EXHIBIT 6A.  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                December   to date  rank  December   to date  rank

     TOTAL                 -17,244.9 -229,758.4 (X)   58,762.2  682,137.7 (X)

Afganistan                      -0.5       -9.6  82        0.5        7.0 185
Albania                          1.4        2.5 117        2.4       14.9 169
Algeria                        -50.6     -986.7  31       47.9      651.4  61
Andorra                          0.9       22.2 152        0.9       22.4 155
Angola                        -106.6   -1,886.2  21       32.2      354.7  73
Anguilla                         1.1       14.6 137        1.3       16.7 165
Antigua and Barbuda              9.2       94.8 181        9.4       96.7 111
Argentina                      244.8    3,654.8 221      442.8    5,885.8  23
Armenia                          0.9       34.7 160        2.2       51.4 132
Aruba                          -12.8     -118.4  53       25.7      351.2  76
Australia                      434.8    6,530.7 226      907.1   11,917.6  15
Austria                        -64.5     -418.1  37      160.9    2,142.9  40
Azerbaijan                       3.9      118.1 186        4.3      123.1 102

Bahamas                         46.7      673.2 211       63.8      815.6  57
Bahrain                          7.2      139.1 191       21.2      294.6  81
Bangladesh                     -57.0   -1,527.5  24       47.0      318.4  79
Barbados                        22.6      247.0 199       25.2      281.4  82
Belarus                         -6.9      -75.0  60        2.5       30.4 145
Belgium                        376.8    5,477.8 225    1,062.1   13,917.8  13
Belize                           5.6       54.3 168        9.5      120.2 104
Benin                            1.9       40.0 164        2.3       43.6 137
Bermuda                         53.3      388.8 205       53.9      400.3  71
Bhutan                           (-)        1.9 111        (-)        2.7 204
Bolivia                         20.1      193.0 194       46.1      416.6  70
Bosnia-Hercegovina              10.1       32.6 159       10.7       40.0 140
Botswana                         1.8       15.7 140        3.2       35.6 141
Brazil                         488.7    5,040.0 224    1,336.4   15,142.0  11
British Indian
    Ocean Territory             -0.1        0.1  99        (-)        0.6 217
British Virgin Islands           5.3       55.1 169        6.3       62.6 126
Brunei                          -4.4      -88.3  59       26.6      122.8 103
Bulgaria                        -5.6     -106.8  55        6.7      112.4 105
Burkina                          0.5       15.5 139        0.5       16.1 166
Burma (Myanmar)                -13.1     -131.8  51        1.8       31.9 143
Burundi                          1.3       -2.9  85        1.4        4.7 192

Cambodia                       -45.0     -354.2  39        1.1       10.7 175
Cameroon                         0.2       21.8 150        4.4       75.1 118
Canada                      -1,803.2  -16,652.7   4   12,663.5  156,603.4   1
Cape Verde                       1.0        9.4 134        1.0        9.6 178
Cayman Islands                 108.9      403.8 206      110.1      421.9  69
Central African Republic         1.7        1.7 110        1.7        4.5 194
Chad                             0.1       -4.0  84        0.3        3.5 197
Chile                          164.5    1,526.8 217      388.8    3,979.3  28
China                       -3,942.4  -56,927.3   2    1,379.7   14,241.3  12
Christmas Island                -0.1        0.2 101        (-)        0.5 219
Cocos (Keeling) Island           0.1        0.2 102        0.1        0.3 220
Colombia                       -46.2      159.7 193      370.6    4,816.0  27
Comoros                          0.1       -0.2  91        0.1        0.6 218
Congo (Brazzaville)            -16.8     -223.4  45        4.8       92.0 114
Congo (Kinshasa)               -11.9     -137.6  49        1.7       34.1 142
Cook Islands                     (-)        0.4 103        0.1        1.1 213
Costa Rica                    -131.5     -448.5  36      169.3    2,296.5  39
Croatia                          0.6       24.3 154        5.8       96.8 110
Cuba                             0.4        3.5 121        0.4        3.5 198
Cyprus                           5.6      130.2 188       10.2      161.9  95
Czech Republic                 -16.4     -104.3  56       42.8      569.0  64

Denmark                       -104.2     -520.6  34      118.9    1,874.3  45
Djibouti                         1.7       19.8 145        1.7       20.4 160
Dominica                         2.6       45.7 166        3.5       52.1 131
Dominican Republic             -53.6     -497.4  35      300.4    3,943.8  29

