           0.7        3.5 121       0.7        3.5 198
Cyprus                         5.5      130.8 188      10.1      162.6  95
Czech Republic               -16.7     -103.5  55      42.4      568.3  64

Denmark                      -93.0     -507.4  34     121.8    1,874.3  45
Djibouti                       1.7       19.5 146       1.7       20.1 161
Dominica                       2.9       45.7 166       3.8       52.1 131
Dominican Republic           -28.2     -465.7  35     326.9    3,977.4  29

Ecuador                      115.0      -68.6  61     241.3    1,686.6  48
Egypt                        270.4    2,399.5 220     318.6    3,059.8  35
El Salvador                   26.0       76.9 176     143.2    1,515.0  49
Equatorial Guinea             23.2       20.1 148      25.3       86.7 117
Eritrea                        2.0       24.4 155       2.0       25.1 151
Estonia                       -8.6      -38.1  70       5.4       87.3 116
Ethiopia                       2.3       36.1 163       7.1       88.4 115

Falkland Islands               (-)        3.1 120       (-)        3.3 199
Faroe Islands                 -1.8       -8.0  83       0.2        3.3 200
Fed. Republic of Germany  -2,546.4  -23,182.1   3   2,468.3   26,641.9   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia             0.2       18.4 143       1.7       31.0 144
Fiji                          -2.1      -26.9  74       1.8       74.2 119
Finland                      -88.9     -679.7  33     136.4    1,915.1  43
France                      -266.5   -6,349.3  12   1,734.1   17,728.0   8
French Guiana                  3.7      243.2 199       3.7      246.5  86
French Polynesia               5.9       66.0 173       7.5       99.8 109
French Southern and
   Antarctic Lands             0.1        0.2  98       0.1        1.2 212

Gabon                        -56.4   -1,205.9  26       4.4       62.4 126
Gambia                         0.3        7.2 129       0.5        9.3 180
Gaza Strip Administered
   by Israel                   0.3        1.9 112       0.4        2.0 209
Georgia                       13.1      122.3 187      13.4      136.5 100
Ghana                         10.0       79.0 178      20.4      223.4  88
Gibraltar                     -3.9        2.8 119       0.1        8.8 182
Greece                        42.7      888.0 214      82.4    1,355.1  51
Greenland                      0.8       -1.2  87       1.2        6.1 188
Grenada                        4.3       44.4 165       5.1       56.5 130
Guadeloupe                     7.2       58.8 170       7.3       61.1 128
Guatemala                     -4.1     -131.0  50     178.2    1,940.9  42
Guinea                        -5.0      -50.2  68       5.9       65.4 122
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)        0.8 107       (-)        0.9 214
Guyana                         4.9       10.2 133      14.4      145.5  99

Haiti                         37.2      276.0 202      62.2      547.8  66
Heard and
    McDonald Isles            -0.1        0.1  96       (-)        0.2 221
Honduras                     -14.2     -222.2  44     196.3    2,322.8  38
Hong Kong                    330.4    2,385.1 219   1,113.9   12,923.5  14
Hungary                     -137.8   -1,085.0  29      42.3      482.5  68

Iceland                      -36.9      -31.5  72      13.4      236.5  87
India                        -87.8   -4,679.9  14     459.7    3,544.7  33
Indonesia                   -327.2   -7,046.7  11     403.5    2,290.9  40
Iran                           (-)       (-)   94       (-)       (-)  224
Iraq                        -117.6   -1,092.9  28       0.2      106.5 107
Ireland                      -98.1   -2,731.9  18     519.9    5,653.0  24
Israel                       -30.0   -1,650.5  22     661.5    6,977.5  20
Italy                     -1,034.5  -11,985.8   7     794.8    9,027.0  17
Ivory Coast                  -41.1     -266.1  40      12.5      151.6  97

Jamaica                       73.9      550.4 209     133.7    1,303.7  52
Japan                     -5,876.8  -64,093.7   1   4,642.0   57,887.9   3
Jordan                        23.6      336.7 204      25.6      353.1  75

