
ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1998

PART B:      NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 13Q4.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED
               COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, -- OCTOBER - DECEMBER 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.

                                          October

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

Total, BOP Basis                          -24,197.7    60,105.4    84,303.1
Net Adjustments                            -1,799.2    -1,207.6       591.6
Total, Census Basis                       -22,398.5    61,313.0    83,711.5

Afganistan                                     -0.3         0.8         1.0
Albania                                        -4.1         0.4         4.5
Algeria                                       -93.3        51.0       144.3
Andorra                                         1.7         1.7         (-)
Angola                                        -94.3        32.5       126.8
Anguilla                                        1.3         1.3         (-)
Antigua and Barbuda                             8.3         8.4         0.1
Argentina                                     333.8       523.6       189.8
Armenia                                        -1.4         4.6         6.0
Aruba                                         -24.0        26.4        50.5
Australia                                     593.5     1,082.4       488.9
Austria                                       -54.1       181.5       235.6
Azerbaijan                                     12.3        12.5         0.2

Bahamas                                        51.5        67.8        16.3
Bahrain                                        16.6        26.2         9.6
Bangladesh                                    -95.3        43.8       139.1
Barbados                                       23.6        26.7         3.1
Belarus                                        -5.8         2.2         8.0
Belgium                                       359.3     1,132.0       772.7
Belize                                          3.8         9.4         5.7
Benin                                           2.9         2.9         (-)
Bermuda                                        30.0        31.0         1.0
Bhutan                                          0.1         0.1         (-)
Bolivia                                        39.0        61.1        22.1
Bosnia-Hercegovina                              1.9         2.4         0.5
Botswana                                                    1.7         1.7
Brazil                                        615.2     1,470.5       855.3
British Indian Ocean Terr                       0.1         0.2         0.1
British Virgin Islands                          3.6         4.7         1.1
Brunei                                         -3.4         4.7         8.1
Bulgaria                                       -3.5         8.1        11.6
Burkina                                         3.1         3.1         (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                               -14.6         1.4        16.1
Burundi                                         0.4         0.7         0.4

Cambodia                                      -33.8         1.5        35.3
Cameroon                                        1.3         7.6         6.3
Canada                                     -1,704.0    14,010.1    15,714.1
Cape Verde                                      0.5         0.6         (-)
Cayman Islands                                 30.4        31.1         0.7
Central African Republic                        0.2         0.3         0.1
Chad                                           -1.4         0.1         1.5
Chile                                         120.4       303.0       182.6
China                                      -5,522.5     1,855.3     7,377.7
Christmas Island                                0.1         0.1         (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                          (-)         0.1         0.1
Colombia                                      -20.1       408.4       428.4
Comoros                                         (-)         (-)         (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                           -14.7        10.2        24.9
Congo (Kinshasa)                              -11.1         0.9        12.0
Cook Islands                                    (-)         0.1         0.1
Costa Rica                                    -63.2       213.9       277.1
Croatia                                         1.2         8.5         7.3
Cuba                                            0.5         0.5         (-)
Cyprus                                         11.1        12.9         1.8
Czech Republic                                -13.5        45.2        58.7

Denmark                                       -80.6       157.4       238.0
Djibouti                                        2.7         2.7         0.1
Dominica                                        5.0         5.6         0.6
Dominican Republic                            -19.2       379.7       398.9

Ecuador                                       -20.1       134.1       154.1
Egypt                                         217.1       270.0        52.9
El Salvador                                    17.4       135.6       118.2
Equatorial Guinea                               9.2         9.4         0.2
Eritrea                                         1.5         1.7         0.1
Estonia                                         0.1         8.8         8.7
Ethiopia                                        2.5         6.6         4.2

Falkland Islands                               -0.1         (-)         0.1
Faroe Islands                                  -0.7         0.1         0.8
Federal Republic of Germany                -2,083.9     2,559.4     4,643.3
Fedrated States of Micronesia                   2.0         3.1         1.1
Fiji                                           -6.2         4.3        10.5
Finland                                       -85.9       157.6       243.5
France                                       -805.6     1,542.1     2,347.7
French Guiana                                   1.0         1.0         (-)
French Polynesia                                5.6         9.4         3.8
French Southern and Antarctic Lands             0.2         0.2         (-)

Gabon                                         -92.3         6.6        98.9
Gambia                                          1.0         1.0         (-)
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel               0.4         0.4         (-)
Georgia                                        10.1        14.0         3.9
Ghana                                           7.5        18.9        11.4
Gibraltar                                      -0.1         0.2         0.3
Greece                                         32.5        64.2        31.7
Greenland                                       0.5         1.1         0.6
Grenada                                         4.2         5.5         1.3
Guadeloupe                                      5.4         5.4         (-)
Guatemala                                       9.5       164.3       154.8
Guinea                                          2.5         8.7         6.2
Guinea-Bissau                                   (-)         (-)         (-)
Guyana                                         10.1        16.6         6.5

