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                October   to date   rank  October    to date  rank

     TOTAL                 -22,398.5 -192,888.5 (X)   61,313.0  564,980.8 (X)

Afganistan                      -0.3       -9.6  82        0.8        5.7 184
Albania                         -4.1       -0.4  91        0.4       10.2 173
Algeria                        -93.3     -897.8  28       51.0      556.6  61
Andorra                          1.7       18.2 148        1.7       18.3 156
Angola                         -94.3   -1,592.1  21       32.5      294.3  75
Anguilla                         1.3       12.1 139        1.3       13.7 165
Antigua and Barbuda              8.3       74.8 181        8.4       76.5 113
Argentina                      333.8    3,142.5 222      523.6    5,009.3  23
Armenia                         -1.4       33.6 163        4.6       47.7 129
Aruba                          -24.0     -156.8  46       26.4      235.2  83
Australia                      593.5    5,550.3 226    1,082.4   10,062.4  15
Austria                        -54.1     -280.3  37      181.5    1,836.5  39
Azerbaijan                      12.3      102.3 186       12.5      106.8 101

Bahamas                         51.5      575.5 212       67.8      686.7  57
Bahrain                         16.6      120.0 191       26.2      249.6  79
Bangladesh                     -95.3   -1,397.8  24       43.8      242.5  81
Barbados                        23.6      199.4 197       26.7      228.1  85
Belarus                         -5.8      -61.8  59        2.2       26.1 144
Belgium                        359.3    4,805.9 225    1,132.0   11,826.5  12
Belize                           3.8       43.8 168        9.4      101.3 103
Benin                            2.9       33.1 162        2.9       36.4 135
Bermuda                         30.0      307.2 207       31.0      317.2  71
Bhutan                           0.1        1.9 116        0.1        2.6 200
Bolivia                         39.0      151.0 194       61.1      332.5  69
Bosnia-Hercegovina               1.9       18.3 150        2.4       24.4 146
Botswana                         (-)       13.5 142        1.7       30.0 141
Brazil                         615.2    4,009.0 223    1,470.5   12,475.4  11
British Indian
   Ocean Territory               0.1        0.2 106        0.2        0.6 217
British Virgin Islands           3.6       46.4 171        4.7       52.3 124
Brunei                          -3.4      -53.4  64        4.7       92.3 107
Bulgaria                        -3.5      -93.3  55        8.1       99.4 104
Burkina                          3.1       12.3 140        3.1       12.9 167
Burma (Myanmar)                -14.6     -107.7  53        1.4       29.7 142
Burundi                          0.4       -5.2  85        0.7        2.1 207

Cambodia                       -33.8     -272.7  38        1.5        8.3 179
Cameroon                         1.3       19.7 154        7.6       67.2 118
Canada                      -1,704.0  -13,235.5   5   14,010.1  130,363.8   1
Cape Verde                       0.5        7.5 134        0.6        7.7 182
Cayman Islands                  30.4      260.1 204       31.1      276.0  76
Central African Republic         0.2       -0.2  94        0.3        2.5 201
Chad                            -1.4       -3.5  86        0.1        3.1 195
Chile                          120.4    1,329.9 218      303.0    3,340.9  28
China                       -5,522.5  -47,928.1   2    1,855.3   11,544.5  13
Christmas Island                 0.1        0.1 104        0.1        0.4 219
Cocos (Keeling) Island           (-)        (-) 102        0.1        0.2 221
Colombia                       -20.1      235.4 200      408.4    4,089.1  26
Comoros                          (-)       -0.3  93        (-)        0.5 218
Congo (Brazzaville)            -14.7     -178.6  45       10.2       79.6 111
Congo (Kinshasa)               -11.1     -111.5  52        0.9       31.1 140
Cook Islands                     (-)        0.3 107        0.1        0.9 213
Costa Rica                     -63.2     -240.8  39      213.9    1,912.4  37
Croatia                          1.2       20.2 156        8.5       84.5 109
Cuba                             0.5        2.4 119        0.5        2.4 202
Cyprus                          11.1      115.4 190       12.9      139.9  95
Czech Republic                 -13.5      -77.6  57       45.2      479.6  63

Denmark                        -80.6     -351.1  35      157.4    1,600.5  44
Djibouti                         2.7       17.5 147        2.7       18.0 157
Dominica                         5.0       40.8 167        5.6       45.7 132
Dominican Republic             -19.2     -400.3  34      379.7    3,321.8  29

