
ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1998

PART B:      NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 13Q1.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED
               COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, -- JANUARY - MARCH 1998

(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(-) Represents zero or less than half unit of measure.  (X) Not applicable.

                                          January

                Country                    Trade      Exports     Imports
                                          Balance      f.a.s.     Customs

Total, BOP Basis                          -16,269.7    54,534.8    70,804.4
Net Adjustments                            -1,217.6      -637.2       580.4
Total, Census Basis                       -15,052.1    55,172.0    70,224.0

Afganistan                                      (-)         0.3         0.3
Albania                                        -0.2         0.5         0.7
Algeria                                       -95.0        80.5       175.5
Andorra                                         4.4         4.4         (-)
Angola                                       -198.9        43.1       242.0
Anguilla                                        1.3         1.3         (-)
Antigua and Barbuda                             8.0         8.2         0.2
Argentina                                     260.3       467.5       207.2
Armenia                                         0.2         2.0         1.8
Aruba                                         -37.7        22.8        60.5
Australia                                     573.6       927.2       353.6
Austria                                       -40.9       149.8       190.7
Azerbaijan                                      8.6         9.5         0.8

Bahamas                                        50.3        64.8        14.5
Bahrain                                        20.6        36.5        15.9
Bangladesh                                   -133.8        31.8       165.6
Barbados                                       18.4        20.3         1.9
Belarus                                        -4.4         2.1         6.5
Belgium                                       581.7     1,207.6       625.9
Belize                                          3.4        11.3         7.9
Benin                                           2.1         2.1         (-)
Bermuda                                        27.7        28.1         0.4
Bhutan                                          (-)         (-)         (-)
Bolivia                                         4.7        22.6        17.9
Bosnia-Hercegovina                              1.7         2.3         0.7
Botswana                                        5.3         6.6         1.3
Brazil                                        323.9     1,123.2       799.3
British Indian Ocean Terr                      -0.1         (-)         0.2
British Virgin Islands                          5.9         6.4         0.5
Brunei                                         -0.2         5.1         5.3
Bulgaria                                      -35.8        20.1        55.9
Burkina                                         0.4         0.5         (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                               -16.3         0.7        17.0
Burundi                                        -2.0         0.1         2.1

Cambodia                                      -18.6         0.7        19.3
Cameroon                                        5.9        10.9         5.0
Canada                                     -1,110.8    12,117.8    13,228.5
Cape Verde                                      1.0         1.0         (-)
Cayman Islands                                 18.5        21.8         3.3
Central African Republic                        0.2         0.2         (-)
Chad                                            (-)         0.1         0.1
Chile                                         125.5       330.4       205.0
China                                      -4,182.1     1,271.1     5,453.2
Christmas Island                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                          (-)         (-)         (-)
Colombia                                      -46.1       401.3       447.4
Comoros                                         (-)         (-)         (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                            18.2        20.4         2.3
Congo (Kinshasa)                              -17.2         3.9        21.1
Cook Islands                                    0.1         0.1         (-)
Costa Rica                                     10.5       177.2       166.7
Croatia                                         2.5         5.2         2.7
Cuba                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Cyprus                                         22.7        24.7         2.0
Czech Republic                                -17.9        34.6        52.5

Denmark                                       -34.3       126.5       160.8
Djibouti                                        0.8         0.8         (-)
Dominica                                        3.9         4.2         0.3
Dominican Republic                             58.0       262.3       204.2
Ecuador                                       -25.0       122.8       147.8
Egypt                                         258.8       316.7        57.9
El Salvador                                     9.0       108.3        99.4
Equatorial Guinea                              -2.7         7.3        10.0
Eritrea                                         0.3         0.3         (-)
Estonia                                        -1.7         2.9         4.6
Ethiopia                                        2.5         5.1         2.6

Falkland Islands                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Faroe Islands                                  -1.1         (-)         1.1
Federal Republic of Germany                -1,311.3     1,979.6     3,291.0
Fedrated States of Micronesia                   1.4         2.1         0.7
Fiji                                           -8.4         2.3        10.7
Finland                                       -99.1       124.0       223.1
France                                       -160.4     1,501.0     1,661.4
French Guiana                                  -1.4         0.8         2.2
French Polynesia                                4.3         7.3         3.0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands             0.1         0.1         (-)

Gabon                                        -175.1         4.1       179.2
Gambia                                          0.1         0.6         0.5
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel               (-)         (-)         (-)
Georgia                                        16.2        16.4         0.2
Ghana                                           1.3        18.5        17.2
Gibraltar                                       1.1         1.4         0.3
Greece                                         45.4        80.2        34.8
Greenland                                      -0.2         (-)         0.3
Grenada                                         3.9         4.5         0.6
Guadeloupe                                      3.5         4.2         0.8
Guatemala                                      -5.4       160.1       165.5
Guinea                                         -6.9         4.3        11.2
Guinea-Bissau                                  -0.1         0.1         0.1
Guyana                                         -4.0         9.6        13.6

