
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 18. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS BY SELECTED
            COUNTRIES DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may 
            not equal totals due rounding. (-) Represents zero or less 
            than one half unit of measurement shown.)

                   
                         Exports

                          Totals

      Country            January           December
                           1999              1998

TOTAL                           5,406             5,659
                                                                          
Australia                          54                43
Austria                            84                60
Belgium                           112               123
Brazil                             26                30
Canada                          3,193             3,184
Germany                           179               187
Japan                             251               297
Korea                              25                36
Mexico                            862               889
Saudia Arabia                      54               106
Sweden                             17                22
Taiwan                             18                21
United Kingdom                    102               124
                                                                          
Other                             428               538
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                           Cars

      Country            January           December
                           1999              1998

TOTAL                           1,051             1,409
                                                                          
Australia                           9                10
Austria                             1                 4
Belgium                            34                52
Brazil                              1                 4
Canada                            496               681
Germany                           102               116
Japan                              87               105
Korea                               1                 1
Mexico                            147               129
Saudia Arabia                      23                33
Sweden                              3                 4
Taiwan                              6                14
United Kingdom                     34                65
                                                                          
Other                             108               192
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                          Trucks

      Country            January           December
                           1999              1998

TOTAL                             590               742
                                                                          
Australia                           5                 8
Austria                           (-)               (-)
Belgium                            50                40
Brazil                              1                 2
Canada                            365               429
Germany                             2                 2
Japan                               5                27
Korea                               1                 1
Mexico                             28                46
Saudia Arabia                      14                55
Sweden                            (-)                 1
Taiwan                              6                 1
United Kingdom                      2                 3
                                                                          
Other                             111               127
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                          Parts

      Country            January           December
                           1999              1998

TOTAL                           3,765             3,507
                                                                          
Australia                          41                25
Austria                            83                56
Belgium                            28                31
Brazil                             24                24
Canada                          2,332             2,074
Germany                            75                69
Japan                             160               164
Korea                              24                34
Mexico                            687               715
Saudia Arabia                      17                18
Sweden                             14                17
Taiwan                              6                 6
United Kingdom                     66                56
                                                                          
Other                             208               219
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                 Imports

                          Totals

      Country            January           December
                           1999              1998

TOTAL                          12,784            14,395
                                                                          
Australia                          53                44
Austria                            19                24
Belgium                            55               147
Brazil                             92               106
Canada                          4,816             4,994
Germany                         1,023             1,683
Japan                           3,239             3,451
Korea                             221               253
Mexico                          2,340             2,430
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)
Sweden                            117               322
Taiwan                             88                86
United Kingdom                    216               325
                                                                          
Other                             504               530
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                           Cars

      Country            January           December
                           1999              1998

TOTAL                           6,883             8,401
                                                                          
Australia                          29                24
Austria                             1               (-)
Belgium                            43               124
Brazil                            (-)               (-)
Canada                          2,616             2,893
Germany                           809             1,399
Japan                           2,302             2,353
Korea                             154               191
Mexico                            693               855
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)
Sweden                             90               291
Taiwan                              2               (-)
United Kingdom                    105               216
                                                                          
Other                              39                56
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                          Trucks

      Country            January           December
                           1999              1998

TOTAL                           1,354             1,268
                                                                          
Australia                           9                 1
Austria                           (-)               (-)
Belgium                             5                16
Brazil                              2               (-)
Canada                            867               823
Germany                             1                10
Japan                              57                44
Korea                               1               (-)
Mexico                            369               344
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)
Sweden                              4                 8
Taiwan                              1                 1
United Kingdom                     21                 9
                                                                          
Other                              17                11
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                          Parts

      Country            January           December


TOTAL                           4,547             4,726
                                                                          
Australia                          15                19
Austria                            18                24
Belgium                             7                 7
Brazil                             90               106
Canada                          1,332             1,278
Germany                           212               273
Japan                             881             1,054
Korea                              66                62
Mexico                          1,278             1,231
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)
Sweden                             23                23
Taiwan                             85                85
United Kingdom                     90               100
                                                                          
Other                             448               463

Note:  Data not available on a Balance Of Payments Basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-55), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, January 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.