Ecuador                        -20.1      -58.2  61      134.1    1,449.6  47
Egypt                          217.1    1,806.2 219      270.0    2,380.6  35
El Salvador                     17.4       23.9 160      135.6    1,244.9  49
Equatorial Guinea                9.2       -8.7  83        9.4       55.9 122
Eritrea                          1.5       21.9 158        1.7       22.5 148
Estonia                          0.1      -22.4  75        8.8       79.1 112
Ethiopia                         2.5       30.8 161        6.6       76.0 115

Falkland Islands                -0.1        3.1 123        (-)        3.3 194
Faroe Islands                   -0.7       -5.3  84        0.1        2.8 197
Fed.Republic of Germany     -2,083.9  -18,617.5   3    2,559.4   21,982.9   5
Federated States
   of  Micronesia                2.0       16.8 146        3.1       27.3 143
Fiji                            -6.2      -22.9  73        4.3       70.0 117
Finland                        -85.9     -525.7  33      157.6    1,627.7  42
France                        -805.6   -5,334.3  12    1,542.1   14,565.4   8
French Guiana                    1.0      160.7 196        1.0      163.9  91
French Polynesia                 5.6       57.5 174        9.4       85.7 108
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands              0.2       -0.2  95        0.2        0.9 214

Gabon                          -92.3   -1,051.9  26        6.6       50.6 126
Gambia                           1.0        6.5 130        1.0        8.3 180
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                   0.4        1.3 113        0.4        1.5 209
Georgia                         10.1      102.7 187       14.0      115.9 100
Ghana                            7.5       64.1 176       18.9      186.0  87
Gibraltar                       -0.1        6.8 131        0.2        8.6 177
Greece                          32.5      807.6 214       64.2    1,195.2  51
Greenland                        0.5       -2.3  88        1.1        4.2 190
Grenada                          4.2       36.8 165        5.5       46.7 131
Guadeloupe                       5.4       46.7 172        5.4       48.9 128
Guatemala                        9.5     -147.5  47      164.3    1,599.8  45
Guinea                           2.5      -43.6  67        8.7       54.7 123
Guinea-Bissau                    (-)        0.8 112        (-)        0.9 212
Guyana                          10.1        4.2 125       16.6      121.7  99

Haiti                           34.4      223.4 199       60.6      448.7  64
Heard and
   McDonald Isles                (-)        0.2 105        (-)        0.2 220
Honduras                        -5.7     -212.1  42      202.4    1,955.3  36
Hong Kong                       73.1    1,893.7 220    1,051.3   10,808.0  14
Hungary                       -115.7     -841.8  30       41.4      399.1  68

Iceland                         -6.1       19.5 153       15.4      209.3  86
India                         -490.1   -4,251.4  14      266.6    2,870.2  33
Indonesia                     -724.3   -6,111.3  11      177.9    1,733.3  40
Iran                             (-)        (-) 100        (-)        (-) 224
Iraq                          -157.1     -801.6  32        (-)      106.1 102
Ireland                       -307.2   -2,416.9  17      500.0    4,662.0  24
Israel                        -152.3   -1,433.6  23      557.1    5,734.0  19
Italy                       -1,064.3   -9,872.8   7      829.7    7,434.6  18
Ivory Coast                     12.1     -230.1  41       16.3      133.4  97

Jamaica                         67.1      449.0 210      126.9    1,085.3  52
Japan                       -5,959.9  -52,357.8   1    4,964.5   48,677.0   3
Jordan                          27.4      290.7 206       30.2      303.5  73

Kazakhstan                      -6.6      -57.8  62       13.5       92.7 106
Kenya                            9.7       92.6 184       17.2      176.8  88
Kiribati                         0.1        1.6 115        0.2        2.4 204
Korea, South                  -593.1   -7,169.4   9    1,504.3   12,560.5  10
Kuwait                         -19.0       65.6 179      107.3    1,237.7  50
Kyrgyzstan                       0.8       15.8 143        0.8       16.1 160

Laos                            -1.9      -15.9  78        0.2        3.3 193
Latvia                           1.0       91.5 183        5.9      167.1  90
Lebanon                         50.0      373.5 209       53.7      442.5  66
Lesotho                         -8.7      -81.7  56        (-)        1.4 210
Liberia                          1.6       19.9 155        3.3       40.3 133
Libya                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  -22.3     -193.2  44        1.0        5.7 185
Lithuania                       -3.2      -14.7  80        3.0       51.0 125
Luxembourg                      -4.5       94.1 185       38.2      404.7  67

Macao                         -109.8     -887.3  29        3.0       33.3 138
Macedonia (Skopje)             -14.2     -144.3  48        1.7       11.4 171
Madagascar                      -6.7      -44.6  66        0.8       11.6 170
Malawi                          -4.3      -34.6  70        0.4       12.3 168
Malaysia                    -1,100.4   -7,990.6   8      786.9    7,693.6  17
Maldives                        -1.3      -23.4  72        0.7        3.7 192
Mali                             1.0       18.2 149        1.6       21.2 150

