EXHIBIT 6.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE
BY COUNTRY AND AREA, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 1998

In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(Z) Less than one-half unit of value shown. (X) Not applicable. 
(-) Represents zero.




                               Trade balance                  Exports
                             (Customs imports)         Domestic & Foreign,
                                                           f.a.s. basis

                                    Cumulative                Cumulative
         Country           February   to date rank   February   to date rank

     TOTAL                -13,543.1  -28,652.8 (X)   55,235.9  110,585.5 (X)

Afganistan                     -9.9       -9.9  66        0.4        0.8 187
Albania                        -0.6       -0.8  87        0.2        0.8 188
Algeria                      -112.9     -207.9  25       42.8      123.4  59
Andorra                         1.7        6.2 156        1.7        6.2 134
Angola                       -155.6     -320.7  19       29.1       72.0  69
Anguilla                        1.7        3.0 145        1.8        3.1 151
Antigua and Barbuda             7.7       15.7 173        7.8       16.0 109
Argentina                     248.1      495.5 216      420.7      886.3  25
Armenia                        14.4       14.6 172       14.8       16.7 108
Aruba                         -33.8      -71.8  34       16.0       38.4  91
Australia                     685.4    1,223.7 221    1,111.4    2,004.4  15
Austria                        21.9      341.7 213      208.3      720.5  28
Azerbaijan                      8.9       17.5 176        8.9       18.4 106

Bahamas                        55.5      106.3 206       68.7      134.0  57
Bahrain                        14.1       35.1 189       27.7       64.7  72
Bangladesh                   -132.3     -266.6  24       23.1       54.1  76
Barbados                       16.9       34.8 188       20.0       39.8  89
Belarus                        -7.7      -12.1  63        4.1        6.2 135
Belgium                       548.3    1,129.0 220    1,242.0    2,439.5  10
Belize                          5.8        9.2 164        9.6       20.9 101
Benin                           1.9        4.0 150        2.0        4.1 145
Bermuda                        34.1       61.8 198       35.0       63.1  75
Bhutan                          0.2        0.2 112        0.2        0.2 201
Bolivia                        15.3       18.0 178       28.8       49.4  80
Bosnia-Hercegovina             -0.1        1.6 136        0.6        3.0 152
Botswana                        5.1       10.3 166        6.5       13.1 114
Brazil                        368.7      679.6 218    1,054.0    2,170.9  13
British Indian
         Ocean Territory        (-)       -0.1  93        (-)        (-) 217
British Virgin Islands          3.7        9.7 165        4.0       10.5 120
Brunei                         -2.7       -3.0  78        4.2        9.3 122
Bulgaria                        0.7      -35.2  43       12.8       32.8  92
Burkina                         0.5        0.9 126        0.6        1.1 180
Burma (Myanmar)               -10.4      -26.8  47        1.5        1.8 166
Burundi                        -0.3       -2.4  83        (-)        0.1 212

Cambodia                      -19.1      -37.6  42        0.8        1.7 169
Cameroon                        2.5        8.4 162        4.8       15.8 111
Canada                     -1,396.6   -2,873.0   3   12,878.6   24,934.3   1
Cape Verde                      0.9        1.9 138        0.9        1.9 164
Cayman Islands                 20.2       38.7 192       22.2       44.1  84
Central African Republic        0.3        0.5 119        0.4        0.6 192
Chad                            0.9        0.9 125        1.1        1.2 178
Chile                          92.9      219.8 209      316.9      644.3  29
China                      -3,497.7   -7,738.4   2    1,055.8    2,267.5  11
Christmas Island                (-)        (-) 103        0.1        0.1 211
Cocos (Keeling) Island          (-)        (-) 102        (-)        (-) 216
Colombia                       57.2       -4.7  72      418.5      816.6  27
Comoros                         (-)        (-)  95        0.1        0.1 207
Congo (Brazzaville)           -40.0      -22.4  53        3.9       23.7 100
Congo (Kinshasa)               -6.4      -23.3  52        3.0        6.9 132
Cook Islands                    (-)        0.2 109        0.2        0.3 199
Costa Rica                     -7.0        4.8 154      188.7      366.7  38
Croatia                         0.4        2.9 144       12.9       18.1 107
Cuba                            0.4        0.6 120        0.4        0.6 191
Cyprus                         19.7       43.2 196       21.1       46.5  83
Czech Republic                -27.4      -45.5  39       30.6       64.6  73

Denmark                       -19.3      -55.3  36      164.9      290.4  44
Djibouti                        0.7        1.6 134        0.7        1.6 171
Dominica                        4.3        8.1 161        4.5        8.6 126
Dominican Republic            -38.1       20.3 181      318.8      581.5  30

