                        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
Country                           January      December
				     2004          2003

EXPORTS

TOTAL                               5,776         6,335

Australia                              95           122
Austria                                32            49
Belgium                                25            33
Brazil                                 38            37
Canada                              3,201         3,487
Germany                               288           356
Japan                                 151           186
Korea                                  36            31
Mexico                              1,115         1,009
Saudi Arabia                           58            84
Sweden                                 23            27
Taiwan                                 15            23
United Kingdom                        163           162

Other                                 538           729

IMPORTS

TOTAL                              15,842        18,265

Australia                              64            66
Austria                                45            99
Belgium                                84           167
Brazil                                156           155
Canada                              4,470         4,950
Germany                             1,654         2,695
Japan                               3,598         3,897
Korea                               1,061         1,022
Mexico                              2,981         2,914
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)
Sweden                                152           346
Taiwan                                132           122
United Kingdom                        360           692
Other                               1,085         1,141
                                        
                               _________________

Cars
Country                           January      December
				     2004          2003
EXPORTS

TOTAL                               1,189         1,915

Australia                              25            33
Austria                                 1             1
Belgium                                 3             5
Brazil                                  1           (-)
Canada                                474           925
Germany                               196           271
Japan                                  30            36
Korea                                   1             4
Mexico                                197           263
Saudi Arabia                           32            56
Sweden                                  3             3
Taiwan                                  4             4
United Kingdom                         79            78

Other                                 144           235

IMPORTS

TOTAL                               8,362        10,571

Australia                              45            46
Austria                                36            88
Belgium                                67           136
Brazil                                 27            26
Canada                              2,192         2,517
Germany                             1,240         2,241
Japan                               2,486         2,607
Korea                                 918           896
Mexico                                746           861
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)
Sweden                                132           318
Taiwan                                  2             6
United Kingdom                        264           571
Other                                 206           258
                                        
                               _________________

Trucks
Country                           January      December
				     2004	   2003
EXPORTS

TOTAL                                 718           922

Australia                              23            34
Austria                               (-)           (-)
Belgium                                 1             3
Brazil                                (-)           (-)
Canada                                470           608
Germany                                 6             3
Japan                                   2             2
Korea                                   1             1
Mexico                                 86            69
Saudi Arabia                           10            10
Sweden                                (-)           (-)
Taiwan                                  2             6
United Kingdom                          3             7

Other                                 112           179

IMPORTS

TOTAL                               1,414         1,735

Australia                             (-)           (-)
Austria                               (-)           (-)
Belgium                                11            22
Brazil                                  9             6
Canada                                747           963
Germany                               (-)             1
Japan                                  57            65
Korea                                 (-)           (-)
Mexico                                553           621
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)
Sweden                                  3             5
Taiwan                                (-)           (-)
United Kingdom                         16            31
Other                                  18            22
                                        
                               _________________

Parts
Country                           January      December
				     2004          2003
EXPORTS

TOTAL                               3,870         3,498

Australia                              47            55
Austria                                30            47
Belgium                                21            25
Brazil                                 37            36
Canada                              2,258         1,954
Germany                                86            82
Japan                                 119           148
Korea                                  33            26
Mexico                                832           677
Saudi Arabia                           16            18
Sweden                                 20            24
Taiwan                                  9            13
United Kingdom                         81            77

Other                                 281           315

IMPORTS

TOTAL                               6,066         5,958

Australia                              19            21
Austria                                 9            10
Belgium                                 7             9
Brazil                                121           123
Canada                              1,531         1,470
Germany                               413           453
Japan                               1,055         1,225
Korea                                 143           126
Mexico                              1,681         1,432
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)
Sweden                                 17            23
Taiwan                                129           115
United Kingdom                         80            91
Other                                 861           860
                                                  

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-04-38, BEA-04-10), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2004.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