Malta                          -10.8      -48.2  65       15.6      240.3  82
Marshall Islands                 3.0       15.8 144        3.1       19.5 153
Martinique                       1.8       21.5 157        1.9       22.5 149
Mauritania                       2.0       16.1 145        2.0       16.5 159
Mauritius                      -25.3     -210.6  43        2.2       19.3 154
Mexico                      -1,710.7  -13,342.3   4    7,268.8   65,307.9   2
Moldova                         -3.8      -75.6  58        6.4       17.6 158
Monaco                         -13.5      -18.7  76        0.1        5.4 187
Mongolia                        -1.0      -22.5  74        3.3       13.1 166
Montserrat                       0.4        3.7 124        0.4        3.9 191
Morocco                          8.8      156.0 195       40.6      443.8  65
Mozambique                       6.6       19.3 152        7.9       36.2 136

Namibia                         -0.4      -14.3  81        2.0       31.8 139
Nauru                            0.1        0.8 111        0.1        0.8 215
Nepal                           -2.7     -100.3  54        5.6       14.4 163
Netherlands                    792.6    9,267.9 227    1,582.7   15,569.0   6
Netherlands Antilles            17.9      352.2 208       59.7      611.4  60
New Caledonia                    0.2       -3.4  87        1.1       15.8 161
New Zealand                    196.0      249.7 201      319.2    1,624.1  43
Nicaragua                      -14.5     -117.4  51       27.8      271.5  77
Niger                            3.2       12.9 141        3.2       14.3 164
Nigeria                       -190.5   -3,028.4  16      104.1      691.1  56
Niue                             0.3        5.4 129        0.3        5.5 186
Norfolk Island                   0.2        2.1 117        0.2        2.2 206
North Korea                      (-)        4.5 128        (-)        4.5 188
Norway                         -93.0     -986.9  27      142.4    1,398.6  48

Oman                            13.2       65.0 177       28.1      249.1  80

Pakistan                       -33.0     -816.7  31      108.1      624.4  59
Palau                            0.8        0.7 110        1.9       12.1 169
Panama                         113.7    1,217.1 216      137.9    1,479.9  46
Papua New Guinea               -13.1      -56.5  63        5.0       59.2 121
Paraguay                        77.4      635.6 213       80.6      662.9  58
Peru                            39.3      209.8 198      211.2    1,723.5  41
Philippines                   -449.8   -4,445.5  13      597.9    5,649.0  21
Pitcairn Island                  (-)       -0.3  92        (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                           9.2       69.5 180       74.7      730.2  55
Portugal                       -56.8     -331.7  36       64.5      736.3  54

Qatar                           23.7      123.2 192       33.0      297.6  74

Republic of Yemen               22.9      124.9 193       23.0      159.3  93
Reunion                          0.2        2.4 120        0.3        2.7 198
Romania                        -15.3      -36.4  69       19.8      307.3  72
Russia                        -217.5   -1,643.3  20      246.3    3,167.9  30
Rwanda                           2.2       11.6 138        3.2       14.7 162

San Marino                       1.6        4.4 126        1.7        7.8 181
Sao Tome and Principe           -0.3        8.6 135        0.1        9.3 174
Saudi Arabia                   290.2    2,577.5 221      778.9    7,959.6  16
Senegal                          3.7       45.4 170        4.0       49.8 127
Seychelles                       (-)        6.9 132        0.3        8.8 176
Sierra Leone                     1.7       10.6 136        2.6       21.0 151
Singapore                     -329.9   -2,414.6  18    1,206.7   12,970.8   9
Slovakia                        -4.1      -60.1  60       13.5       83.2 110
Slovenia                       -13.8     -142.2  49        9.1       99.0 105
Solomon Islands                  (-)       -0.1  97        0.1        2.7 199
Somalia                          0.4        1.5 114        0.4        2.0 208
South Africa                    47.1      251.0 202      269.1    2,780.9  34
Spain                          121.0      534.9 211      495.2    4,445.9  25
Sri Lanka                     -135.3   -1,361.8  25       17.3      167.8  89
St Helena                        0.1       -0.1  98        0.1        0.1 222
St Kitts and Nevis               3.5        7.4 133        5.9       34.2 137
St Lucia                         6.6       57.7 175        8.7       76.5 114
St Pierre and Miquelon          -0.9       -0.5  90        0.3        2.4 203
St Vincent and Grenadines        8.4      259.5 203        9.1      262.7  78
Sudan                            1.0       -0.2  96        1.0        2.9 196