Haiti                                          34.4        60.6        26.2
Heard and McDonald Islands                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Honduras                                       -5.7       202.4       208.1
Hong Kong                                      73.1     1,051.3       978.2
Hungary                                      -115.7        41.4       157.1

Iceland                                        -6.1        15.4        21.5
India                                        -490.1       266.6       756.7
Indonesia                                    -724.3       177.9       902.2
Iran                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                                         -157.1         (-)       157.1
Ireland                                      -307.2       500.0       807.2
Israel                                       -152.3       557.1       709.4
Italy                                      -1,064.3       829.7     1,893.9
Ivory Coast                                    12.1        16.3         4.2

Jamaica                                        67.1       126.9        59.8
Japan                                      -5,959.9     4,964.5    10,924.4
Jordan                                         27.4        30.2         2.9

Kazakhstan                                     -6.6        13.5        20.0
Kenya                                           9.7        17.2         7.5
Kiribati                                        0.1         0.2         0.1
Korea, South                                 -593.1     1,504.3     2,097.4
Kuwait                                        -19.0       107.3       126.2
Kyrgyzstan                                      0.8         0.8         (-)

Laos                                           -1.9         0.2         2.1
Latvia                                          1.0         5.9         5.0
Lebanon                                        50.0        53.7         3.7
Lesotho                                        -8.7         (-)         8.7
Liberia                                         1.6         3.3         1.7
Libya                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Liechtenstein                                 -22.3         1.0        23.3
Lithuania                                      -3.2         3.0         6.2
Luxembourg                                     -4.5        38.2        42.7

Macao                                        -109.8         3.0       112.7
Macedonia (Skopje)                            -14.2         1.7        15.9
Madagascar                                     -6.7         0.8         7.5
Malawi                                         -4.3         0.4         4.7
Malaysia                                   -1,100.4       786.9     1,887.2
Maldives                                       -1.3         0.7         1.9
Mali                                            1.0         1.6         0.6
Malta                                         -10.8        15.6        26.4
Marshall Islands                                3.0         3.1         0.1
Martinique                                      1.8         1.9         (-)
Mauritania                                      2.0         2.0         (-)
Mauritius                                     -25.3         2.2        27.6
Mexico                                     -1,710.7     7,268.8     8,979.5
Moldova                                        -3.8         6.4        10.2
Monaco                                        -13.5         0.1        13.6
Mongolia                                       -1.0         3.3         4.3
Montserrat                                      0.4         0.4         (-)
Morocco                                         8.8        40.6        31.8
Mozambique                                      6.6         7.9         1.2

Namibia                                        -0.4         2.0         2.4
Nauru                                           0.1         0.1         (-)
Nepal                                          -2.7         5.6         8.3
Netherlands                                   792.6     1,582.7       790.0
Netherlands Antilles                           17.9        59.7        41.8
New Caledonia                                   0.2         1.1         0.9
New Zealand                                   196.0       319.2       123.2
Nicaragua                                     -14.5        27.8        42.3
Niger                                           3.2         3.2         (-)
Nigeria                                      -190.5       104.1       294.7
Niue                                            0.3         0.3         (-)
Norfolk Island                                  0.2         0.2         (-)
North Korea                                     (-)         (-)         (-)
Norway                                        -93.0       142.4       235.4

Oman                                           13.2        28.1        15.0

Pakistan                                      -33.0       108.1       141.1
Palau                                           0.8         1.9         1.2
Panama                                        113.7       137.9        24.2
Papua New Guinea                              -13.1         5.0        18.1
Paraguay                                       77.4        80.6         3.2
Peru                                           39.3       211.2       171.9
Philippines                                  -449.8       597.9     1,047.7
Pitcairn Island                                 (-)         (-)         (-)
Poland                                          9.2        74.7        65.5
Portugal                                      -56.8        64.5       121.3

Qatar                                          23.7        33.0         9.3

Republic of Yemen                              22.9        23.0         0.1
Reunion                                         0.2         0.3         0.1
Romania                                       -15.3        19.8        35.1
Russia                                       -217.5       246.3       463.8
Rwanda                                          2.2         3.2         0.9

San Marino                                      1.6         1.7         (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                          -0.3         0.1         0.5
Saudi Arabia                                  290.2       778.9       488.7
Senegal                                         3.7         4.0         0.3
Seychelles                                      (-)         0.3         0.3
Sierra Leone                                    1.7         2.6         0.9
Singapore                                    -329.9     1,206.7     1,536.6
Slovakia                                       -4.1        13.5        17.6
Slovenia                                      -13.8         9.1        22.8
Solomon Islands                                 (-)         0.1         0.1
Somalia                                         0.4         0.4         (-)
South Africa                                   47.1       269.1       222.0
Spain                                         121.0       495.2       374.2
Sri Lanka                                    -135.3        17.3       152.7
St Helena                                       0.1         0.1         (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                              3.5         5.9         2.4
St Lucia                                        6.6         8.7         2.1
St Pierre and Miquelon                         -0.9         0.3         1.2
St Vincent and the Grenadines                   8.4         9.1         0.7
Sudan                                           1.0         1.0         (-)
Suriname                                       11.3        18.9         7.6
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                      0.1         0.1         (-)
Swaziland                                      -2.1         0.2         2.3
Sweden                                       -348.0       429.7       777.7
Switzerland                                   118.7       964.5       845.7
Syria                                          11.2        13.3         2.1

