                                     Exhibit 8: U.S. General Imports of Merchandise
                                         Market/World Area by Country of Origin

Customs Value                                       Feb 2005

Country of Origin                                   Total

W O R L D  T O T A L                                      122,751.67

WORLD AREA = AFRICA Subtotal                                4,155.21

Algeria                                                       689.48
Angola                                                        414.05
Benin                                                           0.04
Botswana                                                        7.92
British Indian Ocean Terr                                        (-)
Burkina                                                         0.15
Burundi                                                         0.08
Cameroon                                                       20.45
Cape Verde                                                       (-)
Central African Republic                                        0.72
Chad                                                          104.19
Comoros                                                         0.10
Congo (Brazzaville)                                           108.14
Congo (Kinshasa)                                               34.51
Cote d'Ivoire                                                  97.98
Djibouti                                                        0.14
Egypt                                                         148.80
Equatorial Guinea                                             136.36
Eritrea                                                         0.03
Ethiopia                                                        2.45
French Southern and Antarctic Lands                              (-)
Gabon                                                         197.58
Gambia                                                          0.02
Ghana                                                           5.16
Guinea                                                          5.28
Guinea-Bissau                                                    (-)
Kenya                                                          21.69
Lesotho                                                        37.03
Liberia                                                         6.44
Madagascar                                                     20.30
Malawi                                                          7.02
Mali                                                            0.07
Mauritania                                                      0.09
Mauritius                                                      20.47
Morocco                                                        34.94
Mozambique                                                      0.54
Namibia                                                         5.95
Niger                                                           0.19
Nigeria                                                     1,529.36
Reunion                                                         0.40
Rwanda                                                          0.89
Sao Tome and Principe                                           0.08
Senegal                                                         0.11
Seychelles                                                      0.27
Sierra Leone                                                    0.54
Somalia                                                          (-)
South Africa                                                  442.53
St Helena                                                       0.80
Sudan                                                            (-)
Swaziland                                                      18.46
Tanzania                                                        2.70
Togo                                                            0.03
Tunisia                                                        11.95
Uganda                                                          1.23
Western Sahara                                                   (-)
Zambia                                                          4.09
Zimbabwe                                                       13.41

WORLD AREA = ASIA Subtotal                                 47,581.51

MARKET = ASIA, N.E.C. Subsubtotal                          12,939.60

Bhutan                                                           (-)
Brunei                                                         29.28
Burma (Myanmar)                                                 0.03
Cambodia                                                      128.31
Hong Kong                                                     554.28
Indonesia                                                     912.96
Korea, South                                                3,429.38
Laos                                                            0.38
Macao                                                          79.00
Malaysia                                                    2,108.18
Maldives                                                        1.05
Philippines                                                   682.68
Singapore                                                   1,130.08
Taiwan                                                      2,545.38
Thailand                                                    1,338.61

MARKET = JAPAN, Subsubtotal                                10,976.60

Japan                                                      10,976.60

MARKET = NEAR EAST ASIA,  Subsubtotal                       4,212.36

Bahrain                                                        31.53
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel                                (-)
Iran                                                           13.40
Iraq                                                          575.56
Israel                                                      1,200.84
Jordan                                                         80.78
Kuwait                                                        182.86
Lebanon                                                         6.70
Oman                                                          112.01
Qatar                                                          30.77
Republic of Yemen                                               4.62
Saudi Arabia                                                1,851.16
Syria                                                          37.48
United Arab Emirates                                           84.57
West Bank Administered by Israel                                0.08

MARKET = SELECTED AREAS IN ASIA,  Subsubtotal              17,486.69

China                                                      16,953.62
Mongolia                                                        9.23
North Korea                                                      (-)
Vietnam                                                       523.84

MARKET = SOUTH ASIA,  Subsubtotal                           1,966.26

Afghanistan                                                     0.88
Bangladesh                                                    193.89
India                                                       1,344.72
Nepal                                                           8.24
Pakistan                                                      242.16
Sri Lanka                                                     176.37

