
ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1998

PART B:      NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 13Q3.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED
               COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, -- JULY - SEPTEMBER 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.

                                            July

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

Total, BOP Basis                          -26,094.1    50,604.4    76,698.4
Net Adjustments                            -1,334.3      -973.1       361.2
Total, Census Basis                       -24,759.8    51,577.5    76,337.2

Afganistan                                     -0.1         0.1         0.2
Albania                                         3.5         4.3         0.7
Algeria                                       -49.6        74.6       124.2
Andorra                                         1.7         1.7         (-)
Angola                                       -162.3        38.8       201.1
Anguilla                                        0.9         1.1         0.3
Antigua and Barbuda                             6.3         6.4         0.1
Argentina                                     361.4       539.1       177.7
Armenia                                         1.0         1.7         0.6
Aruba                                           0.8        28.2        27.4
Australia                                     545.2       989.7       444.5
Austria                                       -47.6       197.7       245.3
Azerbaijan                                     10.7        11.0         0.3

Bahamas                                        55.8        63.3         7.5
Bahrain                                         2.2        15.4        13.2
Bangladesh                                   -206.0        14.6       220.5
Barbados                                       22.2        25.6         3.4
Belarus                                        -6.7         2.0         8.7
Belgium                                       240.7     1,084.4       843.7
Belize                                          3.5         9.8         6.3
Benin                                           1.3         1.9         0.6
Bermuda                                        39.1        41.6         2.5
Bhutan                                          1.3         1.3         (-)
Bolivia                                        24.0        39.8        15.8
Bosnia-Hercegovina                              5.4         6.0         0.5
Botswana                                        0.3         2.3         2.0
Brazil                                        291.7     1,204.8       913.1
British Indian Ocean Terr                       (-)         (-)         (-)
British Virgin Islands                          5.4         6.1         0.7
Brunei                                        -21.4         6.3        27.7
Bulgaria                                      -14.4         9.6        23.9
Burkina                                         0.3         0.4         (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                                -6.1         8.0        14.1
Burundi                                        -1.3         (-)         1.4

Cambodia                                      -35.5         0.7        36.3
Cameroon                                       -1.6         5.6         7.2
Canada                                     -1,749.0    10,517.0    12,266.0
Cape Verde                                      1.0         1.0         (-)
Cayman Islands                                 46.8        48.2         1.3
Central African Republic                        0.3         0.4         0.1
Chad                                           -0.4         0.5         0.9
Chile                                         130.3       310.6       180.3
China                                      -5,455.4     1,100.8     6,556.3
Christmas Island                                0.2         0.2         (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                          (-)         (-)         (-)
Colombia                                       -1.0       366.7       367.6
Comoros                                        -0.2         0.1         0.3
Congo (Brazzaville)                           -15.0         8.6        23.5
Congo (Kinshasa)                              -10.7         4.5        15.2
Cook Islands                                   -0.1         (-)         0.2
Costa Rica                                    -26.8       181.9       208.6
Croatia                                        -5.5         5.2        10.7
Cuba                                            0.3         0.3         (-)
Cyprus                                          7.0         9.3         2.3
Czech Republic                                -24.3        40.3        64.6

Denmark                                       -61.6       163.9       225.5
Djibouti                                        2.5         2.5         (-)
Dominica                                        2.4         3.3         0.8
Dominican Republic                            -56.9       375.3       432.2

Ecuador                                        35.9       176.9       141.0
Egypt                                         158.9       214.4        55.5
El Salvador                                   -15.4       123.8       139.2
Equatorial Guinea                             -10.0         3.3        13.3
Eritrea                                         0.2         0.3         0.1
Estonia                                         6.8        16.8        10.0
Ethiopia                                        0.2         4.8         4.6

Falkland Islands                                0.1         0.1         (-)
Faroe Islands                                  -0.1         0.2         0.3
Federal Republic of Germany                -2,243.8     2,046.8     4,290.5
Fedrated States of Micronesia                   2.0         3.3         1.3
Fiji                                           -7.0         2.9         9.9
Finland                                       -73.2       141.0       214.3
France                                       -990.3     1,243.2     2,233.5
French Guiana                                   0.4         0.7         0.4
French Polynesia                                2.8         9.6         6.8
French Southern and Antarctic Lands             (-)         (-)         (-)

Gabon                                         -88.6         7.1        95.7
Gambia                                          1.8         2.1         0.2
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel               (-)         (-)         (-)
Georgia                                         9.2        11.3         2.1
Ghana                                           5.0        22.1        17.1
Gibraltar                                       0.1         0.4         0.3
Greece                                         89.6       125.1        35.5
Greenland                                      -0.8         0.6         1.4
Grenada                                         4.6         5.7         1.1
Guadeloupe                                      2.7         3.1         0.4
Guatemala                                     -28.6       162.5       191.0
Guinea                                         -5.4         5.2        10.7
Guinea-Bissau                                   (-)         (-)         (-)
Guyana                                         -2.3        11.2        13.4