Ecuador                         11.4      -69.0  62      137.6    1,683.1  48
Egypt                          267.4    2,398.3 220      315.6    3,058.6  35
El Salvador                     14.7       75.6 176      132.0    1,513.5  50
Equatorial Guinea               23.2       20.1 147       25.3       86.7 117
Eritrea                          2.0       24.4 155        2.0       25.1 151
Estonia                         -8.6      -38.1  70        5.4       87.4 116
Ethiopia                         3.5       36.6 163        8.3       88.9 115

Falkland Islands                 (-)        3.1 120        (-)        3.3 200
Faroe Islands                   -1.8       -8.0  83        0.2        3.4 199
Fed. Republic of Germany    -2,460.5  -23,184.6   3    2,457.9   26,657.4   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia               0.2       18.4 143        1.7       31.0 144
Fiji                            -1.8      -26.9  74        1.8       74.2 120
Finland                        -93.9     -680.8  33      130.6    1,914.8  43
France                        -282.4   -6,287.2  12    1,724.9   17,728.7   8
French Guiana                    0.9      243.3 198        0.9      246.5  86
French Polynesia                 5.9       67.0 173        7.5       99.7 109
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands              0.1        0.2 100        0.1        1.2 212

Gabon                          -56.4   -1,197.2  26        4.3       61.6 128
Gambia                           0.3        7.2 130        0.5        9.3 180
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                    0.3        1.9 112        0.4        2.0 209
Georgia                         13.1      122.3 187       13.4      136.5 100
Ghana                           12.8       81.9 178       23.1      225.1  88
Gibraltar                       -3.9        2.8 119        0.1        8.8 182
Greece                          44.1      888.5 214       82.6    1,355.2  51
Greenland                        0.8       -1.2  88        1.2        6.1 188
Grenada                          3.8       44.3 165        4.6       56.4 130
Guadeloupe                       9.5       61.7 171        9.6       64.0 124
Guatemala                      -17.3     -133.7  50      165.3    1,937.8  42
Guinea                          -4.7      -49.9  68        5.9       65.4 122
Guinea-Bissau                    (-)        0.8 108        (-)        0.9 214
Guyana                          -0.6        8.6 132       11.3      145.6  99

Haiti                           30.1      276.8 202       55.1      548.6  66
Heard and
    McDonald Isles              -0.1        0.1  97        (-)        0.2 221
Honduras                       -31.9     -226.9  44      178.7    2,317.5  37
Hong Kong                      324.3    2,387.1 219    1,108.4   12,925.3  14
Hungary                       -137.8   -1,083.9  28       42.3      482.6  68

Iceland                        -36.9      -31.4  72       13.3      236.5  87
India                          -73.6   -4,672.8  14      473.0    3,564.4  32
Indonesia                     -299.8   -7,041.7  11      417.8    2,298.9  38
Iran                             (-)        (-)  95        (-)        (-) 224
Iraq                          -114.7   -1,076.8  29        0.2      106.4 107
Ireland                        -78.0   -2,754.0  17      517.4    5,646.8  24
Israel                         -14.9   -1,657.1  22      665.9    6,983.3  20
Italy                       -1,030.1  -11,968.3   7      790.9    8,990.8  17
Ivory Coast                    -41.2     -274.6  41       12.4      151.4  97

Jamaica                         45.2      549.1 209      105.8    1,304.2  52
Japan                       -5,820.9  -64,014.1   1    4,655.5   57,831.0   3
Jordan                          23.2      336.5 204       25.3      352.9  75

Kazakhstan                      -5.0      -65.5  63        3.6      103.1 108
Kenya                            0.7      100.4 183        9.1      198.9  89
Kiribati                        -0.1        1.5 109        0.1        2.6 206
Korea, South                   273.1   -7,456.3  10    2,383.4   16,485.5   9
Kuwait                          59.2      258.1 200      111.9    1,524.1  49
Kyrgyzstan                       2.6       20.3 148        2.6       20.6 158

Laos                            -0.4      -17.3  80        0.2        3.7 196
Latvia                          -9.5       72.1 175       10.7      186.8  93
Lebanon                         25.8      431.3 207       33.8      513.8  67
Lesotho                         -9.0      -98.6  57        (-)        1.4 210
Liberia                          1.3       25.0 156        3.9       50.1 134
Libya                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  -18.4     -235.3  43        0.8        7.3 184
Lithuania                       -5.2      -18.7  79        4.6       62.2 127
Luxembourg                     148.4      232.7 196      181.6      605.8  62

Macao                          -96.1   -1,067.9  30        3.7       40.7 138
Macedonia (Skopje)              -7.2     -160.5  48        0.9       14.8 170
Madagascar                      -6.0      -56.5  66        1.6       14.9 168
Malawi                          -4.5      -45.9  69        2.0       14.5 171
Malaysia                      -947.2  -10,043.0   8      648.5    8,957.0  18
Maldives                        -2.6      -28.1  73        0.3        4.8 191
Mali                             2.1       21.9 151        2.2       25.3 150