WORLD AREA = AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Subtotal                   686.06

Australia                                                     429.34
Christmas Island                                                0.08
Cocos (Keeling) Island                                          0.38
Cook Islands                                                    0.19
Fedrated States of Micronesia                                   0.79
Fiji                                                           10.94
French Polynesia                                                3.51
Heard and McDonald Islands                                       (-)
Kiribati                                                        0.04
Marshall Islands                                                3.09
Nauru                                                           0.01
New Caledonia                                                   1.57
New Zealand                                                   230.49
Niue                                                             (-)
Norfolk Island                                                   (-)
Palau                                                           0.01
Papua New Guinea                                                4.39
Pitcairn Island                                                  (-)
Solomon Islands                                                 0.16
Tokelau                                                         0.19
Tonga                                                           0.29
Tuvalu                                                           (-)
Vanuatu                                                         0.11
Wallis and Futuna                                                (-)
Western Samoa                                                   0.48

WORLD AREA = EUROPE Subtotal                               26,919.14

MARKET = OTHER EUROPE Subtotal                              3,474.28

Albania                                                         0.56
Andorra                                                         0.11
Armenia                                                         2.28
Azerbaijan                                                      0.71
Belarus                                                        23.01
Bosnia-Hercegovina                                              0.98
Bulgaria                                                       34.34
Croatia                                                        28.06
Faroe Islands                                                   0.61
Georgia                                                         0.61
Gibraltar                                                       0.20
Iceland                                                        18.25
Kazakhstan                                                    179.49
Kyrgyzstan                                                      0.98
Liechtenstein                                                  21.19
Macedonia (Skopje)                                              6.21
Moldova                                                         3.89
Monaco                                                          1.03
Norway                                                        357.64
Romania                                                        54.47
Russia                                                      1,183.43
San Marino                                                      0.17
Serbia and Montenegro                                           4.99
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                                       (-)
Switzerland                                                 1,059.07
Tajikistan                                                      0.39
Turkey                                                        411.22
Turkmenistan                                                    4.38
Ukraine                                                        73.29
Uzbekistan                                                      2.72
Vatican City                                                     (-)

MARKET = EUROPEAN UNION Subsubtotal                        23,444.86

Austria                                                       422.34
Belgium                                                       953.55
Cyprus                                                          2.57
Czech Republic                                                155.25
Denmark                                                       345.37
Estonia                                                         9.78
Federal Republic of Germany                                 6,366.72
Finland                                                       330.07
France                                                      2,597.97
Greece                                                         58.40
Hungary                                                       184.07
Ireland                                                     2,684.97
Italy                                                       2,265.05
Latvia                                                         20.08
Lithuania                                                      86.07
Luxembourg                                                     24.86
Malta                                                          23.90
Netherlands                                                   961.80
Poland                                                        138.62
Portugal                                                      198.79
Slovakia                                                       40.74
Slovenia                                                       35.52
Spain                                                         696.42
Sweden                                                      1,151.41
United Kingdom                                              3,690.54

WORLD AREA = WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subtotal                   43,289.81

MARKET = CANADA, Subsubtotal                               21,897.42

Canada                                                     21,897.42

MARKET = CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Subsubtotal         1,065.95

Costa Rica                                                    254.15
El Salvador                                                   154.26
Guatemala                                                     262.52
Honduras                                                      302.66
Nicaragua                                                      92.36

MARKET = LATIN AMERICAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION Subsu       19,039.99

Argentina                                                     316.84
Bolivia                                                        20.02
Brazil                                                      1,750.95
Chile                                                         548.03
Colombia                                                      587.17
Ecuador                                                       459.54
Mexico                                                     12,643.92
Paraguay                                                        2.59
Peru                                                          397.59
Uruguay                                                        52.15
Venezuela                                                   2,261.19

