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                  May     to date   rank    May     to date   rank

     TOTAL                 -17,325.7  -80,405.6 (X)   56,672.2  286,049.1 (X)

Afganistan                      -0.3      -10.2  69        0.4        2.9 184
Albania                         -0.3       -1.2  82        0.5        2.4 187
Algeria                       -118.1     -492.9  27       38.9      292.1  61
Andorra                          2.2       11.3 150        2.2       11.3 148
Angola                        -183.3     -863.6  20       17.7      148.4  74
Anguilla                         1.1        7.8 141        1.3        8.5 158
Antigua and Barbuda              7.1       43.0 180        7.3       43.9 107
Argentina                      309.9    1,409.7 220      495.7    2,379.4  25
Armenia                          0.9       25.6 166        2.0       30.9 119
Aruba                          -18.4     -114.6  37       27.8      109.6  86
Australia                      493.7    2,871.3 224      975.4    5,091.5  15
Austria                        -29.4     -168.7  33      172.3      821.1  42
Azerbaijan                       6.8       42.1 179        6.9       43.9 108

Bahamas                         54.7      298.5 210       63.2      360.4  56
Bahrain                          3.0       63.6 190       22.7      133.8  81
Bangladesh                    -107.4     -582.9  25       12.3      113.2  84
Barbados                        17.2       92.1 197       20.2      106.2  87
Belarus                         -8.9      -30.8  58        2.7       16.3 139
Belgium                        448.7    2,705.0 223    1,123.4    6,142.9  10
Belize                           6.7       27.1 169       10.6       51.2 104
Benin                            7.0       15.7 154        7.1       18.1 135
Bermuda                         28.9      154.2 204       29.8      157.9  70
Bhutan                           (-)        0.4 105        (-)        0.5 211
Bolivia                         12.2       55.4 188       28.8      136.4  79
Bosnia-Hercegovina               2.7        6.9 138        3.4       10.0 149
Botswana                         1.8       14.0 153        2.9       21.1 133
Brazil                         438.0    2,030.6 222    1,310.9    6,022.9  12
British Indian
    Ocean Territory              0.1        (-)  88        0.1        0.1 216
British Virgin Islands           4.6       25.0 165        4.8       26.8 123
Brunei                          40.2       36.4 175       44.6       66.8  97
Bulgaria                        -2.7      -55.3  52       11.0       52.7 103
Burkina                          1.3        3.1 121        1.3        3.3 180
Burma (Myanmar)                 -4.5      -52.5  53        6.1        9.6 151
Burundi                         -0.2       -3.6  77        0.1        0.3 214

Cambodia                       -15.0      -92.0  41        0.4        3.5 179
Cameroon                         7.9       23.6 162        9.7       37.4 116
Canada                      -1,226.2   -5,259.1   5   13,543.0   67,078.6   1
Cape Verde                       1.4        4.6 125        1.4        4.7 172
Cayman Islands                  24.1      110.7 200       26.4      121.7  83
Central African Republic        -1.1       -0.3  85        0.2        1.1 196
Chad                            -0.1        0.4 104        0.5        1.9 191
Chile                          328.9      685.6 217      515.2    1,776.6  28
China                       -4,628.0  -20,392.4   2      911.3    5,220.9  14
Christmas Island                 (-)        (-)  91        (-)        0.1 220
Cocos (Keeling) Island           (-)        (-)  95        (-)        (-) 221
Colombia                        31.8      233.3 209      407.0    2,159.8  27
Comoros                          (-)        (-)  89        (-)        0.2 215
Congo (Brazzaville)             -4.9      -74.8  45        7.1       42.9 109
Congo (Kinshasa)               -15.6      -61.4  50        2.4       17.5 136
Cook Islands                     0.2        0.5 108        0.2        0.7 203
Costa Rica                       5.6        5.0 127      194.8      968.4  37
Croatia                          1.6       19.7 158        4.5       50.1 105
Cuba                             0.2        0.8 112        0.2        0.8 201
Cyprus                           7.5       68.9 191       10.6       80.9  91
Czech Republic                  26.0       22.7 161       77.5      296.4  60

Denmark                         15.3      -65.0  49      155.2      811.9  43
Djibouti                         1.7        6.4 137        2.1        6.8 163
Dominica                         5.7       26.5 167        6.1       28.5 122
Dominican Republic             -56.6     -132.9  36      330.5    1,601.1  30

