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                March    to date  rank    March    to date  rank

TOTAL                    -15,865.2  -44,518.0 (X)   62,328.9  172,914.4 (X)

Afganistan                    -0.7      -10.6  66        0.7        1.5 186
Albania                       -0.4       -1.2  83        0.3        1.1 192
Algeria                      -43.0     -250.9  26       76.1      199.5  60
Andorra                        1.3        7.5 152        1.3        7.5 143
Angola                      -180.6     -501.3  20       22.2       94.2  74
Anguilla                       2.0        5.0 146        2.0        5.2 150
Antigua and Barbuda           11.6       27.4 180       11.8       27.9 106
Argentina                    332.7      828.2 217      517.3    1,403.6  25
Armenia                        4.5       19.1 171        5.7       22.4 114
Aruba                        -21.1      -92.9  34       21.3       59.7  90
Australia                    637.7    1,861.4 222    1,123.1    3,127.5  15
Austria                      -56.3      285.4 212      150.0      870.5  33
Azerbaijan                     8.4       25.9 177        8.5       26.8 107

Bahamas                       69.6      175.9 207       84.4      218.4  57
Bahrain                       17.9       53.0 188       26.3       91.1  75
Bangladesh                  -101.4     -368.0  22       27.5       81.6  77
Barbados                      19.8       54.7 192       24.1       63.9  88
Belarus                       -3.1      -15.2  64        3.3        9.5 138
Belgium                      616.1    1,745.0 221    1,390.6    3,830.1  10
Belize                         6.6       15.8 169       10.2       31.2 102
Benin                          1.6        5.6 148        3.6        7.8 142
Bermuda                       31.7       93.5 199       32.6       95.7  73
Bhutan                         0.1        0.3 107        0.1        0.4 206
Bolivia                        7.7       25.7 176       29.8       79.2  79
Bosnia-Hercegovina             1.5        3.1 136        2.0        5.0 152
Botswana                       0.6       11.0 160        1.8       15.0 122
Brazil                       474.7    1,154.3 220    1,288.6    3,459.5  12
British Indian
    Ocean Territory            (-)       -0.1  93       (-)        (-)  219
British Virgin Islands         4.1       13.7 168        4.5       15.0 121
Brunei                         1.6       -1.5  82        7.2       16.4 118
Bulgaria                      -9.9      -45.1  44        5.9       38.7  99
Burkina                        0.4        1.3 122        0.4        1.4 188
Burma (Myanmar)              -13.1      -40.0  46        0.9        2.7 169
Burundi                       -0.4       -2.7  76       (-)         0.1 218

Cambodia                     -19.3      -56.9  37        0.9        2.6 170
Cameroon                       4.8       13.2 167        7.3       23.1 113
Canada                      -865.7   -3,738.7   4   14,609.6   39,543.9   1
Cape Verde                     0.3        2.2 129        0.3        2.2 176
Cayman Islands                25.6       64.4 195       26.6       70.7  83
Central African Republic       0.1        0.6 113        0.2        0.7 195
Chad                          -0.1        0.7 116        0.1        1.3 189
Chile                         50.9      270.7 210      293.2      937.5  30
China                     -3,763.0  -11,501.4   2    1,037.4    3,304.9  13
Christmas Island               (-)       (-)   99       (-)         0.1 216
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-)  100       (-)        (-)  221
Colombia                     146.3      141.6 205      494.5    1,311.1  27
Comoros                        0.1       (-)  102        0.1        0.2 211
Congo (Brazzaville)           -7.2      -29.6  52        6.9       30.6 103
Congo (Kinshasa)              -9.8      -33.1  49        3.8       10.8 133
Cook Islands                   0.1        0.2 105        0.1        0.4 205
Costa Rica                   -14.7       -9.9  68      199.0      565.7  38
Croatia                        3.9        6.9 151       11.6       29.7 105
Cuba                           0.1        0.7 115        0.1        0.7 196
Cyprus                        11.3       54.5 191       14.6       61.1  89
Czech Republic                12.4      -33.2  48       72.9      137.5  62

Denmark                       31.5      -23.8  56      246.3      536.7  41
Djibouti                       1.4        3.0 134        1.4        3.0 167
Dominica                       2.5       10.6 158        3.1       11.7 131
Dominican Republic           -35.8      -15.5  62      361.9      943.4  29