Haiti                                          17.2        44.8        27.6
Heard and McDonald Islands                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Honduras                                      -51.9       180.3       232.1
Hong Kong                                     -81.8       934.0     1,015.8
Hungary                                       -92.6        41.5       134.1

Iceland                                        -1.6        15.7        17.4
India                                        -473.3       275.2       748.4
Indonesia                                    -685.5       181.0       866.5
Iran                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                                          -42.7        29.7        72.5
Ireland                                      -419.6       381.8       801.4
Israel                                       -361.0       518.7       879.6
Italy                                      -1,341.4       692.9     2,034.2
Ivory Coast                                    -4.4        13.9        18.3

Jamaica                                        50.0       111.9        61.9
Japan                                      -5,242.5     4,967.7    10,210.2
Jordan                                         27.2        28.0         0.8

Kazakhstan                                     -7.9        11.5        19.4
Kenya                                           0.1        10.6        10.4
Kiribati                                        0.1         0.2         0.1
Korea, South                                 -811.6     1,211.3     2,022.9
Kuwait                                        -54.7        82.7       137.4
Kyrgyzstan                                      0.4         0.4         (-)

Laos                                           -1.7         (-)         1.7
Latvia                                         13.8        22.0         8.2
Lebanon                                        41.3        44.1         2.7
Lesotho                                       -14.1         0.4        14.5
Liberia                                        -0.7         4.4         5.1
Libya                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Liechtenstein                                 -20.5         0.8        21.2
Lithuania                                      -0.7         3.7         4.4
Luxembourg                                     94.3       125.8        31.5

Macao                                        -113.3         4.1       117.4
Macedonia (Skopje)                            -17.5         1.3        18.8
Madagascar                                     -6.1         0.9         6.9
Malawi                                         -4.9         0.4         5.3
Malaysia                                     -847.6       728.5     1,576.1
Maldives                                       -2.3         0.2         2.5
Mali                                            1.6         1.8         0.3
Malta                                         -22.4        19.7        42.1
Marshall Islands                                1.8         1.9         0.2
Martinique                                      2.6         2.6         0.1
Mauritania                                      0.5         0.6         0.1
Mauritius                                     -25.9         2.7        28.6
Mexico                                     -1,203.9     6,141.9     7,345.8
Moldova                                        -9.3         0.5         9.7
Monaco                                         -0.6         0.6         1.3
Mongolia                                       -2.8         0.9         3.7
Montserrat                                      0.3         0.4         0.1
Morocco                                       116.0       146.7        30.8
Mozambique                                      0.2         3.0         2.8

Namibia                                        -0.5         2.3         2.7
Nauru                                           0.5         0.5         (-)
Nepal                                         -10.7         1.2        11.9
Netherlands                                   743.8     1,416.5       672.6
Netherlands Antilles                          172.5       200.8        28.4
New Caledonia                                   0.2         1.2         1.0
New Zealand                                   -39.0       123.6       162.6
Nicaragua                                     -10.2        29.0        39.3
Niger                                           0.5         0.6         0.1
Nigeria                                      -276.1        63.0       339.1
Niue                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Norfolk Island                                  0.1         0.2         (-)
North Korea                                     (-)         (-)         (-)
Norway                                       -213.9       103.3       317.2

Oman                                            6.2        23.5        17.3

Pakistan                                     -117.3        47.0       164.3
Palau                                          -0.1         1.0         1.1
Panama                                        118.0       154.1        36.1
Papua New Guinea                              -11.3         4.2        15.5
Paraguay                                       51.6        54.0         2.4
Peru                                          -15.9       158.9       174.8
Philippines                                  -476.2       564.5     1,040.7
Pitcairn Island                                 (-)         (-)         (-)
Poland                                          8.7        75.9        67.3
Portugal                                      -77.2        54.9       132.1

Qatar                                           5.5        28.4        22.9

Republic of Yemen                               7.1         7.3         0.2
Reunion                                         0.2         0.2         (-)
Romania                                       -16.1        21.9        37.9
Russia                                       -114.0       344.9       458.9
Rwanda                                          0.5         1.0         0.5

San Marino                                      0.1         0.4         0.3
Sao Tome and Principe                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Saudi Arabia                                   93.4       627.7       534.2
Senegal                                         5.3         5.7         0.3
Seychelles                                      2.5         2.7         0.2
Sierra Leone                                    (-)         1.4         1.4
Singapore                                    -167.7     1,345.8     1,513.5
Slovakia                                       -4.4         9.1        13.5
Slovenia                                      -20.0         7.9        27.9
Solomon Islands                                 0.2         0.2         (-)
Somalia                                         0.1         0.1         (-)
South Africa                                    9.8       272.4       262.6
Spain                                         -64.2       365.5       429.8
Sri Lanka                                    -162.6        12.6       175.2
St Helena                                       (-)         (-)         (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                              0.1         2.8         2.7
St Lucia                                        5.3         7.3         1.9
St Pierre and Miquelon                          (-)         0.2         0.1
St Vincent and the Grenadines                   7.4         7.5         0.1
Sudan                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Suriname                                       10.6        18.8         8.2
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Swaziland                                      -1.7         0.2         1.9
Sweden                                       -501.6       237.8       739.5
Switzerland                                  -288.3       520.4       808.7
Syria                                          13.7        15.0         1.3