Ecuador                        -31.9      -98.6  38      122.9      659.7  49
Egypt                          110.0      852.7 218      163.2    1,131.8  35
El Salvador                     10.0       32.6 173      124.8      624.8  50
Equatorial Guinea                3.4      -13.6  66        3.5       25.1 126
Eritrea                          0.7        8.6 145        0.7        8.9 154
Estonia                          1.8       -0.4  84        9.8       31.6 117
Ethiopia                         4.5       10.9 149       10.7       40.5 113

Falkland Islands                 (-)        2.9 120        (-)        3.0 183
Faroe Islands                   -0.9       -4.3  76        1.0        0.8 202
Fed. Republic of Germany    -1,898.5   -9,065.8   3    2,148.4   10,789.3   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia               1.9        8.1 142        2.7       12.6 145
Fiji                            -4.8      -24.6  63        2.3       14.0 142
Finland                         33.1     -153.5  35      230.7      914.7  38
France                        -436.2   -1,565.0  15    1,520.9    7,766.0   8
French Guiana                    1.3       71.7 192        1.3       74.0  94
French Polynesia                 5.3       29.5 170        8.2       41.5 111
French Southern and
     Antarctic Lands             (-)       -0.7  83        (-)        0.3 213

Gabon                         -108.2     -617.1  24        5.5       23.2 129
Gambia                           0.7        1.9 118        1.0        3.3 181
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                   (-)        (-)  93        0.1        0.1 219
Georgia                         11.0       49.1 185       13.8       54.8 101
Ghana                            8.0       43.5 181       16.6      100.5  89
Gibraltar                        0.6        5.2 128        0.9        6.0 166
Greece                          44.7      311.3 212       82.9      509.7  52
Greenland                       -0.1       -2.3  79        0.1        0.4 212
Grenada                          3.0       17.9 155        4.1       22.5 130
Guadeloupe                       5.3       23.8 163        5.5       25.2 125
Guatemala                      -14.7      -70.4  46      157.2      800.7  44
Guinea                          -2.5      -26.1  62        5.4       24.1 127
Guinea-Bissau                    (-)        0.4 103        (-)        0.6 208
Guyana                           5.5        0.5 109       16.1       60.4 100

Haiti                           26.5      116.2 201       47.8      214.8  66
Heard and
    McDonald Isles              -0.1        0.1  96        (-)        0.1 217
Honduras                       -10.3      -92.4  40      205.2      968.6  36
Hong Kong                      451.1    1,663.2 221    1,239.9    5,518.8  13
Hungary                        -86.2     -325.1  31       35.8      201.2  67

Iceland                         -4.8       47.8 184       16.8      137.8  78
India                         -359.0   -2,047.7  12      273.3    1,322.0  33
Indonesia                     -574.4   -2,686.4  11      132.8      898.3  39
Iran                             (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Iraq                           -52.1     -155.1  34        (-)       65.9  98
Ireland                       -121.7     -698.7  21      483.8    2,443.2  23
Israel                        -177.5     -626.6  22      511.4    2,868.8  20
Italy                         -946.3   -4,521.5   7      690.2    3,814.6  18
Ivory Coast                     -8.8     -231.7  32       10.8       60.7  99

Jamaica                         41.1      202.4 206      106.0      531.4  51
Japan                       -4,901.7  -25,657.1   1    4,752.8   24,646.3   3
Jordan                          12.6      150.8 203       14.0      156.0  71

Kazakhstan                       5.7      -29.9  59       10.0       42.4 110
Kenya                           43.1       82.2 196       52.5      123.8  82
Kiribati                         (-)        1.1 114        0.1        1.4 194
Korea, South                  -657.7   -3,311.9   8    1,237.5    6,136.8  11
Kuwait                         -35.9       27.0 168       94.3      679.5  48
Kyrgyzstan                       1.9        5.3 130        1.9        5.5 169

Laos                            -1.8       -5.3  74        0.1        2.8 186
Latvia                          12.1       45.6 182       20.2       78.5  92
Lebanon                          9.7      189.1 205       36.8      231.9  63
Lesotho                         -6.3      -34.1  56        (-)        0.9 200
Liberia                          3.9        6.1 135        4.7       15.7 140
Libya                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  -22.7      -96.2  39        0.3        2.2 188
Lithuania                        2.2        5.3 131        6.2       29.8 120
Luxembourg                       6.0       19.8 159       30.4      147.5  75

Macao                          -62.7     -336.1  30        3.8       16.6 138
Macedonia (Skopje)              -9.4      -65.1  48        1.1        4.5 173
Madagascar                      -3.4      -21.0  64        1.6        5.0 170
Malawi                          -0.9      -10.1  70        2.0        6.0 167
Malaysia                      -649.0   -2,897.9   9      813.1    4,333.9  16
Maldives                        -3.0      -13.5  67        0.1        2.1 189
Mali                             1.4        8.3 143        1.8        9.5 152