Suriname                        11.3       65.3 178       18.9      155.3  94
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl          0.1        0.3 108        0.1        1.2 211
Swaziland                       -2.1      -15.8  79        0.2        6.3 183
Sweden                        -348.0   -3,199.5  15      429.7    3,121.8  31
Switzerland                    118.7   -1,515.2  22      964.5    5,672.5  20
Syria                           11.2       89.6 182       13.3      130.7  98

Taiwan                      -1,289.3  -12,658.7   6    1,659.6   14,770.7   7
Tajikistan                      -8.0      -17.9  77        0.1       10.5 172
Tanzania                         2.6       35.3 164        4.5       59.8 120
Thailand                      -885.4   -7,161.4  10      379.6    4,009.9  27
Togo                             1.3       18.4 151        1.3       20.3 152
Tokelau                         -0.1        2.7 121        0.1        4.3 189
Tonga                           -0.2        4.4 127        0.6        9.0 175
Trinidad and Tobago            -20.0       -1.5  89       68.1      846.2  53
Tunisia                          2.4      105.8 188       10.9      162.5  92
Turkey                         145.7      823.3 215      418.6    2,958.0  32
Turkmenistan                    -0.2       23.0 159        0.6       25.2 145
Turks and Caicos Islands         6.6       44.0 169        7.3       47.7 130
Tuvalu                           (-)        (-)  99        (-)        (-) 226

Uganda                           0.7       11.0 137        2.4       24.4 147
Ukraine                        -28.2     -135.4  50       12.1      331.7  70
United Arab Emirates           322.8    1,285.9 217      372.0    1,845.4  38
United Kingdom                 105.9    4,312.1 224    3,230.0   33,149.9   4
Uruguay                         21.4      262.0 205       51.5      485.2  62
Uzbekistan                       6.0      109.3 189        6.5      134.8  96

Vanuatu                         -0.7       37.5 166        (-)       40.2 134
Vatican City                     (-)        0.4 109        (-)        0.7 216
Venezuela                     -288.5   -2,212.7  19      527.9    5,623.1  22
Vietnam                        -12.0     -232.7  40       31.2      231.7  84

Wallis and Futuna                (-)        0.1 103        (-)        0.1 223
West Bank Administered                 
    by Israel                    (-)        2.3 118        (-)        2.3 205
Western Sahara                   (-)        (-) 101        (-)        (-) 225
Western Samoa                    0.1        2.8 122        0.9        8.5 178

Yugoslavia                       4.9       50.7 173        5.8       61.5 119

Zambia                          -4.4      -25.7  71        2.8       18.7 155
Zimbabwe                        -6.9      -38.1  68        7.0       72.0 116

Unidentified                   206.9      280.9 (X)      206.9      280.9 (X)
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North America               -3,414.7  -26,577.8 (X)   21,278.9  195,671.7 (X)
Western Europe              -3,367.1  -23,083.7 (X)   14,565.9  135,108.7 (X)
Euro Area                   -3,189.3  -22,676.4 (X)    9,082.9   85,091.6 (X)
European Union (EU)         -3,479.6  -21,107.3 (X)   12,964.2  124,159.0 (X)
European Free Trade Assoc.      -2.7   -2,675.7 (X)    1,123.3    7,286.0 (X)
Eastern Europe                -391.5   -2,590.5 (X)      540.3    6,499.1 (X)
Former Soviet Republics       -244.4   -1,550.5 (X)      337.2    4,390.1 (X)
Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development
 (OECD) in Europe           -3,348.3  -22,973.7 (X)   14,507.9  134,417.4 (X)
Pacific Rim Countries      -15,232.8 -134,379.5 (X)   15,218.6  138,278.7 (X)
Asia Near East                 449.6    2,880.5 (X)    2,022.8   18,715.0 (X)
NICS                        -2,139.3  -20,349.0 (X)    5,421.9   51,110.0 (X)
Asia - SOUTH                  -756.8   -7,937.6 (X)      442.2    3,925.1 (X)
ASEAN                       -3,527.0  -28,449.4 (X)    3,155.3   32,157.3 (X)
APEC                       -19,493.1 -167,567.6 (X)   37,665.8  346,391.1 (X)
South/Central America        1,248.3   10,966.3 (X)    5,642.6   52,991.0 (X)
Twenty Latin American
 Republics                    -720.0   -5,289.5 (X)   12,363.3  112,736.0 (X)
Central American Common
 Market                        -56.4     -694.0 (X)      744.0    6,983.8 (X)
LAFTA                         -792.9   -5,638.1 (X)   11,040.6  100,499.4 (X)
NATO Allies                 -4,341.7  -28,064.0 (X)   26,282.0  247,841.8 (X)
OPEC                          -836.0   -8,999.7 (X)    2,152.1   20,050.6 (X)
Unidentified (2)               206.9      280.9 (X)      206.9      280.9 (X)
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                                                Imports
                                Customs basis             C.i.f. basis