Ecuador                      -24.4      -62.0  36      139.7      398.0  49
Egypt                        155.9      556.7 216      219.2      732.4  35
El Salvador                   14.7       10.4 157      148.8      374.7  50
Equatorial Guinea            -15.2      -21.3  58        6.7       16.9 116
Eritrea                        1.8        2.8 132        1.8        2.8 168
Estonia                       -0.4       -2.6  78        4.0       10.0 136
Ethiopia                       7.5       12.0 162       13.1       26.3 108

Falkland Islands               2.4        2.6 131        2.4        2.6 171
Faroe Islands                 -0.4       -2.6  79        0.5        0.7 197
Fed. Republic of Germany  -2,363.0   -5,075.8   3    2,334.5    6,445.4   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia             1.5        3.4 139        2.4        6.0 146
Fiji                          -2.6      -15.5  63        3.9        9.5 139
Finland                      -30.2     -143.7  33      228.0      508.6  43
France                      -339.9     -755.5  16    1,720.9    4,694.5   8
French Guiana                  2.9       67.9 197        3.0       70.2  84
French Polynesia               9.2       19.7 173       11.2       26.2 109
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands           -0.7       -0.6  88        0.2        0.3 208

Gabon                        -73.9     -363.8  23        4.8       13.1 128
Gambia                         0.6        0.9 118        0.8        1.8 182
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                  (-)       (-)   97       (-)        (-)  222
Georgia                        3.8       30.6 182        5.9       33.3 101
Ghana                          3.6       26.7 179       17.0       64.6  87
Gibraltar                      2.8        4.4 144        3.0        4.9 154
Greece                        46.4      226.1 209       94.3      336.2  51
Greenland                     -0.6       -1.1  84        0.2        0.2 210
Grenada                        3.1       10.7 159        4.0       13.2 127
Guadeloupe                     5.5       13.1 166        5.6       14.1 124
Guatemala                    -21.1      -54.6  38      172.0      479.9  45
Guinea                       -11.1      -20.0  60        2.3       12.8 130
Guinea-Bissau                  0.3        0.4 109        0.3        0.5 199
Guyana                        -0.5       -3.7  75       14.3       33.9 100

Haiti                         23.1       62.8 194       44.9      118.8  66
Heard and
    McDonald Isles             0.1        0.1 103        0.1        0.1 215
Honduras                     -40.1      -88.8  35      223.0      563.4  39
Hong Kong                    428.6      894.9 219    1,136.4    3,216.5  14
Hungary                      -71.8     -174.1  32       40.0      117.5  67

Iceland                       -0.1       54.5 190       15.2      105.4  70
India                       -439.6   -1,285.5  12      322.8      768.2  34
Indonesia                   -509.1   -1,541.2  11      167.8      614.0  37
Iran                           (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Iraq                         -45.9      -53.6  39       10.0       53.0  93
Ireland                     -191.7     -328.9  24      475.6    1,463.1  23
Israel                      -185.1     -311.5  25      572.7    1,825.8  20
Italy                     -1,065.7   -2,679.0   7      822.0    2,388.6  18
Ivory Coast                  -60.3     -184.4  31       11.7       44.0  97

Jamaica                       44.7      137.3 204      115.7      324.6  52
Japan                     -5,756.6  -15,404.2   1    5,226.0   15,011.7   3
Jordan                        63.4      103.7 200       64.8      106.5  69

Kazakhstan                    -2.2      -14.7  65       11.0       23.3 112
Kenya                         10.3       35.9 184       17.8       57.6  91
Kiribati                       0.3        1.1 119        0.4        1.2 190
Korea, South                -659.4   -2,105.6   8    1,276.6    3,500.2  11
Kuwait                       139.3       82.7 198      296.1      479.4  46
Kyrgyzstan                     0.6        2.9 133        0.8        3.1 165

Laos                          -0.2       -2.7  77        0.6        2.0 178
Latvia                        10.5       28.1 181       18.2       46.4  96
Lebanon                       55.8      130.4 203       59.0      143.7  61
Lesotho                       -5.7      -24.2  55        0.8        0.8 193
Liberia                       -2.3       -0.6  87        1.5        6.8 144
Libya                          (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Liechtenstein                -26.1      -53.2  40        0.3        1.6 185
Lithuania                      4.2        1.5 124        8.3       16.8 117
Luxembourg                     2.8       21.0 174       30.8       99.1  71

Macao                        -50.9     -218.1  28        3.7        9.8 137
Macedonia (Skopje)           -20.3      -46.4  43        0.9        2.5 172
Madagascar                    -5.3      -15.7  61        0.3        2.1 177
Malawi                         (-)       -8.0  69        0.5        1.5 187
Malaysia                    -554.3   -1,739.3   9      969.3    2,529.4  17
Maldives                      -3.1       -7.5  71        0.3        1.9 180
Mali                           0.9        4.7 145        1.1        5.4 149