Ecuador                       -14.1      -37.6  41      134.4      258.3  48
Egypt                         146.1      400.8 214      200.8      513.2  32
El Salvador                   -14.2       -4.3  75      116.8      225.9  50
Equatorial Guinea              -3.4       -6.1  71        2.9       10.2 121
Eritrea                         0.7        1.0 128        0.7        1.0 182
Estonia                        -0.5       -2.2  85        3.1        6.0 137
Ethiopia                        1.3        4.5 152        7.4       13.1 113

Falkland Islands                0.2        0.2 110        0.2        0.2 204
Faroe Islands                  -1.1       -2.2  86        0.1        0.1 209
Fed. Republic of Germany   -1,426.0   -2,712.8   4    2,147.3    4,110.9   5
Federated States
         of  Micronesia         0.6        1.9 139        1.5        3.6 148
Fiji                           -4.5      -12.8  61        3.2        5.6 141
Finland                       -18.4     -113.6  32      159.6      280.6  46
France                       -180.4     -415.6  17    1,488.2    2,973.6   8
French Guiana                  66.5       65.0 199       66.6       67.2  71
French Polynesia                6.1       10.5 167        7.6       15.0 112
French Southern and
       Antarctic Lands          0.1        0.1 108        0.1        0.1 206

Gabon                        -115.5     -289.9  21        3.4        8.3 129
Gambia                          0.3        0.3 114        0.5        1.1 181
Gaza Strip Administered
      by Israel                 (-)        (-)  99        (-)        (-) 220
Georgia                        10.6       26.8 186       11.0       27.4  97
Ghana                          22.0       23.1 183       28.0       47.5  82
Gibraltar                       0.5        1.6 135        0.5        1.9 165
Greece                        135.2      179.7 208      162.4      241.9  49
Greenland                      -0.2       -0.4  90        (-)        0.1 213
Grenada                         3.7        7.6 159        4.7        9.2 124
Guadeloupe                      4.7        7.6 158        4.8        8.5 127
Guatemala                     -29.8      -33.5  45      146.3      307.9  43
Guinea                         -2.0       -8.9  67        6.3       10.6 119
Guinea-Bissau                   0.1        0.1 105        0.2        0.2 202
Guyana                          0.4       -3.2  77       10.0       19.6 103

Haiti                          15.6       39.7 193       35.4       73.9  68
Heard and
         McDonald Isles         (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Honduras                      -49.2      -48.7  37      175.4      340.4  41
Hong Kong                     403.2      466.3 215    1,056.4    2,080.0  14
Hungary                       -46.3     -102.3  33       42.7       77.5  66

Iceland                        -5.8       54.5 197       14.4       90.2  61
India                        -434.7     -845.9  12      208.2      445.4  37
Indonesia                    -494.4   -1,032.1  11      171.2      446.2  36
Iran                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Iraq                            6.1       -7.7  70        6.1       43.0  86
Ireland                       -22.1     -137.2  29      479.6      987.5  23
Israel                         51.3     -126.4  30      694.6    1,253.1  19
Italy                        -832.8   -1,613.3   6      759.0    1,566.6  17
Ivory Coast                   -69.2     -124.1  31       12.3       32.4  93

Jamaica                        44.4       92.6 204      102.7      208.9  51
Japan                      -5,290.5   -9,647.6   1    4,642.8    9,785.7   3
Jordan                         21.5       40.3 195       22.0       41.7  88

Kazakhstan                    -11.1      -12.5  62        6.8       12.3 115
Kenya                          19.1       25.6 184       25.6       39.8  90
Kiribati                        0.4        0.8 124        0.5        0.9 184
Korea, South                 -590.4   -1,446.2   7    1,128.1    2,223.6  12
Kuwait                        -29.1      -56.7  35       70.5      183.2  52
Kyrgyzstan                      1.0        2.2 141        1.0        2.4 160

Laos                           -2.4       -2.5  80        0.2        1.4 175
Latvia                         10.7       17.6 177       16.1       28.2  96
Lebanon                        40.7       74.6 201       44.8       84.7  63
Lesotho                        -6.5      -18.5  56        (-)        (-) 221
Liberia                        -1.0        1.7 137        2.6        5.3 142
Libya                           (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                 -16.9      -27.1  46        0.4        1.3 177
Lithuania                      -3.3       -2.7  79        3.6        8.5 128
Luxembourg                      8.6       18.2 179       35.1       68.3  70

Macao                         -66.1     -167.2  27        2.5        6.2 136
Macedonia (Skopje)             -8.4      -26.1  48        0.9        1.5 173
Madagascar                     -3.3      -10.4  65        0.7        1.7 168
Malawi                         -0.0       -7.9  69        0.6        1.0 183
Malaysia                     -669.6   -1,184.9   9      657.7    1,560.2  18
Maldives                       -1.9       -4.3  74        0.9        1.5 172
Mali                            2.9        3.8 149        2.9        4.3 144