Taiwan                                     -1,553.0     1,287.6     2,840.6
Tajikistan                                    -15.6         2.1        17.8
Tanzania                                        4.3         7.3         3.0
Thailand                                     -830.6       356.2     1,186.7
Togo                                            0.9         1.2         0.2
Tokelau                                         2.8         3.0         0.2
Tonga                                          -0.3         0.5         0.8
Trinidad and Tobago                           -44.6        69.7       114.4
Tunisia                                         5.0         9.8         4.8
Turkey                                        114.5       315.4       200.9
Turkmenistan                                    0.4         0.5         0.2
Turks and Caicos Islands                        5.0         5.0         0.1
Tuvalu                                          (-)         (-)         (-)

Uganda                                          1.9         2.5         0.6
Ukraine                                        10.4        68.3        57.9
United Arab Emirates                           82.2       143.6        61.4
United Kingdom                               -168.4     2,752.3     2,920.8
Uruguay                                        37.3        54.5        17.2
Uzbekistan                                      3.2         9.9         6.7

Vanuatu                                         1.3         1.6         0.3
Vatican City                                    (-)         (-)         (-)
Venezuela                                    -186.4       570.5       757.0
Vietnam                                       -26.9        22.4        49.3

Wallis and Futuna                               (-)         (-)         (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel                (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Sahara                                  (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Samoa                                   0.1         0.8         0.7

Yugoslavia                                      2.7         3.5         0.9

Zambia                                         -2.6         1.6         4.2
Zimbabwe                                        3.9        13.3         9.4

Unidentified                                    6.6         6.6         (-)

North America                              -2,952.9    16,658.8    19,611.8
Western Europe                             -5,279.6    12,041.6    17,321.2
Euro Area                                  -4,178.5     7,750.5    11,929.0
European Union (EU)                        -4,820.6    11,029.7    15,850.3
European Free Trade Association              -524.3       640.2     1,164.5
Eastern Europe                               -237.8       709.0       946.8
Former Soviet Republics                       -98.3       506.5       604.8
Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                    -5,230.9    11,986.4    17,217.3
Pacific Rim Countries                     -14,961.1    13,449.2    28,410.4
Asia -- Near East                            -179.5     1,564.0     1,743.5
Asia -- (NICS)                             -2,614.1     4,778.8     7,392.9
Asia -- South                                -969.9       350.6     1,320.6
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                          -3,029.0     3,182.3     6,211.3
South/Central America                       1,072.4     5,408.8     4,336.4
Twenty Latin American Republics              -529.4    10,869.5    11,398.9
Central American Common Market               -132.9       677.4       810.3
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                                -475.1     9,617.6    10,092.7
North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                            -5,628.7    21,022.7    26,651.3
Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                         -1,113.8     1,801.3     2,915.1
Unidentified                                    6.6         6.6         (-)
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                                           August

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

Total, BOP Basis                          -24,612.1    52,100.5    76,712.5
Net Adjustments                            -2,018.5    -1,319.6       698.9
Total, Census Basis                       -22,593.6    53,420.1    76,013.6

Afganistan                                     -0.5         0.1         0.6
Albania                                         0.4         1.0         0.6
Algeria                                       -74.5        58.6       133.1
Andorra                                         0.6         0.6         (-)
Angola                                       -162.8        17.1       179.9
Anguilla                                        0.6         0.8         0.2
Antigua and Barbuda                             5.0         5.1         0.1
Argentina                                     322.9       498.6       175.7
Armenia                                         4.1         4.6         0.5
Aruba                                          12.8        21.6         8.8
Australia                                     617.5     1,059.5       442.0
Austria                                       -61.9       147.9       209.8
Azerbaijan                                     11.7        13.1         1.4

Bahamas                                        50.3        59.9         9.6
Bahrain                                        10.4        21.0        10.6
Bangladesh                                   -181.3        29.3       210.6
Barbados                                       22.3        24.6         2.3
Belarus                                        -5.0         1.2         6.3
Belgium                                       692.5     1,164.8       472.3
Belize                                          4.5        11.6         7.1
Benin                                           4.7         4.8         0.1
Bermuda                                        28.4        29.8         1.3
Bhutan                                          0.5         0.6         (-)
Bolivia                                        17.0        31.4        14.3
Bosnia-Hercegovina                             -0.2         0.5         0.7
Botswana                                        0.1         1.3         1.2
Brazil                                        394.8     1,295.9       901.1
British Indian Ocean Terr                       0.1         0.1         (-)
British Virgin Islands                          5.7         7.0         1.3
Brunei                                         -9.0         3.4        12.3
Bulgaria                                      -13.9         4.4        18.3
Burkina                                         1.6         1.6         (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                               -16.8         0.5        17.2
Burundi                                         0.4         0.9         0.5