Malta                         23.7       -0.8  86       51.5       76.3  81
Marshall Islands               1.5        2.0 128        2.0        5.0 153
Martinique                     2.6        8.2 154        2.7        8.4 140
Mauritania                     0.2        3.4 138        0.2        3.5 161
Mauritius                    -16.6      -51.2  41        1.3        4.1 156
Mexico                    -1,352.2   -2,733.9   6    6,950.5   19,587.5   2
Moldova                      -10.1      -27.0  53        1.5        3.5 162
Monaco                        -1.2       -0.3  92        0.1        2.4 174
Mongolia                      -1.9       -4.4  74        0.9        3.4 163
Montserrat                     0.5        1.6 125        0.5        1.6 184
Morocco                       -5.3        9.3 155       21.4       84.9  76
Mozambique                     0.1        7.8 153        1.1       10.2 134

Namibia                       -1.8      -10.3  67        4.4        7.8 141
Nauru                          0.1        0.1 104        0.1        0.1 214
Nepal                        -13.2      -38.2  47        2.3        3.0 166
Netherlands                1,140.9    3,447.9 224    1,760.2    5,148.7   6
Netherlands Antilles          19.3       56.8 193       43.4      130.6  63
New Caledonia                  1.4        1.5 123        1.6        5.6 147
New Zealand                   35.7      104.8 201      181.5      497.9  44
Nicaragua                    -12.4      -31.8  50       30.9       80.7  78
Niger                          1.7        4.2 143        1.8        4.6 155
Nigeria                     -369.2     -938.3  14       91.7      222.4  56
Niue                           (-)        0.4 110       (-)         0.5 203
Norfolk Island                 0.2        0.8 117        0.2        0.8 194
North Korea                    4.0        4.0 142        4.0        4.0 158
Norway                       -52.2     -224.8  27      151.3      412.1  48

Oman                           2.5        5.7 149       22.9       76.6  80

Pakistan                     -72.4     -210.8  29       55.9      200.8  59
Palau                         -0.4       -0.8  85        1.1        3.4 164
Panama                       134.0      372.1 213      157.0      438.1  47
Papua New Guinea              -1.8       -0.5  89        5.7       16.3 119
Paraguay                      92.0      192.2 208       95.6      201.7  58
Peru                          62.4      171.2 206      182.4      532.5  42
Philippines                 -499.9   -1,198.5  13      566.2    1,733.4  21
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Poland                        -0.5       26.0 178       88.8      245.0  55
Portugal                      11.1      -31.4  51      112.9      252.1  54

Qatar                         10.4       50.6 187       27.9      108.7  68

Republic of Yemen             33.4       53.1 189       33.9       54.3  92
Reunion                        0.2        0.6 114        0.2        0.7 198
Romania                       -2.3      -26.7  54       30.5       74.5  82
Russia                       117.6     -199.8  30      552.3    1,063.1  28
Rwanda                         2.1        3.6 140        2.3        4.1 157

San Marino                     0.5        1.2 120        1.1        1.9 179
Sao Tome and Principe         -0.1        3.7 141       (-)         3.8 159
Saudi Arabia                 293.9      874.1 218      955.1    2,732.1  16
Senegal                        5.9       12.6 164        6.5       14.4 123
Seychelles                     1.1        2.2 130        1.1        2.4 173
Sierra Leone                  -0.1       -2.5  80        1.0        1.8 181
Singapore                   -339.1     -608.8  19    1,376.9    3,934.8   9
Slovakia                      -5.8      -21.6  57        5.4       13.0 129
Slovenia                     -22.6      -44.3  45       10.7       29.7 104
Solomon Islands                0.2        1.7 126        0.2        1.8 183
Somalia                        0.3        0.4 111        0.3        0.5 201
South Africa                  23.4        9.4 156      271.6      729.0  36
Spain                         98.3      373.4 214      500.8    1,509.2  22
Sri Lanka                   -123.2     -405.5  21       27.4       51.9  94
St Helena                      (-)       (-)   94       (-)        (-)  223
St Kitts and Nevis             0.6        3.0 135        3.6       10.1 135
St Lucia                       6.5       19.2 172        8.5       24.3 111
St Pierre and Miquelon        -0.3       -0.5  90       (-)         0.2 212
St Vincent & Grenadines       45.3      128.9 202       45.6      129.8  65
Sudan                          (-)       -2.4  81       (-)         0.1 213