Malta                          -11.1      -73.3  61       14.6      267.0  85
Marshall Islands                 3.8       21.1 149        3.8       25.0 152
Martinique                       2.2       25.3 158        2.3       26.4 148
Mauritania                       2.6       19.1 144        2.6       19.5 162
Mauritius                      -18.8     -248.4  42        2.1       23.2 154
Mexico                      -1,293.0  -15,856.5   5    6,485.5   78,772.5   2
Moldova                        -11.5      -88.7  58        1.3       20.6 159
Monaco                          -0.4      -19.3  78        0.3        6.4 187
Mongolia                        -2.3      -21.6  76        0.9       20.3 161
Montserrat                       0.3        4.3 124        0.3        4.6 193
Morocco                         53.3      218.4 195       84.4      561.4  65
Mozambique                      -0.4       19.9 146        1.1       45.7 135

Namibia                          1.9       -0.6  89        4.9       51.2 133
Nauru                            (-)        0.7 107        (-)        0.8 215
Nepal                          -14.2     -123.9  52        0.5       15.5 167
Netherlands                  1,012.1   11,378.4 227    1,671.0   18,977.7   6
Netherlands Antilles            60.5      442.4 208       81.4      750.7  59
New Caledonia                    1.1       -2.5  86        1.5       19.2 163
New Zealand                     -9.0      241.9 197      136.7    1,886.5  44
Nicaragua                       -0.8     -116.2  54       33.6      336.5  78
Niger                            2.2       16.4 141        2.3       18.2 164
Nigeria                       -125.8   -3,377.2  16       69.3      816.8  56
Niue                             (-)        5.4 127        (-)        5.5 189
Norfolk Island                   0.1        2.3 115        0.1        2.4 207
North Korea                      (-)        4.5 125        (-)        4.5 195
Norway                        -103.6   -1,162.2  27      145.5    1,709.3  47

Oman                             5.4       85.9 179       22.7      302.7  80

Pakistan                       -75.2     -971.4  32       54.1      720.4  60
Palau                           -0.8        0.4 104        0.7       14.0 172
Panama                         102.7    1,440.7 216      130.7    1,753.0  46
Papua New Guinea                -6.2      -64.2  64        3.1       65.3 123
Paraguay                        48.3      752.4 213       51.7      785.9  58
Peru                           -62.1       87.1 180      179.6    2,062.6  41
Philippines                   -333.2   -5,210.7  13      564.4    6,736.6  21
Pitcairn Island                  (-)       -0.3  90        (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                          10.3       98.3 182       63.9      882.0  55
Portugal                       -31.9     -376.9  38       65.8      888.3  54

Qatar                            5.3      134.0 189       22.2      354.4  74

Republic of Yemen               14.3      140.1 192       14.5      177.7  94
Reunion                          0.1        2.6 118        0.1        2.9 202
Romania                        -16.3      -56.7  65       12.4      336.6  77
Russia                        -258.6   -2,194.6  20      176.0    3,552.6  33
Rwanda                           3.9       17.8 142        4.1       21.8 156

San Marino                      -0.1        4.9 126        0.5        9.0 181
Sao Tome and Principe            (-)        8.7 133        (-)        9.4 179
Saudi Arabia                   456.1    4,278.5 223      908.8   10,519.8  16
Senegal                          6.3       53.9 167        6.6       59.1 129
Seychelles                       0.5        7.9 131        0.6       10.1 177
Sierra Leone                     0.5       11.2 135        1.0       23.5 153
Singapore                        8.5   -2,662.0  19    1,545.4   15,693.6  10
Slovakia                         0.1      -55.1  67       12.7      110.6 106
Slovenia                        -8.2     -163.9  46       14.2      123.1 101
Solomon Islands                  (-)       -0.1  92        (-)        2.8 203
Somalia                          (-)        2.1 114        (-)        2.7 205
South Africa                   188.8      578.9 210      449.5    3,628.0  31
Spain                           45.8      673.4 212      489.7    5,453.6  25
Sri Lanka                     -106.5   -1,576.0  23        9.4      190.4  91
St Helena                        (-)       -0.1  93        (-)        0.1 222
St Kitts and Nevis               2.1       13.2 136        4.6       45.0 136
St Lucia                         5.9       70.0 174        7.6       92.4 113
St Pierre and Miquelon          -1.1       -1.8  87        0.4        3.1 201
St Vincent and Grenadines        2.0      269.5 201        2.8      274.2  83
Sudan                            3.3        3.7 123        3.4        6.8 186