Kazakhstan                    -7.9      -65.5  62       3.9      103.1 108
Kenya                          1.7      100.5 183      10.2      199.0  89
Kiribati                      -0.1        1.5 108       0.1        2.6 206
Korea, South                 271.0   -7,398.2  10   2,391.8   16,538.3   9
Kuwait                        57.8      207.2 195     110.6    1,479.4  50
Kyrgyzstan                     2.6       20.3 149       2.6       20.6 158

Laos                          -0.4      -17.3  80       0.2        3.7 196
Latvia                        -9.4       72.0 175      10.8      186.8  93
Lebanon                       30.8      431.8 207      38.8      514.1  67
Lesotho                       -9.0      -98.7  56       (-)        1.4 210
Liberia                        1.2       24.9 156       3.8       50.0 134
Libya                          (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Liechtenstein                -18.4     -235.5  42       0.8        7.3 184
Lithuania                     -5.2      -18.9  79       4.7       62.2 127
Luxembourg                   148.4      232.2 197     181.4      606.1  62

Macao                        -96.0   -1,067.9  30       3.8       40.8 138
Macedonia (Skopje)            -7.3     -160.5  47       1.0       14.9 168
Madagascar                    -6.3      -56.8  64       1.3       14.6 170
Malawi                        -4.5      -46.0  69       2.0       14.5 171
Malaysia                    -949.7  -10,048.6   8     650.3    8,952.9  18
Maldives                      -2.6      -28.1  73       0.3        4.8 192
Mali                           2.1       22.1 151       2.2       25.4 150
Malta                        -11.7      -72.2  60      14.6      268.3  85
Marshall Islands               3.7       19.0 144       3.7       24.8 152
Martinique                     2.5       25.3 158       2.6       26.4 148
Mauritania                     2.6       19.1 145       2.6       19.5 162
Mauritius                    -18.7     -248.4  41       2.3       23.3 154
Mexico                    -1,255.1  -15,698.6   5   6,543.2   79,010.1   2
Moldova                      -11.5      -91.0  57       1.3       20.6 159
Monaco                        -0.4      -19.2  78       0.3        6.4 187
Mongolia                      -2.3      -21.5  76       0.9       20.3 160
Montserrat                     0.4        4.9 125       0.4        5.2 190
Morocco                       44.5      209.2 196      75.8      552.3  65
Mozambique                     1.1       20.0 147       2.6       45.7 135

Namibia                        1.9       -0.6  88       4.9       51.2 133
Nauru                          (-)        0.7 106       (-)        0.8 215
Nepal                        -14.2     -123.9  51       0.5       15.5 167
Netherlands                1,026.6   11,412.8 227   1,674.3   19,003.8   6
Netherlands Antilles          58.2      434.6 208      78.2      742.1  59
New Caledonia                  1.1        1.5 109       1.5       19.3 163
New Zealand                  -11.3      239.7 198     134.5    1,884.6  44
Nicaragua                      2.8     -116.6  53      37.6      336.6  78
Niger                          2.2       16.4 141       2.3       18.2 164
Nigeria                     -134.6   -3,375.0  16      69.3      819.6  56
Niue                           (-)        5.4 127       (-)        5.5 189
Norfolk Island                 0.1        2.3 115       0.1        2.3 207
North Korea                    (-)        4.5 124       (-)        4.5 195
Norway                      -110.6   -1,164.4  27     144.8    1,709.1  47

Oman                           6.4       85.9 180      23.7      302.7  80

Pakistan                     -72.6     -965.1  32      57.1      726.2  60
Palau                         -0.7        0.4 103       0.7       14.0 172
Panama                       121.9    1,440.3 216     150.0    1,752.8  46
Papua New Guinea              -6.2      -64.2  63       3.1       65.4 123
Paraguay                      51.7      752.4 213      55.0      785.9  58
Peru                         -58.8       78.8 177     182.5    2,056.2  41
Philippines                 -336.2   -5,212.7  13     566.7    6,736.2  21
Pitcairn Island                (-)       -0.3  89       (-)       (-)  (X)
Poland                        10.5       99.0 182      63.8      881.6  55
Portugal                     -21.1     -378.1  37      76.5      887.7  54