Malta                          -16.5        7.2 140       16.2      144.2  77
Marshall Islands                 0.7        5.6 133        1.3        8.8 155
Martinique                       1.3       11.8 151        1.7       12.5 146
Mauritania                       0.6        4.2 123        0.8        4.4 177
Mauritius                      -10.5      -80.8  44        4.0        9.1 153
Mexico                      -1,534.4   -5,675.0   4    6,408.3   32,371.1   2
Moldova                        -12.8      -39.4  55        1.7        7.8 160
Monaco                          -0.8       -2.3  78        0.5        3.1 182
Mongolia                        -2.8       -7.1  73        1.3        7.1 161
Montserrat                       0.3        1.8 117        0.4        1.9 192
Morocco                          1.8        9.1 146       34.9      152.2  73
Mozambique                       1.1       10.9 148        2.3       15.3 141

Namibia                         -0.6      -18.2  65        2.5       11.9 147
Nauru                            (-)        0.1  97        (-)        0.1 218
Nepal                           -8.7      -58.7  51        0.6        5.0 171
Netherlands                    888.4    5,124.1 226    1,468.3    8,055.8   6
Netherlands Antilles            25.6      100.1 198       39.6      220.1  64
New Caledonia                   -1.4       -4.4  75        1.6        8.6 156
New Zealand                    -13.1       74.5 193      117.5      737.9  46
Nicaragua                      -15.8      -42.0  54       26.5      145.5  76
Niger                            1.1        6.2 136        1.1        7.0 162
Nigeria                       -422.6   -1,779.7  14       51.6      321.8  57
Niue                             (-)        0.4 107        (-)        0.5 210
Norfolk Island                   0.1        1.2 116        0.2        1.3 195
North Korea                                 4.0 122                   4.0 178
Norway                        -125.8     -460.8  28      141.1      716.5  47

Oman                            21.9       36.8 176       35.3      135.7  80

Pakistan                       -72.3     -369.4  29       62.3      309.9  59
Palau                            0.7        0.2  98        1.1        5.8 168
Panama                         118.5      622.9 216      151.9      744.5  45
Papua New Guinea                -1.5      -12.6  68        5.0       25.7 124
Paraguay                        41.0      306.4 211       43.1      320.3  58
Peru                            16.7      231.3 208      164.6      876.0  40
Philippines                   -346.4   -1,886.3  13      542.6    2,850.6  21
Pitcairn Island                 -0.1       -0.1  86        (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                          15.8       51.8 186       73.0      390.7  55
Portugal                       -20.8      -82.6  43       73.4      396.0  54

Qatar                           12.2       55.7 189       30.3      154.5  72

Republic of Yemen                7.1       76.6 195        7.5       78.5  93
Reunion                          0.1        1.1 113        0.1        1.1 197
Romania                         34.5       39.0 178       60.2      200.1  68
Russia                        -110.7     -559.5  26      362.8    1,720.1  29
Rwanda                           0.9        7.1 139        1.1        7.8 159

San Marino                       0.1        1.2 115        0.6        2.8 185
Sao Tome and Principe            (-)        8.5 144        (-)        8.6 157
Saudi Arabia                   123.8    1,240.0 219      674.3    4,177.0  17
Senegal                          5.7       20.6 160        6.0       23.2 128
Seychelles                       1.1        4.2 124        1.2        4.5 175
Sierra Leone                     0.1       -1.8  81        0.7        4.5 174
Singapore                     -282.7   -1,251.1  17    1,247.6    6,363.9   9
Slovakia                        -5.3      -28.0  61        8.3       31.1 118
Slovenia                        -8.6      -65.7  47       11.9       54.8 102
Solomon Islands                  (-)        0.4 106        0.1        2.0 190
Somalia                         -0.2        0.3  99        0.1        0.6 205
South Africa                    33.3       30.3 171      263.8    1,262.1  34
Spain                           -3.8      420.2 214      422.8    2,398.8  24
Sri Lanka                      -92.1     -619.8  23       23.4       94.4  90
St Helena                        (-)       -0.1  87        (-)        (-) 223
St Kitts and Nevis               1.9        5.2 129        4.3       17.4 137
St Lucia                         5.7       31.8 172        7.5       40.4 114
St Pierre and Miquelon           0.7        0.3 100        0.7        0.9 199
St Vincent & Grenadines         55.6      217.0 207       56.0      218.8  65
Sudan                            0.5       -1.9  80        0.5        0.7 204