Taiwan                                     -1,289.3     1,659.6     2,948.9
Tajikistan                                     -8.0         0.1         8.1
Tanzania                                        2.6         4.5         1.9
Thailand                                     -885.4       379.6     1,265.0
Togo                                            1.3         1.3         0.1
Tokelau                                        -0.1         0.1         0.2
Tonga                                          -0.2         0.6         0.8
Trinidad and Tobago                           -20.0        68.1        88.2
Tunisia                                         2.4        10.9         8.5
Turkey                                        145.7       418.6       272.8
Turkmenistan                                   -0.2         0.6         0.8
Turks and Caicos Islands                        6.6         7.3         0.6
Tuvalu                                          (-)         (-)         (-)

Uganda                                          0.7         2.4         1.6
Ukraine                                       -28.2        12.1        40.2
United Arab Emirates                          322.8       372.0        49.3
United Kingdom                                105.9     3,230.0     3,124.1
Uruguay                                        21.4        51.5        30.0
Uzbekistan                                      6.0         6.5         0.5

Vanuatu                                        -0.7         (-)         0.7
Vatican City                                    (-)         (-)         (-)
Venezuela                                    -288.5       527.9       816.5
Vietnam                                       -12.0        31.2        43.3

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

Yugoslavia                                      4.9         5.8         0.9

Zambia                                         -4.4         2.8         7.1
Zimbabwe                                       -6.9         7.0        13.9

Unidentified                                  206.9       206.9         (-)

North America                              -3,414.7    21,278.9    24,693.6
Western Europe                             -3,367.1    14,565.9    17,933.0
Euro Area                                  -3,189.3     9,082.9    12,272.2
European Union (EU)                        -3,479.6    12,964.2    16,443.8
European Free Trade Association                -2.7     1,123.3     1,126.0
Eastern Europe                               -391.5       540.3       931.7
Former Soviet Republics                      -244.4       337.2       581.6
Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                    -3,348.3    14,507.9    17,856.2
Pacific Rim Countries                     -15,232.8    15,218.6    30,451.5
Asia -- Near East                             449.6     2,022.8     1,573.2
Asia -- (NICS)                             -2,139.3     5,421.9     7,561.1
Asia -- South                                -756.8       442.2     1,198.9
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                          -3,493.2     3,153.7     6,646.9
South/Central America                       1,248.3     5,642.6     4,394.3
Twenty Latin American Republics              -720.0    12,363.3    13,083.3
Central American Common Market                -56.4       744.0       800.5
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                                -792.9    11,040.6    11,833.5
North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                            -4,341.7    26,282.0    30,623.7
Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                           -836.0     2,152.1     2,988.1
Unidentified                                  206.9       206.9         (-)
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                                          November

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

Total, BOP Basis                          -21,754.2    56,787.1    78,541.2
Net Adjustments                            -2,129.2    -1,607.7       521.5
Total, Census Basis                       -19,625.0    58,394.8    78,019.7

Afganistan                                      0.4         0.8         0.4
Albania                                         1.5         2.2         0.8
Algeria                                       -38.2        46.9        85.1
Andorra                                         3.2         3.2         (-)
Angola                                       -187.5        28.2       215.7
Anguilla                                        1.3         1.6         0.3
Antigua and Barbuda                            10.8        10.8         0.1
Argentina                                     267.6       433.7       166.1
Armenia                                         0.2         1.5         1.3
Aruba                                          51.2        90.3        39.1
Australia                                     545.6       948.0       402.4
Austria                                       -73.3       145.5       218.8
Azerbaijan                                     11.8        12.0         0.2

Bahamas                                        51.1        65.1        14.0
Bahrain                                        11.8        23.8        12.0
Bangladesh                                    -72.7        28.9       101.6
Barbados                                       25.0        28.1         3.1
Belarus                                        -6.3         1.8         8.1
Belgium                                       295.1     1,029.3       734.2
Belize                                          4.9         9.4         4.5
Benin                                           4.9         4.9         (-)
Bermuda                                        28.3        29.2         0.8
Bhutan                                         -0.1         0.1         0.1
Bolivia                                        21.9        37.9        16.0
Bosnia-Hercegovina                              4.2         4.9         0.7
Botswana                                        0.4         2.3         1.9
Brazil                                        542.3     1,330.1       787.9
British Indian Ocean Terr                       (-)         (-)         (-)
British Virgin Islands                          3.4         4.1         0.7
Brunei                                        -30.5         3.9        34.4
Bulgaria                                       -7.8         6.3        14.1
Burkina                                         2.7         2.7         (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                               -11.0         0.4        11.4
Burundi                                         1.0         1.3         0.3