Cambodia                                      -40.9         0.5        41.4
Cameroon                                       -5.6         4.1         9.7
Canada                                     -1,629.0    12,124.0    13,753.0
Cape Verde                                      0.8         0.9         0.1
Cayman Islands                                 27.1        28.6         1.6
Central African Republic                       -0.8         0.3         1.0
Chad                                           -0.4         0.2         0.7
Chile                                         100.8       278.0       177.2
China                                      -5,910.0       869.9     6,779.9
Christmas Island                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                          (-)         (-)         (-)
Colombia                                      -14.9       360.1       375.0
Comoros                                         0.1         0.1         (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                           -27.5         5.7        33.3
Congo (Kinshasa)                               -3.6         2.6         6.2
Cook Islands                                    (-)         (-)         (-)
Costa Rica                                    -39.6       190.1       229.7
Croatia                                         2.3         4.8         2.5
Cuba                                            0.3         0.3         (-)
Cyprus                                         10.0        12.4         2.4
Czech Republic                                -18.9        30.2        49.1

Denmark                                       -19.6       156.1       175.7
Djibouti                                        1.7         1.7         (-)
Dominica                                        1.9         2.4         0.5
Dominican Republic                            -32.3       354.8       387.1

Ecuador                                        71.0       225.2       154.2
Egypt                                         242.9       318.5        75.6
El Salvador                                     0.6       117.0       116.5
Equatorial Guinea                              -4.5         7.3        11.8
Eritrea                                         5.6         5.6         (-)
Estonia                                       -10.4         7.5        17.9
Ethiopia                                        3.2         5.5         2.3

Falkland Islands                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Faroe Islands                                   0.3         0.4         0.1
Federal Republic of Germany                -1,997.3     2,032.6     4,029.9
Fedrated States of Micronesia                   2.0         2.9         1.0
Fiji                                           -8.5         3.5        12.1
Finland                                       -29.6       156.5       186.1
France                                       -549.0     1,267.3     1,816.4
French Guiana                                  85.1        85.1         (-)
French Polynesia                                7.4         8.9         1.5
French Southern and Antarctic Lands             (-)         (-)         (-)

Gabon                                        -106.0         5.7       111.7
Gambia                                          0.4         0.4         (-)
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel               0.3         0.3         (-)
Georgia                                        10.7        11.3         0.5
Ghana                                           3.9        16.1        12.2
Gibraltar                                       0.3         0.3         (-)
Greece                                        202.3       243.1        40.8
Greenland                                       (-)         0.8         0.8
Grenada                                         3.4         4.4         0.9
Guadeloupe                                      4.3         4.4         0.1
Guatemala                                     -15.4       165.9       181.3
Guinea                                        -11.8         2.1        13.9
Guinea-Bissau                                   (-)         (-)         (-)
Guyana                                          0.9        11.5        10.7

Haiti                                          25.4        48.5        23.1
Heard and McDonald Islands                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Honduras                                       -7.4       215.2       222.6
Hong Kong                                     -67.6       991.2     1,058.8
Hungary                                       -80.2        41.3       121.5

Iceland                                        -1.2        14.3        15.5
India                                        -459.6       324.5       784.1
Indonesia                                    -691.0       155.4       846.4
Iran                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                                         -189.2         (-)       189.2
Ireland                                      -300.2       418.5       718.6
Israel                                        -80.6       563.8       644.4
Italy                                      -1,229.8       604.3     1,834.1
Ivory Coast                                    -0.4         8.5         8.9

Jamaica                                        44.5       112.2        67.7
Japan                                      -5,119.4     4,770.3     9,889.6
Jordan                                         21.6        23.0         1.4

Kazakhstan                                     -1.6         6.6         8.2
Kenya                                          -0.4         9.0         9.4
Kiribati                                        (-)         0.1         0.1
Korea, South                                 -778.5     1,219.3     1,997.8
Kuwait                                        -40.9        63.6       104.5
Kyrgyzstan                                      0.5         0.5         (-)

Laos                                           -2.6         0.1         2.8
Latvia                                         16.8        27.6        10.8
Lebanon                                        20.5        31.4        10.9
Lesotho                                        -8.3         (-)         8.3
Liberia                                         6.7         6.9         0.1
Libya                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Liechtenstein                                 -14.7         0.5        15.3
Lithuania                                      -8.5         4.0        12.5
Luxembourg                                    -14.2        19.3        33.5