Malta                         -11.9      -24.5  50       13.4       24.8  98
Marshall Islands               -1.1        0.4 116        1.3        3.0 153
Martinique                      2.2        5.6 155        2.2        5.6 139
Mauritania                      2.7        3.2 146        2.9        3.3 149
Mauritius                     -18.4      -34.7  44        1.0        2.9 154
Mexico                       -582.9   -1,381.7   8    6,428.3   12,637.0   2
Moldova                       -10.6      -16.9  57        0.9        2.0 163
Monaco                          0.7        0.9 127        1.5        2.3 161
Mongolia                       -0.0       -2.5  82        2.3        2.5 157
Montserrat                      0.8        1.1 129        0.8        1.1 179
Morocco                        -4.5       14.5 171       18.9       63.5  74
Mozambique                      7.0        7.7 160        7.8        9.1 125

Namibia                         0.8       -8.5  68        2.1        3.3 150
Nauru                           (-)        0.1 104        (-)        0.1 214
Nepal                         -12.9      -25.0  49        0.3        0.7 189
Netherlands                 1,191.5    2,306.9 222    1,709.4    3,388.5   6
Netherlands Antilles           13.8       37.5 191       41.5       87.2  62
New Caledonia                  -0.6        0.1 106        1.9        4.0 146
New Zealand                    25.7       69.0 200      143.2      316.4  42
Nicaragua                     -13.2      -19.3  55       22.6       49.8  79
Niger                           0.9        2.5 143        0.9        2.7 156
Nigeria                      -250.0     -569.2  14       67.0      130.7  58
Niue                            0.2        0.5 117        0.2        0.5 195
Norfolk Island                  0.6        0.6 121        0.6        0.6 190
North Korea                     (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Norway                        -66.8     -172.6  26      125.7      260.8  47

Oman                            2.7        3.2 147       23.2       53.7  77

Pakistan                      -90.9     -138.5  28       52.6      144.9  55
Palau                           0.5       -0.4  91        1.1        2.3 162
Panama                        116.2      238.1 210      137.4      281.0  45
Papua New Guinea                2.3        1.3 131        4.2       10.6 118
Paraguay                       44.7      100.3 205       47.0      106.0  60
Peru                           73.2      108.8 207      190.1      350.1  40
Philippines                  -362.2     -698.6  13      582.6    1,167.2  21
Pitcairn Island                 (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                         20.6       26.6 185       77.6      156.2  54
Portugal                      -28.6      -42.5  40       68.8      139.2  56

Qatar                          17.0       40.3 194       35.8       80.8  65

Republic of Yemen               8.9       19.6 180        9.1       20.4 102
Reunion                         0.2        0.5 118        0.2        0.5 194
Romania                       -21.6      -24.4  51       17.4       44.1  85
Russia                       -132.7     -317.4  20      273.0      510.7  33
Rwanda                          0.1        1.4 132        0.1        1.8 167

San Marino                      0.7        0.7 123        0.7        0.8 185
Sao Tome and Principe           3.7        3.8 148        3.7        3.8 147
Saudi Arabia                  334.6      580.2 217      831.4    1,777.0  16
Senegal                         4.6        6.6 157        5.1        8.0 130
Seychelles                      1.0        1.2 130        1.1        1.4 176
Sierra Leone                   -0.1       -2.3  84        0.7        0.8 186
Singapore                      16.9     -269.7  23    1,377.6    2,557.9   9
Slovakia                       -5.6      -15.8  59        4.7        7.5 131
Slovenia                       -8.7      -21.6  54       10.3       19.0 105
Solomon Islands                 0.6        1.5 133        0.6        1.6 170
Somalia                         0.1        0.1 107        0.1        0.1 208
South Africa                   -9.2      -14.0  60      224.7      457.4  35
Spain                         123.4      275.1 212      473.4    1,008.4  22
Sri Lanka                    -126.1     -282.3  22       13.4       24.4  99
St Helena                       (-)        (-)  96        (-)        (-) 219
St Kitts and Nevis              1.3        2.5 142        3.6        6.5 133
St Lucia                        6.2       12.7 170        8.0       15.8 110
St Pierre and Miquelon         -0.3       -0.2  92        (-)        0.2 205
St Vincent & the Grenadine     48.2       83.6 203       48.5       84.2  64
Sudan                          -0.4       -2.5  81        0.1        0.1 210
Suriname                       10.6       12.2 169       13.4       28.2  95
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island      0.3        0.3 113        0.3        0.3 197
Swaziland                      -2.3       -3.9  76        0.3        0.3 198
Sweden                       -301.9     -538.0  15      290.0      541.3  31
Switzerland                  -185.7     -368.4  18      426.7      872.5  26
Syria                          15.4       22.7 182       18.5       29.0  94