Qatar                          5.3      133.7 189      22.1      354.1  74

Republic of Yemen             13.9      139.7 192      14.1      177.4  94
Reunion                        0.1        2.6 118       0.1        2.9 202
Romania                      -15.8      -53.8  66      12.9      339.5  77
Russia                      -179.5   -2,149.1  20     247.0    3,584.7  32
Rwanda                         3.9       17.8 142       4.1       21.8 156

San Marino                    -0.1        4.9 126       0.5        9.0 181
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)        8.7 131       (-)        9.4 179
Saudi Arabia                 459.6    4,186.0 222     911.8   10,524.9  16
Senegal                        6.3       54.0 168       6.6       59.2 129
Seychelles                     0.5        7.8 130       0.5       10.0 177
Sierra Leone                   0.5       11.2 134       1.0       23.5 153
Singapore                     -7.2   -2,683.9  19   1,528.7   15,673.5  10
Slovakia                       0.1      -55.1  65      12.7      110.7 106
Slovenia                      -9.4     -163.8  45      14.1      123.2 101
Solomon Islands                (-)       -0.1  91       (-)        2.8 203
Somalia                        (-)        2.1 114       (-)        2.7 205
South Africa                 196.3      570.6 210     455.0    3,626.1  31
Spain                         49.2      680.3 212     492.9    5,464.6  25
Sri Lanka                   -106.5   -1,575.8  23       9.2      190.1  91
St Helena                      (-)       -0.1  92       (-)        0.1 222
St Kitts and Nevis             2.7       12.9 136       5.2       44.8 136
St Lucia                       6.4       70.0 174       8.5       92.4 113
St Pierre and Miquelon        -1.1       -1.8  86       0.4        3.0 201
St Vincent and
     the Grenadines            2.1      269.4 201       3.1      274.2  84
Sudan                          3.4        3.7 123       3.4        6.8 186
Suriname                       4.5       81.1 179      14.9      187.2  92
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        0.1        0.4 104       0.1        1.3 211
Swaziland                     -0.5      -16.9  81       1.0        8.2 183
Sweden                      -522.9   -4,017.3  15     284.3    3,819.4  30
Switzerland                  -63.9   -1,424.6  25     653.2    7,251.3  19
Syria                         16.0      115.6 185      18.1      161.4  96

Taiwan                    -1,158.3  -14,965.8   6   1,672.5   18,157.1   7
Tajikistan                     1.1      -20.5  77       1.2       12.2 173
Tanzania                       0.5       35.3 161       4.1       66.9 121
Thailand                    -246.7   -8,201.0   9     852.4    5,233.4  26
Togo                           3.1       23.3 153       3.1       25.5 149
Tokelau                       -0.9        2.0 113       0.2        5.0 191
Tonga                          0.7        5.6 128       1.4       11.8 174
Trinidad and Tobago           15.8       11.9 135      70.2      982.8  53
Tunisia                       15.0      135.3 190      17.5      196.8  90
Turkey                        89.4      967.0 215     238.7    3,512.5  34
Turkmenistan                   1.2       25.2 157       1.6       28.0 147
Turks and Caicos Islands       7.8       59.1 171       8.3       63.8 124
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-)   93       (-)       (-)  226

Uganda                         2.8       14.6 138       3.9       29.8 146
Ukraine                      -22.1     -163.1  46      12.0      367.5  72
United Arab Emirates         163.1    1,708.8 218     204.9    2,369.6  37
United Kingdom              -132.0    4,277.7 223   2,901.7   39,070.2   4
Uruguay                       45.1      335.6 203      61.5      591.4  63
Uzbekistan                     3.4      113.2 184       8.8      147.3  98

Vanuatu                       -0.8       36.0 162       0.1       40.4 139
Vatican City                   (-)        0.5 105       (-)        0.8 216
Venezuela                   -195.4   -2,762.6  17     431.1    6,519.8  22
Vietnam                      -25.0     -279.2  39      20.8      274.2  83