Cambodia                                      -36.6         1.3        37.9
Cameroon                                        1.8         3.5         1.7
Canada                                     -1,614.0    13,576.1    15,190.1
Cape Verde                                      0.8         0.9         (-)
Cayman Islands                                 34.8        35.8         1.1
Central African Republic                        0.2         0.2         (-)
Chad                                           -0.6         0.1         0.7
Chile                                          32.4       249.6       217.2
China                                      -5,056.9     1,317.2     6,374.1
Christmas Island                                0.1         0.1         (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                          (-)         (-)         (-)
Colombia                                      -29.5       356.3       385.8
Comoros                                         (-)         (-)         (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                           -27.9         7.7        35.6
Congo (Kinshasa)                              -14.2         1.3        15.5
Cook Islands                                    (-)         0.1         0.1
Costa Rica                                    -76.2       214.8       290.9
Croatia                                         3.5         6.6         3.1
Cuba                                            0.7         0.7         (-)
Cyprus                                          9.2        11.8         2.7
Czech Republic                                -10.3        46.6        56.9

Denmark                                       -65.3       154.9       220.3
Djibouti                                        0.7         0.7         (-)
Dominica                                        2.3         2.9         0.6
Dominican Republic                            -43.4       321.6       365.0

Ecuador                                       -22.2        95.9       118.2
Egypt                                         324.8       362.3        37.6
El Salvador                                    37.0       136.6        99.7
Equatorial Guinea                               5.5         5.5         (-)
Eritrea                                         0.6         0.6         (-)
Estonia                                        -7.1         2.9        10.0
Ethiopia                                        2.3         4.5         2.2

Falkland Islands                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Faroe Islands                                  -1.0         0.3         1.3
Federal Republic of Germany                -2,106.7     2,216.5     4,323.2
Fedrated States of Micronesia                   1.4         2.0         0.6
Fiji                                           -2.2         2.3         4.6
Finland                                       -61.2       156.4       217.6
France                                       -670.4     1,438.4     2,108.8
French Guiana                                  81.6        81.6         (-)
French Polynesia                                3.6         6.5         2.9
French Southern and Antarctic Lands             0.2         0.2         (-)

Gabon                                         -88.9         6.7        95.6
Gambia                                          0.4         0.4         (-)
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel               0.2         0.2         (-)
Georgia                                         6.5         7.2         0.7
Ghana                                           5.0        15.9        11.0
Gibraltar                                      -0.1         0.2         0.3
Greece                                         36.7        77.3        40.6
Greenland                                       0.3         0.7         0.4
Grenada                                         3.8         5.1         1.3
Guadeloupe                                      5.4         5.5         0.1
Guatemala                                      31.1       172.8       141.6
Guinea                                         -1.6         4.8         6.4
Guinea-Bissau                                   (-)         (-)         (-)
Guyana                                          5.1        12.6         7.5

Haiti                                          23.3        44.8        21.5
Heard and McDonald Islands                      (-)         (-)         (-)
Honduras                                       17.1       183.5       166.4
Hong Kong                                     169.0     1,009.0       839.9
Hungary                                      -104.4        41.3       145.6

Iceland                                       -14.1        13.9        27.9
India                                        -347.8       221.2       568.9
Indonesia                                    -630.6       147.8       778.4
Iran                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                                         -160.5         0.2       160.6
Ireland                                      -259.1       467.5       726.6
Israel                                       -208.6       583.4       791.9
Italy                                      -1,065.4       765.3     1,830.7
Ivory Coast                                    -3.3         5.5         8.8

Jamaica                                        55.0       113.1        58.1
Japan                                      -5,835.3     4,498.5    10,333.9
Jordan                                         22.6        24.2         1.5

Kazakhstan                                     -2.8         6.9         9.6
Kenya                                           7.1        13.0         5.9
Kiribati                                        0.1         0.2         0.1
Korea, South                                 -560.0     1,541.6     2,101.6
Kuwait                                        133.4       174.5        41.2
Kyrgyzstan                                      1.9         1.9         (-)

Laos                                           -1.0         0.1         1.1
Latvia                                        -10.0         9.0        19.0
Lebanon                                        32.0        37.6         5.6
Lesotho                                        -7.8         (-)         7.9
Liberia                                         3.8         6.0         2.2
Libya                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Liechtenstein                                 -23.8         0.8        24.6
Lithuania                                       1.2         6.6         5.4
Luxembourg                                     -9.9        19.6        29.5