Taiwan                       -714.1   -1,820.6   5    1,610.5    3,261.1   7
Tajikistan                      (-)        (-)  98        0.4        0.5 193
Tanzania                        0.8       -0.6  89        3.2        5.6 140
Thailand                     -556.8   -1,036.8  10      417.2      974.1  24
Togo                            0.8        2.2 140        0.9        2.4 159
Tokelau                         0.1        (-) 101        0.2        0.3 200
Tonga                           1.2        4.7 153        1.3        4.9 143
Trinidad and Tobago             4.8       16.0 174       85.2      173.9  53
Tunisia                        11.9       35.3 190       20.4       48.4  81
Turkey                         50.3       82.1 202      236.0      483.4  34
Turkmenistan                    8.5       10.9 168        8.5       11.0 116
Turks and Caicos Islands        4.0        8.6 163        4.3        9.2 123
Tuvalu                          (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)

Uganda                          0.3       -0.6  88        1.4        2.5 158
Ukraine                         2.7      -10.4  64       24.1       52.7  78
United Arab Emirates           82.1      240.5 211      155.5      361.5  39
United Kingdom                734.1    1,079.1 219    3,306.0    6,265.2   4
Uruguay                        16.5       29.5 187       35.7       75.9  67
Uzbekistan                      2.5        4.4 151        3.2        5.7 138

Vanuatu                         (-)        (-)  94        (-)        (-) 215
Vatican City                    0.3        0.4 115        0.3        0.4 196
Venezuela                    -191.8     -473.8  16      624.3    1,226.7  20
Vietnam                        -8.8      -45.8  38       24.0       42.0  87

Wallis and Futuna               (-)        (-) 100        (-)        (-) 218
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                  (-)        0.2 111        (-)        0.2 203
Western Sahara                  (-)        (-)  97        (-)        (-) (X)
Western Samoa                   0.2        0.7 122        0.6        1.4 174

Yugoslavia                      6.7       17.4 175        7.3       19.2 104

Zambia                         -2.7       -4.6  73        1.1        2.8 155
Zimbabwe                       -9.8      -16.4  58        5.6       10.9 117

Unidentified                    (-)        0.7 (X)        (-)        0.7 (X)

Timing adjustment               (-)      139.2 (X)        (-)      -16.8 (X)

North America              -1,979.5   -4,254.7 (X)   19,306.9   37,571.3 (X)

Western Europe               -290.4     -729.1 (X)   13,568.6   26,874.7 (X)

Euro Area                    -614.5     -964.2 (X)    8,770.6   17,683.5 (X)

European Union (EU)           -66.3     -298.6 (X)   12,693.8   25,022.2 (X)

European Free Trade     
Association                  -275.2     -513.5 (X)      567.1    1,224.8 (X)
                            
Eastern Europe               -187.0     -477.8 (X)      565.6    1,092.1 (X)

Former Soviet Republics      -106.6     -280.2 (X)      379.6      708.6 (X)
                            
Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development
(OECD) in Europe             -289.5     -728.1 (X)   13,499.5   26,733.8 (X)
                            
Pacific Rim Countries     -10,554.3  -22,248.0 (X)   13,548.2   27,696.2 (X)
                            
Asia Near East                565.3      865.8 (X)    1,939.3    3,992.9 (X)

NICS                         -884.5   -3,070.2 (X)    5,172.6   10,122.6 (X)

Asia - SOUTH                 -806.8   -1,568.1 (X)      298.0      670.3 (X)

Assn of South East Asia 
Nations (ASEAN)            -2,068.9   -4,225.1 (X)    3,210.5    6,714.8 (X)
                            
South/Central America       1,019.5    1,898.1 (X)    4,998.0    9,916.2 (X)

Twenty Latin American   
Republics                     108.5      -48.6 (X)   10,840.3   21,449.2 (X)

Central American Common 
Market                       -113.4     -101.0 (X)      649.8    1,290.7 (X)

Latin American Free     
Trade Association             127.8     -246.3 (X)    9,698.6   19,221.4 (X)
                            
N Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Allies              -1,164.5   -2,760.0 (X)   24,811.4   48,261.4 (X)
                            
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries    
(OPEC)                       -638.5   -1,486.3 (X)    2,004.7    4,372.5 (X)
                            
Unidentified (2)                (-)        0.7 (X)        (-)        0.7 (X)
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                                                 Imports
                              Customs basis              C.i.f. basis

                                   Cumulative                Cumulative
         Country           February  to date  rank   February  to date  rank

     TOTAL                 68,779.1  139,238.4 (X)   70,993.6  143,809.7 (X)