MARKET = OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS Subsubtotal           416.89

Cuba                                                             (-)
Dominican Republic                                            364.85
Haiti                                                          30.61
Panama                                                         21.43

MARKET = OTHER WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subsubtotal                 869.56

Anguilla                                                        0.18
Antigua and Barbuda                                             0.15
Aruba                                                         191.47
Bahamas                                                        70.66
Barbados                                                        2.89
Belize                                                         13.84
Bermuda                                                         0.80
British Virgin Islands                                          1.55
Cayman Islands                                                  0.70
Dominica                                                        0.18
Falkland Islands                                                2.23
French Guiana                                                   0.03
Greenland                                                       0.46
Grenada                                                         0.42
Guadeloupe                                                      0.33
Guyana                                                          7.71
Jamaica                                                        21.83
Martinique                                                      0.05
Montserrat                                                      0.01
Netherlands Antilles                                           54.44
St Kitts and Nevis                                              3.90
St Lucia                                                        1.24
St Pierre and Miquelon                                          0.02
St Vincent and the Grenadines                                   0.12
Suriname                                                       11.12
Trinidad and Tobago                                           483.11
Turks and Caicos Islands                                        0.12
                                                            
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Customs Value
Jan - Feb 2005

Country of Origin                                   Total Value     Vessel Value    Air Value

W O R L D  T O T A L                                      245,494.65      123,581.49       52,781.52

WORLD AREA = AFRICA Subtotal                                8,257.95        7,587.12          550.35

Algeria                                                     1,218.34        1,217.85            0.46
Angola                                                        863.81          831.64           11.04
Benin                                                           0.09            0.03            0.04
Botswana                                                       16.65            3.26           13.34
British Indian Ocean Terr                                        (-)             (-)             (-)
Burkina                                                         0.16            0.12            0.02
Burundi                                                         0.20            0.19            0.01
Cameroon                                                       56.03           54.89            0.23
Cape Verde                                                      0.30            0.10            0.21
Central African Republic                                        1.00            0.18            0.74
Chad                                                          170.74          170.17            0.02
Comoros                                                         0.16            0.14             (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                                           205.57          203.32            2.08
Congo (Kinshasa)                                               40.09           15.37           24.68
Cote d'Ivoire                                                 210.68          208.63            0.13
Djibouti                                                        0.21            0.19            0.02
Egypt                                                         279.58          251.51           23.18
Equatorial Guinea                                             220.14          219.10            0.28
Eritrea                                                         0.16            0.11            0.05
Ethiopia                                                        4.54            4.19            0.17
French Southern and Antarctic Lands                              (-)             (-)             (-)
Gabon                                                         454.87          454.55            0.03
Gambia                                                          0.02             (-)            0.02
Ghana                                                          13.70           11.96            1.07
Guinea                                                         10.80           10.23            0.50
Guinea-Bissau                                                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Kenya                                                          59.78           49.04            9.92
Lesotho                                                        80.18           70.25            9.86
Liberia                                                        14.05           13.89            0.10
Madagascar                                                     51.67           46.20            5.19
Malawi                                                         14.95           14.91            0.03
Mali                                                            0.22            0.02            0.15
Mauritania                                                      0.23            0.21             (-)
Mauritius                                                      42.93           33.61            9.23
Morocco                                                        74.76           50.77           23.05
Mozambique                                                      1.00            0.61            0.38
Namibia                                                        19.80           10.36            2.64
Niger                                                           1.17            0.07            0.32
Nigeria                                                     3,142.07        3,073.41            3.29
Reunion                                                         1.55            1.54             (-)
Rwanda                                                          1.37            1.34            0.02
Sao Tome and Principe                                           0.08             (-)            0.08
Senegal                                                         0.38            0.16            0.18
Seychelles                                                      0.48            0.12            0.26
Sierra Leone                                                    0.92            0.09            0.65
Somalia                                                          (-)             (-)             (-)
South Africa                                                  874.87          471.87          391.94
St Helena                                                       0.90            0.88            0.02
Sudan                                                           0.72            0.72             (-)
Swaziland                                                      44.79           43.13            1.49
Tanzania                                                        5.73            4.26            0.88
Togo                                                            0.06            0.01            0.05
Tunisia                                                        21.28           10.09           10.11
Uganda                                                          2.75            2.14            0.59
Western Sahara                                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Zambia                                                          9.61            9.47            0.13
Zimbabwe                                                       21.81           20.22            1.47