                                     Cumulative                Cumulative
         Country            October   to date   rank  October   to date   rank

     TOTAL                  83,711.5  757,869.3 (X)   86,591.5  783,411.6 (X)

Afganistan                       1.0       15.3 144        1.1       16.0 144
Albania                          4.5       10.6 151        4.6       11.2 151
Algeria                        144.3    1,454.4  49      158.0    1,602.0  48
Andorra                          (-)        0.1 216        (-)        0.1 216
Angola                         126.8    1,886.4  42      136.8    2,054.8  41
Anguilla                         (-)        1.6 187        (-)        1.7 188
Antigua and Barbuda              0.1        1.8 185        0.1        1.9 185
Argentina                      189.8    1,866.8  43      203.8    2,025.9  43
Armenia                          6.0       14.2 145        6.1       14.6 145
Aruba                           50.5      391.9  67       53.1      414.4  68
Australia                      488.9    4,512.2  28      521.1    4,798.8  28
Austria                        235.6    2,116.8  39      243.9    2,196.3  40
Azerbaijan                       0.2        4.5 165        0.2        4.6 166

Bahamas                         16.3      111.2 100       16.9      121.0 100
Bahrain                          9.6      129.5  95       10.7      141.7  95
Bangladesh                     139.1    1,640.3  45      148.0    1,730.3  45
Barbados                         3.1       28.7 126        3.2       29.6 128
Belarus                          8.0       87.9 107        8.6       93.8 107
Belgium                        772.7    7,020.7  23      796.4    7,201.3  22
Belize                           5.7       57.5 115        5.9       61.5 115
Benin                            (-)        3.2 172        (-)        4.0 167
Bermuda                          1.0       10.0 154        1.0       10.3 155
Bhutan                           (-)        0.8 195        (-)        0.8 195
Bolivia                         22.1      181.5  87       23.2      189.0  87
Bosnia-Hercegovina               0.5        6.1 160        0.6        6.4 161
Botswana                         1.7       16.5 142        1.7       17.1 142
Brazil                         855.3    8,466.4  16      898.0    8,907.2  16
British Indian
   Ocean Territory               0.1        0.3 203        0.1        0.4 203
British Virgin Islands           1.1        5.9 161        1.2        6.3 162
Brunei                           8.1      145.7  91        8.4      152.3  92
Bulgaria                        11.6      192.8  84       12.5      203.9  84
Burkina                          (-)        0.6 199        (-)        0.6 199
Burma (Myanmar)                 16.1      137.4  94       17.2      147.2  94
Burundi                          0.4        7.3 157        0.4        7.6 157

Cambodia                        35.3      281.0  75       37.6      298.5  74
Cameroon                         6.3       47.5 118        7.2       53.3 118
Canada                      15,714.1  143,599.3   1   15,996.4  146,286.6   1
Cape Verde                       (-)        0.2 213        (-)        0.2 215
Cayman Islands                   0.7       15.9 143        0.7       16.4 143
Central African Republic         0.1        2.8 178        0.1        2.8 179
Chad                             1.5        6.6 158        1.6        7.2 159
Chile                          182.6    2,010.9  40      200.4    2,319.6  35
China                        7,377.7   59,472.6   4    7,815.1   62,697.8   4
Christmas Island                 (-)        0.2 208        (-)        0.2 208
Cocos (Keeling) Island           0.1        0.2 214        0.2        0.2 214
Colombia                       428.4    3,853.7  30      453.3    4,090.7  30
Comoros                          (-)        0.8 193        (-)        0.8 194
Congo (Brazzaville)             24.9      258.2  78       26.1      273.4  78
Congo (Kinshasa)                12.0      142.7  93       12.8      150.0  93
Cook Islands                     0.1        0.7 198        0.1        0.7 197
Costa Rica                     277.1    2,153.3  37      291.3    2,300.3  36
Croatia                          7.3       64.3 114        7.9       67.6 114
Cuba                             (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Cyprus                           1.8       24.5 134        2.1       26.8 132
Czech Republic                  58.7      557.2  64       61.3      579.5  64

Denmark                        238.0    1,951.7  41      248.1    2,034.8  42
Djibouti                         0.1        0.5 201        0.1        0.5 201
Dominica                         0.6        4.9 163        0.7        5.2 163
Dominican Republic             398.9    3,722.2  31      408.3    3,813.9  32