Afganistan                     10.4       10.7 115       10.7       11.0 116
Albania                         0.9        1.6 151        0.9        1.7 151
Algeria                       155.8      331.3  45      171.9      364.8  44
Andorra                         (-)        (-) 212        (-)        (-) 212
Angola                        184.7      392.8  38      201.8      427.5  36
Anguilla                        0.1        0.1 191        0.1        0.1 191
Antigua and Barbuda             0.1        0.3 176        0.1        0.3 176
Argentina                     172.7      390.7  39      189.2      426.0  37
Armenia                         0.4        2.1 148        0.4        2.2 147
Aruba                          49.8      110.2  64       52.7      116.3  64
Australia                     425.9      780.7  29      449.7      822.6  29
Austria                       186.4      378.8  41      193.7      392.8  41
Azerbaijan                      (-)        0.8 161        (-)        0.9 162

Bahamas                        13.1       27.7  92       14.6       30.2  91
Bahrain                        13.7       29.6  89       14.7       31.9  89
Bangladesh                    155.4      320.7  46      164.0      337.3  46
Barbados                        3.0        5.0 130        3.1        5.1 131
Belarus                        11.9       18.3 104       12.8       19.6 103
Belgium                       693.7    1,310.5  20      709.4    1,340.4  21
Belize                          3.8       11.7 113        4.0       12.7 113
Benin                           0.1        0.1 189        0.1        0.2 187
Bermuda                         0.9        1.3 158        0.9        1.3 158
Bhutan                          (-)        (-) 200        (-)        (-) 200
Bolivia                        13.4       31.4  87       14.0       33.3  87
Bosnia-Hercegovina              0.7        1.4 153        0.8        1.5 153
Botswana                        1.5        2.8 141        1.5        2.8 141
Brazil                        685.3    1,491.3  17      723.3    1,574.5  17
British Indian
         Ocean Territory        (-)        0.2 186        (-)        0.2 186
British Virgin Islands          0.3        0.8 162        0.4        1.0 161
Brunei                          7.0       12.3 110        7.3       12.9 111
Bulgaria                       12.1       68.0  69       12.8       70.1  69
Burkina                         0.1        0.2 185        0.1        0.2 185
Burma (Myanmar)                11.9       28.7  90       12.7       30.4  90
Burundi                         0.3        2.4 145        0.3        2.5 145

Cambodia                       20.0       39.3  83       21.0       41.4  83
Cameroon                        2.3        7.4 123        2.5        8.3 122
Canada                     14,275.2   27,807.3   1   14,533.3   28,320.0   1
Cape Verde                      (-)        (-) 205        (-)        (-) 206
Cayman Islands                  2.1        5.3 128        2.1        5.4 129
Central African Republic        0.1        0.1 193        0.1        0.1 194
Chad                            0.2        0.3 177        0.2        0.3 177
Chile                         224.0      424.5  35      275.7      519.3  33
China                       4,553.5   10,005.9   4    4,775.7   10,501.9   4
Christmas Island                (-)        (-) 199        (-)        (-) 199
Cocos (Keeling) Island          (-)        (-) 209        (-)        (-) 209
Colombia                      361.2      821.3  28      385.5      877.1  27
Comoros                         0.2        0.2 183        0.2        0.2 184
Congo (Brazzaville)            43.8       46.1  79       45.1       47.8  78
Congo (Kinshasa)                9.4       30.2  88        9.4       32.0  88
Cook Islands                    0.1        0.1 188        0.1        0.1 189
Costa Rica                    195.7      361.9  42      210.8      389.4  42
Croatia                        12.5       15.2 107       12.7       15.5 107
Cuba                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Cyprus                          1.4        3.4 137        1.5        3.6 137
Czech Republic                 58.0      110.2  65       59.7      114.5  65

Denmark                       184.2      345.7  43      191.6      359.9  45
Djibouti                        (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Dominica                        0.2        0.5 169        0.3        0.6 169
Dominican Republic            356.9      561.2  32      365.8      576.1  32

Ecuador                       148.5      295.9  49      168.2      335.4  47
Egypt                          54.6      112.4  63       57.7      118.4  63
El Salvador                   131.0      230.2  54      134.5      236.3  54
Equatorial Guinea               6.4       16.3 105        7.1       18.1 105
Eritrea                         (-)        (-) 202        (-)        (-) 202
Estonia                         3.6        8.2 121        3.9        8.9 121
Ethiopia                        6.1        8.6 120        6.4        9.0 120

