                        PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
    EXHIBIT 18.  EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS BY SELECTED
                                   COUNTRIES
                                        
          (In millions of dollars.  Detail may not equal totals due to
           rounding.  (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit 
                              of measurement shown
                                        

Total
                                                            Cumulative
Country                         December      November      to-date

EXPORTS

TOTAL                               6,335         6,898        80,460

Australia                             122            94         1,184
Austria                                49            40           567
Belgium                                33            33           530
Brazil                                 37            33           526
Canada                              3,487         4,044        45,451
Germany                               356           413         4,999
Japan                                 186           193         2,527
Korea                                  31            42           392
Mexico                              1,009         1,117        13,588
Saudi Arabia                           84            59           867
Sweden                                 27            22           250
Taiwan                                 23            16           202
United Kingdom                        162           152         2,020

Other                                 729           641         7,357

IMPORTS

TOTAL                              18,265        18,520       208,302

Australia                              66            36           356
Austria                                99            97           807
Belgium                               167            97         1,134
Brazil                                155           173         2,026
Canada                              4,950         5,230        60,035
Germany                             2,695         2,420        25,221
Japan                               3,897         4,302        46,644
Korea                               1,022           984         9,491
Mexico                              2,914         3,274        39,467
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)             3
Sweden                                346           259         3,189
Taiwan                                122           121         1,529
United Kingdom                        692           508         6,486
Other                               1,141         1,018        11,914
                                        
                               _________________

Cars
                                                            Cumulative
Country                         December      November      to-date

EXPORTS

TOTAL                               1,915         1,964        22,111

Australia                              33            12           266
Austria                                 1           (-)            16
Belgium                                 5             4           126
Brazil                                (-)           (-)            12
Canada                                925         1,052        10,713
Germany                               271           325         3,937
Japan                                  36            44           464
Korea                                   4            12            80
Mexico                                263           199         2,498
Saudi Arabia                           56            40           640
Sweden                                  3             2            31
Taiwan                                  4             3            54
United Kingdom                         78            57           877

Other                                 235           212         2,399

IMPORTS

TOTAL                              10,571        10,565       114,365

Australia                              46            16           141
Austria                                88            87           521
Belgium                               136            82           946
Brazil                                 26            58           546
Canada                              2,517         2,685        30,517
Germany                             2,241         1,994        19,711
Japan                               2,607         3,079        32,195
Korea                                 896           865         7,937
Mexico                                861           833        11,826
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Sweden                                318           236         2,875
Taiwan                                  6            10            83
United Kingdom                        571           407         5,005
Other                                 258           212         2,062
                                        
                               _________________

Trucks
                                                            Cumulative
Country                         December      November      to-date

EXPORTS

TOTAL                                 922           950        10,526

Australia                              34            22           252
Austria                               (-)           (-)             1
Belgium                                 3             2            23
Brazil                                (-)           (-)            48
Canada                                608           696         7,641
Germany                                 3             3            50
Japan                                   2             3            37
Korea                                   1             3            14
Mexico                                 69            83           933
Saudi Arabia                           10             5            77
Sweden                                (-)             1            16
Taiwan                                  6             2            11
United Kingdom                          7             6            89

Other                                 179           123         1,332

IMPORTS

TOTAL                               1,735         1,811        19,807

Australia                             (-)           (-)             3
Austria                               (-)           (-)             1
Belgium                                22             6            87
Brazil                                  6           (-)            26
Canada                                963           966        10,781
Germany                                 1             4            54
Japan                                  65            48           502
Korea                                 (-)             1             2
Mexico                                621           745         7,792
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Sweden                                  5             7            72
Taiwan                                (-)           (-)             9
United Kingdom                         31            23           301
Other                                  22            12           176
                                        
                               _________________

Parts
                                                            Cumulative
Country                         December      November      to-date

EXPORTS

TOTAL                               3,498         3,984        47,822

Australia                              55            60           666
Austria                                47            39           550
Belgium                                25            27           380
Brazil                                 36            33           466
Canada                              1,954         2,296        27,096
Germany                                82            85         1,013
Japan                                 148           145         2,026
Korea                                  26            27           297
Mexico                                677           834        10,158
Saudi Arabia                           18            14           150
Sweden                                 24            18           203
Taiwan                                 13            12           137
United Kingdom                         77            88         1,054

Other                                 315           306         3,626

IMPORTS

TOTAL                               5,958         6,143        74,129

Australia                              21            20           212
Austria                                10             9           285
Belgium                                 9             8           101
Brazil                                123           115         1,454
Canada                              1,470         1,579        18,737
Germany                               453           423         5,456
Japan                               1,225         1,176        13,947
Korea                                 126           118         1,552
Mexico                              1,432         1,696        19,849
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)             3
Sweden                                 23            16           242
Taiwan                                115           110         1,437
United Kingdom                         91            78         1,179
Other                                 860           795         9,676
                                                  

NOTE:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments basis.  For information on
data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the information section
on page 26 of this release, or at www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/press.html
or www.bea.gov/bea/rels.htm.
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-04-25, BEA-04-07), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2003.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