Suriname                         3.5       24.1 164       15.3       72.8  95
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl          0.2        0.6 111        0.2        0.6 209
Swaziland                       -1.9       -8.3  72        0.3        1.6 193
Sweden                        -284.3   -1,494.9  16      330.2    1,503.8  31
Switzerland                   -180.3   -1,123.7  18      577.2    2,464.0  22
Syria                            4.5       52.0 187       10.2       71.7  96

Taiwan                      -1,134.6   -5,170.7   6    1,445.4    7,842.6   7
Tajikistan                       4.3        4.7 126        5.0        6.3 165
Tanzania                         1.5       10.6 147        3.2       22.3 131
Thailand                      -617.6   -2,891.3  10      383.4    2,238.0  26
Togo                             3.5       12.9 152        3.6       13.8 143
Tokelau                          0.5        0.3 102        0.6        1.0 198
Tonga                            0.4        5.7 134        0.7        6.6 164
Trinidad and Tobago              2.5      102.8 199       92.8      499.4  53
Tunisia                         11.9       76.1 194       14.9      103.1  88
Turkey                          52.5      345.7 213      260.5    1,405.3  32
Turkmenistan                     2.6       17.9 156        2.7       18.5 134
Turks and Caicos Islands         3.5       19.5 157        4.0       21.3 132
Tuvalu                           (-)        (-)  92        (-)        (-) 224

Uganda                           1.3        5.3 132        2.1       12.7 144
Ukraine                        -25.1      -29.0  60       27.7      162.0  69
United Arab Emirates           134.0      586.3 215      182.4      864.9  41
United Kingdom                 932.3    2,938.1 225    3,748.5   16,957.2   4
Uruguay                         26.8      136.6 202       45.0      234.4  62
Uzbekistan                      20.7       46.4 183       21.3       49.0 106

Vanuatu                         -0.4       36.8 177        (-)       37.4 115
Vatican City                    -0.1        0.3 101        (-)        0.6 206
Venezuela                     -181.8     -989.3  19      624.1    3,079.6  19
Vietnam                        -23.5      -90.3  42       19.4      110.6  85

Wallis and Futuna                (-)        (-)  94        (-)        (-) 222
West Bank Administered
    by Israel                    0.1        0.6 110        0.1        0.6 207
Western Sahara                   (-)        (-)  90        (-)        (-) (X)
Western Samoa                    0.8        2.5 119        1.3        4.4 176

Yugoslavia                       9.2       36.1 174       10.2       41.2 112

Zambia                          -1.1       -9.3  71        2.6        9.7 150
Zimbabwe                        -8.4      -33.8  57        3.3       28.9 121

Unidentified                     7.4       22.1 (X)        7.4       22.1 (X)

North America               -2,760.6  -10,934.1 (X)   19,951.3   99,449.7 (X)

Western Europe              -1,665.6   -7,564.6 (X)   13,739.7   68,609.1 (X)

Euro Area                   -2,080.4   -7,986.8 (X)    8,364.7   43,690.0 (X)

European Union (EU)         -1,372.4   -6,297.2 (X)   12,681.5   63,472.6 (X)

European Free Trade     
Association                   -333.7   -1,632.9 (X)      735.4    3,320.4 (X)
                            
Eastern Europe                -105.5     -743.3 (X)      761.1    3,472.2 (X)

Former Soviet Republics        -87.2     -447.1 (X)      494.8    2,297.5 (X)

Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development
(OECD) in Europe            -1,654.0   -7,585.0 (X)   13,678.7   68,204.7 (X)
                            
Pacific Rim Countries      -12,266.8  -58,957.2 (X)   13,469.1   69,750.7 (X)

Asia Near East                  63.3    1,696.0 (X)    1,619.2    9,618.2 (X)

NICS                        -1,623.9   -8,070.6 (X)    5,170.3   25,862.2 (X)

Asia - SOUTH                  -639.9   -3,688.8 (X)      372.2    1,847.4 (X)

Assn of South East Asia 
Nations (ASEAN)             -2,429.9  -11,576.6 (X)    3,163.9   16,751.6 (X)
                            
South/Central America        1,342.8    5,944.4 (X)    5,548.0   26,549.7 (X)

Twenty Latin American   
Republics                     -479.3   -1,234.3 (X)   11,404.3   56,085.4 (X)

Central American Common 
Market                         -25.2     -167.1 (X)      708.4    3,508.0 (X)

Latin American Free     
Trade Association             -542.7   -1,674.2 (X)   10,165.5   50,016.1 (X)
                            
N Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Allies               -2,274.3   -9,107.3 (X)   25,426.1  127,128.4 (X)
                            