Falkland Islands                (-)        (-) 203        (-)        (-) 203
Faroe Islands                   1.2        2.3 146        1.2        2.4 146
Fed. Republic of Germany    3,573.3    6,823.6   5    3,665.0    7,009.6   5
Federated States
         of  Micronesia         0.9        1.6 150        1.0        1.8 150
Fiji                            7.7       18.4 103        8.3       19.9 102
Finland                       177.9      394.2  37      187.1      418.4  39
France                      1,668.5    3,389.2   9    1,714.4    3,479.2   9
French Guiana                   (-)        2.2 147        (-)        2.2 148
French Polynesia                1.5        4.5 131        1.6        4.6 133
French Southern and
       Antarctic Lands          (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)

Gabon                         118.9      298.2  48      129.0      321.9  48
Gambia                          0.2        0.7 165        0.2        0.7 165
Gaza Strip Administered
      by Israel                 (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Georgia                         0.4        0.6 168        0.5        0.7 168
Ghana                           6.0       24.4  97        6.3       25.5  98
Gibraltar                       (-)        0.3 175        (-)        0.3 175
Greece                         27.1       62.2  71       29.9       68.8  70
Greenland                       0.2        0.5 170        0.2        0.5 170
Grenada                         0.9        1.5 152        1.0        1.6 152
Guadeloupe                      0.1        0.9 160        0.1        0.9 163
Guatemala                     176.2      341.4  44      188.1      364.8  43
Guinea                          8.3       19.5 100       10.3       23.4 100
Guinea-Bissau                   (-)        0.2 184        (-)        0.2 183
Guyana                          9.6       22.8  99       11.0       26.1  96

Haiti                          19.8       34.2  86       20.6       35.4  86
Heard and
         McDonald Isles         (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Honduras                      224.6      389.1  40      236.3      412.0  40
Hong Kong                     653.2    1,613.7  16      674.2    1,666.6  16
Hungary                        89.0      179.9  56       91.5      185.5  56

Iceland                        20.2       35.7  85       21.4       38.1  85
India                         642.9    1,291.3  21      675.0    1,355.6  20
Indonesia                     665.6    1,478.3  18      703.7    1,566.2  18
Iran                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Iraq                            (-)       50.7  72        (-)       56.7  72
Ireland                       501.6    1,124.7  24      509.3    1,139.0  24
Israel                        643.2    1,379.5  19      659.2    1,412.9  19
Italy                       1,591.8    3,179.8  10    1,656.2    3,308.8  10
Ivory Coast                    81.5      156.5  59       86.8      166.5  59

Jamaica                        58.2      116.3  62       61.0      123.0  62
Japan                       9,933.3   19,433.3   2   10,182.0   19,926.0   2
Jordan                          0.5        1.4 154        0.6        1.5 154

Kazakhstan                     17.9       24.9  96       18.7       25.8  97
Kenya                           6.5       14.2 108        7.0       15.0 108
Kiribati                        (-)        0.1 194        0.1        0.1 193
Korea, South                1,718.5    3,669.9   8    1,770.2    3,778.1   8
Kuwait                         99.7      239.9  53      112.3      268.8  52
Kyrgyzstan                      (-)        0.1 190        (-)        0.1 190

Laos                            2.6        3.9 135        2.7        4.1 135
Latvia                          5.3       10.6 116        5.7       11.4 115
Lebanon                         4.2       10.2 117        4.3       10.5 117
Lesotho                         6.5       18.5 102        6.7       19.2 104
Liberia                         3.6        3.6 136        3.8        3.8 136
Libya                           (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  17.3       28.4  91       18.0       29.7  92
Lithuania                       6.9       11.1 114        8.6       13.2 110
Luxembourg                     26.5       50.1  74       28.9       54.3  73

Macao                          68.6      173.3  57       70.8      179.0  57
Macedonia (Skopje)              9.3       27.6  93        9.8       28.7  94
Madagascar                      4.0       12.1 111        4.3       12.8 112
Malawi                          0.6        8.9 119        0.7        9.6 119
Malaysia                    1,327.3    2,745.1  12    1,362.5    2,819.1  12
Maldives                        2.8        5.9 126        3.3        6.8 124
Mali                            0.1        0.4 172        0.1        0.5 172
Malta                          25.3       49.2  76       25.9       50.1  77
Marshall Islands                2.5        2.5 144        2.7        2.8 142
Martinique                      (-)        0.1 197        (-)        0.1 198
Mauritania                      0.1        0.1 187        0.2        0.2 188
Mauritius                      19.4       37.5  84       21.4       40.5  84
Mexico                      7,011.2   14,018.7   3    7,123.6   14,248.9   3
Moldova                        11.5       18.9 101       12.4       20.4 101
Monaco                          0.8        1.4 156        0.8        1.5 155
Mongolia                        2.3        5.0 129        2.5        5.3 130
Montserrat                      (-)        (-) 204        (-)        (-) 204
Morocco                        23.4       49.0  77       25.0       52.7  75
Mozambique                      0.8        1.4 155        0.9        1.5 156