Wallis and Futuna              (-)        0.1  97       (-)        0.1 223
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                 (-)        2.3 116       (-)        2.3 208
Western Sahara                 (-)             95       (-)            225
Western Samoa                  0.3        3.5 122       0.8       10.4 176

Yugoslavia                     8.4       61.3 172       9.3       73.9 120

Zambia                        -1.2      -25.6  75       0.7       21.6 157
Zimbabwe                       2.0      -33.9  71       9.7       93.1 112

Unidentified                  21.1       (-)  (X)      21.1       (-)  (X)

Timing adjustment              (-)      403.6 (X)       (-)      347.0 (X)

North America             -3,432.9  -34,234.7 (X)  19,023.9  235,317.7 (X)

Western Europe            -3,383.6  -28,928.7 (X)  13,807.3  163,019.4 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)       -3,235.0  -26,896.4 (X)  12,688.2  149,470.2 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association           -229.7   -2,856.1 (X)     812.2    9,204.3 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe          -388.9   -3,415.5 (X)     504.4    7,474.1 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic  -225.0   -2,115.7 (X)     321.4    4,961.5 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europ -3,375.7  -28,799.3 (X)  13,740.0  162,203.8 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries-11,718.7 -160,395.2 (X)  15,387.8  167,461.2 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East          636.0    4,741.4 (X)   2,052.3   23,615.5 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)            -564.1  -22,662.8 (X)   6,706.8   63,292.4 (X)
    Asia--South             -340.1   -8,882.3 (X)     572.8    4,801.3 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)      -1,871.1  -33,280.8 (X)   4,028.1   39,009.7 (X)
                            
    South/Central America  1,414.6   13,028.9 (X)   5,632.1   63,435.1 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics              -290.4   -6,403.4 (X)  11,498.5  135,593.2 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                 -105.8     -839.2 (X)     739.9    8,414.6 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association      -316.3   -6,818.4 (X)  10,218.8  120,897.0 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies -4,696.8  -38,180.1 (X)  24,465.0  297,343.9 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                 -132.9   -9,022.6 (X)   2,204.9   25,115.0 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)          21.1       (-)  (X)      21.1       (-)  (X)
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                                            Imports

                             Customs basis            C.i.f. basis
                                  Cumulative               Cumulative
         Country          December  to date  rank  December  to date  rank

     TOTAL                76,474.1  913,828.2 (X)  79,052.5  944,585.8 (X)

Afganistan                     0.9       16.7 145       1.0       17.5 144
Albania                        1.0       12.4 152       1.0       13.1 152
Algeria                       95.4    1,631.3  51     106.4    1,798.7  50
Andorra                        (-)        0.1 216       (-)        0.1 217
Angola                       150.9    2,251.5  43     164.8    2,450.9  42
Anguilla                       0.2        2.1 186       0.2        2.2 186
Antigua and Barbuda            0.1        1.9 188       0.1        2.1 188
Argentina                    200.3    2,252.1  42     216.8    2,441.0  43
Armenia                        1.2       16.7 144       1.3       17.2 145
Aruba                         38.3      471.0  67      40.7      498.4  68
Australia                    471.2    5,381.9  28     497.4    5,719.0  28
Austria                      224.4    2,558.0  37     231.8    2,652.5  40
Azerbaijan                     0.3        4.9 168       0.4        5.2 168