Haiti                                          24.0        38.4        14.3
Heard and McDonald Islands                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Honduras                                       -3.6       160.1       163.7
Hong Kong                                      64.5     1,024.6       960.1
Hungary                                       -56.1        35.2        91.3

Iceland                                        60.5        75.9        15.4
India                                        -411.1       241.1       652.1
Indonesia                                    -515.4       283.4       798.8
Iran                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                                           12.3        36.9        24.6
Ireland                                      -104.9       519.3       624.2
Israel                                       -162.0       569.6       731.5
Italy                                        -745.3       812.9     1,558.2
Ivory Coast                                   -55.9        20.4        76.3

Jamaica                                        49.2       107.4        58.2
Japan                                      -4,265.2     5,161.0     9,426.1
Jordan                                         19.4        20.3         0.9

Kazakhstan                                     -1.4         5.6         7.0
Kenya                                           7.3        14.9         7.7
Kiribati                                        0.3         0.4         (-)
Korea, South                                 -865.0     1,088.8     1,953.8
Kuwait                                        -27.0       112.0       139.0
Kyrgyzstan                                      1.3         1.4         0.1

Laos                                           -0.1         1.2         1.3
Latvia                                          7.0        12.2         5.2
Lebanon                                        33.6        39.6         6.0
Lesotho                                       -11.9         (-)        11.9
Liberia                                         2.7         2.7         (-)
Libya                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Liechtenstein                                 -10.0         0.9        10.9
Lithuania                                       0.5         4.8         4.3
Luxembourg                                      9.9        33.3        23.5

Macao                                        -101.4         3.6       105.0
Macedonia (Skopje)                            -17.7         0.5        18.3
Madagascar                                     -7.1         1.0         8.1
Malawi                                         -7.9         0.4         8.3
Malaysia                                     -514.0       902.6     1,416.6
Maldives                                       -2.4         0.6         3.0
Mali                                            0.9         1.2         0.4
Malta                                         -16.5        10.0        26.5
Marshall Islands                                1.6         1.7         0.1
Martinique                                      3.3         3.4         (-)
Mauritania                                      0.4         0.4         (-)
Mauritius                                     -16.4         1.8        18.1
Mexico                                       -771.4     6,234.2     7,005.6
Moldova                                        -4.0         1.1         5.1
Monaco                                          0.2         0.8         0.6
Mongolia                                       -2.4         0.2         2.7
Montserrat                                      0.3         0.3         (-)
Morocco                                        18.7        44.7        26.0
Mozambique                                      0.7         1.2         0.6

Namibia                                        -9.3         1.2        10.5
Nauru                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Nepal                                         -12.1         0.4        12.5
Netherlands                                 1,142.7     1,707.2       564.5
Netherlands Antilles                           25.3        47.2        21.9
New Caledonia                                  -1.6         2.0         3.6
New Zealand                                    45.1       175.7       130.6
Nicaragua                                      -6.4        26.9        33.2
Niger                                           1.7         1.9         0.2
Nigeria                                      -349.2        65.0       414.3
Niue                                            0.2         0.2         (-)
Norfolk Island                                  (-)         (-)         (-)
North Korea                                     (-)         (-)         (-)
Norway                                       -101.2       138.5       239.7

Oman                                            0.1        30.6        30.5

Pakistan                                      -47.0        92.9       140.0
Palau                                          -0.8         1.3         2.1
Panama                                        124.8       146.4        21.6
Papua New Guinea                               -0.9         6.6         7.5
Paraguay                                       56.7        60.2         3.5
Peru                                           39.9       165.5       125.5
Philippines                                  -330.8       583.0       913.9
Pitcairn Island                                 (-)         (-)         (-)
Poland                                          7.0        79.5        72.5
Portugal                                      -13.0        71.5        84.5

Qatar                                          23.4        45.0        21.6

Republic of Yemen                              10.7        11.3         0.6
Reunion                                         0.3         0.3         (-)
Romania                                        -6.3        23.4        29.7
Russia                                       -171.6       247.1       418.7
Rwanda                                          2.2         2.5         0.4
San Marino                                      (-)         0.1         0.1
Sao Tome and Principe                           0.1         0.1         (-)
Saudi Arabia                                  231.4       944.4       713.0
Senegal                                         1.9         2.8         0.8
Seychelles                                      0.2         0.2         0.1
Sierra Leone                                   -2.1         0.2         2.4
Singapore                                    -286.5     1,203.0     1,489.5
Slovakia                                      -10.0         3.0        13.0
Slovenia                                      -14.4         8.5        22.8
Solomon Islands                                 0.9         1.0         (-)
Somalia                                         (-)         (-)         (-)
South Africa                                    6.1       235.5       229.3
Spain                                         156.0       536.6       380.6
Sri Lanka                                    -156.2        11.6       167.8
St Helena                                       (-)         (-)         (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                              1.2         3.0         1.8
St Lucia                                        6.6         7.8         1.2
St Pierre and Miquelon                          0.1         0.2         (-)
St Vincent and the Grenadines                  35.3        35.8         0.4
Sudan                                          -2.0         (-)         2.1
Suriname                                        1.7        14.9        13.2
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Swaziland                                      -1.6         (-)         1.7
Sweden                                       -253.2       253.4       506.6
Switzerland                                  -165.4       448.2       613.6
Syria                                           7.0        10.4         3.4