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries    
(OPEC)                      -1,115.0   -4,194.6 (X)    1,828.5   10,533.6 (X)
                            
Unidentified (2)                 7.4       22.1 (X)        7.4       22.1 (X)
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                                                 Imports
                                 Customs basis             C.i.f. basis

                                    Cumulative               Cumulative
     Country                   May     to date  rank     May    to date   rank

     TOTAL                  73,997.9  366,454.7 (X)   76,477.3  378,577.2 (X)

Afganistan                       0.7       13.1 128        0.8       13.6 129
Albania                          0.8        3.7 154        0.8        3.9 153
Algeria                        157.1      785.0  45      170.5      862.0  45
Andorra                          0.0        0.0 217        0.0        0.0 217
Angola                         200.9    1,012.0  39      219.3    1,101.9  39
Anguilla                         0.2        0.7 185        0.2        0.7 185
Antigua and Barbuda              0.1        1.0 179        0.2        1.0 181
Argentina                      185.7      969.7  41      199.8    1,058.3  40
Armenia                          1.0        5.3 145        1.1        5.5 145
Aruba                           46.2      224.1  65       49.1      236.9  66
Australia                      481.8    2,220.3  28      508.2    2,340.5  28
Austria                        201.7      989.8  40      209.8    1,027.6  42
Azerbaijan                       0.2        1.8 167        0.2        1.9 167

Bahamas                          8.5       61.9  96        9.8       67.8  94
Bahrain                         19.7       70.3  91       21.8       76.4  90
Bangladesh                     119.8      696.1  48      125.6      732.7  49
Barbados                         3.0       14.1 125        3.1       14.5 128
Belarus                         11.6       47.1 103       12.2       50.5 103
Belgium                        674.7    3,437.9  21      691.2    3,520.9  22
Belize                           3.9       24.0 119        4.2       26.0 119
Benin                            0.1        2.4 161        0.1        3.1 157
Bermuda                          0.9        3.7 153        0.9        3.8 154
Bhutan                           (-)        (-) 211        (-)        0.1 211
Bolivia                         16.6       81.0  88       17.5       85.0  88
Bosnia-Hercegovina               0.6        3.0 156        0.7        3.2 156
Botswana                         1.1        7.1 140        1.2        7.3 140
Brazil                         872.9    3,992.3  16      913.9    4,205.2  16
British Indian
    Ocean Territory              (-)        0.2 201        (-)        0.2 201
British Virgin Islands           0.1        1.9 165        0.1        2.0 165
Brunei                           4.3       30.4 113        4.5       32.0 112
Bulgaria                        13.8      108.0  79       14.9      113.2  79
Burkina                          (-)        0.2 202        (-)        0.2 202
Burma (Myanmar)                 10.6       62.1  95       11.3       66.0  96
Burundi                          0.3        3.9 152        0.3        4.1 152

Cambodia                        15.4       95.4  85       16.3      100.5  85
Cameroon                         1.8       13.7 127        2.0       15.2 125
Canada                      14,769.2   72,337.6   1   15,049.5   73,684.5   1
Cape Verde                       (-)        (-) 216        (-)        (-) 216
Cayman Islands                   2.3       11.0 134        2.4       11.3 134
Central African Republic         1.3        1.5 174        1.3        1.5 174
Chad                             0.6        1.5 173        0.6        1.6 173
Chile                          186.3    1,090.9  35      206.6    1,315.5  33
China                        5,539.4   25,613.3   4    5,829.0   26,930.0   4
Christmas Island                 (-)        0.1 204        (-)        0.1 205
Cocos (Keeling) Island           (-)        (-) 220        (-)        (-) 220
Colombia                       375.2    1,926.5  31      398.7    2,052.8  31
Comoros                          (-)        0.2 198        (-)        0.2 199
Congo (Brazzaville)             12.0      117.7  78       12.1      123.3  78
Congo (Kinshasa)                18.0       78.9  89       18.9       83.1  89
Cook Islands                     (-)        0.2 200        (-)        0.2 200
Costa Rica                     189.2      963.3  42      203.3    1,038.8  41
Croatia                          2.9       30.4 112        3.1       31.7 113
Cuba                             (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Cyprus                           3.1       12.0 131        3.5       12.9 130
Czech Republic                  51.5      273.7  64       53.5      284.2  64

Denmark                        139.8      876.8  43      145.9      913.4  44
Djibouti                         0.4        0.4 191        0.4        0.4 191
Dominica                         0.4        1.9 164        0.4        2.1 164
Dominican Republic             387.2    1,734.0  32      398.3    1,780.2  32