Macao                                        -111.1         2.8       113.9
Macedonia (Skopje)                            -19.0         1.5        20.5
Madagascar                                     -5.0         0.9         5.9
Malawi                                         -2.5         2.0         4.4
Malaysia                                   -1,158.3       595.2     1,753.5
Maldives                                       -1.8         0.3         2.1
Mali                                            5.8         6.2         0.3
Malta                                         -14.5        15.2        29.8
Marshall Islands                                1.7         1.8         0.1
Martinique                                      2.1         2.2         0.1
Mauritania                                      0.7         0.7         (-)
Mauritius                                     -22.2         1.8        24.0
Mexico                                     -1,779.6     6,181.3     7,960.9
Moldova                                        -4.9         1.5         6.4
Monaco                                         -0.3         0.5         0.8
Mongolia                                       -3.8         0.7         4.5
Montserrat                                      0.4         0.5         (-)
Morocco                                        10.1        38.1        28.1
Mozambique                                     -0.9         1.0         2.0

Namibia                                         2.8         7.9         5.1
Nauru                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Nepal                                          -7.5         0.6         8.0
Netherlands                                   937.1     1,556.5       619.5
Netherlands Antilles                           35.1        60.7        25.7
New Caledonia                                   1.8         2.0         0.3
New Zealand                                    20.3       173.3       153.0
Nicaragua                                     -25.4        23.1        48.5
Niger                                           1.2         1.2         (-)
Nigeria                                      -272.5        70.8       343.3
Niue                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Norfolk Island                                  0.2         0.2         (-)
North Korea                                     0.3         0.3         (-)
Norway                                        -40.6       147.3       187.9

Oman                                           -1.1        19.3        20.4

Pakistan                                      -94.5        58.2       152.6
Palau                                           0.5         1.3         0.8
Panama                                        130.7       155.2        24.5
Papua New Guinea                               -8.6         9.2        17.9
Paraguay                                       67.9        69.9         2.0
Peru                                           -5.9       156.2       162.1
Philippines                                  -602.6       540.0     1,142.5
Pitcairn Island                                 (-)         (-)         (-)
Poland                                          0.2        60.2        60.0
Portugal                                      -61.4        59.2       120.6

Qatar                                           3.1        22.3        19.2

Republic of Yemen                              -2.8        19.5        22.3
Reunion                                         0.3         0.3         (-)
Romania                                       -20.2        19.0        39.2
Russia                                       -157.4       288.0       445.4
Rwanda                                          1.1         1.6         0.5

San Marino                                      0.6         1.1         0.6
Sao Tome and Principe                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Saudi Arabia                                  146.0       655.9       509.9
Senegal                                         4.8         5.2         0.3
Seychelles                                      0.4         0.6         0.2
Sierra Leone                                    9.1         9.7         0.6
Singapore                                    -210.2     1,305.6     1,515.9
Slovakia                                      -11.4         8.9        20.2
Slovenia                                       -9.6        10.5        20.1
Solomon Islands                                -0.8         0.2         1.0
Somalia                                         0.8         0.8         (-)
South Africa                                    5.5       279.3       273.8
Spain                                         -31.1       349.5       380.5
Sri Lanka                                    -150.9        18.5       169.4
St Helena                                       (-)         (-)         (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                              0.7         2.6         1.8
St Lucia                                        4.3         6.3         2.0
St Pierre and Miquelon                         -0.2         0.2         0.3
St Vincent and the Grenadines                  11.0        11.3         0.3
Sudan                                          -0.5         (-)         0.5
Suriname                                        6.5        14.3         7.8
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                     -0.5         0.3         0.9
Swaziland                                      -2.1         0.1         2.3
Sweden                                       -204.5       267.6       472.1
Switzerland                                    76.1       629.6       553.5
Syria                                          -4.2         7.5        11.7

Taiwan                                     -1,565.0     1,335.0     2,900.0
Tajikistan                                     -0.3         (-)         0.4
Tanzania                                        0.8         3.4         2.6
Thailand                                     -893.0       327.9     1,220.8
Togo                                            1.6         1.7         0.1
Tokelau                                         (-)         0.2         0.2
Tonga                                          -0.3         0.4         0.7
Trinidad and Tobago                           -16.0        68.1        84.1
Tunisia                                         3.7        11.5         7.7
Turkey                                         81.6       266.0       184.4
Turkmenistan                                    1.2         1.3         0.1
Turks and Caicos Islands                        4.6         5.2         0.6
Tuvalu                                          (-)         (-)         (-)

Uganda                                         -0.7         1.2         1.9
Ukraine                                       -43.1        27.8        70.9
United Arab Emirates                           84.1       154.9        70.8
United Kingdom                                581.8     3,361.4     2,779.6
Uruguay                                        16.3        51.0        34.7
Uzbekistan                                     -1.9         7.5         9.4

Vanuatu                                         0.6         1.1         0.5
Vatican City                                    (-)         (-)         (-)
Venezuela                                    -280.0       446.1       726.1
Vietnam                                       -58.0        17.7        75.7