Taiwan                                     -1,099.6     1,655.4     2,755.0
Tajikistan                                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Tanzania                                       -1.2         2.5         3.7
Thailand                                     -471.9       560.9     1,032.8
Togo                                            1.4         1.5         0.1
Tokelau                                        -0.1         (-)         0.1
Tonga                                           3.5         3.6         0.1
Trinidad and Tobago                            10.5        88.5        78.0
Tunisia                                        22.2        26.7         4.5
Turkey                                         39.2       254.0       214.8
Turkmenistan                                    3.7         3.8         0.1
Turks and Caicos Islands                        4.8         5.0         0.3
Tuvalu                                          (-)         (-)         (-)

Uganda                                         -0.9         1.1         2.0
Ukraine                                       -13.6        29.2        42.8
United Arab Emirates                          153.3       200.7        47.5
United Kingdom                                291.9     2,950.9     2,658.9
Uruguay                                        13.5        40.5        27.0
Uzbekistan                                      2.2         2.8         0.6

Vanuatu                                         (-)         (-)         (-)
Vatican City                                    0.1         0.1         (-)
Venezuela                                    -309.7       608.3       918.0
Vietnam                                       -36.6        18.5        55.1

Wallis and Futuna                               (-)         (-)         (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel                0.2         0.2         (-)
Western Sahara                                  (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Samoa                                   0.5         0.8         0.3

Yugoslavia                                     10.7        11.9         1.2

Zambia                                         -1.9         1.7         3.6
Zimbabwe                                       -7.0         5.6        12.6

Unidentified                                    (-)         (-)         (-)

North America                              -1,882.2    18,351.9    20,234.1
Western Europe                               -717.7    13,041.7    13,759.4
Euro Area                                    -584.5     8,643.0     9,227.5
European Union (EU)                          -534.7    12,054.0    12,588.6
European Free Trade Association              -216.0       663.6       879.6
Eastern Europe                               -276.2       537.1       813.3
Former Soviet Republics                      -157.0       340.8       497.8
Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                      -711.2    12,972.5    13,683.7
Pacific Rim Countries                     -11,478.0    14,291.0    25,768.9
Asia -- Near East                             322.8     2,057.2     1,734.4
Asia -- (NICS)                             -2,186.7     4,971.6     7,158.3
Asia -- South                                -760.2       378.1     1,138.3
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                          -2,118.9     3,538.0     5,656.9
South/Central America                         894.4     4,943.5     4,049.1
Twenty Latin American Republics              -116.8    10,656.1    10,772.9
Central American Common Market                  4.1       632.6       628.5
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                                -327.8     9,576.5     9,904.3
North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                            -1,148.7    23,593.7    24,742.4
Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                           -876.0     2,376.2     3,252.2
Unidentified                                    (-)         (-)         (-)
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                                          February

                Country                    Trade      Exports     Imports
                                          Balance      f.a.s.     Customs

Total, BOP Basis                          -14,195.8    54,425.6    68,621.5
Net Adjustments                            -1,035.8      -808.0       227.8
Total, Census Basis                       -13,160.0    55,233.6    68,393.7

Afganistan                                     -9.9         0.5        10.4
Albania                                        -0.6         0.2         0.9
Algeria                                      -112.9        42.9       155.8
Andorra                                         1.6         1.6         (-)
Angola                                       -152.3        31.1       183.3
Anguilla                                        1.7         1.8         0.1
Antigua and Barbuda                             7.7         7.8         0.1
Argentina                                     257.5       425.3       167.8
Armenia                                        14.4        14.8         0.4
Aruba                                         -35.8        15.7        51.4
Australia                                     655.9     1,092.9       437.1
Austria                                        13.1       207.5       194.4
Azerbaijan                                      8.9         8.9         (-)

Bahamas                                        55.9        69.1        13.2
Bahrain                                        13.6        27.3        13.7
Bangladesh                                   -133.6        21.7       155.4
Barbados                                       16.6        19.6         3.1
Belarus                                        -7.6         4.2        11.8
Belgium                                       545.9     1,240.4       694.5
Belize                                          5.9         9.7         3.8
Benin                                           1.9         2.0         0.1
Bermuda                                        34.2        35.1         0.9
Bhutan                                          0.2         0.2         (-)
Bolivia                                        13.3        26.7        13.4
Bosnia-Hercegovina                             -0.1         0.6         0.7
Botswana                                        5.1         6.5         1.5
Brazil                                        376.0     1,077.9       701.9
British Indian Ocean Terr                       (-)         (-)         (-)
British Virgin Islands                          3.7         4.0         0.3
Brunei                                         -2.7         4.3         7.0
Bulgaria                                       -2.3         9.8        12.1
Burkina                                         0.4         0.6         0.1
Burma (Myanmar)                               -10.6         1.2        11.8
Burundi                                        -0.3         (-)         0.3