Ecuador                        154.7      758.3  46      174.6      858.2  46
Egypt                           53.3      279.1  62       56.7      295.4  63
El Salvador                    114.8      592.2  54      117.9      608.6  54
Equatorial Guinea                0.1       38.7 106        0.1       42.6 106
Eritrea                          (-)        0.2 199        (-)        0.3 198
Estonia                          8.0       32.0 111        8.5       34.3 111
Ethiopia                         6.2       29.6 115        6.4       30.8 115

Falkland Islands                 (-)        (-) 215        (-)        (-) 215
Faroe Islands                    0.9        5.1 147        1.0        5.3 148
Fed. Republic of Germany     4,046.9   19,855.2   5    4,187.7   20,400.7   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia               0.8        4.5 150        0.9        4.9 149
Fiji                             7.1       38.5 107        8.0       42.5 107
Finland                        197.6    1,068.2  36      209.2    1,134.6  36
France                       1,957.1    9,331.0   9    2,005.7    9,575.0   9
French Guiana                    0.1        2.3 162        0.1        2.3 163
French Polynesia                 2.9       12.0 132        3.0       12.2 133
French Southern and
     Antarctic Lands             (-)        1.1 178        (-)        1.1 179

Gabon                          113.7      640.2  53      123.9      696.1  52
Gambia                           0.3        1.4 176        0.3        1.4 176
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                   0.1        0.1 206        0.1        0.2 204
Georgia                          2.8        5.7 142        3.0        6.1 142
Ghana                            8.6       57.0  99        9.3       60.2  99
Gibraltar                        0.3        0.9 182        0.3        0.9 182
Greece                          38.2      198.4  68       42.0      217.5  67
Greenland                        0.1        2.6 157        0.2        2.8 161
Grenada                          1.1        4.6 149        1.2        4.8 150
Guadeloupe                       0.2        1.4 175        0.2        1.4 175
Guatemala                      171.8      871.1  44      184.8      934.7  43
Guinea                           7.9       50.2 100        9.2       60.0 100
Guinea-Bissau                    (-)        0.2 203        (-)        0.2 203
Guyana                          10.7       59.9  97       11.6       66.0  97

Haiti                           21.3       98.5  82       22.4      102.6  82
Heard and
    McDonald Isles               0.1        0.1 210        0.1        0.1 210
Honduras                       215.5    1,061.0  37      229.0    1,125.1  37
Hong Kong                      788.8    3,855.7  17      816.4    3,986.8  17
Hungary                        122.1      526.3  55      125.6      542.3  55

Iceland                         21.6       90.0  86       23.0       96.4  86
India                          632.3    3,369.8  22      665.5    3,544.2  21
Indonesia                      707.2    3,584.7  19      750.8    3,807.4  18
Iran                             (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Iraq                            52.1      221.0  66       58.4      247.3  65
Ireland                        605.5    3,141.9  23      613.5    3,180.0  24
Israel                         689.0    3,495.4  20      698.8    3,570.2  20
Italy                        1,636.5    8,336.1  10    1,709.4    8,697.6  10
Ivory Coast                     19.6      292.4  61       21.1      311.9  61

Jamaica                         64.9      328.9  60       68.9      347.4  60
Japan                        9,654.5   50,303.4   2    9,899.4   51,564.1   2
Jordan                           1.4        5.2 146        1.4        5.4 147

Kazakhstan                       4.3       72.4  90        4.4       75.1  91
Kenya                            9.4       41.7 105       10.1       44.5 104
Kiribati                         0.1        0.3 195        0.1        0.3 193
Korea, South                 1,895.2    9,448.7   8    1,965.3    9,754.3   8
Kuwait                         130.2      652.5  51      149.8      741.0  48
Kyrgyzstan                       (-)        0.2 197        (-)        0.3 197

Laos                             1.9        8.1 138        2.0        8.5 138
Latvia                           8.0       32.9 110        8.7       35.5 110
Lebanon                         27.1       42.8 104       27.2       43.5 105
Lesotho                          6.3       34.9 109        6.5       36.3 109
Liberia                          0.7        9.7 136        0.8       10.2 136
Libya                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                   23.1       98.4  83       23.6      101.7  83
Lithuania                        3.9       24.6 118        4.2       27.6 117
Luxembourg                      24.5      127.7  74       26.0      137.0  74