Ecuador                        154.1    1,507.8  48      173.2    1,705.1  46
Egypt                           52.9      574.5  62       55.9      608.5  62
El Salvador                    118.2    1,221.0  53      121.5    1,255.7  54
Equatorial Guinea                0.2       64.6 113        0.2       71.0 112
Eritrea                          0.1        0.7 196        0.2        0.7 196
Estonia                          8.7      101.5 102        9.4      111.7 103
Ethiopia                         4.2       45.2 121        4.3       47.0 121

Falkland Islands                 0.1        0.2 212        0.1        0.2 213
Faroe Islands                    0.8        8.1 156        0.9        8.4 156
Fed.Republic of Germany      4,643.3   40,600.4   5    4,792.7   41,775.7   5
Federated States
   of  Micronesia                1.1       10.5 152        1.1       11.2 152
Fiji                            10.5       92.9 105       11.8      102.4 104
Finland                        243.5    2,153.4  36      255.9    2,282.0  37
France                       2,347.7   19,899.8   8    2,406.7   20,420.9   9
French Guiana                    (-)        3.2 171        (-)        3.2 175
French Polynesia                 3.8       28.2 128        3.9       28.6 130
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands              (-)        1.1 190        (-)        1.1 190

Gabon                           98.9    1,102.5  55      107.6    1,199.8  55
Gambia                           (-)        1.8 184        (-)        1.9 184
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                   (-)        0.1 215        (-)        0.2 212
Georgia                          3.9       13.2 147        4.2       14.2 146
Ghana                           11.4      121.9  96       12.1      129.5  97
Gibraltar                        0.3        1.7 186        0.3        1.8 186
Greece                          31.7      387.6  69       34.9      427.9  67
Greenland                        0.6        6.5 159        0.6        6.8 160
Grenada                          1.3        9.9 155        1.4       10.4 154
Guadeloupe                       (-)        2.2 180        (-)        2.3 182
Guatemala                      154.8    1,747.3  44      166.4    1,868.7  44
Guinea                           6.2       98.4 103        8.2      119.4 101
Guinea-Bissau                    (-)        0.2 211        (-)        0.2 211
Guyana                           6.5      117.6  97        7.8      133.6  96

Haiti                           26.2      225.3  81       26.9      233.6  81
Heard and
   McDonald Isles                (-)        0.1 219        (-)        0.1 219
Honduras                       208.1    2,167.4  35      215.4    2,274.2  38
Hong Kong                      978.2    8,914.3  15    1,018.3    9,242.8  15
Hungary                        157.1    1,240.9  52      161.2    1,276.7  53

Iceland                         21.5      189.8  85       23.0      202.5  85
India                          756.7    7,121.6  21      797.4    7,494.1  19
Indonesia                      902.2    7,844.6  17      968.6    8,366.1  18
Iran                             (-)        (-) 222        (-)        (-) 222
Iraq                           157.1      907.7  58      178.9    1,034.3  57
Ireland                        807.2    7,078.9  22      816.4    7,157.5  23
Israel                         709.4    7,167.7  20      719.2    7,296.1  21
Italy                        1,893.9   17,307.4  10    1,975.1   18,048.4  10
Ivory Coast                      4.2      363.5  70        4.6      389.3  70

Jamaica                         59.8      636.3  61       64.3      673.0  61
Japan                       10,924.4  101,034.8   2   11,221.4  103,603.1   2
Jordan                           2.9       12.8 148        2.9       13.3 148

Kazakhstan                      20.0      150.4  90       21.2      158.5  90
Kenya                            7.5       84.2 108        8.1       89.9 108
Kiribati                         0.1        0.8 194        0.1        1.0 192
Korea, South                 2,097.4   19,729.9   9    2,181.4   20,437.3   8
Kuwait                         126.2    1,172.1  54      146.7    1,352.0  52
Kyrgyzstan                       (-)        0.2 207        (-)        0.3 207

Laos                             2.1       19.3 138        2.2       20.3 139
Latvia                           5.0       75.5 110        5.4       82.3 110
Lebanon                          3.7       68.9 111        3.9       70.8 113
Lesotho                          8.7       83.1 109        9.0       86.8 109
Liberia                          1.7       20.4 137        1.9       21.6 138
Libya                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                   23.3      198.9  83       24.1      204.8  83
Lithuania                        6.2       65.7 112        6.6       71.4 111
Luxembourg                      42.7      310.5  72       45.2      331.3  72

Macao                          112.7      920.6  57      117.7      956.0  58
Macedonia (Skopje)              15.9      155.7  89       16.6      163.5  89
Madagascar                       7.5       56.2 117        8.0       59.4 117
Malawi                           4.7       46.9 119        5.1       49.9 119
Malaysia                     1,887.2   15,684.2  11    1,936.0   16,113.2  11
Maldives                         1.9       27.1 130        2.2       30.5 126
Mali                             0.6        3.0 175        0.6        3.3 174