Cambodia                                      -19.2         0.7        20.0
Cameroon                                        2.5         4.8         2.3
Canada                                     -1,042.8    12,924.0    13,966.8
Cape Verde                                      0.9         0.9         (-)
Cayman Islands                                 21.1        23.1         2.1
Central African Republic                        0.3         0.4         0.1
Chad                                            0.9         1.1         0.2
Chile                                          92.2       310.8       218.6
China                                      -3,540.3     1,019.3     4,559.6
Christmas Island                                (-)         0.1         (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                          (-)         (-)         (-)
Colombia                                       55.3       416.4       361.1
Comoros                                         (-)         0.1         0.2
Congo (Brazzaville)                           -40.4         3.4        43.8
Congo (Kinshasa)                               -6.5         3.0         9.5
Cook Islands                                    (-)         0.2         0.1
Costa Rica                                     -5.3       189.9       195.2
Croatia                                         0.4        12.9        12.5
Cuba                                            0.5         0.5         (-)
Cyprus                                         19.2        21.1         1.9
Czech Republic                                -27.3        31.4        58.7

Denmark                                       -19.4       163.7       183.1
Djibouti                                        0.7         0.7         (-)
Dominica                                        4.7         4.9         0.2
Dominican Republic                            -39.1       318.0       357.1
Ecuador                                       -17.3       132.3       149.6
Egypt                                         140.3       194.9        54.6
El Salvador                                   -15.4       115.5       130.9
Equatorial Guinea                             -11.5         2.9        14.5
Eritrea                                         0.7         0.7         (-)
Estonia                                        -0.5         3.1         3.6
Ethiopia                                        1.2         7.4         6.1

Falkland Islands                                0.2         0.2         (-)
Faroe Islands                                  -1.1         0.1         1.2
Federal Republic of Germany                -1,370.6     2,139.2     3,509.8
Fedrated States of Micronesia                   0.6         1.5         0.9
Fiji                                           -4.4         3.2         7.7
Finland                                       -22.9       159.2       182.1
France                                       -197.1     1,478.3     1,675.4
French Guiana                                  66.4        66.4         (-)
French Polynesia                                6.1         7.7         1.5
French Southern and Antarctic Lands             0.1         0.1         (-)

Gabon                                        -124.4         3.4       127.8
Gambia                                          0.3         0.5         0.2
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel               (-)         (-)         (-)
Georgia                                        10.6        11.0         0.4
Ghana                                          22.2        28.2         6.0
Gibraltar                                       0.5         0.5         (-)
Greece                                        135.4       162.5        27.1
Greenland                                      -0.2         (-)         0.3
Grenada                                         3.7         4.7         0.9
Guadeloupe                                      4.7         4.9         0.1
Guatemala                                     -31.2       145.5       176.8
Guinea                                         -2.0         6.3         8.3
Guinea-Bissau                                   0.1         0.2         (-)
Guyana                                         -1.9        10.0        11.8

Haiti                                          16.7        36.6        19.9
Heard and McDonald Islands                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Honduras                                      -46.2       178.4       224.7
Hong Kong                                     386.3     1,035.6       649.3
Hungary                                       -45.1        42.8        87.9

Iceland                                        -5.8        14.3        20.2
India                                        -432.8       208.2       641.0
Indonesia                                    -503.4       163.1       666.4
Iran                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                                            6.1         6.1         (-)
Ireland                                       -41.1       461.7       502.8
Israel                                         46.3       698.0       651.7
Italy                                        -821.4       757.9     1,579.3
Ivory Coast                                   -69.2        12.2        81.5

Jamaica                                        45.2       103.4        58.2
Japan                                      -5,273.8     4,635.9     9,909.7
Jordan                                         20.5        21.0         0.5

Kazakhstan                                    -11.1         6.7        17.9
Kenya                                          18.2        24.7         6.5
Kiribati                                        0.4         0.5         (-)
Korea, South                                 -599.5     1,126.5     1,726.1
Kuwait                                        -27.5        70.1        97.6
Kyrgyzstan                                      1.0         1.1         (-)

Laos                                           -2.4         0.2         2.6
Latvia                                         10.7        16.0         5.3
Lebanon                                        40.9        45.1         4.2
Lesotho                                        -6.5         (-)         6.5
Liberia                                        -1.0         2.6         3.6
Libya                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Liechtenstein                                 -16.9         0.4        17.3
Lithuania                                      -3.6         3.6         7.2
Luxembourg                                      9.4        35.5        26.1