WORLD AREA = ASIA Subtotal                                 97,054.33       66,994.49       27,264.94

MARKET = ASIA, N.E.C. Subsubtotal                          27,558.66       15,361.30       11,482.71

Bhutan                                                          0.37            0.36            0.01
Brunei                                                         47.94           45.65            2.28
Burma (Myanmar)                                                 0.05             (-)            0.05
Cambodia                                                      266.98          238.58           27.33
Hong Kong                                                   1,306.86          809.52          448.18
Indonesia                                                   1,806.60        1,540.08          245.57
Korea, South                                                7,532.95        4,776.62        2,616.47
Laos                                                            0.41            0.26            0.15
Macao                                                         190.08          144.43           43.76
Malaysia                                                    4,432.27        1,447.82        2,871.64
Maldives                                                        4.73            4.15            0.58
Philippines                                                 1,340.40          679.86          624.27
Singapore                                                   2,325.87          492.14        1,740.41
Taiwan                                                      5,512.17        3,438.14        1,890.05
Thailand                                                    2,790.98        1,743.69          971.96

MARKET = JAPAN, Subsubtotal                                21,183.97       15,267.30        5,387.44

Japan                                                      21,183.97       15,267.30        5,387.44

MARKET = NEAR EAST ASIA,  Subsubtotal                       8,433.62        6,036.64        2,183.32

Bahrain                                                        79.35           60.06           19.15
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iran                                                           27.87           11.58           15.74
Iraq                                                        1,088.08        1,023.25           51.26
Israel                                                      2,585.49          458.19        1,970.13
Jordan                                                        197.38          152.13           43.80
Kuwait                                                        410.84          393.13           15.12
Lebanon                                                        12.91            6.69            4.64
Oman                                                          159.48          151.97            5.22
Qatar                                                          66.99           47.61            3.55
Republic of Yemen                                              36.97           36.72            0.16
Saudi Arabia                                                3,535.51        3,511.02            8.83
Syria                                                          57.72           55.99            0.80
United Arab Emirates                                          174.91          128.18           44.92
West Bank Administered by Israel                                0.12            0.12             (-)

MARKET = SELECTED AREAS IN ASIA,  Subsubtotal              35,902.80       27,691.88        6,936.15

China                                                      34,817.32       26,684.08        6,872.30
Mongolia                                                       23.22           21.68            1.47
North Korea                                                      (-)             (-)             (-)
Vietnam                                                     1,062.26          986.12           62.38

MARKET = SOUTH ASIA,  Subsubtotal                           3,975.28        2,637.37        1,275.32

Afghanistan                                                     2.53            0.07            2.36
Bangladesh                                                    388.87          350.93           33.67
India                                                       2,742.17        1,604.05        1,092.18
Nepal                                                          18.01           11.17            6.35
Pakistan                                                      448.73          393.90           51.36
Sri Lanka                                                     374.97          277.25           89.40

WORLD AREA = AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Subtotal                 1,482.01        1,124.01          281.11