Suriname                       5.8       18.1 170       14.9       43.1  98
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)        0.3 108       (-)         0.3 209
Swaziland                     -1.4       -5.3  73        0.8        1.1 191
Sweden                      -322.3     -860.3  15      338.4      879.7  32
Switzerland                 -305.4     -673.9  17      453.7    1,326.2  26
Syria                         11.4       34.1 183       17.7       46.7  95

Taiwan                    -1,067.7   -2,888.3   5    1,637.0    4,898.1   7
Tajikistan                    -0.3       -0.3  91       (-)         0.5 200
Tanzania                       7.5        6.9 150        9.5       15.1 120
Thailand                    -667.5   -1,704.3  10      463.7    1,437.8  24
Togo                           1.0        3.2 137        1.2        3.6 160
Tokelau                        (-)       (-)   96        0.1        0.4 207
Tonga                          0.4        5.1 147        0.6        5.5 148
Trinidad and Tobago           32.8       48.8 186      108.9      282.7  53
Tunisia                       10.4       45.7 185       17.7       66.1  86
Turkey                       190.7      272.8 211      417.4      900.8  31
Turkmenistan                   0.2       11.1 161        0.4       11.4 132
Turks and Caicos Islands       3.9       12.5 163        4.2       13.4 126
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)

Uganda                         2.4        1.8 127        3.7        6.2 145
Ukraine                        2.7       -7.7  70       44.3       97.0  72
United Arab Emirates         135.3      375.8 215      188.2      549.7  40
United Kingdom               982.7    2,061.8 223    3,983.3   10,248.5   4
Uruguay                       38.2       67.7 196       54.3      130.2  64
Uzbekistan                     8.2       12.6 165        8.4       14.1 125

Vanuatu                        (-)       (-)   98        0.1        0.1 217
Vatican City                  -0.1        0.3 106       (-)         0.4 204
Venezuela                   -145.4     -619.2  18      663.7    1,890.4  19
Vietnam                       -2.4      -48.2  42       25.9       67.9  85

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-)  101       (-)        (-)  220
West Bank Administered
    by Israel                  0.3        0.5 112        0.3        0.5 202
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-)   95       (-)        (-)  (X)
Western Samoa                  0.5        1.2 121        0.9        2.3 175

Yugoslavia                     5.3       22.7 175        6.4       25.6 110

Zambia                        -2.3       -6.9  72        2.3        5.1 151
Zimbabwe                      -4.3      -20.7  59       10.2       21.1 115

Unidentified                   2.1        2.8 (X)        2.1        2.8 (X)

Timing adjustment              (-)      217.6 (X)       (-)       -14.4 (X)

North America             -2,217.9   -6,472.6 (X)   21,560.1   59,131.4 (X)

Western Europe            -1,626.8   -2,355.9 (X)   15,330.4   42,205.1 (X)

Euro Area                 -2,177.6   -3,141.7 (X)    9,526.3   27,209.8 (X)

European Union (EU)       -1,439.3   -1,737.9 (X)   14,188.7   39,210.9 (X)

European Free Trade     
Association                 -383.8     -897.4 (X)      620.6    1,845.4 (X)
                            
Eastern Europe                66.4     -411.4 (X)      916.3    2,008.5 (X)

Former Soviet Republics      144.6     -135.6 (X)      672.6    1,381.2 (X)
                            
Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development
(OECD) in Europe          -1,633.2   -2,361.2 (X)   15,227.9   41,961.8 (X)
                            
Pacific Rim Countries    -12,098.2  -34,346.2 (X)   14,714.7   42,410.9 (X)
                            
Asia Near East               532.2    1,398.0 (X)    2,274.6    6,267.4 (X)

NICS                      -1,637.5   -4,707.7 (X)    5,427.0   15,549.6 (X)

Asia - SOUTH                -750.4   -2,318.6 (X)      436.6    1,106.9 (X)

Assn of South East Asia 
Nations (ASEAN)           -2,568.3   -6,793.4 (X)    3,551.0   10,265.9 (X)
                            
South/Central America      1,410.9    3,309.0 (X)    5,694.7   15,610.9 (X)

Twenty Latin American   
Republics                   -269.2     -317.8 (X)   12,047.3   33,496.5 (X)

Central American Common 
Market                       -73.6     -174.6 (X)      773.6    2,064.4 (X)