Wallis and Futuna                               (-)         (-)         (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel                1.4         1.4         (-)
Western Sahara                                  (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Samoa                                   0.1         0.9         0.8

Yugoslavia                                      2.6         4.0         1.4

Zambia                                         -1.7         1.9         3.6
Zimbabwe                                        1.3         9.4         8.1

Unidentified                                    9.3         9.3         (-)

North America                              -3,408.7    18,305.2    21,713.9
Western Europe                             -2,011.1    12,914.7    14,925.8
Euro Area                                  -2,644.9     7,776.3    10,421.2
European Union (EU)                        -2,084.8    11,804.6    13,889.3
European Free Trade Association                19.5       791.8       772.3
Eastern Europe                               -332.1       567.5       899.6
Former Soviet Republics                      -188.1       402.5       590.6
Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                    -1,983.9    12,864.3    14,848.3
Pacific Rim Countries                     -15,593.4    13,030.0    28,623.4
Asia -- Near East                             -33.2     1,582.1     1,615.3
Asia -- (NICS)                             -2,621.4     4,851.1     7,472.5
Asia -- South                                -894.2       431.1     1,325.4
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                          -3,564.0     2,927.4     6,491.4
South/Central America                       1,072.3     5,262.4     4,190.1
Twenty Latin American Republics            -1,053.0    10,863.5    11,916.5
Central American Common Market                -87.2       711.3       798.5
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                              -1,089.8     9,593.5    10,683.3
North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                            -3,078.4    23,366.1    26,444.5
Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                         -1,314.9     1,627.5     2,942.5
Unidentified                                    9.3         9.3         (-)
_______________________________________

                                         September

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

Total, BOP Basis                          -24,302.3    54,680.8    78,983.1
Net Adjustments                            -1,495.2      -946.4       548.8
Total, Census Basis                       -22,807.1    55,627.2    78,434.3

Afganistan                                      1.3         1.4         0.1
Albania                                         1.3         1.8         0.5
Algeria                                       -84.1        35.1       119.2
Andorra                                         1.8         1.8         (-)
Angola                                       -148.9        37.6       186.6
Anguilla                                        0.5         0.8         0.4
Antigua and Barbuda                             6.3         6.6         0.2
Argentina                                     293.8       461.8       168.0
Armenia                                         4.2         4.7         0.6
Aruba                                         -11.0        19.7        30.7
Australia                                     467.2       900.8       433.5
Austria                                       112.5       337.7       225.2
Azerbaijan                                      8.3         8.5         0.2

Bahamas                                        58.9        69.3        10.4
Bahrain                                         8.4        23.2        14.8
Bangladesh                                   -168.3        21.3       189.6
Barbados                                       21.7        24.2         2.5
Belarus                                        -5.0         1.3         6.3
Belgium                                       340.0     1,106.0       766.0
Belize                                          4.3         9.0         4.7
Benin                                           2.8         2.9         0.1
Bermuda                                        27.1        27.8         0.7
Bhutan                                          0.1         0.1         (-)
Bolivia                                        15.9        32.3        16.4
Bosnia-Hercegovina                              3.4         4.1         0.7
Botswana                                       -0.9         1.4         2.4
Brazil                                        329.6     1,198.1       868.5
British Indian Ocean Terr                       0.1         0.1         0.1
British Virgin Islands                          2.6         3.1         0.5
Brunei                                        -31.7         4.4        36.1
Bulgaria                                       -8.7         8.8        17.5
Burkina                                         2.3         2.4         (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                                -9.8         6.7        16.5
Burundi                                        -0.5         0.1         0.6

Cambodia                                      -37.9         0.8        38.7
Cameroon                                        1.6         7.5         5.9
Canada                                     -1,903.1    13,254.9    15,158.0
Cape Verde                                      0.2         0.2         (-)
Cayman Islands                                 21.2        22.1         0.9
Central African Republic                        0.2         0.3         0.1
Chad                                           -0.6         0.1         0.7
Chile                                         153.1       351.9       198.8
China                                      -5,910.3     1,214.9     7,125.2
Christmas Island                               -0.1         (-)         0.1
Cocos (Keeling) Island                          (-)         (-)         (-)
Colombia                                      -61.2       323.2       384.3
Comoros                                         (-)         0.1         0.1
Congo (Brazzaville)                           -29.9         7.1        37.0
Congo (Kinshasa)                               -7.9         2.6        10.4
Cook Islands                                    (-)         0.1         (-)
Costa Rica                                    -77.2       185.0       262.2
Croatia                                        -2.4         4.1         6.5
Cuba                                            0.1         0.1         (-)
Cyprus                                         11.2        13.7         2.5
Czech Republic                                -19.7        31.4        51.2

Denmark                                       -85.2       138.0       223.1
Djibouti                                        2.6         2.6         (-)
Dominica                                        1.7         2.1         0.4
Dominican Republic                            -75.5       283.6       359.1