Malta                           26.4      288.5  73       26.6      294.1  75
Marshall Islands                 0.1        3.7 167        0.1        4.0 168
Martinique                       (-)        1.0 191        0.1        1.0 191
Mauritania                       (-)        0.4 202        (-)        0.4 202
Mauritius                       27.6      229.9  80       29.1      245.1  80
Mexico                       8,979.5   78,650.2   3    9,075.7   79,807.8   3
Moldova                         10.2       93.1 104       11.0      100.2 105
Monaco                          13.6       24.1 135       13.6       24.7 135
Mongolia                         4.3       35.6 124        4.7       38.2 125
Montserrat                       (-)        0.2 210        (-)        0.2 210
Morocco                         31.8      287.8  74       33.8      308.0  73
Mozambique                       1.2       17.0 141        1.4       17.9 141

Namibia                          2.4       46.1 120        2.5       48.3 120
Nauru                            (-)        (-) 221        (-)        (-) 221
Nepal                            8.3      114.7  99        9.1      126.6  98
Netherlands                    790.0    6,301.1  25      831.1    6,652.9  24
Netherlands Antilles            41.8      259.2  77       44.2      275.4  77
New Caledonia                    0.9       19.2 139        1.0       22.3 137
New Zealand                    123.2    1,374.4  51      133.5    1,507.4  51
Nicaragua                       42.3      388.9  68       43.9      405.0  69
Niger                            (-)        1.4 189        0.1        1.5 189
Nigeria                        294.7    3,719.6  32      318.8    4,032.2  31
Niue                             (-)        0.1 218        (-)        0.1 218
Norfolk Island                   (-)        0.1 217        (-)        0.1 217
North Korea                      (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Norway                         235.4    2,385.4  34      248.9    2,521.3  34

Oman                            15.0      184.2  86       16.0      196.1  86

Pakistan                       141.1    1,441.1  50      150.2    1,523.0  50
Palau                            1.2       11.4 149        1.2       12.1 149
Panama                          24.2      262.8  76       25.1      278.3  76
Papua New Guinea                18.1      115.7  98       18.5      121.7  99
Paraguay                         3.2       27.4 129        3.5       29.7 127
Peru                           171.9    1,513.7  47      180.2    1,584.6  49
Philippines                  1,047.7   10,094.5  14    1,083.4   10,418.6  14
Pitcairn Island                  (-)        0.3 206        (-)        0.3 206
Poland                          65.5      660.7  60       69.7      703.5  60
Portugal                       121.3    1,068.0  56      127.4    1,119.8  56

Qatar                            9.3      174.3  88        9.7      187.8  88

Republic of Yemen                0.1       34.4 125        0.1       39.8 124
Reunion                          0.1        0.3 205        0.1        0.3 205
Romania                         35.1      343.7  71       37.7      367.3  71
Russia                         463.8    4,811.2  27      490.2    5,041.7  27
Rwanda                           0.9        3.1 173        1.0        3.2 176

San Marino                       (-)        3.4 169        (-)        3.5 170
Sao Tome and Principe            0.5        0.7 197        0.5        0.7 198
Saudi Arabia                   488.7    5,382.1  26      553.7    6,074.5  26
Senegal                          0.3        4.4 166        0.3        4.8 165
Seychelles                       0.3        2.0 182        0.3        2.0 183
Sierra Leone                     0.9       10.3 153        0.9       10.4 153
Singapore                    1,536.6   15,385.4  12    1,565.9   15,630.1  12
Slovakia                        17.6      143.2  92       18.9      152.9  91
Slovenia                        22.8      241.2  79       23.8      252.4  79
Solomon Islands                  0.1        2.8 177        0.1        3.4 171
Somalia                          (-)        0.5 200        (-)        0.6 200
South Africa                   222.0    2,529.8  33      230.2    2,642.0  33
Spain                          374.2    3,911.0  29      399.3    4,182.0  29
Sri Lanka                      152.7    1,529.6  46      160.7    1,608.3  47
St Helena                        (-)        0.2 209        (-)        0.2 209
St Kitts and Nevis               2.4       26.9 131        2.5       27.8 131
St Lucia                         2.1       18.7 140        2.2       19.3 140
St Pierre and Miquelon           1.2        2.9 176        1.2        2.9 178
St Vincent and Grenadines        0.7        3.3 170        0.7        3.4 172
Sudan                            (-)        3.1 174        (-)        3.3 173