Australia                                                     956.13          677.16          217.63
Christmas Island                                                0.09            0.04            0.01
Cocos (Keeling) Island                                          0.39            0.16             (-)
Cook Islands                                                    0.28            0.01            0.24
Fedrated States of Micronesia                                   1.10            1.07            0.02
Fiji                                                           22.96           20.05            1.54
French Polynesia                                                8.17            1.82            4.54
Heard and McDonald Islands                                       (-)             (-)             (-)
Kiribati                                                        0.08             (-)            0.08
Marshall Islands                                                4.26            2.08            1.49
Nauru                                                           0.01             (-)             (-)
New Caledonia                                                   3.13            2.99            0.14
New Zealand                                                   474.12          410.09           53.32
Niue                                                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Norfolk Island                                                  0.01             (-)            0.01
Palau                                                           0.12            0.10            0.02
Papua New Guinea                                                8.31            7.32            0.89
Pitcairn Island                                                 0.11            0.10             (-)
Solomon Islands                                                 0.24            0.09            0.14
Tokelau                                                         0.89            0.40            0.48
Tonga                                                           0.55            0.03            0.30
Tuvalu                                                           (-)             (-)             (-)
Vanuatu                                                         0.24            0.07            0.16
Wallis and Futuna                                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Western Samoa                                                   0.82            0.43            0.10

WORLD AREA = EUROPE Subtotal                               52,397.82       26,442.66       21,371.24

MARKET = OTHER EUROPE Subtotal                              6,805.73        4,567.52        1,968.11

Albania                                                         1.26            1.12            0.13
Andorra                                                         0.14             (-)            0.14
Armenia                                                         3.76            0.90            2.14
Azerbaijan                                                      1.30            0.42            0.81
Belarus                                                        62.44           60.35            1.20
Bosnia-Hercegovina                                              2.89            2.17            0.64
Bulgaria                                                       67.05           54.03            9.29
Croatia                                                        54.05           14.08           38.90
Faroe Islands                                                   1.40            1.00            0.13
Georgia                                                         1.31            0.86            0.30
Gibraltar                                                       1.41            0.17            1.01
Iceland                                                        37.30           24.94           11.63
Kazakhstan                                                    238.50          227.36            8.10
Kyrgyzstan                                                      1.55            1.50             (-)
Liechtenstein                                                  41.58            9.29            8.55
Macedonia (Skopje)                                             10.71            9.77            0.92
Moldova                                                         7.03            4.88            2.13
Monaco                                                          2.34            1.59            0.57
Norway                                                        790.50          663.60          107.59
Romania                                                       114.49           80.03           26.28
Russia                                                      2,298.54        2,134.69          131.03
San Marino                                                      0.19            0.15            0.04
Serbia and Montenegro                                          10.29            8.74            0.53
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                                       (-)             (-)             (-)
Switzerland                                                 2,028.79          425.63        1,457.55
Tajikistan                                                     29.43           29.31            0.02
Turkey                                                        836.40          660.86          151.67
Turkmenistan                                                    8.22            7.40            0.81
Ukraine                                                       140.03          131.78            4.11
Uzbekistan                                                     12.81           10.90            1.88
Vatican City                                                    0.02             (-)            0.01

MARKET = EUROPEAN UNION Subsubtotal                        45,592.09       21,875.14       19,403.13

Austria                                                       843.70          469.44          294.24
Belgium                                                     1,932.02          966.06          845.75
Cyprus                                                          4.97            2.33            2.59
Czech Republic                                                313.14          146.91          107.90
Denmark                                                       691.57          264.04          353.88
Estonia                                                        30.05           22.95            3.07
Federal Republic of Germany                                12,434.84        7,235.16        3,666.85
Finland                                                       614.92          396.93          167.65
France                                                      5,173.63        1,895.38        2,543.24
Greece                                                        135.20          116.02           16.40
Hungary                                                       381.40          104.93          248.10
Ireland                                                     4,649.54          591.32        3,978.53
Italy                                                       4,625.05        2,495.11        1,706.74
Latvia                                                         43.96           38.20            1.28
Lithuania                                                     130.88          124.64            3.87
Luxembourg                                                     47.49           35.58            8.41
Malta                                                          49.59            5.51           41.96
Netherlands                                                 2,004.02        1,162.36          691.47
Poland                                                        301.22          207.06           59.18
Portugal                                                      395.37          177.13          180.56
Slovakia                                                       74.33           58.11           10.40
Slovenia                                                       68.51           40.59           24.57
Spain                                                       1,321.32          761.27          482.56
Sweden                                                      2,071.08        1,069.80          844.49
United Kingdom                                              7,254.29        3,488.31        3,119.44