Namibia                         1.3       11.8 112        1.3       12.0 114
Nauru                           (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Nepal                          13.1       25.7  95       14.5       28.4  95
Netherlands                   517.9    1,081.6  25      542.4    1,131.0  25
Netherlands Antilles           27.7       49.7  75       29.6       52.4  76
New Caledonia                   2.6        3.9 134        3.7        5.5 128
New Zealand                   117.5      247.3  51      128.8      270.0  51
Nicaragua                      35.7       69.2  67       37.7       72.3  68
Niger                           (-)        0.2 179        (-)        0.2 180
Nigeria                       317.0      699.9  31      343.8      756.2  31
Niue                            (-)        (-) 213        (-)        (-) 213
Norfolk Island                  (-)        (-) 210        (-)        (-) 210
North Korea                     (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Norway                        192.5      433.3  34      203.7      456.0  35

Oman                           20.5       50.5  73       21.4       53.7  74

Pakistan                      143.5      283.3  50      150.9      297.9  50
Palau                           0.5        2.6 142        0.6        2.8 144
Panama                         21.2       42.9  80       22.8       45.9  80
Papua New Guinea                1.9        9.3 118        2.0        9.6 118
Paraguay                        2.3        5.8 127        2.5        6.3 127
Peru                          116.9      241.2  52      122.8      254.1  53
Philippines                   944.9    1,865.8  14      972.3    1,922.2  14
Pitcairn Island                 (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                         57.1      129.7  60       60.7      138.1  60
Portugal                       97.4      181.7  55      102.2      190.7  55

Qatar                          18.9       40.5  82       20.7       44.6  81

Republic of Yemen               0.2        0.8 163        0.2        0.8 164
Reunion                         (-)        (-) 211        (-)        (-) 211
Romania                        39.0       68.5  68       41.9       73.2  67
Russia                        405.7      828.1  27      429.7      870.9  28
Rwanda                          (-)        0.4 174        (-)        0.4 174

San Marino                      (-)        0.1 195        (-)        0.1 197
Sao Tome and Principe           (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Saudi Arabia                  496.8    1,196.8  23      549.5    1,320.0  22
Senegal                         0.5        1.4 157        0.6        1.5 157
Seychelles                      0.1        0.2 182        0.1        0.2 182
Sierra Leone                    0.8        3.1 138        0.8        3.2 140
Singapore                   1,360.7    2,827.6  11    1,381.4    2,870.1  11
Slovakia                       10.3       23.3  98       10.7       24.4  99
Slovenia                       19.0       40.7  81       19.9       42.5  82
Solomon Islands                 (-)        0.1 198        0.1        0.1 195
Somalia                         (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
South Africa                  233.9      471.4  33      243.4      492.3  34
Spain                         350.1      733.3  30      378.7      790.3  30
Sri Lanka                     139.5      306.7  47      146.7      321.3  49
St Helena                       (-)        (-) 201        (-)        (-) 201
St Kitts and Nevis              2.3        4.1 133        2.3        4.2 134
St Lucia                        1.8        3.1 140        1.9        3.2 139
St Pierre and Miquelon          0.3        0.4 173        0.4        0.4 173
St Vincent & the Grenadine      0.2        0.7 166        0.2        0.7 166
Sudan                           0.5        2.6 143        0.5        2.8 143
Suriname                        2.8       16.0 106        3.0       16.6 106
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island      (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Swaziland                       2.6        4.2 132        2.8        4.6 132
Sweden                        591.9    1,079.2  26      611.1    1,115.0  26
Switzerland                   612.4    1,240.9  22      623.9    1,263.2  23
Syria                           3.0        6.3 124        3.1        6.5 126

Taiwan                      2,324.6    5,081.6   7    2,401.0    5,245.4   7
Tajikistan                      0.5        0.5 171        0.5        0.5 171
Tanzania                        2.4        6.2 125        2.6        6.5 125
Thailand                      974.0    2,010.9  13    1,009.0    2,082.3  13
Togo                            0.1        0.2 181        0.1        0.2 181
Tokelau                         0.2        0.2 180        0.2        0.3 179
Tonga                           0.1        0.2 178        0.2        0.3 178
Trinidad and Tobago            80.4      157.9  58       87.7      172.6  58
Tunisia                         8.6       13.2 109        9.2       13.9 109
Turkey                        185.7      401.3  36      196.9      424.8  38
Turkmenistan                    (-)        0.1 192        (-)        0.1 192
Turks and Caicos Islands        0.3        0.6 167        0.3        0.7 167
Tuvalu                          (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)