Bahamas                       17.2      142.5  97      17.6      153.8  98
Bahrain                       14.0      155.5  95      15.3      169.8  95
Bangladesh                   104.3    1,845.7  46     109.7    1,946.4  47
Barbados                       2.7       35.3 126       2.8       36.5 127
Belarus                        9.4      105.4 107      10.1      112.6 107
Belgium                      693.2    8,421.9  21     709.3    8,638.9  22
Belize                         3.9       66.0 116       4.1       70.4 116
Benin                          0.4        3.6 175       0.4        4.4 173
Bermuda                        0.6       11.5 155       0.7       11.8 156
Bhutan                         (-)        1.0 192       (-)        1.1 191
Bolivia                       26.0      223.6  85      27.4      233.7  86
Bosnia-Hercegovina             0.6        7.4 159       0.6        7.8 161
Botswana                       1.4       19.7 141       1.4       20.3 142
Brazil                       857.0   10,122.5  16     896.6   10,642.2  16
British Indian
    Ocean Territory            0.1        0.5 202       0.1        0.5 202
British Virgin Islands         0.9        7.5 158       1.0        7.9 159
Brunei                        30.7      210.8  89      33.9      224.0  89
Bulgaria                      12.2      219.1  87      13.1      232.3  87
Burkina                        (-)        0.6 199       (-)        0.6 200
Burma (Myanmar)               14.9      163.7  94      15.7      174.8  94
Burundi                        0.1        7.7 157       0.1        8.0 158

Cambodia                      46.1      365.0  73      48.9      387.8  73
Cameroon                       4.4       53.3 119       4.9       59.8 119
Canada                    14,658.5  174,843.8   1  14,913.6  178,047.7   1
Cape Verde                     (-)        0.2 211       (-)        0.2 211
Cayman Islands                 1.1       18.1 142       1.1       18.6 143
Central African Republic       (-)        2.8 181       (-)        2.8 183
Chad                           0.2        7.3 161       0.3        7.9 160
Chile                        223.8    2,452.9  40     252.8    2,811.3  36
China                      5,326.4   71,155.9   4   5,659.8   75,109.1   4
Christmas Island               0.1        0.3 206       0.1        0.3 205
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)        0.2 215       (-)        0.2 216
Colombia                     415.9    4,651.5  30     442.9    4,939.6  30
Comoros                        (-)        0.8 195       (-)        0.8 195
Congo (Brazzaville)           21.6      315.4  76      24.3      336.5  76
Congo (Kinshasa)              13.6      171.6  91      14.7      180.5  91
Cook Islands                   (-)        0.8 196       (-)        0.8 196
Costa Rica                   300.8    2,745.5  35     317.2    2,927.3  35
Croatia                        5.1       72.5 113       5.3       76.2 113
Cuba                           (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Cyprus                         4.6       31.8 133       5.1       34.9 129
Czech Republic                59.0      671.9  62      61.2      698.9  63

Denmark                      214.9    2,381.7  41     223.2    2,481.8  41
Djibouti                       (-)        0.5 201       (-)        0.5 201
Dominica                       0.8        6.4 163       0.9        6.8 163
Dominican Republic           355.1    4,443.1  31     363.3    4,551.2  31

Ecuador                      126.2    1,755.2  48     143.9    1,989.4  46
Egypt                         48.3      660.3  64      50.5      698.6  64
El Salvador                  117.2    1,438.2  53     120.2    1,478.9  53
Equatorial Guinea              2.1       66.6 115       2.5       73.6 115
Eritrea                        (-)        0.7 197       (-)        0.8 197
Estonia                       14.0      125.4 102      15.6      138.3 101
Ethiopia                       4.9       52.3 120       5.1       54.5 120

Falkland Islands               (-)        0.2 212       (-)        0.2 214
Faroe Islands                  2.0       11.3 156       2.1       11.8 155
Fed. Republic of Germany   5,014.7   49,823.9   5   5,166.7   51,283.2   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia             1.5       12.6 151       1.7       13.5 151
Fiji                           3.9      101.1 108       4.7      112.3 108
Finland                      225.2    2,594.8  36     236.6    2,746.8  37
France                     2,000.6   24,077.3   8   2,062.6   24,712.2   9
French Guiana                  (-)        3.2 177       (-)        3.2 179
French Polynesia               1.6       33.8 128       1.7       34.4 131
French Southern and
   Antarctic Lands             (-)        1.1 191       (-)        1.1 192