WORLD AREA = WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subtotal                   86,178.84       21,309.51        3,313.88

MARKET = CANADA, Subsubtotal                               43,623.23        1,760.83        1,187.87

Canada                                                     43,623.23        1,760.83        1,187.87

MARKET = CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Subsubtotal         2,009.61        1,706.59          254.87

Costa Rica                                                    483.09          307.26          148.45
El Salvador                                                   288.45          261.64           26.05
Guatemala                                                     506.84          469.63           30.68
Honduras                                                      549.67          515.93           31.52
Nicaragua                                                     181.56          152.13           18.17

MARKET = LATIN AMERICAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION Subsu       38,100.13       15,623.05        1,725.47

Argentina                                                     715.14          659.22           45.88
Bolivia                                                        36.47           23.05           13.30
Brazil                                                      3,745.09        3,039.52          347.48
Chile                                                       1,216.26        1,065.92          134.67
Colombia                                                    1,215.53          919.23          226.22
Ecuador                                                       891.51          825.44           50.76
Mexico                                                     24,749.54        3,909.05          575.04
Paraguay                                                        7.93            6.87            0.91
Peru                                                          730.80          416.10          308.86
Uruguay                                                       105.98           96.07            9.23
Venezuela                                                   4,685.88        4,662.58           13.12

MARKET = OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS Subsubtotal           694.12          563.86          111.96

Cuba                                                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Dominican Republic                                            600.74          485.08          101.03
Haiti                                                          51.67           49.79            1.52
Panama                                                         41.71           28.99            9.41

MARKET = OTHER WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subsubtotal               1,751.75        1,655.18           33.71

Anguilla                                                        0.22            0.17            0.05
Antigua and Barbuda                                             0.60            0.45            0.12
Aruba                                                         348.27          345.68            0.37
Bahamas                                                       123.03          121.39            0.71
Barbados                                                        5.21            1.90            2.89
Belize                                                         19.01           18.16            0.64
Bermuda                                                         3.15            0.69            2.05
British Virgin Islands                                         17.50           15.76            0.38
Cayman Islands                                                  1.62            0.91            0.69
Dominica                                                        0.47            0.31            0.03
Falkland Islands                                                2.57            2.54            0.02
French Guiana                                                   0.03             (-)            0.03
Greenland                                                       0.87            0.87             (-)
Grenada                                                         0.79            0.31            0.31
Guadeloupe                                                      0.37            0.12            0.23
Guyana                                                         16.65           13.74            1.06
Jamaica                                                        49.24           40.46            3.80
Martinique                                                      0.06            0.04            0.01
Montserrat                                                      0.02             (-)            0.01
Netherlands Antilles                                          105.28           54.64            6.31
St Kitts and Nevis                                              7.42            1.09            6.10
St Lucia                                                        2.14            0.29            1.72
St Pierre and Miquelon                                          0.06             (-)            0.02
St Vincent and the Grenadines                                   0.34            0.01            0.16
Suriname                                                       17.33           16.64            0.67
Trinidad and Tobago                                         1,028.87        1,018.60            5.13
Turks and Caicos Islands                                        0.63            0.41            0.20
                                                            
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Note:  These data are presented on a customs & C.I.F. value basis in millions of
dollars.  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions,
see the Information on the Collection and Publication of Trade Statistics on page
35 of the FT900 release or at www.census.gov/foreign-trade/ft920.
                                                            
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SOURCE: Report FT920, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January
2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