Uganda                          1.1        3.1 139        1.1        3.2 138
Ukraine                        21.4       63.2  70       22.9       68.7  71
United Arab Emirates           73.4      121.1  61       78.6      129.2  61
United Kingdom              2,571.9    5,186.1   6    2,641.3    5,318.7   6
Uruguay                        19.2       46.3  78       19.8       47.6  79
Uzbekistan                      0.7        1.3 159        0.7        1.3 159

Vanuatu                         (-)        0.1 196        (-)        0.1 196
Vatican City                    (-)        (-) 206        (-)        (-) 205
Venezuela                     816.1    1,700.5  15      875.2    1,837.3  15
Vietnam                        32.8       87.8  66       34.7       93.5  66

Wallis and Futuna               (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                  (-)        (-) 208        (-)        (-) 208
Western Sahara                  (-)        (-) 207        (-)        (-) 207
Western Samoa                   0.4        0.7 164        0.6        1.0 160

Yugoslavia                      0.6        1.8 149        0.6        1.9 149

Zambia                          3.8        7.4 122        3.8        7.5 123
Zimbabwe                       15.4       27.3  94       16.5       28.9  93

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

Timing adjustment               (-)     -155.9 (X)        (-)     -150.8 (X)

North America              21,286.4   41,826.0 (X)   21,656.9   42,568.8 (X)

Western Europe             13,859.0   27,603.8 (X)   14,298.4   28,476.8 (X)

Euro Area                   9,385.0   18,647.6 (X)    9,687.3   19,254.5 (X)

European Union (EU)        12,760.1   25,320.8 (X)   13,161.2   26,116.8 (X)

European Free Trade     
Association                   842.3    1,738.3 (X)      866.9    1,787.0 (X)
                            
Eastern Europe                752.6    1,569.9 (X)      795.2    1,652.3 (X)

Former Soviet Republics       486.3      988.9 (X)      516.9    1,044.7 (X)
                            
Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development
(OECD) in Europe           13,789.0   27,461.9 (X)   14,225.9   28,330.2 (X)
                            
Pacific Rim Countries      24,102.4   49,944.2 (X)   24,881.5   51,589.7 (X)
                            
Asia Near East              1,374.0    3,127.1 (X)    1,464.6    3,337.1 (X)

NICS                        6,057.1   13,192.8 (X)    6,226.8   13,560.1 (X)

Asia - SOUTH                1,104.8    2,238.4 (X)    1,161.8    2,351.5 (X)

Assn of South East Asia 
Nations (ASEAN)             5,279.4   10,939.9 (X)    5,436.1   11,272.9 (X)
                            
South/Central America       3,978.5    8,018.0 (X)    4,269.0    8,620.3 (X)

Twenty Latin American   
Republics                  10,731.8   21,497.8 (X)   11,116.3   22,291.9 (X)

Central American Common 
Market                        763.2    1,391.8 (X)      807.3    1,474.8 (X)

Latin American Free     
Trade Association           9,570.7   19,467.6 (X)    9,899.8   20,159.7 (X)
                            
N Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Allies              25,975.8   51,021.4 (X)   26,615.4   52,290.5 (X)
                            
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries    
(OPEC)                      2,643.1    5,858.9 (X)    2,855.8    6,343.8 (X)
                            
Unidentified (2)                (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)

North America - Canada, Mexico
Western Europe - Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia,
 Cyprus, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibralter, Greece,
 Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein,  Luxembourg, Malta and Gozo,
 Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway,  Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia,
 Spain, Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United
 Kingdom, Vatican City, Yugoslavia.
Euro Area - Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
 Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain.
European Union - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
 Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United
 Kingdom.
European Free Trade Association - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
Eastern Europe - Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech
 Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, 
 Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan,
 Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Former Soviet Republics - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia,
 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,  Russia, Tajikistan,
 Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
OECD - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland,
 Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway,
 Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Svalbard, Jan Mayan Island, Sweden, Switzerland,
 Turkey, United Kingdom.
Pacific Rim Countries - Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan,
 Korea, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
 Singapore, Taiwan.
Asia Near East - Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman,
 Qatar, Saudi Arabia,  Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
Asia - NICS - Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan.
Asia - SOUTH - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
ASEAN - Brunei, Indonesia,  Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand.
South/Central America - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba,
 Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands,
 Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican
 Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada,
 Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique,
 Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St.
 Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname,
 Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Twenty Latin American Republics - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
 Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,  El Salvador,
 Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
 Uruguay, Venezuela.
Central American Common Market - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
 Honduras, Nicaragua. 
LAFTA - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico,
 Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
NATO Allies - Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland,
 Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway,
 Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Svalbard Jan Mayan Island, Sweden,
 Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
OPEC - Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar,
 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela.  

(2) The export totals reflect shipments of certain grains, oilseeds, and
 satellites that are not included in the country/area totals.


CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or
         Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see 
         our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/"

NOTE:  For information on more detailed data available, please see
       record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE." 



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