Macao                                         -84.5         3.7        88.2
Macedonia (Skopje)                             -9.0         2.5        11.6
Madagascar                                     -5.8         1.7         7.6
Malawi                                         -6.8         0.2         7.0
Malaysia                                   -1,105.3       614.9     1,720.2
Maldives                                       -2.1         0.8         2.8
Mali                                            1.6         1.9         0.2
Malta                                         -13.9        12.1        26.1
Marshall Islands                                1.5         1.6         0.1
Martinique                                      1.6         1.6         (-)
Mauritania                                      0.4         0.4         (-)
Mauritius                                     -19.0         1.7        20.7
Mexico                                     -1,221.2     6,979.1     8,200.2
Moldova                                        -1.7         1.7         3.4
Monaco                                         -0.2         0.8         1.0
Mongolia                                        3.2         6.2         3.0
Montserrat                                      0.3         0.4         (-)
Morocco                                         9.1        33.2        24.1
Mozambique                                      1.0         8.3         7.3

Namibia                                        11.8        14.5         2.7
Nauru                                          -0.1         (-)         0.1
Nepal                                          -9.4         0.6        10.0
Netherlands                                 1,098.3     1,737.7       639.4
Netherlands Antilles                           29.8        57.9        28.1
New Caledonia                                  -0.1         1.9         2.0
New Zealand                                     1.1       125.7       124.6
Nicaragua                                       2.0        31.4        29.5
Niger                                           1.4         1.5         0.2
Nigeria                                      -222.9        56.4       279.3
Niue                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Norfolk Island                                  0.1         0.1         (-)
North Korea                                     (-)         (-)         (-)
Norway                                        -71.7       165.3       237.0

Oman                                           15.5        30.9        15.5

Pakistan                                      -79.5        41.8       121.3
Palau                                           0.4         1.2         0.8
Panama                                        120.9       142.3        21.5
Papua New Guinea                               -1.5         3.0         4.6
Paraguay                                       68.5        71.3         2.8
Peru                                          -60.6       159.5       220.0
Philippines                                  -432.0       523.2       955.2
Pitcairn Island                                 (-)         (-)         (-)
Poland                                         18.5        87.9        69.4
Portugal                                      -13.3        86.2        99.5

Qatar                                           5.4        34.6        29.2

Republic of Yemen                               1.0         4.0         3.0
Reunion                                         0.1         0.1         (-)
Romania                                        -4.1        16.9        21.0
Russia                                       -292.7       208.7       501.3
Rwanda                                          2.4         3.0         0.6

San Marino                                      0.7         0.7         (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                           0.1         0.1         (-)
Saudi Arabia                                1,244.9     1,651.3       406.4
Senegal                                         2.2         2.7         0.5
Seychelles                                      0.5         0.6         0.2
Sierra Leone                                    0.1         1.5         1.4
Singapore                                    -256.0     1,177.4     1,433.4
Slovakia                                        4.9        14.8         9.9
Slovenia                                      -13.5         9.9        23.4
Solomon Islands                                 (-)         0.1         0.1
Somalia                                         0.6         0.6         (-)
South Africa                                  139.1       397.6       258.5
Spain                                          92.6       518.0       425.4
Sri Lanka                                    -107.7        13.3       121.0
St Helena                                       (-)         (-)         (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                              3.7         6.2         2.5
St Lucia                                        6.4         8.3         1.9
St Pierre and Miquelon                         -0.2         0.3         0.6
St Vincent and the Grenadines                   8.0         8.7         0.7
Sudan                                           0.5         0.5         (-)
Suriname                                       11.9        17.8         5.8
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                      0.1         0.1         (-)
Swaziland                                      -0.7         0.9         1.6
Sweden                                       -297.5       418.9       716.4
Switzerland                                   143.8       921.5       777.6
Syria                                          10.2        12.8         2.6

Taiwan                                     -1,158.3     1,710.8     2,869.1
Tajikistan                                     -3.7         0.4         4.1
Tanzania                                       -0.5         3.0         3.4
Thailand                                     -795.0       370.1     1,165.1
Togo                                            1.8         2.0         0.2
Tokelau                                         0.1         0.4         0.3
Tonga                                           0.5         1.4         0.9
Trinidad and Tobago                             3.7        72.3        68.7
Tunisia                                        14.1        16.3         2.3
Turkey                                         56.6       315.5       258.9
Turkmenistan                                    1.0         1.2         0.3
Turks and Caicos Islands                        7.4         7.8         0.5
Tuvalu                                          (-)         (-)         (-)

Uganda                                          0.9         1.5         0.6
Ukraine                                        -7.3        24.0        31.3
United Arab Emirates                          253.7       312.3        58.6
United Kingdom                                 12.8     3,002.6     2,989.8
Uruguay                                        32.2        48.4        16.2
Uzbekistan                                      0.9         4.0         3.2

Vanuatu                                        -0.9         0.1         1.0
Vatican City                                    0.1         0.1         (-)
Venezuela                                    -247.8       487.8       735.6
Vietnam                                       -22.3        21.6        43.9

