
     Exhibit 2.  U.S. Merchandise Trade:  Domestic Exports (1) by Selected
                                     World Areas and Countries
                                      In millions of dollars.  

NOTE:  This exhibit is compiled from detailed merchandise trade data. For information
on nonsampling errors and other data limitations refer to the Technical Documentation 
(http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/2000pr/aip/rp00-techdoc.txt).

 
      Selected World                                             Related
      Areas/Countries (2)             Total Exports           Party Trade

                                    Value      Percent      Value      Percent

                                                                     
TOTAL  (4)                          779,624       100.0     245,863        31.5
Domestic Exports (1)                711,531        91.3     222,361        31.3
                                                                     
North America                       255,286        32.7     106,478        41.7
  Canada                            155,601        20.0      64,133        41.2
  Mexico                             99,685        12.8      42,345        42.5
Western Europe                      167,677        21.5      48,300        28.8
 European Union (EU)                152,652        19.6      46,541        30.5
  France                             18,921         2.4       5,918        31.3
  Germany                            27,403         3.5       8,010        29.2
  Netherlands                        20,326         2.6       8,258        40.6
  United Kingdom                     38,148         4.9      10,484        27.5
  Other European Union               47,855         6.1      13,871        29.0
Eastern Europe                        5,866         0.8         946        16.1
Pacific Rim                         187,875        24.1      49,799        26.5
  China                              15,335         2.0       1,872        12.2
  Japan                              60,751         7.8      22,747        37.4
  NICs                               76,912         9.9      14,230        18.5
    Hong Kong                        12,208         1.6       2,314        19.0
    Korea                            26,302         3.4       3,003        11.4
    Singapore                        15,999         2.1       5,760        36.0
    Taiwan                           22,404         2.9       3,153        14.1
  Other Pacific Rim                  34,877         4.5      10,950        31.4
South/Central America                55,849         7.2      10,381        18.6
    Argentina                         4,323         0.6       1,120        25.9
    Brazil                           14,025         1.8       3,333        23.8
    Chile                             3,183         0.4         388        12.2
    Colombia                          3,475         0.4         500        14.4
    Other South/Central America      30,843         4.0       5,039        16.3
OPEC                                 18,234         2.3       2,655        14.6
Other countries                      38,977         5.0       6,457        16.6
Reexports (1)                        68,093         8.7      23,502        34.5
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      Selected World                   Nonrelated        
      Areas/Countries (2)             Party Trade             Nonreported (3)

                                    Value      Percent      Value      Percent

TOTAL  (4)                          471,958        60.5      61,803         7.9
Domestic Exports (1)                429,271        60.3      59,899         8.4
                                                                     
North America                       126,788        49.7      22,020         8.6
  Canada                             80,787        51.9      10,680         6.9
  Mexico                             46,001        46.1      11,339        11.4
Western Europe                      106,563        63.6      12,815         7.6
 European Union (EU)                 95,483        62.5      10,628         7.0
  France                             11,611        61.4       1,392         7.4
  Germany                            17,464        63.7       1,928         7.0
  Netherlands                        10,971        54.0       1,098         5.4
  United Kingdom                     25,023        65.6       2,640         6.9
  Other European Union               30,414        63.6       3,570         7.5
Eastern Europe                        4,440        75.7         480         8.2
Pacific Rim                         124,905        66.5      13,172         7.0
  China                              12,422        81.0       1,041         6.8
  Japan                              34,209        56.3       3,796         6.2
  NICs                               57,224        74.4       5,459         7.1
    Hong Kong                         8,834        72.4       1,060         8.7
    Korea                            21,683        82.4       1,617         6.1
    Singapore                         9,119        57.0       1,120         7.0
    Taiwan                           17,588        78.5       1,663         7.4
  Other Pacific Rim                  21,050        60.4       2,876         8.2
South/Central America                38,674        69.2       6,794        12.2
    Argentina                         2,752        63.7         450        10.4
    Brazil                            9,567        68.2       1,125         8.0
    Chile                             2,426        76.2         369        11.6
    Colombia                          2,543        73.2         432        12.4
    Other South/Central America      21,386        69.3       4,418        14.3
OPEC                                 13,485        74.0       2,094        11.5
Other countries                      27,901        71.6       4,619        11.8
Reexports (1)                        42,687        62.7       1,904         2.8

(1) For definition, see Technical Documentation.
(2) World areas do not sum to total.  Venezuela is included in both OPEC and
    South/Central America,and Indonesia is included in both Pacific Rim and OPEC.
(3) Related party indicator was missing from export documentation.
(4) Total values are the summation of statistical month values and do not 
     include annual revisions or adjustments for late receipts.


SOURCE: Report U.S. Goods Trade: Imports & Exports by Related Parties, 2000 (CB-01-106), 
	Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, June 2001.  Inquiries related to 
	these data may be directed to the Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, 
	Special Projects Branch, Washington, D.C. 20233.  
	Contact name: Kathleen J. Puzzilla  (301) 457-3251.