Latin American Free     
Trade Association           -317.1     -563.3 (X)   10,709.7   29,931.1 (X)
                            
N Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Allies             -1,566.1   -4,326.2 (X)   28,190.2   76,451.6 (X)
                            
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries    
(OPEC)                      -533.7   -2,020.0 (X)    2,476.5    6,849.0 (X)
                            
Unidentified (2)               2.1        2.8 (X)        2.1        2.8 (X)
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                                              Imports

                                Customs basis            C.i.f. basis
                                   Cumulative                Cumulative
    Country                March    to date  rank    March    to date  rank

TOTAL                     78,194.0  217,432.4 (X)   80,771.1  224,580.9 (X)

Afganistan                     1.4       12.1 121        1.5       12.5 121
Albania                        0.7        2.3 155        0.7        2.5 156
Algeria                      119.0      450.3  47      131.9      496.7  46
Andorra                        (-)       (-)  217       (-)        (-)  217
Angola                       202.7      595.5  39      221.7      649.2  39
Anguilla                       0.1        0.2 187        0.1        0.2 187
Antigua and Barbuda            0.2        0.5 180        0.2        0.5 180
Argentina                    184.6      575.3  42      203.2      629.1  40
Armenia                        1.1        3.3 143        1.2        3.4 144
Aruba                         42.4      152.6  65       44.8      161.1  65
Australia                    485.4    1,266.1  27      510.5    1,333.1  27
Austria                      206.3      585.1  40      213.6      606.5  42
Azerbaijan                     0.1        0.9 168        0.1        1.0 168

Bahamas                       14.8       42.5  92       15.9       46.1  91
Bahrain                        8.5       38.1  96        9.1       41.0  97
Bangladesh                   128.9      449.5  48      136.4      473.7  48
Barbados                       4.3        9.3 127        4.6        9.7 127
Belarus                        6.4       24.7 106        7.1       26.7 104
Belgium                      774.6    2,085.1  20      794.3    2,134.7  21
Belize                         3.7       15.4 115        3.9       16.7 116
Benin                          2.0        2.1 158        2.7        2.8 151
Bermuda                        0.8        2.1 157        0.8        2.2 158
Bhutan                         (-)       (-)  204       (-)         0.1 205
Bolivia                       22.1       53.4  87       22.8       56.1  87
Bosnia-Hercegovina             0.5        1.9 159        0.5        2.0 159
Botswana                       1.2        4.0 142        1.2        4.0 142
Brazil                       813.9    2,305.2  17      859.6    2,434.1  16
British Indian
    Ocean Territory            (-)        0.2 194       (-)         0.2 196
British Virgin Islands         0.4        1.2 163        0.4        1.4 163
Brunei                         5.6       17.9 112        5.9       18.7 112
Bulgaria                      15.8       83.8  72       17.0       87.1  72
Burkina                        (-)        0.2 192       (-)         0.2 193
Burma (Myanmar)               14.0       42.7  91       14.8       45.2  93
Burundi                        0.4        2.8 148        0.4        2.9 149

Cambodia                      20.2       59.5  82       21.2       62.6  82
Cameroon                       2.5        9.8 123        2.6       10.9 123
Canada                    15,475.3   43,282.6   1   15,749.0   44,068.9   1
Cape Verde                     (-)       (-)  213       (-)        (-)  213
Cayman Islands                 1.0        6.3 135        1.0        6.4 135
Central African Republic       (-)        0.1 198       (-)         0.1 199
Chad                           0.2        0.5 179        0.2        0.5 179
Chile                        242.3      666.9  34      303.0      822.3  33
China                      4,800.4   14,806.3   4    5,056.9   15,558.8   4
Christmas Island               (-)        0.1 202       (-)         0.1 202
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-)  216       (-)        (-)  216
Colombia                     348.2    1,169.4  29      369.3    1,246.4  30
Comoros                        (-)        0.2 189       (-)         0.2 190
Congo (Brazzaville)           14.1       60.2  81       14.5       62.3  83
Congo (Kinshasa)              13.7       43.9  90       14.2       46.2  90
Cook Islands                   (-)        0.2 196       (-)         0.2 195
Costa Rica                   213.6      575.6  41      231.4      620.8  41
Croatia                        7.6       22.8 107        8.1       23.7 107
Cuba                           (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Cyprus                         3.3        6.6 132        3.5        7.1 132
Czech Republic                60.5      170.6  64       62.8      177.3  64

Denmark                      214.9      560.5  43      223.7      583.6  43
Djibouti                       (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Dominica                       0.6        1.2 165        0.7        1.2 166
Dominican Republic           397.7      958.9  32      407.9      984.0  32