Wallis and Futuna                               (-)         (-)         (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel                (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Sahara                                  (-)         (-)         (-)
Western Samoa                                   0.4         1.1         0.7

Yugoslavia                                      2.3         3.1         0.9

Zambia                                          1.3         2.3         1.0
Zimbabwe                                        2.1        11.4         9.4

Unidentified                                   98.8        98.8         (-)

North America                              -2,835.2    20,555.2    23,390.3
Western Europe                             -3,010.6    13,707.2    16,717.9
Euro Area                                  -2,773.3     8,580.3    11,353.6
European Union (EU)                        -3,086.7    12,234.1    15,320.7
European Free Trade Association                34.3     1,101.4     1,067.2
Eastern Europe                               -409.7       505.7       915.4
Former Soviet Republics                      -307.9       289.8       597.7
Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                    -2,995.3    13,652.5    16,647.8
Pacific Rim Countries                     -14,435.1    13,624.9    28,060.0
Asia -- Near East                           1,361.4     2,889.5     1,528.1
Asia -- (NICS)                             -1,805.2     5,438.8     7,244.0
Asia -- South                                -616.7       306.5       923.2
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                          -3,249.4     2,837.3     6,086.7
South/Central America                       1,154.1     5,195.6     4,041.5
Twenty Latin American Republics              -503.8    11,498.5    12,002.3
Central American Common Market                 11.0       739.2       728.1
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                                -616.3    10,249.9    10,866.1
North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                            -4,038.6    25,116.6    29,155.2
Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                            337.4     2,911.9     2,574.4
Unidentified                                   98.8        98.8         (-)
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                                          December

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

Total, BOP Basis                          -18,697.8    57,576.1    76,273.9
Net Adjustments                            -1,452.9    -1,186.1       266.8
Total, Census Basis                       -17,244.9    58,762.2    76,007.1

Afganistan                                     -0.5         0.5         0.9
Albania                                         1.4         2.4         1.0
Algeria                                       -50.6        47.9        98.6
Andorra                                         0.9         0.9         (-)
Angola                                       -106.6        32.2       138.8
Anguilla                                        1.1         1.3         0.2
Antigua and Barbuda                             9.2         9.4         0.1
Argentina                                     244.8       442.8       198.0
Armenia                                         0.9         2.2         1.2
Aruba                                         -12.8        25.7        38.5
Australia                                     434.8       907.1       472.3
Austria                                       -64.5       160.9       225.3
Azerbaijan                                      3.9         4.3         0.3

Bahamas                                        46.7        63.8        17.2
Bahrain                                         7.2        21.2        14.0
Bangladesh                                    -57.0        47.0       104.0
Barbados                                       22.6        25.2         2.7
Belarus                                        -6.9         2.5         9.4
Belgium                                       376.8     1,062.1       685.2
Belize                                          5.6         9.5         3.9
Benin                                           1.9         2.3         0.4
Bermuda                                        53.3        53.9         0.6
Bhutan                                          (-)         (-)         (-)
Bolivia                                        20.1        46.1        26.0
Bosnia-Hercegovina                             10.1        10.7         0.6
Botswana                                        1.8         3.2         1.4
Brazil                                        488.7     1,336.4       847.7
British Indian Ocean Terr                      -0.1         (-)         0.1
British Virgin Islands                          5.3         6.3         0.9
Brunei                                         -4.4        26.6        31.0
Bulgaria                                       -5.6         6.7        12.3
Burkina                                         0.5         0.5         (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                               -13.1         1.8        14.9
Burundi                                         1.3         1.4         0.1

Cambodia                                      -45.0         1.1        46.1
Cameroon                                        0.2         4.4         4.2
Canada                                     -1,803.2    12,663.5    14,466.7
Cape Verde                                      1.0         1.0         (-)
Cayman Islands                                108.9       110.1         1.1
Central African Republic                        1.7         1.7         (-)
Chad                                            0.1         0.3         0.2
Chile                                         164.5       388.8       224.3
China                                      -3,942.4     1,379.7     5,322.1
Christmas Island                               -0.1         (-)         0.1
Cocos (Keeling) Island                          0.1         0.1         (-)
Colombia                                      -46.2       370.6       416.7
Comoros                                         0.1         0.1         (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                           -16.8         4.8        21.6
Congo (Kinshasa)                              -11.9         1.7        13.6
Cook Islands                                    (-)         0.1         (-)
Costa Rica                                   -131.5       169.3       300.7
Croatia                                         0.6         5.8         5.1
Cuba                                            0.4         0.4         (-)
Cyprus                                          5.6        10.2         4.6
Czech Republic                                -16.4        42.8        59.3

Denmark                                      -104.2       118.9       223.0
Djibouti                                        1.7         1.7         (-)
Dominica                                        2.6         3.5         0.8
Dominican Republic                            -53.6       300.4       354.0