Gabon                         60.8    1,268.3  55      66.5    1,381.7  55
Gambia                         0.2        2.0 187       0.2        2.1 187
Gaza Strip Administered
   by Israel                   (-)        0.1 217       (-)        0.2 212
Georgia                        0.3       14.2 148       0.3       15.3 148
Ghana                         10.4      144.4  96      11.0      153.6  99
Gibraltar                      3.9        6.0 165       3.9        6.0 166
Greece                        39.8      467.1  68      44.6      515.4  67
Greenland                      0.4        7.3 160       0.4        7.7 162
Grenada                        0.8       12.1 154       0.8       12.6 153
Guadeloupe                     0.1        2.3 183       0.1        2.4 184
Guatemala                    182.3    2,072.0  44     192.2    2,212.4  44
Guinea                        10.9      115.6 103      14.0      142.2 100
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)        0.2 213       (-)        0.2 213
Guyana                         9.5      135.3  99      11.2      155.2  96

Haiti                         25.0      271.8  80      25.6      281.4  82
Heard and
    McDonald Isles             0.1        0.2 214       0.1        0.2 215
Honduras                     210.5    2,544.9  39     216.2    2,661.9  39
Hong Kong                    783.4   10,538.4  15     815.7   10,935.0  15
Hungary                      180.1    1,567.4  52     183.9    1,610.6  52

Iceland                       50.3      268.0  82      51.8      283.7  81
India                        547.5    8,224.6  23     579.6    8,658.6  21
Indonesia                    730.6    9,337.6  17     786.6    9,973.0  18
Iran                           (-)       (-)  222       (-)       (-)  222
Iraq                         117.8    1,199.4  57     132.5    1,360.7  56
Ireland                      618.0    8,384.9  22     625.8    8,479.1  23
Israel                       691.5    8,628.0  20     708.0    8,785.2  20
Italy                      1,829.3   21,012.8  10   1,907.6   21,910.4  10
Ivory Coast                   53.6      417.6  70      57.4      448.0  70

Jamaica                       59.8      753.3  61      63.8      798.2  61
Japan                     10,518.8  121,981.6   2  10,786.8  125,090.8   2
Jordan                         2.1       16.4 146       2.2       17.1 146

Kazakhstan                    11.8      168.7  92      12.8      177.7  92
Kenya                          8.4       98.5 110       8.9      105.0 109
Kiribati                       0.2        1.1 190       0.2        1.3 190
Korea, South               2,120.8   23,936.5   9   2,197.4   24,804.8   8
Kuwait                        52.7    1,272.2  54      64.2    1,470.7  54
Kyrgyzstan                     (-)        0.3 208       (-)        0.3 208

Laos                           0.6       21.0 140       0.6       22.1 140
Latvia                        20.2      114.8 104      22.5      125.9 104
Lebanon                        8.0       82.4 111       8.2       84.6 112
Lesotho                        9.1      100.1 109       9.5      104.6 110
Liberia                        2.6       25.1 137       2.8       26.6 137
Libya                          (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Liechtenstein                 19.2      242.9  84      19.8      250.2  84
Lithuania                      9.9       81.2 112      10.5       87.9 111
Luxembourg                    33.1      373.9  72      34.9      398.1  72

Macao                         99.9    1,108.6  58     103.8    1,152.0  58
Macedonia (Skopje)             8.2      175.4  90       8.6      184.2  90
Madagascar                     7.6       71.4 114       8.2       75.5 114
Malawi                         6.5       60.5 118       7.1       64.6 118
Malaysia                   1,600.0   19,001.4  11   1,642.6   19,518.8  11
Maldives                       3.0       32.9 130       3.1       36.6 126
Mali                           0.1        3.4 176       0.2        3.7 176
Malta                         26.3      340.5  75      26.5      346.6  75
Marshall Islands               (-)        5.8 166       (-)        6.2 165
Martinique                     (-)        1.0 193       (-)        1.1 193
Mauritania                     (-)        0.4 203       (-)        0.4 203
Mauritius                     21.0      271.6  81      22.0      289.1  80
Mexico                     7,798.3   94,708.7   3   7,908.7   96,077.8   3
Moldova                       12.8      111.6 105      13.8      120.1 105
Monaco                         0.6       25.6 136       0.7       26.3 138
Mongolia                       3.2       41.8 124       3.4       44.8 124
Montserrat                     (-)        0.2 209       (-)        0.2 209
Morocco                       31.3      343.2  74      33.8      367.1  74
Mozambique                     1.5       25.8 135       1.6       27.5 135