Ecuador                      164.1      460.0  45      187.1      522.4  45
Egypt                         63.3      175.7  62       67.1      185.5  63
El Salvador                  134.0      364.2  53      137.7      374.0  54
Equatorial Guinea             21.8       38.2  95       23.8       42.0  96
Eritrea                        (-)        0.1 203       (-)         0.1 204
Estonia                        4.5       12.6 120        4.8       13.6 119
Ethiopia                       5.7       14.3 117        5.8       14.8 117

Falkland Islands               (-)       (-)  210       (-)        (-)  210
Faroe Islands                  1.0        3.3 144        1.0        3.4 143
Fed. Republic of Germany   4,697.5   11,521.2   5    4,811.1   11,820.7   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia             0.9        2.5 152        1.0        2.8 153
Fiji                           6.6       25.0 105        7.3       27.2 103
Finland                      258.2      652.4  35      276.6      695.1  35
France                     2,060.8    5,450.0   9    2,114.5    5,593.6   9
French Guiana                  0.1        2.3 156        0.1        2.3 157
French Polynesia               2.0        6.5 133        2.0        6.6 134
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands            0.9        0.9 172        0.9        0.9 170

Gabon                         78.8      376.9  52       87.3      409.2  52
Gambia                         0.2        0.9 170        0.2        0.9 172
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                  (-)       (-)  211        0.1        0.1 203
Georgia                        2.1        2.7 150        2.3        2.9 150
Ghana                         13.5       37.9  98       14.4       39.9  98
Gibraltar                      0.2        0.5 178        0.2        0.5 181
Greece                        47.9      110.1  68       52.5      121.3  67
Greenland                      0.8        1.3 162        0.8        1.4 164
Grenada                        1.0        2.5 153        1.0        2.6 154
Guadeloupe                     0.1        1.0 167        0.2        1.0 167
Guatemala                    193.1      534.5  44      207.7      572.6  44
Guinea                        13.3       32.9 101       15.9       39.3 100
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)        0.2 191       (-)         0.2 191
Guyana                        14.8       37.5  99       16.6       42.8  95

Haiti                         21.8       56.0  84       22.6       58.1  85
Heard and
    McDonald Isles             (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Honduras                     263.1      652.2  36      277.6      689.6  36
Hong Kong                    707.8    2,321.5  16      732.3    2,398.8  17
Hungary                      111.8      291.6  55      115.0      300.4  55

Iceland                       15.3       50.9  88       16.6       54.7  88
India                        762.3    2,053.6  21      800.2    2,155.8  20
Indonesia                    676.9    2,155.2  18      722.2    2,288.4  18
Iran                           (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Iraq                          55.9      106.6  69       61.6      118.4  68
Ireland                      667.3    1,792.0  24      675.6    1,814.6  24
Israel                       757.8    2,137.2  19      777.0    2,189.9  19
Italy                      1,887.7    5,067.5  10    1,973.3    5,282.1  10
Ivory Coast                   72.0      228.5  58       76.8      243.3  58

Jamaica                       71.0      187.3  61       74.4      197.4  61
Japan                     10,982.6   30,415.9   2   11,257.3   31,183.3   2
Jordan                         1.4        2.8 147        1.5        3.0 147

Kazakhstan                    13.2       38.0  97       13.7       39.5  99
Kenya                          7.6       21.7 108        8.2       23.2 108
Kiribati                       0.1        0.2 193        0.1        0.2 188
Korea, South               1,935.9    5,605.8   8    1,998.2    5,776.2   8
Kuwait                       156.8      396.7  50      177.3      446.1  49
Kyrgyzstan                     0.1        0.2 186        0.1        0.2 186

Laos                           0.7        4.6 137        0.8        4.8 138
Latvia                         7.7       18.3 110        8.5       19.9 110
Lebanon                        3.2       13.4 118        3.3       13.8 118
Lesotho                        6.5       25.0 104        6.8       26.0 106
Liberia                        3.8        7.4 130        3.9        7.8 130
Libya                          (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Liechtenstein                 26.4       54.8  86       27.2       56.9  86
Lithuania                      4.1       15.3 116        4.5       17.7 114
Luxembourg                    28.0       78.1  73       29.7       84.0  73