Ecuador                                       -40.4       122.8       163.2
Egypt                                         179.1       235.8        56.8
El Salvador                                    -1.3       114.3       115.6
Equatorial Guinea                               4.0         4.3         0.2
Eritrea                                         3.2         3.3         0.1
Estonia                                       -22.3         2.2        24.5
Ethiopia                                        6.4         7.8         1.4

Falkland Islands                                0.2         0.2         (-)
Faroe Islands                                  -0.4         0.7         1.1
Federal Republic of Germany                -1,495.5     2,263.7     3,759.2
Fedrated States of Micronesia                   0.1         1.6         1.5
Fiji                                           30.9        43.7        12.8
Finland                                       -69.3       125.0       194.3
France                                       -599.1     1,379.0     1,978.0
French Guiana                                   1.0         1.5         0.5
French Polynesia                                6.2         8.2         2.0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands             0.2         0.2         (-)

Gabon                                         -74.1         3.0        77.2
Gambia                                          0.3         0.3         (-)
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel               0.5         0.5         (-)
Georgia                                        15.4        16.0         0.6
Ghana                                           4.4        13.0         8.5
Gibraltar                                       1.1         1.2         0.2
Greece                                         42.9        84.7        41.8
Greenland                                       0.9         1.4         0.6
Grenada                                         4.2         5.1         1.0
Guadeloupe                                      7.1         7.2         (-)
Guatemala                                       4.9       157.8       152.9
Guinea                                         -0.1         5.7         5.8
Guinea-Bissau                                   0.2         0.2         (-)
Guyana                                         -5.3        10.7        16.0

Haiti                                          10.2        35.4        25.2
Heard and McDonald Islands                      0.1         0.1         (-)
Honduras                                      -25.6       183.2       208.8
Hong Kong                                     139.7     1,197.9     1,058.2
Hungary                                      -143.1        33.8       176.9

Iceland                                       -11.7        13.0        24.7
India                                        -402.3       371.2       773.5
Indonesia                                    -727.4       152.6       880.0
Iran                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                                         -194.5         (-)       194.5
Ireland                                      -452.3       421.4       873.8
Israel                                       -183.0       545.7       728.7
Italy                                        -632.9       742.7     1,375.6
Ivory Coast                                    13.4        23.9        10.5

Jamaica                                        31.4        87.1        55.7
Japan                                      -5,164.1     4,572.3     9,736.4
Jordan                                         17.8        19.0         1.2

Kazakhstan                                     -6.8        10.5        17.3
Kenya                                           1.1        10.3         9.2
Kiribati                                        0.1         0.2         0.1
Korea, South                                 -762.9     1,299.0     2,061.9
Kuwait                                          4.6        72.9        68.3
Kyrgyzstan                                      8.3         8.3         (-)

Laos                                           -1.9         0.1         2.0
Latvia                                          5.2         7.8         2.5
Lebanon                                        32.2        37.0         4.8
Lesotho                                        -9.4         0.1         9.5
Liberia                                         1.8         3.6         1.7
Libya                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Liechtenstein                                 -21.4         0.5        21.9
Lithuania                                      -2.6         3.8         6.4
Luxembourg                                    -16.1        22.1        38.2

Macao                                        -119.9         2.7       122.6
Macedonia (Skopje)                            -16.1         0.7        16.8
Madagascar                                     -2.8         3.2         6.0
Malawi                                        -11.8         1.9        13.7
Malaysia                                   -1,137.1       609.4     1,746.5
Maldives                                       -2.2         0.2         2.4
Mali                                            0.5         0.8         0.3
Malta                                           1.5        28.1        26.5
Marshall Islands                                1.0         1.1         0.1
Martinique                                      1.5         1.6         (-)
Mauritania                                      5.0         5.0         (-)
Mauritius                                     -32.6         2.2        34.9
Mexico                                     -1,439.0     6,896.1     8,335.1
Moldova                                       -10.9         0.7        11.6
Monaco                                         -1.5         0.3         1.8
Mongolia                                       -3.4         0.6         3.9
Montserrat                                      0.5         0.5         (-)
Morocco                                         1.6        28.4        26.8
Mozambique                                      0.1         5.2         5.1

Namibia                                         0.3         2.8         2.5
Nauru                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Nepal                                          -9.4         0.8        10.3
Netherlands                                   758.7     1,377.5       618.8
Netherlands Antilles                           12.2        36.3        24.0
New Caledonia                                   0.7         1.6         0.9
New Zealand                                    40.0       148.7       108.7
Nicaragua                                     -12.3        23.6        35.9
Niger                                           0.9         1.2         0.3
Nigeria                                      -192.2        60.7       253.0
Niue                                            4.7         4.7         (-)
Norfolk Island                                  0.2         0.2         (-)
North Korea                                     (-)         (-)         (-)
Norway                                        -59.4       167.1       226.5