Macao                           66.5      352.7  58       69.0      365.0  58
Macedonia (Skopje)              10.5       69.6  92       11.1       73.1  92
Madagascar                       5.0       26.0 117        5.3       27.5 118
Malawi                           2.8       16.1 122        3.1       17.4 123
Malaysia                     1,462.1    7,231.8  12    1,506.7    7,428.7  12
Maldives                         3.1       15.6 123        3.5       18.0 122
Mali                             0.4        1.2 177        0.4        1.3 177

Malta                           32.6      137.1  73       32.9      138.6  73
Marshall Islands                 0.6        3.2 155        0.6        3.4 155
Martinique                       0.5        0.7 186        0.5        0.7 187
Mauritania                       0.1        0.3 196        0.1        0.3 196
Mauritius                       14.5       89.8  87       15.6       96.2  87
Mexico                       7,942.6   38,046.1   3    8,072.6   38,683.7   3
Moldova                         14.5       47.2 102       15.6       51.0 102
Monaco                           1.3        5.4 144        1.3        5.8 144
Mongolia                         4.2       14.2 124        4.5       15.1 126
Montserrat                       (-)        (-) 212        (-)        (-) 212
Morocco                         33.1      143.1  72       35.7      152.9  72
Mozambique                       1.2        4.4 151        1.2        4.6 151

Namibia                          3.1       30.0 114        3.3       31.0 114
Nauru                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Nepal                            9.3       63.7  93       10.3       70.6  93
Netherlands                    579.9    2,931.7  26      617.8    3,082.9  26
Netherlands Antilles            14.0      120.0  77       15.0      126.8  76
New Caledonia                    2.9       13.0 129        3.1       15.5 124
New Zealand                    130.6      663.4  50      144.8      731.4  50
Nicaragua                       42.3      187.5  70       44.1      196.3  70
Niger                            (-)        0.8 183        (-)        0.8 183
Nigeria                        474.2    2,101.6  29      514.3    2,275.0  29
Niue                             (-)        0.1 209        (-)        0.1 209
Norfolk Island                   (-)        (-) 213        (-)        (-) 213
North Korea                      (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Norway                         266.9    1,177.3  34      281.7    1,242.0  35

Oman                            13.4       98.9  80       14.0      104.9  81

Pakistan                       134.6      679.2  49      141.6      715.7  51
Palau                            0.4        5.5 143        0.4        5.8 143
Panama                          33.3      121.7  75       34.9      130.8  75
Papua New Guinea                 6.4       38.3 108        6.6       39.0 108
Paraguay                         2.1       13.9 126        2.3       15.0 127
Peru                           147.9      644.7  52      154.7      679.1  53
Philippines                    889.0    4,736.9  14      915.7    4,877.2  14
Pitcairn Island                  0.1        0.1 205        0.1        0.1 206
Poland                          57.2      338.9  59       60.8      361.2  59
Portugal                        94.2      478.6  56       98.9      502.4  56

Qatar                           18.1       98.8  81       19.8      107.7  80

Republic of Yemen                0.3        1.9 166        0.4        2.0 166
Reunion                          (-)        (-) 214        (-)        (-) 214
Romania                         25.7      161.1  71       27.4      172.5  71
Russia                         473.6    2,279.6  27      495.3    2,386.0  27
Rwanda                           0.1        0.7 184        0.2        0.8 184

San Marino                       0.4        1.6 171        0.5        1.7 172
Sao Tome and Principe            (-)        0.1 208        (-)        0.1 208
Saudi Arabia                   550.5    2,937.0  25      619.3    3,289.9  23
Senegal                          0.3        2.6 158        0.4        2.9 158
Seychelles                       0.1        0.3 194        0.1        0.3 195
Sierra Leone                     0.6        6.3 141        0.6        6.4 141
Singapore                    1,530.2    7,615.1  11    1,555.1    7,729.8  11
Slovakia                        13.6       59.1  98       14.0       61.8  98
Slovenia                        20.5      120.5  76       21.3      126.4  77
Solomon Islands                  (-)        1.5 172        (-)        1.8 170
Somalia                          0.3        0.4 192        0.4        0.4 192
South Africa                   230.5    1,231.8  33      240.9    1,285.9  34
Spain                          426.6    1,978.7  30      453.8    2,116.1  30
Sri Lanka                      115.5      714.3  47      121.2      749.5  47
St Helena                        (-)        0.1 207        (-)        0.1 207
St Kitts and Nevis               2.4       12.2 130        2.5       12.6 131
St Lucia                         1.9        8.6 137        1.9        8.9 137
St Pierre and Miquelon           (-)        0.7 188        (-)        0.7 189
St Vincent & Grenadines          0.4        1.8 168        0.4        1.9 168
Sudan                            (-)        2.6 160        (-)        2.8 160