Namibia                        3.0       51.8 121       3.1       54.3 121
Nauru                          (-)        0.1 218       (-)        0.1 218
Nepal                         14.7      139.5  98      16.1      153.8  97
Netherlands                  647.7    7,591.0  25     678.2    8,009.1  25
Netherlands Antilles          20.0      307.6  78      21.6      327.2  78
New Caledonia                  0.4       17.7 143       0.5       20.7 141
New Zealand                  145.7    1,645.0  50     159.0    1,802.5  49
Nicaragua                     34.8      453.3  69      36.0      471.5  69
Niger                          0.2        1.7 189       0.2        1.8 189
Nigeria                      203.9    4,194.6  32     224.1    4,548.4  32
Niue                           (-)        0.1 220       (-)        0.1 220
Norfolk Island                 (-)        0.1 219       (-)        0.1 219
North Korea                    (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Norway                       255.4    2,873.6  34     270.3    3,037.2  34

Oman                          17.2      216.7  88      18.1      230.4  88

Pakistan                     129.7    1,691.4  49     137.5    1,788.1  51
Palau                          1.5       13.6 149       1.5       14.4 149
Panama                        28.1      312.5  77      29.5      330.4  77
Papua New Guinea               9.3      129.6 100      10.0      136.4 102
Paraguay                       3.3       33.5 129       3.5       36.2 128
Peru                         241.3    1,977.3  45     254.7    2,072.6  45
Philippines                  903.0   11,948.9  14     933.1   12,334.8  14
Pitcairn Island                (-)        0.3 207       (-)        0.3 207
Poland                        53.3      782.6  60      57.2      833.6  60
Portugal                      97.6    1,265.8  56     102.4    1,327.3  57

Qatar                         16.9      220.4  86      17.7      237.5  85

Republic of Yemen              0.2       37.6 125       0.2       43.2 125
Reunion                        (-)        0.3 205       (-)        0.3 206
Romania                       28.7      393.3  71      30.7      420.2  71
Russia                       426.5    5,733.7  27     442.8    6,008.5  27
Rwanda                         0.2        4.0 174       0.3        4.1 175

San Marino                     0.7        4.1 173       0.7        4.2 174
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)        0.7 198       (-)        0.7 198
Saudi Arabia                 452.2    6,338.9  26     520.9    7,168.7  26
Senegal                        0.3        5.2 167       0.3        5.6 167
Seychelles                     0.1        2.2 185       0.1        2.3 185
Sierra Leone                   0.5       12.3 153       0.5       12.4 154
Singapore                  1,535.8   18,357.4  12   1,563.7   18,654.3  12
Slovakia                      12.6      165.7  93      13.4      176.7  93
Slovenia                      23.5      287.0  79      24.5      300.2  79
Solomon Islands                0.1        2.9 180       0.1        3.6 177
Somalia                        (-)        0.6 200       (-)        0.6 199
South Africa                 258.7    3,055.5  33     268.8    3,189.6  33
Spain                        443.7    4,784.3  29     471.6    5,111.8  29
Sri Lanka                    115.7    1,765.9  47     121.5    1,856.4  48
St Helena                      (-)        0.2 210       (-)        0.2 210
St Kitts and Nevis             2.5       31.9 132       2.6       33.0 134
St Lucia                       2.0       22.4 139       2.1       23.0 139
St Pierre and Miquelon         1.5        4.9 169       1.5        5.0 170
St Vincent and
     the Grenadines            1.0        4.8 170       1.0        4.9 171
Sudan                          (-)        3.1 178       (-)        3.4 178
Suriname                      10.5      106.1 106      11.3      112.9 106
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)        0.9 194       (-)        0.9 194
Swaziland                      1.5       25.1 138       1.5       26.9 136
Sweden                       807.2    7,836.7  24     828.4    8,075.8  24
Switzerland                  717.1    8,675.9  19     731.4    8,896.7  19
Syria                          2.1       45.8 123       2.2       47.7 123