Suriname                         3.9       81.2 177       14.1      187.2  92
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl          0.1        0.4 105        0.1        1.3 211
Swaziland                       -0.4      -16.9  81        1.0        8.2 183
Sweden                        -528.8   -4,025.9  15      281.5    3,822.1  30
Switzerland                    -71.5   -1,442.9  25      653.5    7,247.4  19
Syria                           15.8      115.5 185       17.9      161.4  96

Taiwan                      -1,143.3  -14,960.3   6    1,682.9   18,164.5   7
Tajikistan                       1.1      -20.5  77        1.2       12.2 173
Tanzania                         0.6       35.4 161        4.2       66.9 121
Thailand                      -241.4   -8,197.8   9      858.6    5,238.6  26
Togo                             3.0       23.2 153        3.1       25.4 149
Tokelau                         -0.9        2.0 113        0.2        5.0 190
Tonga                            0.7        5.6 128        1.4       11.8 174
Trinidad and Tobago              3.9        6.1 129       64.5      983.1  53
Tunisia                         14.3      134.1 190       16.8      195.6  90
Turkey                          82.9      962.8 215      232.0    3,505.5  34
Turkmenistan                     1.2       25.2 157        1.6       28.0 147
Turks and Caicos Islands         7.7       59.2 170        8.3       63.8 125
Tuvalu                           (-)        (-)  94        (-)        (-) 226

Uganda                           2.8       14.7 138        3.9       29.8 146
Ukraine                        -21.2     -163.8  47       11.9      367.5  72
United Arab Emirates           166.5    1,706.1 218      208.1    2,365.9  36
United Kingdom                -104.9    4,220.0 222    2,905.7   39,058.2   4
Uruguay                         41.3      335.5 203       57.6      591.3  63
Uzbekistan                       3.1      113.2 184        8.5      147.3  98

Vanuatu                         -0.9       35.8 162        0.1       40.4 139
Vatican City                     (-)        0.5 106        (-)        0.8 216
Venezuela                     -205.1   -2,665.6  18      404.9    6,515.8  22
Vietnam                        -25.0     -280.0  40       20.7      274.1  84

Wallis and Futuna                (-)        0.1  98        (-)        0.1 223
West Bank Administered                   
    by Israel                    (-)        2.3 116        (-)        2.3 208
Western Sahara                   (-)        (-)  96        (-)        (-) 225
Western Samoa                    0.3        3.6 122        0.8       10.4 176

Yugoslavia                       8.8       61.8 172        9.8       74.4 119

Zambia                          -1.2      -25.6  75        0.7       21.7 157
Zimbabwe                         2.0      -34.1  71        9.7       93.1 112

Unidentified                    20.1      399.9 (X)       20.1      399.9 (X)

North America               -3,096.1  -32,509.1 (X)   19,149.1  235,375.9 (X)
Western Europe              -3,305.9  -29,400.2 (X)   13,754.8  162,570.7 (X)
Euro Area                   -2,458.1  -27,907.7 (X)    9,252.8  102,924.7 (X)
European Union (EU)         -3,151.9  -27,345.8 (X)   12,641.4  149,034.5 (X)
European Free Trade Assoc.    -230.4   -2,871.8 (X)      813.1    9,200.6 (X)
Eastern Europe                -464.9   -3,465.1 (X)      432.9    7,437.7 (X)
Former Soviet Republics       -300.6   -2,159.1 (X)      249.7    4,929.6 (X)
Organization for Economic
 Cooperation and Development
  (OECD) in Europe          -3,299.8  -29,268.8 (X)   13,687.5  161,757.3 (X)
Pacific Rim Countries      -11,561.6 -160,376.2 (X)   15,463.2  167,366.7 (X)
Asia Near East                 649.2    4,891.1 (X)    2,052.5   23,657.0 (X)
NICS                          -537.3  -22,691.5 (X)    6,720.2   63,269.0 (X)
Asia - SOUTH                  -327.0   -8,881.3 (X)      584.5    4,816.1 (X)
ASEAN                       -1,862.5  -33,597.8 (X)    4,062.3   39,058.2 (X)
APEC                       -14,984.4 -200,876.0 (X)   36,232.2  417,809.1 (X)
South/Central America        1,008.5   13,129.0 (X)    5,208.4   63,395.1 (X)
Twenty Latin American
 Republics                    -674.4   -6,467.8 (X)   11,067.0  135,301.5 (X)
Central American Common
 Market                       -166.8     -849.7 (X)      678.9    8,401.9 (X)
LAFTA                         -587.2   -6,841.6 (X)    9,901.5  120,650.8 (X)
NATO Allies                 -4,247.4  -36,350.0 (X)   24,605.6  297,564.0 (X)
OPEC                          -108.9   -8,771.1 (X)    2,191.2   25,153.6 (X)
Unidentified (2)                20.1      399.9 (X)       20.1      399.9 (X)
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                                                 Imports
                                   Customs basis             C.i.f. basis
                                     Cumulative                Cumulative
     Country                December   to date  rank  December   to date  rank