Macao                         54.6      227.9  59       56.6      235.6  59
Macedonia (Skopje)            21.2       48.8  89       22.4       51.2  89
Madagascar                     5.6       17.7 113        5.9       18.8 111
Malawi                         0.6        9.5 124        0.7       10.3 125
Malaysia                   1,523.6    4,268.7  12    1,560.2    4,379.3  12
Maldives                       3.4        9.3 126        3.9       10.7 124
Mali                           0.3        0.7 175        0.3        0.8 175

Malta                         27.8       77.0  74       28.1       78.1  75
Marshall Islands               0.5        3.0 145        0.5        3.3 145
Martinique                     0.1        0.2 190        0.1        0.2 194
Mauritania                     (-)        0.1 197       (-)         0.2 198
Mauritius                     17.8       55.4  85       18.9       59.4  84
Mexico                     8,302.7   22,321.4   3    8,445.5   22,694.4   3
Moldova                       11.7       30.5 102       12.7       33.1 102
Monaco                         1.3        2.7 149        1.4        2.9 148
Mongolia                       2.8        7.8 129        2.9        8.2 129
Montserrat                     (-)       (-)  209       (-)        (-)  211
Morocco                       26.6       75.6  75       28.2       80.9  74
Mozambique                     1.0        2.4 154        1.1        2.5 155

Namibia                        6.3       18.1 111        6.6       18.6 113
Nauru                          (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Nepal                         15.5       41.2  94       17.2       45.6  92
Netherlands                  619.2    1,700.8  26      648.6    1,779.5  26
Netherlands Antilles          24.1       73.8  77       25.0       77.5  77
New Caledonia                  0.1        4.0 141        0.2        5.7 136
New Zealand                  145.8      393.1  51      161.8      431.8  51
Nicaragua                     43.3      112.5  67       45.6      117.8  69
Niger                          0.2        0.4 183        0.2        0.4 183
Nigeria                      460.8    1,160.7  30      499.2    1,255.4  29
Niue                           (-)       (-)  205        0.1        0.1 206
Norfolk Island                 (-)       (-)  212       (-)        (-)  212
North Korea                    (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Norway                       203.6      636.9  37      216.9      672.9  37

Oman                          20.4       70.9  78       22.1       75.8  78

Pakistan                     128.3      411.6  49      135.7      433.6  50
Palau                          1.5        4.1 140        1.6        4.4 140
Panama                        23.1       66.0  79       25.7       71.6  79
Papua New Guinea               7.5       16.8 114        7.6       17.2 115
Paraguay                       3.7        9.5 125        3.9       10.2 126
Peru                         120.0      361.2  54      127.5      381.6  53
Philippines                1,066.1    2,931.9  14    1,097.0    3,019.2  14
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Poland                        89.3      218.9  60       96.1      234.2  60
Portugal                     101.8      283.5  56      106.5      297.2  56

Qatar                         17.6       58.1  83       19.1       63.6  81

Republic of Yemen              0.5        1.2 164        0.5        1.3 165
Reunion                        (-)       (-)  208       (-)        (-)  208
Romania                       32.7      101.2  71       35.2      108.4  71
Russia                       434.8    1,262.9  28      457.7    1,328.6  28
Rwanda                         0.2        0.5 177        0.2        0.6 178

San Marino                     0.7        0.8 174        0.7        0.8 174
Sao Tome and Principe          0.1        0.1 200        0.1        0.1 201
Saudi Arabia                 661.2    1,858.0  23      749.6    2,069.6  22
Senegal                        0.5        1.9 160        0.6        2.0 160
Seychelles                     0.0        0.2 188        0.0        0.2 189
Sierra Leone                   1.2        4.3 139        1.2        4.3 141
Singapore                  1,716.1    4,543.6  11    1,740.4    4,610.5  11
Slovakia                      11.2       34.5 100       11.8       36.2 101
Slovenia                      33.3       73.9  76       35.3       77.8  76
Solomon Islands                0.0        0.1 199        0.1        0.2 192
Somalia                        0.0        0.0 207        0.0        0.0 209
South Africa                 248.2      719.6  33      259.6      751.8  34
Spain                        402.5    1,135.8  31      429.0    1,219.3  31
Sri Lanka                    150.7      457.4  46      158.8      480.1  47
St Helena                      (-)       (-)  206       (-)        (-)  207
St Kitts and Nevis             3.0        7.1 131        3.1        7.3 131
St Lucia                       2.0        5.1 136        2.0        5.2 137
St Pierre and Miquelon         0.3        0.6 176        0.3        0.7 176
St Vincent & Grenadines        0.3        0.9 169        0.3        1.0 169
Sudan                                     2.6 151                   2.8 152