Taiwan                     2,830.8   33,122.9   7   2,941.9   34,343.4   7
Tajikistan                     0.1       32.6 131       0.1       33.2 133
Tanzania                       3.6       31.6 134       3.7       33.5 132
Thailand                   1,099.1   13,434.3  13   1,147.6   13,970.5  13
Togo                           0.1        2.2 184       0.1        2.9 182
Tokelau                        1.2        3.0 179       1.2        3.2 180
Tonga                          0.7        6.1 164       0.7        6.7 164
Trinidad and Tobago           54.3      970.9  59      61.8    1,071.2  59
Tunisia                        2.5       61.5 117       2.7       64.8 117
Turkey                       149.3    2,545.6  38     157.3    2,677.5  38
Turkmenistan                   0.3        2.8 182       0.3        3.0 181
Turks and Caicos Islands       0.5        4.7 171       0.6        4.9 172
Tuvalu                                        224                      224

Uganda                         1.2       15.2 147       1.2       16.0 147
Ukraine                       34.0      530.7  66      36.7      585.5  66
United Arab Emirates          41.8      660.8  63      43.7      708.5  62
United Kingdom             3,033.7   34,792.5   6   3,123.4   35,720.8   6
Uruguay                       16.3      255.8  83      17.2      265.5  83
Uzbekistan                     5.5       34.1 127       5.6       34.8 130

Vanuatu                        0.9        4.4 172       1.1        5.2 169
Vatican City                   (-)        0.3 204       (-)        0.4 204
Venezuela                    626.5    9,282.4  18     688.2   10,072.8  17
Vietnam                       45.8      553.4  65      48.8      596.0  65

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                 (-)        0.1 221       (-)        0.1 221
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-)  223       (-)       (-)  223
Western Samoa                  0.5        6.8 162       0.6        9.1 157

Yugoslavia                     1.0       12.6 150       1.0       13.6 150

Zambia                         1.8       47.3 122       1.9       47.9 122
Zimbabwe                       7.7      127.0 101       8.0      135.0 103

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

Timing adjustment              (-)      -56.6 (X)       (-)      -56.6 (X)

North America             22,456.8  269,552.4 (X)  22,822.3  274,125.5 (X)

Western Europe            17,190.9  191,948.1 (X)  17,756.7  198,221.7 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)       15,923.2  176,366.6 (X)  16,447.2  182,063.2 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association          1,041.9   12,060.4 (X)   1,073.3   12,467.9 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           893.3   10,889.6 (X)     933.3   11,450.9 (X)
    Former Soviet Repub      546.4    7,077.2 (X)     572.9    7,465.5 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment(OECD)in Europe  17,115.7  191,003.1 (X)  17,679.1  197,239.9 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries 27,106.5  327,856.4 (X)  28,131.6  339,798.1 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East        1,416.3   18,874.1 (X)   1,533.1   20,324.1 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)           7,270.9   85,955.2 (X)   7,518.6   88,737.5 (X)
    Asia--South              912.8   13,683.6 (X)     965.3   14,420.9 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)       5,899.2   72,290.5 (X)   6,107.6   74,675.5 (X)
                            
    South/Central America  4,217.5   50,406.2 (X)   4,490.3   53,778.1 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics            11,788.9  141,996.6 (X)  12,153.0  146,497.3 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  845.7    9,253.8 (X)     881.7    9,752.0 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association    10,535.1  127,715.4 (X)  10,852.8  131,582.3 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies 29,161.8  335,524.0 (X)  29,917.4  344,156.1 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                2,337.8   34,137.6 (X)   2,584.3   37,339.0 (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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