Oman                                            5.8        19.8        14.0

Pakistan                                     -109.6        43.8       153.4
Palau                                          -0.5         0.9         1.4
Panama                                        119.7       143.5        23.8
Papua New Guinea                              -13.8         9.4        23.2
Paraguay                                       77.2        80.8         3.6
Peru                                          -33.1       155.0       188.1
Philippines                                  -575.0       529.6     1,104.7
Pitcairn Island                                -0.2         (-)         0.2
Poland                                         -8.2        59.3        67.5
Portugal                                      -39.6        61.0       100.6

Qatar                                          20.8        35.4        14.6

Republic of Yemen                               4.3        14.1         9.8
Reunion                                         0.4         0.6         0.1
Romania                                       -10.4        20.1        30.5
Russia                                       -439.2       108.5       547.7
Rwanda                                                      0.5         0.5

San Marino                                      1.2         1.5         0.3
Sao Tome and Principe                           0.5         0.5         (-)
Saudi Arabia                                  445.6       896.9       451.3
Senegal                                         4.6         4.8         0.3
Seychelles                                      (-)         0.4         0.4
Sierra Leone                                    1.1         1.5         0.4
Singapore                                    -251.6     1,337.1     1,588.7
Slovakia                                       -1.5        12.4        13.9
Slovenia                                      -14.6         7.0        21.6
Solomon Islands                                -0.1         (-)         0.1
Somalia                                         (-)         (-)         (-)
South Africa                                   -3.6       254.2       257.8
Spain                                          99.5       400.4       300.9
Sri Lanka                                    -148.4        13.7       162.0
St Helena                                       (-)         (-)         (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                              (-)         2.2         2.1
St Lucia                                        4.1         6.2         2.1
St Pierre and Miquelon                         -0.3         0.1         0.4
St Vincent and the Grenadines                   2.4         2.7         0.3
Sudan                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Suriname                                        7.5        15.5         7.9
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Swaziland                                      -4.3         0.2         4.4
Sweden                                       -288.1       404.2       692.3
Switzerland                                   -87.8       606.3       694.1
Syria                                           9.3        11.3         1.9

Taiwan                                     -1,626.6     1,319.9     2,946.5
Tajikistan                                      0.8         1.0         0.3
Tanzania                                        1.0         4.4         3.5
Thailand                                     -888.2       344.9     1,233.1
Togo                                            0.9         1.0         0.1
Tokelau                                        -0.1         (-)         0.2
Tonga                                          -0.1         0.3         0.5
Trinidad and Tobago                            -8.2        67.2        75.4
Tunisia                                         7.7        12.8         5.1
Turkey                                        -19.4       170.9       190.4
Turkmenistan                                    0.8         1.3         0.4
Turks and Caicos Islands                        4.1         4.6         0.5
Tuvalu                                          (-)         (-)         (-)

Uganda                                          1.5         2.4         0.9
Ukraine                                       -36.1        15.3        51.4
United Arab Emirates                          103.4       149.4        46.0
United Kingdom                                611.2     3,593.5     2,982.4
Uruguay                                        20.0        47.5        27.5
Uzbekistan                                     18.5        22.1         3.6

Vanuatu                                        -0.4         (-)         (-)
Vatican City                                    (-)         (-)         (-)
Venezuela                                    -283.5       426.1       709.6
Vietnam                                       -23.5        27.8        51.3

Wallis and Futuna                               (-)         (-)         (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel                (-)         (-)         0.1
Western Sahara                                  (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Samoa                                   0.3         1.1         0.8

Yugoslavia                                      1.7         2.9         1.2

Zambia                                         -3.9         1.0         4.9
Zimbabwe                                       -0.8         7.5         8.3

Unidentified                                   18.4        18.4         (-)

North America                              -3,342.1    20,151.0    23,493.1
Western Europe                             -1,925.9    13,481.1    15,407.0
Euro Area                                  -1,994.0     8,236.5    10,230.5
European Union (EU)                        -1,713.2    12,456.9    14,170.1
European Free Trade Association              -180.3       787.0       967.3
Eastern Europe                               -652.0       379.5     1,031.4
Former Soviet Republics                      -461.6       211.9       673.5
Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                    -1,913.2    13,416.7    15,329.9
Pacific Rim Countries                     -15,673.5    13,298.7    28,972.2
Asia -- Near East                             274.8     1,824.7     1,549.9
Asia -- (NICS)                             -2,501.3     5,154.0     7,655.3
Asia -- South                                -836.7       452.2     1,288.9
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                          -3,611.0     2,978.0     6,589.0
South/Central America                         610.9     4,759.3     4,148.5
Twenty Latin American Republics            -1,024.3    11,222.2    12,246.5
Central American Common Market               -111.4       664.0       775.4
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                                -967.4    10,095.6    11,063.1
North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                            -3,009.6    24,774.6    27,784.2
Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                           -907.3     1,829.1     2,736.5
Unidentified                                   18.4        18.4         (-)

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.