Suriname                       9.0       25.0 103        9.5       26.1 105
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
Swaziland                      2.2        6.4 134        2.4        7.0 133
Sweden                       660.8    1,740.0  25      682.2    1,797.1  25
Switzerland                  759.1    2,000.1  22      771.5    2,034.7  23
Syria                          6.3       12.7 119        6.5       13.0 120

Taiwan                     2,704.7    7,786.4   7    2,799.0    8,044.4   7
Tajikistan                     0.3        0.8 173        0.3        0.8 173
Tanzania                       2.0        8.2 128        2.1        8.6 128
Thailand                   1,131.2    3,142.0  13    1,172.7    3,255.0  13
Togo                           0.2        0.4 181        0.4        0.6 177
Tokelau                        0.1        0.4 184        0.1        0.4 184
Tonga                          0.2        0.4 182        0.2        0.5 182
Trinidad and Tobago           76.0      233.9  57       84.4      257.0  57
Tunisia                        7.2       20.4 109        7.5       21.4 109
Turkey                       226.7      628.0  38      239.2      664.0  38
Turkmenistan                   0.2        0.3 185        0.2        0.3 185
Turks and Caicos Islands       0.3        0.9 171        0.3        0.9 171
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)

Uganda                         1.3        4.4 138        1.4        4.6 139
Ukraine                       41.6      104.8  70       46.4      115.2  70
United Arab Emirates          52.8      173.9  63       56.5      185.8  62
United Kingdom             3,000.6    8,186.7   6    3,078.0    8,396.7   6
Uruguay                       16.1       62.5  80       16.9       64.5  80
Uzbekistan                     0.2        1.5 161        0.2        1.5 161

Vanuatu                        (-)        0.1 201       (-)         0.1 200
Vatican City                   0.1        0.2 195        0.2        0.2 197
Venezuela                    809.1    2,509.6  15      877.9    2,715.2  15
Vietnam                       28.2      116.1  66       30.1      123.6  66

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-)  (X)
West Bank Administered
  by Israel                    (-)       (-)  215       (-)        (-)  215
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-)  214       (-)        (-)  214
Western Samoa                  0.3        1.0 166        0.4        1.4 162

Yugoslavia                     1.1        2.9 146        1.2        3.1 146

Zambia                         4.6       12.1 122        4.7       12.2 122
Zimbabwe                      14.5       41.8  93       15.4       44.2  94

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

Timing adjustment              (-)     -232.0 (X)       (-)      -231.2 (X)

North America             23,778.0   65,604.0 (X)   24,194.5   66,763.4 (X)

Western Europe            16,957.2   44,560.9 (X)   17,483.3   45,960.1 (X)

Euro Area                 11,703.9   30,351.5 (X)   12,072.8   31,327.3 (X)

European Union (EU)       15,628.0   40,948.8 (X)   16,109.2   42,226.1 (X)

European Free Trade     
Association                1,004.4    2,742.7 (X)    1,032.2    2,819.2 (X)
                            
Eastern Europe               849.9    2,419.9 (X)      898.5    2,550.7 (X)

Former Soviet Republics      528.0    1,516.9 (X)      559.8    1,604.6 (X)
                            
Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development
(OECD) in Europe          16,861.1   44,323.0 (X)   17,382.8   45,713.0 (X)
                            
Pacific Rim Countries     26,812.9   76,757.1 (X)   27,705.8   79,295.4 (X)
                            
Asia Near East             1,742.4    4,869.4 (X)    1,884.1    5,221.2 (X)

NICS                       7,064.5   20,257.3 (X)    7,269.9   20,830.0 (X)

Asia - SOUTH               1,187.1    3,425.5 (X)    1,249.8    3,601.3 (X)

Assn of South East Asia 
Nations (ASEAN)            6,119.4   17,059.3 (X)    6,298.3   17,571.2 (X)
                            
South/Central America      4,283.9   12,301.9 (X)    4,617.0   13,237.3 (X)

Twenty Latin American   
Republics                 12,316.5   33,814.3 (X)   12,773.1   35,065.0 (X)

Central American Common 
Market                       847.2    2,239.0 (X)      900.1    2,374.8 (X)

Latin American Free     
Trade Association         11,026.8   30,494.5 (X)   11,416.7   31,576.4 (X)
                            
N Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Allies             29,756.3   80,777.7 (X)   30,482.8   82,773.3 (X)
                            
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries    
(OPEC)                     3,010.1    8,869.0 (X)    3,295.4    9,639.2 (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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