Macao                                         -65.8         2.8        68.5
Macedonia (Skopje)                             -8.4         0.9         9.3
Madagascar                                     -3.3         0.7         4.1
Malawi                                          (-)         0.6         0.6
Malaysia                                     -664.8       654.2     1,319.0
Maldives                                       -1.9         0.9         2.8
Mali                                            2.9         3.0         0.1
Malta                                          -9.6        13.4        22.9
Marshall Islands                                0.9         1.4         0.5
Martinique                                      2.2         2.2         (-)
Mauritania                                      2.7         2.9         0.1
Mauritius                                     -18.4         1.0        19.4
Mexico                                       -538.6     6,421.1     6,959.7
Moldova                                       -10.7         0.9        11.5
Monaco                                          0.7         1.5         0.8
Mongolia                                       -0.2         2.3         2.5
Montserrat                                      0.2         0.2         (-)
Morocco                                        -4.4        19.1        23.5
Mozambique                                      7.0         7.8         0.8

Namibia                                         0.8         2.1         1.3
Nauru                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Nepal                                         -12.9         0.3        13.2
Netherlands                                 1,142.8     1,679.0       536.2
Netherlands Antilles                           13.2        41.0        27.8
New Caledonia                                  -1.2         2.0         3.1
New Zealand                                    24.4       141.0       116.6
Nicaragua                                     -12.9        22.6        35.5
Niger                                           1.0         1.0         (-)
Nigeria                                      -235.7        65.1       300.8
Niue                                            0.2         0.2         (-)
Norfolk Island                                  0.6         0.6         (-)
North Korea                                     (-)         (-)         (-)
Norway                                        -70.4       122.1       192.5

Oman                                            3.4        23.9        20.5

Pakistan                                      -96.7        46.8       143.6
Palau                                           0.4         0.9         0.5
Panama                                        114.6       135.7        21.1
Papua New Guinea                                2.3         4.2         1.9
Paraguay                                       44.8        47.1         2.3
Peru                                           71.8       189.7       117.9
Philippines                                  -366.2       578.5       944.7
Pitcairn Island                                 (-)         (-)         (-)
Poland                                         19.2        78.3        59.1
Portugal                                      -28.7        68.2        96.9

Qatar                                          16.1        35.0        18.9

Republic of Yemen                               8.9         9.1         0.2
Reunion                                         0.2         0.2         (-)
Romania                                       -23.2        17.4        40.6
Russia                                       -147.9       257.1       405.0
Rwanda                                          1.2         1.2         (-)
San Marino                                      0.7         0.7         (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                           3.7         3.7         (-)
Saudi Arabia                                  350.5       831.2       480.7
Senegal                                         4.6         5.1         0.5
Seychelles                                      1.0         1.1         0.1
Sierra Leone                                   -0.2         0.6         0.8
Singapore                                      18.2     1,359.3     1,341.2
Slovakia                                       -5.7         4.6        10.3
Slovenia                                       -8.7        10.4        19.1
Solomon Islands                                 0.6         0.6         (-)
Somalia                                         0.1         0.1         (-)
South Africa                                  -15.4       223.3       238.7
Spain                                         112.6       461.3       348.6
Sri Lanka                                    -126.2        13.4       139.6
St Helena                                       (-)         (-)         (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                              1.3         3.6         2.3
St Lucia                                        6.2         8.0         1.8
St Pierre and Miquelon                         -0.3         (-)         0.3
St Vincent and the Grenadines                  48.2        48.4         0.2
Sudan                                          -0.4         0.1         0.5
Suriname                                       10.6        13.4         2.8
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                      0.3         0.3         (-)
Swaziland                                      -2.3         0.3         2.6
Sweden                                       -283.5       288.9       572.4
Switzerland                                  -215.5       422.2       637.8
Syria                                          15.5        18.5         3.0

Taiwan                                       -729.7     1,597.4     2,327.1
Tajikistan                                      (-)         0.4         0.5
Tanzania                                        0.6         3.1         2.4
Thailand                                     -567.3       409.8       977.2
Togo                                            0.8         0.8         0.1
Tokelau                                         0.1         0.2         0.2
Tonga                                           1.2         1.3         0.1
Trinidad and Tobago                             5.2        85.3        80.2
Tunisia                                        16.2        24.9         8.7
Turkey                                         52.4       234.6       182.2
Turkmenistan                                    7.2         7.2         (-)
Turks and Caicos Islands                        4.0         4.3         0.3
Tuvalu                                          (-)         (-)         (-)

Uganda                                          0.4         1.5         1.0
Ukraine                                         1.3        23.6        22.2
United Arab Emirates                           78.6       152.3        73.7
United Kingdom                                763.1     3,312.8     2,549.7
Uruguay                                        15.8        35.4        19.6
Uzbekistan                                      2.2         2.9         0.7

Vanuatu                                         (-)         (-)         (-)
Vatican City                                    0.3         0.3         (-)
Venezuela                                    -184.1       609.2       793.2
Vietnam                                        -9.5        23.4        32.9