     TOTAL                  76,007.1  911,896.1 (X)   78,582.2  942,645.3 (X)

Afganistan                       0.9       16.7 145        1.0       17.5 144
Albania                          1.0       12.4 152        1.0       13.1 152
Algeria                         98.6    1,638.0  51      109.8    1,806.2  49
Andorra                          (-)        0.1 216        (-)        0.1 217
Angola                         138.8    2,240.9  42      152.0    2,439.4  42
Anguilla                         0.2        2.1 186        0.2        2.2 186
Antigua and Barbuda              0.1        1.9 188        0.1        2.1 188
Argentina                      198.0    2,230.9  43      214.4    2,417.1  43
Armenia                          1.2       16.7 144        1.3       17.2 145
Aruba                           38.5      469.5  67       40.9      496.8  68
Australia                      472.3    5,386.8  28      498.5    5,725.0  28
Austria                        225.3    2,561.0  37      232.7    2,655.5  40
Azerbaijan                       0.3        4.9 167        0.4        5.2 168

Bahamas                         17.2      142.4  97       17.6      153.7  98
Bahrain                         14.0      155.5  95       15.3      169.8  95
Bangladesh                     104.0    1,845.9  46      109.4    1,946.7  47
Barbados                         2.7       34.5 126        2.8       35.6 128
Belarus                          9.4      105.4 107       10.1      112.5 107
Belgium                        685.2    8,440.0  21      701.3    8,657.1  22
Belize                           3.9       65.9 116        4.1       70.3 116
Benin                            0.4        3.6 175        0.4        4.4 172
Bermuda                          0.6       11.5 155        0.7       11.8 156
Bhutan                           (-)        0.9 194        (-)        0.9 193
Bolivia                         26.0      223.6  85       27.4      233.7  86
Bosnia-Hercegovina               0.6        7.4 160        0.6        7.8 161
Botswana                         1.4       19.8 142        1.4       20.5 142
Brazil                         847.7   10,101.9  16      886.7   10,621.2  16
British Indian
    Ocean Territory              0.1        0.5 202        0.1        0.5 202
British Virgin Islands           0.9        7.5 158        1.0        7.9 160
Brunei                          31.0      211.2  89       34.3      224.4  89
Bulgaria                        12.3      219.1  87       13.1      232.3  87
Burkina                          (-)        0.6 199        (-)        0.6 200
Burma (Myanmar)                 14.9      163.7  94       15.7      174.9  94
Burundi                          0.1        7.7 157        0.1        8.0 159

Cambodia                        46.1      365.0  73       48.9      387.7  73
Cameroon                         4.2       53.3 119        4.6       59.7 119
Canada                      14,466.7  173,256.1   1   14,720.2  176,464.6   1
Cape Verde                       (-)        0.2 211        (-)        0.2 211
Cayman Islands                   1.1       18.1 143        1.1       18.6 143
Central African Republic         (-)        2.8 181        (-)        2.8 183
Chad                             0.2        7.5 159        0.2        8.1 158
Chile                          224.3    2,452.5  40      253.3    2,810.6  36
China                        5,322.1   71,168.7   4    5,655.5   75,123.5   4
Christmas Island                 0.1        0.3 206        0.1        0.3 205
Cocos (Keeling) Island           (-)        0.2 215        (-)        0.2 216
Colombia                       416.7    4,656.2  30      444.4    4,945.2  30
Comoros                          (-)        0.8 195        (-)        0.8 195
Congo (Brazzaville)             21.6      315.4  76       24.3      336.5  76
Congo (Kinshasa)                13.6      171.7  91       14.7      180.7  91
Cook Islands                     (-)        0.8 196        (-)        0.8 197
Costa Rica                     300.7    2,744.9  35      317.1    2,926.7  35
Croatia                          5.1       72.6 113        5.3       76.3 113
Cuba                             (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Cyprus                           4.6       31.8 133        5.1       34.8 129
Czech Republic                  59.3      673.4  62       61.4      700.5  63

Denmark                        223.0    2,395.0  41      231.9    2,496.0  41
Djibouti                         (-)        0.5 201        (-)        0.5 201
Dominica                         0.8        6.4 163        0.9        6.8 163
Dominican Republic             354.0    4,441.2  31      362.2    4,549.3  31