Ecuador                                        11.4       137.6       126.2
Egypt                                         267.4       315.6        48.3
El Salvador                                    14.7       132.0       117.2
Equatorial Guinea                              23.2        25.3         2.1
Eritrea                                         2.0         2.0         (-)
Estonia                                        -8.6         5.4        14.0
Ethiopia                                        3.5         8.3         4.9

Falkland Islands                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Faroe Islands                                  -1.8         0.2         2.0
Federal Republic of Germany                -2,460.5     2,457.9     4,918.4
Fedrated States of Micronesia                   0.2         1.7         1.5
Fiji                                           -1.8         1.8         3.6
Finland                                       -93.9       130.6       224.6
France                                       -282.4     1,724.9     2,007.3
French Guiana                                   0.9         0.9         (-)
French Polynesia                                5.9         7.5         1.6
French Southern and Antarctic Lands             0.1         0.1         (-)

Gabon                                         -56.4         4.3        60.8
Gambia                                          0.3         0.5         0.2
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel               0.3         0.4         (-)
Georgia                                        13.1        13.4         0.3
Ghana                                          12.8        23.1        10.3
Gibraltar                                      -3.9         0.1         3.9
Greece                                         44.1        82.6        38.5
Greenland                                       0.8         1.2         0.4
Grenada                                         3.8         4.6         0.8
Guadeloupe                                      9.5         9.6         0.1
Guatemala                                     -17.3       165.3       182.7
Guinea                                         -4.7         5.9        10.6
Guinea-Bissau                                   (-)         (-)         (-)
Guyana                                         -0.6        11.3        11.9

Haiti                                          30.1        55.1        25.0
Heard and McDonald Islands                     -0.1         (-)         0.1
Honduras                                      -31.9       178.7       210.7
Hong Kong                                     324.3     1,108.4       784.0
Hungary                                      -137.8        42.3       180.0

Iceland                                       -36.9        13.3        50.2
India                                         -73.6       473.0       546.6
Indonesia                                    -299.8       417.8       717.6
Iran                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                                         -114.7         0.2       114.9
Ireland                                       -78.0       517.4       595.3
Israel                                        -14.9       665.9       680.8
Italy                                      -1,030.1       790.9     1,821.0
Ivory Coast                                   -41.2        12.4        53.6

Jamaica                                        45.2       105.8        60.7
Japan                                      -5,820.9     4,655.5    10,476.4
Jordan                                         23.2        25.3         2.1

Kazakhstan                                     -5.0         3.6         8.6
Kenya                                           0.7         9.1         8.4
Kiribati                                       -0.1         0.1         0.2
Korea, South                                  273.1     2,383.4     2,110.4
Kuwait                                         59.2       111.9        52.7
Kyrgyzstan                                      2.6         2.6         (-)

Laos                                           -0.4         0.2         0.6
Latvia                                         -9.5        10.7        20.2
Lebanon                                        25.8        33.8         8.0
Lesotho                                        -9.0         (-)         9.1
Liberia                                         1.3         3.9         2.6
Libya                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Liechtenstein                                 -18.4         0.8        19.2
Lithuania                                      -5.2         4.6         9.8
Luxembourg                                    148.4       181.6        33.1

Macao                                         -96.1         3.7        99.8
Macedonia (Skopje)                             -7.2         0.9         8.1
Madagascar                                     -6.0         1.6         7.6
Malawi                                         -4.5         2.0         6.5
Malaysia                                     -947.2       648.5     1,595.7
Maldives                                       -2.6         0.3         3.0
Mali                                            2.1         2.2         0.1
Malta                                         -11.1        14.6        25.7
Marshall Islands                                3.8         3.8         (-)
Martinique                                      2.2         2.3         (-)
Mauritania                                      2.6         2.6         (-)
Mauritius                                     -18.8         2.1        21.0
Mexico                                     -1,293.0     6,485.5     7,778.5
Moldova                                       -11.5         1.3        12.8
Monaco                                         -0.4         0.3         0.6
Mongolia                                       -2.3         0.9         3.2
Montserrat                                      0.3         0.3         (-)
Morocco                                        53.3        84.4        31.1
Mozambique                                     -0.4         1.1         1.5

Namibia                                         1.9         4.9         3.0
Nauru                                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Nepal                                         -14.2         0.5        14.7
Netherlands                                 1,012.1     1,671.0       658.9
Netherlands Antilles                           60.5        81.4        21.0
New Caledonia                                   1.1         1.5         0.4
New Zealand                                    -9.0       136.7       145.7
Nicaragua                                      -0.8        33.6        34.4
Niger                                           2.2         2.3         0.2
Nigeria                                      -125.8        69.3       195.0
Niue                                            (-)         (-)         (-)
Norfolk Island                                  0.1         0.1         (-)
North Korea                                     (-)         (-)         (-)
Norway                                       -103.6       145.5       249.1