Wallis and Futuna                               (-)         (-)         (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel                (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Sahara                                  (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Samoa                                   0.2         0.6         0.4

Yugoslavia                                      6.7         7.3         0.6

Zambia                                         -2.7         1.1         3.8
Zimbabwe                                      -10.1         5.3        15.4

Unidentified                                    (-)         (-)         (-)

North America                              -1,581.3    19,345.1    20,926.4
Western Europe                               -316.1    13,481.4    13,797.5
Euro Area                                    -658.0     8,688.0     9,346.0
European Union (EU)                           -62.4    12,616.0    12,678.4
European Free Trade Association              -308.7       559.0       867.8
Eastern Europe                               -210.2       546.1       756.2
Former Soviet Republics                      -125.1       361.5       486.6
Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                      -317.0    13,412.2    13,729.2
Pacific Rim Countries                     -10,659.3    13,415.0    24,074.3
Asia -- Near East                             573.0     1,937.6     1,364.5
Asia -- (NICS)                               -924.8     5,118.8     6,043.6
Asia -- South                                -812.1       290.8     1,103.0
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                          -2,086.2     3,169.3     5,255.5
South/Central America                       1,032.4     5,000.5     3,968.1
Twenty Latin American Republics               168.5    10,834.6    10,666.2
Central American Common Market               -111.0       652.0       763.0
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                                 186.8     9,691.8     9,505.0
North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                              -794.3    24,794.1    25,588.5
Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                           -612.2     1,974.8     2,587.1
Unidentified                                    (-)         (-)         (-)
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                                           March

                Country                    Trade      Exports     Imports
                                          Balance      f.a.s.     Customs

Total, BOP Basis                          -17,196.4    61,409.9    78,606.3
Net Adjustments                            -1,397.6      -886.9       510.7
Total, Census Basis                       -15,798.8    62,296.8    78,095.6

Afganistan                                     -0.4         1.0         1.4
Albania                                        -0.4         0.3         0.7
Algeria                                       -43.1        75.9       119.0
Andorra                                         1.2         1.2         (-)
Angola                                       -159.2        22.3       181.5
Anguilla                                        2.0         2.1         0.1
Antigua and Barbuda                            12.1        12.3         0.2
Argentina                                     332.8       517.0       184.2
Armenia                                         4.5         5.7         1.1
Aruba                                         -19.6        21.4        41.0
Australia                                     658.5     1,133.1       474.5
Austria                                       -49.3       150.6       199.9
Azerbaijan                                      8.4         8.5         0.1

Bahamas                                        69.3        84.1        14.8
Bahrain                                        18.0        26.5         8.5
Bangladesh                                   -101.0        27.7       128.6
Barbados                                       21.0        24.5         3.5
Belarus                                        -2.9         3.5         6.4
Belgium                                       612.1     1,392.3       780.2
Belize                                          6.4        10.1         3.7
Benin                                           1.6         3.6         2.0
Bermuda                                        31.6        32.5         0.8
Bhutan                                          0.1         0.1         (-)
Bolivia                                         8.5        30.5        22.1
Bosnia-Hercegovina                              1.5         2.0         0.5
Botswana                                        0.7         1.9         1.2
Brazil                                        514.0     1,293.7       779.6
British Indian Ocean Terr                       (-)         (-)         (-)
British Virgin Islands                          4.5         4.9         0.4
Brunei                                          1.3         6.9         5.6
Bulgaria                                       -9.7         6.1        15.8
Burkina                                         0.4         0.4         (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                               -13.1         0.9        13.9
Burundi                                        -0.4         (-)         0.4

Cambodia                                      -19.3         0.9        20.2
Cameroon                                        4.8         7.3         2.5
Canada                                       -819.1    14,573.1    15,392.1
Cape Verde                                      0.3         0.3         (-)
Cayman Islands                                 24.8        25.8         1.0
Central African Republic                        0.1         0.2         (-)
Chad                                           -0.1         0.1         0.2
Chile                                          48.8       293.9       245.2
China                                      -3,763.9     1,034.2     4,798.1
Christmas Island                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                          (-)         (-)         (-)
Colombia                                      124.9       495.7       370.8
Comoros                                         0.1         0.1         (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                            -9.9         6.9        16.8
Congo (Kinshasa)                               -9.7         3.8        13.5
Cook Islands                                    0.1         0.1         (-)
Costa Rica                                    -14.6       199.2       213.8
Croatia                                         3.9        11.5         7.7
Cuba                                            0.1         0.1         (-)
Cyprus                                         12.3        15.0         2.7
Czech Republic                                 11.5        71.6        60.1