Ecuador                        126.2    1,752.1  48      143.9    1,984.7  46
Egypt                           48.3      660.3  63       50.5      698.6  64
El Salvador                    117.2    1,437.9  53      120.2    1,478.7  53
Equatorial Guinea                2.1       66.6 115        2.5       73.6 115
Eritrea                          (-)        0.8 197        (-)        0.8 196
Estonia                         14.0      125.4 102       15.6      138.3 101
Ethiopia                         4.9       52.3 120        5.1       54.5 120

Falkland Islands                 (-)        0.2 212        (-)        0.2 214
Faroe Islands                    2.0       11.3 156        2.1       11.8 155
Fed. Republic of Germany     4,918.4   49,842.0   5    5,071.6   51,302.7   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia               1.5       12.6 151        1.7       13.5 151
Fiji                             3.6      101.1 108        4.4      112.3 108
Finland                        224.6    2,595.6  36      235.9    2,747.5  37
France                       2,007.3   24,015.9   8    2,069.1   24,650.6   9
French Guiana                    (-)        3.2 177        (-)        3.2 179
French Polynesia                 1.6       32.7 130        1.7       33.2 132
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands              (-)        1.1 191        (-)        1.1 191

Gabon                           60.8    1,258.8  56       66.5    1,370.3  55
Gambia                           0.2        2.0 187        0.2        2.1 187
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                    (-)        0.1 217        (-)        0.2 212
Georgia                          0.3       14.2 148        0.3       15.3 148
Ghana                           10.3      143.2  96       10.9      152.3  99
Gibraltar                        3.9        6.0 165        3.9        6.0 165
Greece                          38.5      466.7  68       43.1      514.9  67
Greenland                        0.4        7.3 161        0.4        7.7 162
Grenada                          0.8       12.1 154        0.8       12.6 153
Guadeloupe                       0.1        2.3 183        0.1        2.4 184
Guatemala                      182.7    2,071.6  44      192.5    2,212.0  44
Guinea                          10.6      115.3 103       13.7      141.9 100
Guinea-Bissau                    (-)        0.2 213        (-)        0.2 213
Guyana                          11.9      137.0  99       14.7      157.4  96

Haiti                           25.0      271.8  80       25.7      281.5  82
Heard and
    McDonald Isles               0.1        0.2 214        0.1        0.2 215
Honduras                       210.7    2,544.4  38      216.4    2,661.3  39
Hong Kong                      784.0   10,538.2  15      816.3   10,935.1  15
Hungary                        180.0    1,566.5  52      183.8    1,609.6  52

Iceland                         50.2      267.9  82       51.7      283.7  81
India                          546.6    8,237.2  23      578.6    8,672.1  21
Indonesia                      717.6    9,340.6  17      772.6    9,976.8  17
Iran                             (-)        (-) 222        (-)        (-) 222
Iraq                           114.9    1,183.2  57      129.8    1,343.4  56
Ireland                        595.3    8,400.9  22      603.1    8,495.1  23
Israel                         680.8    8,640.4  20      697.0    8,797.8  20
Italy                        1,821.0   20,959.1  10    1,899.2   21,855.9  10
Ivory Coast                     53.6      425.9  70       57.4      456.8  70

Jamaica                         60.7      755.0  61       65.1      800.5  61
Japan                       10,476.4  121,845.0   2   10,744.3  124,951.3   2
Jordan                           2.1       16.4 146        2.2       17.1 146

Kazakhstan                       8.6      168.7  92        9.2      177.7  92
Kenya                            8.4       98.5 110        8.9      105.0 109
Kiribati                         0.2        1.1 190        0.2        1.3 190
Korea, South                 2,110.4   23,941.8   9    2,187.7   24,810.6   8
Kuwait                          52.7    1,266.0  54       64.2    1,464.6  54
Kyrgyzstan                       (-)        0.3 208        (-)        0.3 208

Laos                             0.6       21.0 141        0.6       22.1 141
Latvia                          20.2      114.7 104       22.5      125.9 104
Lebanon                          8.0       82.5 111        8.2       84.8 112
Lesotho                          9.1      100.0 109        9.5      104.5 110
Liberia                          2.6       25.1 137        2.8       26.6 137
Libya                            (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                   19.2      242.6  84       19.8      250.0  84
Lithuania                        9.8       80.9 112       10.5       87.6 111
Luxembourg                      33.1      373.1  72       34.9      397.3  72