Oman                                            5.4        22.7        17.2

Pakistan                                      -75.2        54.1       129.3
Palau                                          -0.8         0.7         1.5
Panama                                        102.7       130.7        28.0
Papua New Guinea                               -6.2         3.1         9.3
Paraguay                                       48.3        51.7         3.4
Peru                                          -62.1       179.6       241.7
Philippines                                  -333.2       564.4       897.6
Pitcairn Island                                 (-)         (-)         (-)
Poland                                         10.3        63.9        53.7
Portugal                                      -31.9        65.8        97.7

Qatar                                           5.3        22.2        16.9

Republic of Yemen                              14.3        14.5         0.2
Reunion                                         0.1         0.1         (-)
Romania                                       -16.3        12.4        28.6
Russia                                       -258.6       176.0       434.6
Rwanda                                          3.9         4.1         0.2

San Marino                                     -0.1         0.5         0.7
Sao Tome and Principe                           (-)         (-)         (-)
Saudi Arabia                                  456.1       908.8       452.7
Senegal                                         6.3         6.6         0.3
Seychelles                                      0.5         0.6         0.1
Sierra Leone                                    0.5         1.0         0.5
Singapore                                       8.5     1,545.4     1,536.9
Slovakia                                        0.1        12.7        12.6
Slovenia                                       -8.2        14.2        22.3
Solomon Islands                                 (-)         (-)         (-)
Somalia                                         (-)         (-)         (-)
South Africa                                  188.8       449.5       260.7
Spain                                          45.8       489.7       443.9
Sri Lanka                                    -106.5         9.4       115.9
St Helena                                       (-)         (-)         (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                              2.1         4.6         2.5
St Lucia                                        5.9         7.6         1.7
St Pierre and Miquelon                         -1.1         0.4         1.5
St Vincent and the Grenadines                   2.0         2.8         0.8
Sudan                                           3.3         3.4         (-)
Suriname                                        3.9        14.1        10.2
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                      0.1         0.1         (-)
Swaziland                                      -0.4         1.0         1.4
Sweden                                       -528.8       281.5       810.3
Switzerland                                   -71.5       653.5       725.0
Syria                                          15.8        17.9         2.2

Taiwan                                     -1,143.3     1,682.9     2,826.2
Tajikistan                                      1.1         1.2         0.1
Tanzania                                        0.6         4.2         3.6
Thailand                                     -241.4       858.6     1,100.0
Togo                                            3.0         3.1         0.1
Tokelau                                        -0.9         0.2         1.2
Tonga                                           0.7         1.4         0.7
Trinidad and Tobago                             3.9        64.5        60.6
Tunisia                                        14.3        16.8         2.5
Turkey                                         82.9       232.0       149.1
Turkmenistan                                    1.2         1.6         0.3
Turks and Caicos Islands                        7.7         8.3         0.5
Tuvalu                                          (-)         (-)         (-)

Uganda                                          2.8         3.9         1.2
Ukraine                                       -21.2        11.9        33.1
United Arab Emirates                          166.5       208.1        41.7
United Kingdom                               -104.9     2,905.7     3,010.7
Uruguay                                        41.3        57.6        16.3
Uzbekistan                                      3.1         8.5         5.5

Vanuatu                                        -0.9         0.1         1.0
Vatican City                                    (-)         (-)         (-)
Venezuela                                    -205.1       404.9       610.0
Vietnam                                       -25.0        20.7        45.7

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

Yugoslavia                                      8.8         9.8         1.0

Zambia                                         -1.2         0.7         1.8
Zimbabwe                                        2.0         9.7         7.7

Unidentified                                   20.1        20.1         (-)

North America                              -3,096.1    19,149.1    22,245.2
Western Europe                             -3,305.9    13,754.8    17,060.8
Euro Area                                  -2,458.1     9,252.8    11,710.9
European Union (EU)                        -3,151.9    12,641.4    15,793.3
European Free Trade Association              -230.4       813.1     1,043.5
Eastern Europe                               -464.9       432.9       897.8
Former Soviet Republics                      -300.6       249.7       550.3
Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                    -3,299.8    13,687.5    16,987.3
Pacific Rim Countries                     -11,561.6    15,463.2    27,024.8
Asia -- Near East                             649.2     2,052.5     1,403.3
Asia -- (NICS)                               -537.3     6,720.2     7,257.5
Asia -- South                                -327.0       584.5       911.5
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                          -1,817.5     4,061.2     5,878.7
South/Central America                       1,008.5     5,208.4     4,199.9
Twenty Latin American Republics              -674.4    11,067.0    11,741.5
Central American Common Market               -166.8       678.9       845.7
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                                -587.2     9,901.5    10,488.7
North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                            -4,247.4    24,605.6    28,853.0
Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                           -108.9     2,191.2     2,300.0
Unidentified                                   20.1        20.1         (-)

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.