Denmark                                        30.7       246.8       216.1
Djibouti                                        1.4         1.4         (-)
Dominica                                        2.2         2.8         0.6
Dominican Republic                            -27.7       369.6       397.3
Ecuador                                       -10.4       147.1       157.5
Egypt                                         161.6       225.1        63.4
El Salvador                                    14.2       148.2       133.9
Equatorial Guinea                              -7.1         6.7        13.7
Eritrea                                         1.8         1.8         (-)
Estonia                                        -0.3         4.1         4.5
Ethiopia                                        7.6        13.3         5.7

Falkland Islands                                2.4         2.4         (-)
Faroe Islands                                  -0.4         0.6         1.0
Federal Republic of Germany                -2,362.9     2,329.2     4,692.1
Fedrated States of Micronesia                   1.5         2.4         0.9
Fiji                                           -2.6         4.0         6.6
Finland                                       -34.8       228.7       263.6
France                                       -339.0     1,721.9     2,060.9
French Guiana                                   2.9         3.0         0.1
French Polynesia                                9.3        11.3         2.0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands            -0.7         0.2         0.9

Gabon                                         -90.1         5.2        95.4
Gambia                                          0.5         0.8         0.3
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel               (-)         (-)         (-)
Georgia                                         3.8         5.9         2.1
Ghana                                           3.2        16.9        13.6
Gibraltar                                       2.8         3.0         0.2
Greece                                         46.9        94.8        47.9
Greenland                                      -0.6         0.2         0.8
Grenada                                         3.2         4.1         1.0
Guadeloupe                                      5.3         5.5         0.2
Guatemala                                     -20.7       171.2       192.0
Guinea                                        -11.1         2.3        13.3
Guinea-Bissau                                   0.3         0.3         (-)
Guyana                                          2.7        14.3        11.6

Haiti                                          24.3        46.1        21.8
Heard and McDonald Islands                      0.1         0.1         (-)
Honduras                                      -39.7       223.7       263.4
Hong Kong                                     439.1     1,146.7       707.6
Hungary                                       -71.7        40.2       111.9

Iceland                                        -0.1        15.2        15.3
India                                        -438.0       322.2       760.2
Indonesia                                    -520.9       158.7       679.6
Iran                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                                          -45.9        10.0        55.9
Ireland                                      -189.4       477.9       667.3
Israel                                       -187.2       574.0       761.2
Italy                                      -1,066.2       822.1     1,888.4
Ivory Coast                                   -60.0        11.3        71.3

Jamaica                                        41.1       112.9        71.8
Japan                                      -5,758.4     5,227.7    10,986.1
Jordan                                         63.5        64.9         1.4

Kazakhstan                                     -2.0        11.2        13.2
Kenya                                          10.4        17.9         7.6
Kiribati                                        0.3         0.4         0.1
Korea, South                                 -660.6     1,288.9     1,949.5
Kuwait                                        142.6       298.7       156.0
Kyrgyzstan                                      0.6         0.7         0.1

Laos                                           -0.2         0.6         0.7
Latvia                                         10.5        18.1         7.7
Lebanon                                        55.8        59.0         3.2
Lesotho                                        -5.7         0.8         6.5
Liberia                                        -2.1         1.7         3.8
Libya                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Liechtenstein                                 -26.1         0.3        26.4
Lithuania                                       4.1         8.3         4.3
Luxembourg                                      1.9        29.9        28.0

Macao                                         -50.9         3.6        54.4
Macedonia (Skopje)                            -20.3         0.9        21.2
Madagascar                                     -5.2         0.3         5.6
Malawi                                          (-)         0.5         0.6
Malaysia                                     -551.8       971.7     1,523.5
Maldives                                       -3.1         0.3         3.4
Mali                                            0.9         1.2         0.3
Malta                                          24.4        52.1        27.7
Marshall Islands                                1.4         1.9         0.5
Martinique                                      2.6         2.7         0.1
Mauritania                                      0.3         0.3         (-)
Mauritius                                     -16.7         1.3        17.9
Mexico                                     -1,414.2     6,911.3     8,325.6
Moldova                                       -10.0         1.6        11.5
Monaco                                         -1.2         0.1         1.4
Mongolia                                       -2.0         0.9         2.9
Montserrat                                      0.5         0.5         (-)
Morocco                                        -5.8        21.0        26.8
Mozambique                                      0.1         1.1         1.0

Namibia                                        -1.8         4.4         6.3
Nauru                                           0.1         0.1         (-)
Nepal                                         -13.2         2.3        15.6
Netherlands                                 1,144.5     1,749.2       604.7
Netherlands Antilles                           20.4        44.9        24.4
New Caledonia                                   0.3         1.6         1.3
New Zealand                                    35.4       181.3       145.8
Nicaragua                                     -12.6        30.7        43.3
Niger                                           1.5         1.7         0.2
Nigeria                                      -357.4        91.7       449.1
Niue                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Norfolk Island                                  0.3         0.4         (-)
North Korea                                     4.0         4.0         (-)
Norway                                       -103.9       151.1       255.0