Macao                           99.8    1,108.6  58      103.7    1,152.0  58
Macedonia (Skopje)               8.1      175.4  90        8.6      184.2  90
Madagascar                       7.6       71.4 114        8.2       75.5 114
Malawi                           6.5       60.4 118        7.1       64.6 118
Malaysia                     1,595.7   19,000.0  11    1,637.7   19,517.0  11
Maldives                         3.0       32.9 129        3.1       36.6 126
Mali                             0.1        3.4 176        0.2        3.7 176

Malta                           25.7      340.3  75       26.0      346.4  75
Marshall Islands                 (-)        3.8 174        (-)        4.1 174
Martinique                       (-)        1.0 192        (-)        1.1 192
Mauritania                       (-)        0.4 203        (-)        0.4 203
Mauritius                       21.0      271.6  81       22.0      289.1  80
Mexico                       7,778.5   94,629.0   3    7,888.3   95,996.3   3
Moldova                         12.8      109.3 105       13.8      117.6 105
Monaco                           0.6       25.7 136        0.6       26.4 138
Mongolia                         3.2       41.8 124        3.5       44.9 124
Montserrat                       (-)        0.2 209        (-)        0.2 209
Morocco                         31.1      343.0  74       33.6      366.9  74
Mozambique                       1.5       25.8 135        1.6       27.5 135

Namibia                          3.0       51.8 121        3.1       54.3 121
Nauru                            (-)        0.1 218        (-)        0.1 218
Nepal                           14.7      139.4  98       16.1      153.8  97
Netherlands                    658.9    7,599.3  25      689.4    8,017.6  25
Netherlands Antilles            21.0      308.2  78       22.6      327.9  78
New Caledonia                    0.4       21.7 140        0.5       25.0 139
New Zealand                    145.7    1,644.6  50      158.9    1,802.2  50
Nicaragua                       34.4      452.7  69       35.5      470.9  69
Niger                            0.2        1.7 189        0.2        1.8 189
Nigeria                        195.0    4,194.0  32      214.4    4,547.9  32
Niue                             (-)        0.1 220        (-)        0.1 220
Norfolk Island                   (-)        0.1 219        (-)        0.1 219
North Korea                      (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Norway                         249.1    2,871.6  34      263.5    3,035.2  34

Oman                            17.2      216.8  88       18.1      230.5  88

Pakistan                       129.3    1,691.7  49      137.1    1,788.5  51
Palau                            1.5       13.6 149        1.5       14.4 149
Panama                          28.0      312.3  77       29.4      330.2  77
Papua New Guinea                 9.3      129.6 100       10.0      136.4 102
Paraguay                         3.4       33.5 128        3.6       36.3 127
Peru                           241.7    1,975.5  45      255.2    2,070.6  45
Philippines                    897.6   11,947.3  14      927.4   12,333.4  14
Pitcairn Island                  (-)        0.3 207        (-)        0.3 207
Poland                          53.7      783.7  60       57.6      834.7  60
Portugal                        97.7    1,265.3  55      102.5    1,326.7  57

Qatar                           16.9      220.4  86       17.7      237.5  85

Republic of Yemen                0.2       37.6 125        0.2       43.2 125
Reunion                          (-)        0.3 205        (-)        0.3 206
Romania                         28.6      393.3  71       30.6      420.2  71
Russia                         434.6    5,747.2  27      451.5    6,023.5  27
Rwanda                           0.2        4.0 173        0.3        4.1 175

San Marino                       0.7        4.1 172        0.7        4.2 173
Sao Tome and Principe            (-)        0.7 198        (-)        0.7 198
Saudi Arabia                   452.7    6,241.3  26      520.8    7,064.5  26
Senegal                          0.3        5.2 166        0.4        5.7 166
Seychelles                       0.1        2.2 185        0.1        2.3 185
Sierra Leone                     0.5       12.3 153        0.5       12.4 154
Singapore                    1,536.9   18,355.7  12    1,564.7   18,652.4  12
Slovakia                        12.6      165.7  93       13.4      176.7  93
Slovenia                        22.3      287.0  79       23.3      300.2  79
Solomon Islands                  0.1        2.9 180        0.1        3.6 177
Somalia                          (-)        0.6 200        (-)        0.6 199
South Africa                   260.7    3,049.1  33      271.2    3,183.4  33
Spain                          443.9    4,780.2  29      471.9    5,107.5  29
Sri Lanka                      115.9    1,766.5  47      121.7    1,857.0  48
St Helena                        (-)        0.2 210        (-)        0.2 210
St Kitts and Nevis               2.5       31.8 132        2.6       32.9 134
St Lucia                         1.7       22.4 139        1.8       23.0 140
St Pierre and Miquelon           1.5        4.9 168        1.5        5.0 169
St Vincent and Grenadines        0.8        4.8 169        0.8        4.9 170
Sudan                            (-)        3.1 178        (-)        3.4 178