Suriname                        11.8       48.7 101       12.7       51.4 101
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl          (-)        (-) 221        (-)        (-) 221
Swaziland                        2.2        9.9 135        2.3       10.7 135
Sweden                         614.5    2,998.7  24      635.3    3,095.2  25
Switzerland                    757.5    3,587.6  18      770.6    3,647.0  19
Syria                            5.8       19.7 120        5.8       20.2 120

Taiwan                       2,580.0   13,013.3   7    2,673.4   13,458.0   7
Tajikistan                       0.7        1.7 170        0.7        1.7 171
Tanzania                         1.7       11.8 133        1.8       12.4 132
Thailand                     1,001.0    5,129.3  13    1,039.4    5,316.7  13
Togo                             0.1        0.9 181        0.2        1.1 178
Tokelau                          0.1        0.7 187        0.1        0.7 186
Tonga                            0.3        0.9 180        0.3        1.0 180
Trinidad and Tobago             90.2      396.6  57       99.0      435.2  57
Tunisia                          3.0       27.0 116        3.1       28.3 116
Turkey                         208.0    1,059.6  38      219.4    1,117.5  38
Turkmenistan                     (-)        0.6 189        0.1        0.7 188
Turks and Caicos Islands         0.5        1.8 169        0.5        1.8 169
Tuvalu                           (-)        (-) 222        (-)        (-) 222

Uganda                           0.8        7.4 139        0.9        7.8 139
Ukraine                         52.8      191.0  69       58.1      210.4  69
United Arab Emirates            48.4      278.6  63       52.4      299.4  62
United Kingdom               2,816.2   14,019.1   6    2,890.6   14,384.9   6
Uruguay                         18.2       97.8  84       19.0      101.4  84
Uzbekistan                       0.6        2.6 159        0.6        2.6 162

Vanuatu                          0.4        0.6 190        0.5        0.7 190
Vatican City                     0.1        0.3 193        0.1        0.3 194
Venezuela                      805.9    4,068.9  15      868.7    4,406.9  15
Vietnam                         43.0      200.8  67       46.7      215.5  68

Wallis and Futuna                (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
West Bank Administered
    by Israel                    (-)        (-) 219        (-)        (-) 219
Western Sahara                   (-)        (-) 218        (-)        (-) 218
Western Samoa                    0.5        2.0 163        0.7        2.8 159

Yugoslavia                       1.0        5.1 148        1.1        5.5 146

Zambia                           3.7       19.0 121        3.8       19.3 121
Zimbabwe                        11.7       62.7  94       12.6       66.9  95

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

North America               22,711.9  110,383.8 (X)   23,122.1  112,368.2 (X)

Western Europe              15,405.4   76,173.7 (X)   15,931.9   78,595.8 (X)

Euro Area                   10,445.2   51,676.7 (X)   10,823.1   53,374.8 (X)

European Union (EU)         14,053.9   69,769.8 (X)   14,536.8   71,985.9 (X)

European Free Trade     
Association                  1,069.1    4,953.3 (X)    1,098.9    5,087.1 (X)
                            
Eastern Europe                 866.6    4,215.5 (X)      909.6    4,428.4 (X)

Former Soviet Republics        582.0    2,744.6 (X)      612.7    2,889.2 (X)

Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development
(OECD) in Europe            15,332.7   75,789.7 (X)   15,856.9   78,197.9 (X)
                            
Pacific Rim Countries       25,735.9  128,707.9 (X)   26,645.0  133,044.2 (X)

Asia Near East               1,555.8    7,922.2 (X)    1,669.1    8,507.9 (X)

NICS                         6,794.2   33,932.8 (X)    7,010.3   34,928.8 (X)

Asia - SOUTH                 1,012.1    5,536.2 (X)    1,065.0    5,826.2 (X)

Assn of South East Asia 
Nations (ASEAN)              5,593.8   28,328.1 (X)    5,772.3   29,191.8 (X)
                            
South/Central America        4,205.2   20,605.3 (X)    4,475.3   22,122.0 (X)

Twenty Latin American   
Republics                   11,883.6   57,319.7 (X)   12,263.0   59,378.3 (X)

Central American Common 
Market                         733.6    3,675.1 (X)      779.1    3,903.5 (X)

Latin American Free     
Trade Association           10,708.2   51,690.3 (X)   11,028.3   53,461.2 (X)
                            
N Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Allies               27,700.3  136,235.7 (X)   28,442.7  139,689.0 (X)
                            
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries    
(OPEC)                       2,943.5   14,728.2 (X)    3,203.9   16,036.4 (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
         Nick Orsini (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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