Suriname                         7.6       90.0 106        8.1       95.6 106
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl          (-)        0.9 192        (-)        0.9 193
Swaziland                        2.3       22.1 136        2.5       23.8 136
Sweden                         777.7    6,321.3  24      800.5    6,519.8  25
Switzerland                    845.7    7,187.6  19      917.5    7,377.7  20
Syria                            2.1       41.1 123        2.2       42.8 123

Taiwan                       2,948.9   27,429.4   7    3,063.9   28,425.0   7
Tajikistan                       8.1       28.4 127        8.4       28.9 129
Tanzania                         1.9       24.5 133        2.1       26.1 133
Thailand                     1,265.0   11,171.3  13    1,318.0   11,609.2  13
Togo                             0.1        1.9 183        0.1        2.5 180
Tokelau                          0.2        1.6 188        0.2        1.7 187
Tonga                            0.8        4.5 164        0.9        5.0 164
Trinidad and Tobago             88.2      847.7  59       96.6      933.1  59
Tunisia                          8.5       56.7 116        9.2       59.7 116
Turkey                         272.8    2,134.6  38      283.4    2,249.8  39
Turkmenistan                     0.8        2.2 181        0.8        2.3 181
Turks and Caicos Islands         0.6        3.6 168        0.7        3.8 169
Tuvalu                           (-)        (-) 224        (-)        (-) 224

Uganda                           1.6       13.4 146        1.8       14.1 147
Ukraine                         40.2      467.0  65       44.5      515.6  65
United Arab Emirates            49.3      559.6  63       52.8      599.5  63
United Kingdom               3,124.1   28,837.7   6    3,218.6   29,597.1   6
Uruguay                         30.0      223.2  82       31.1      231.3  82
Uzbekistan                       0.5       25.5 132        0.6       25.8 134

Vanuatu                          0.7        2.7 179        0.9        3.1 177
Vatican City                     (-)        0.3 204        (-)        0.4 204
Venezuela                      816.5    7,835.8  18      881.4    8,487.5  17
Vietnam                         43.3      464.4  66       45.8      500.5  66

Wallis and Futuna                (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
West Bank Administered                 
    by Israel                    (-)        0.1 220        (-)        0.1 220
Western Sahara                   (-)        (-) 223        (-)        (-) 223
Western Samoa                    0.8        5.7 162        1.0        7.6 158

Yugoslavia                       0.9       10.8 150        1.0       11.6 150

Zambia                           7.1       44.4 122        7.2       45.1 122
Zimbabwe                        13.9      110.1 101       14.6      117.1 102

Unidentified                     (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
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North America               24,693.6  222,249.5 (X)   25,072.1  226,094.4 (X)
Western Europe              17,933.0  158,192.4 (X)   18,582.4  163,366.1 (X)
Euro Area                   12,272.2  107,768.0 (X)   12,690.1  111,368.2 (X)
European Union (EU)         16,443.8  145,266.3 (X)   16,992.2  149,947.7 (X)
European Free Trade Assoc.   1,126.0    9,961.7 (X)    1,213.4   10,306.4 (X)
Eastern Europe                 931.7    9,089.6 (X)      983.1    9,561.0 (X)
Former Soviet Republics        581.6    5,940.6 (X)      617.1    6,266.0 (X)
Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development
 (OECD) in Europe           17,856.2  157,391.1 (X)   18,502.7  162,533.0 (X)
Pacific Rim Countries       30,451.5  272,658.2 (X)   31,653.3  282,470.3 (X)
Asia Near East               1,573.2   15,834.5 (X)    1,696.8   17,048.6 (X)
NICS                         7,561.1   71,459.0 (X)    7,829.6   73,735.2 (X)
Asia - SOUTH                 1,198.9   11,862.7 (X)    1,266.5   12,498.2 (X)
ASEAN                        6,682.2   60,606.7 (X)    6,918.0   62,588.1 (X)
APEC                        57,158.9  513,958.7 (X)   58,842.3  528,664.2 (X)
South/Central America        4,394.3   42,024.7 (X)    4,658.3   44,850.6 (X)
Twenty Latin American
 Republics                  13,083.3  118,025.5 (X)   13,422.7  121,808.2 (X)
Central American Common
 Market                        800.5    7,677.8 (X)      838.4    8,104.0 (X)
LAFTA                       11,833.5  106,137.5 (X)   12,124.0  109,378.5 (X)
NATO Allies                 30,623.7  275,905.8 (X)   31,427.1  283,053.3 (X)
OPEC                         2,988.1   29,050.3 (X)    3,268.7   31,736.0 (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, Cambodia, Indonesia,  Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
 Thailand.
APEC - Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan,
 Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines,
 Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
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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