Suriname                        10.2      106.1 106       11.0      112.9 106
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl          (-)        0.9 193        (-)        0.9 194
Swaziland                        1.4       25.1 138        1.5       26.9 136
Sweden                         810.3    7,848.0  24      831.6    8,087.6  24
Switzerland                    725.0    8,690.3  19      739.4    8,911.0  19
Syria                            2.2       45.9 123        2.4       47.9 123

Taiwan                       2,826.2   33,124.8   7    2,936.8   34,345.7   7
Tajikistan                       0.1       32.6 131        0.1       33.2 133
Tanzania                         3.6       31.5 134        3.7       33.4 131
Thailand                     1,100.0   13,436.4  13    1,148.6   13,972.7  13
Togo                             0.1        2.2 184        0.1        2.9 182
Tokelau                          1.2        3.0 179        1.2        3.2 180
Tonga                            0.7        6.1 164        0.7        6.7 164
Trinidad and Tobago             60.6      976.9  59       68.5    1,077.6  59
Tunisia                          2.5       61.5 117        2.6       64.7 117
Turkey                         149.1    2,542.7  39      157.1    2,674.4  38
Turkmenistan                     0.3        2.8 182        0.3        3.0 181
Turks and Caicos Islands         0.5        4.6 171        0.6        4.8 171
Tuvalu                           (-)        (-) 224        (-)        (-) 224

Uganda                           1.2       15.1 147        1.2       15.9 147
Ukraine                         33.1      531.4  66       35.8      586.2  66
United Arab Emirates            41.7      659.9  64       43.6      707.5  62
United Kingdom               3,010.7   34,838.2   6    3,100.9   35,767.4   6
Uruguay                         16.3      255.7  83       17.1      265.4  83
Uzbekistan                       5.5       34.1 127        5.6       34.8 130

Vanuatu                          1.0        4.7 170        1.2        5.4 167
Vatican City                     (-)        0.3 204        (-)        0.4 204
Venezuela                      610.0    9,181.4  18      670.2    9,966.6  18
Vietnam                         45.7      554.1  65       48.7      596.8  65

Wallis and Futuna                (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
West Bank Administered                   
    by Israel                    (-)        0.1 221        (-)        0.1 221
Western Sahara                   (-)        (-) 223        (-)        (-) 223
Western Samoa                    0.5        6.8 162        0.6        9.1 157

Yugoslavia                       1.0       12.6 150        1.0       13.6 150

Zambia                           1.8       47.3 122        1.9       47.9 122
Zimbabwe                         7.7      127.2 101        8.0      135.1 103

Unidentified                     (-)        (-) (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
                            
North America               22,245.2  267,885.1 (X)   22,608.5  272,460.9 (X)
Western Europe              17,060.8  191,971.0 (X)   17,627.9  198,246.8 (X)
Euro Area                   11,710.9  130,832.4 (X)   12,111.6  135,213.5 (X)
European Union (EU)         15,793.3  176,380.3 (X)   16,319.2  182,079.5 (X)
European Free Trade Assoc.   1,043.5   12,072.4 (X)    1,074.3   12,479.8 (X)
Eastern Europe                 897.8   10,902.7 (X)      937.9   11,465.2 (X)
Former Soviet Republics        550.3    7,088.6 (X)      576.9    7,478.3 (X)
Organization for Economic
 Cooperation and Development
  (OECD) in Europe          16,987.3  191,026.1 (X)   17,552.0  197,265.2 (X)
Pacific Rim Countries       27,024.8  327,742.9 (X)   28,048.3  339,685.9 (X)
Asia Near East               1,403.3   18,765.9 (X)    1,519.5   20,208.6 (X)
NICS                         7,257.5   85,960.5 (X)    7,505.5   88,743.9 (X)
Asia - SOUTH                   911.5   13,697.4 (X)      963.9   14,435.6 (X)
ASEAN                        5,924.8   72,656.1 (X)    6,134.2   75,064.5 (X)
APEC                        51,216.6  618,685.1 (X)   52,710.4  636,469.0 (X)
South/Central America        4,199.9   50,266.1 (X)    4,473.3   53,629.3 (X)
Twenty Latin American
 Republics                  11,741.5  141,769.3 (X)   12,103.6  146,258.1 (X)
Central American Common
 Market                        845.7    9,251.6 (X)      881.7    9,749.6 (X)
LAFTA                       10,488.7  127,492.4 (X)   10,804.5  131,347.7 (X)
NATO Allies                 28,853.0  333,914.0 (X)   29,608.3  342,552.7 (X)
OPEC                         2,300.0   33,924.7 (X)    2,543.1   37,115.1 (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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