Oman                                            2.0        21.9        19.9

Pakistan                                      -74.2        54.1       128.3
Palau                                          -0.4         1.1         1.5
Panama                                        135.4       158.5        23.1
Papua New Guinea                               -1.8         5.6         7.4
Paraguay                                       91.6        95.3         3.7
Peru                                           63.6       179.8       116.1
Philippines                                  -492.7       572.6     1,065.3
Pitcairn Island                                 (-)         (-)         (-)
Poland                                          2.2        89.4        87.3
Portugal                                       12.5       114.1       101.5

Qatar                                          10.3        28.0        17.7

Republic of Yemen                              33.7        34.2         0.5
Reunion                                         0.2         0.2         (-)
Romania                                        -1.7        30.4        32.2
Russia                                        116.0       556.5       440.5
Rwanda                                          0.2         0.4         0.2
San Marino                                      0.5         1.1         0.7
Sao Tome and Principe                          -0.1         (-)         0.1
Saudi Arabia                                  351.2       960.4       609.1
Senegal                                         5.9         6.5         0.5
Seychelles                                      1.1         1.1         (-)
Sierra Leone                                   -0.3         1.0         1.3
Singapore                                    -336.9     1,377.6     1,714.5
Slovakia                                       -5.9         5.4        11.3
Slovenia                                      -22.2        10.8        33.0
Solomon Islands                                 0.2         0.2         (-)
Somalia                                         0.3         0.3         (-)
South Africa                                   27.8       274.5       246.7
Spain                                          99.4       502.9       403.5
Sri Lanka                                    -122.8        27.6       150.4
St Helena                                       (-)         (-)         (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                              0.6         3.6         3.0
St Lucia                                        6.7         8.7         2.0
St Pierre and Miquelon                         -0.3         (-)         0.3
St Vincent and the Grenadines                  45.4        45.6         0.3
Sudan                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Suriname                                        5.8        14.9         9.0
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Swaziland                                      -1.4         0.8         2.1
Sweden                                       -322.8       340.1       662.9
Switzerland                                  -287.6       455.0       742.6
Syria                                          11.6        18.0         6.4

Taiwan                                     -1,062.5     1,635.9     2,698.5
Tajikistan                                     -0.3         (-)         0.3
Tanzania                                        7.5         9.5         2.0
Thailand                                     -667.4       463.8     1,131.2
Togo                                            0.9         1.2         0.2
Tokelau                                         (-)         0.1         0.1
Tonga                                           0.4         0.6         0.2
Trinidad and Tobago                            38.0       114.0        76.0
Tunisia                                         6.1        13.3         7.2
Turkey                                        187.8       414.5       226.7
Turkmenistan                                    0.2         0.4         0.2
Turks and Caicos Islands                        3.9         4.2         0.3
Tuvalu                                          (-)         (-)         (-)

Uganda                                          2.3         3.6         1.3
Ukraine                                         3.8        45.0        41.2
United Arab Emirates                          134.7       187.4        52.7
United Kingdom                                960.5     3,963.6     3,003.1
Uruguay                                        38.8        54.7        15.9
Uzbekistan                                      8.2         8.4         0.2

Vanuatu                                         (-)         0.1         (-)
Vatican City                                   -0.1         (-)         0.1
Venezuela                                    -103.6       664.9       768.5
Vietnam                                        -2.0        26.3        28.3

Wallis and Futuna                               (-)         (-)         (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel                0.3         0.3         (-)
Western Sahara                                  (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Samoa                                   0.5         0.9         0.3

Yugoslavia                                      5.3         6.5         1.1

Zambia                                         -2.3         2.3         4.6
Zimbabwe                                       -3.8        10.2        14.0

Unidentified                                    2.1         2.1         (-)

North America                              -2,233.3    21,484.4    23,717.7
Western Europe                             -1,678.4    15,305.1    16,983.5
Euro Area                                  -2,171.2     9,518.9    11,690.1
European Union (EU)                        -1,456.1    14,164.1    15,620.2
European Free Trade Association              -417.7       621.6     1,039.3
Eastern Europe                                 68.8       921.4       852.6
Former Soviet Republics                       144.5       677.9       533.4
Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                    -1,686.8    15,201.5    16,888.2
Pacific Rim Countries                     -12,066.2    14,744.4    26,810.7
Asia -- Near East                             590.4     2,282.9     1,692.5
Asia -- (NICS)                             -1,621.0     5,449.1     7,070.1
Asia -- South                                -749.6       434.9     1,184.5
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                          -2,568.5     3,551.2     6,119.7
South/Central America                       1,503.8     5,721.7     4,218.0
Twenty Latin American Republics              -246.4    12,031.2    12,277.7
Central American Common Market                -73.3       773.0       846.4
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                                -305.1    10,684.0    10,989.1
North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                            -1,595.0    28,120.6    29,715.5
Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                           -432.0     2,475.7     2,907.7
Unidentified                                    2.1         2.1         (-)

SOURCE: Report FT900 (98) (CB-99-109), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FINAL 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246), Foreign Trade Division.
