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

Customs Value                                       Aug. 2005

Country of Origin                                   Total

W O R L D  T O T A L                                      145,926.17

WORLD AREA = AFRICA Subtotal                                6,005.67

Algeria                                                     1,039.12
Angola                                                        961.26
Benin                                                            (-)
Botswana                                                       17.93
British Indian Ocean Territories                                0.04
Burkina                                                         0.05
Burundi                                                         0.58
Cameroon                                                        3.37
Cape Verde                                                      0.50
Central African Republic                                        0.48
Chad                                                          171.08
Comoros                                                         0.02
Congo (Brazzaville)                                            70.10
Congo (Kinshasa)                                               11.46
Cote d'Ivoire                                                  23.74
Djibouti                                                        0.08
Egypt                                                         189.95
Equatorial Guinea                                             220.03
Eritrea                                                         0.03
Ethiopia                                                        8.08
French Southern and Antarctic Lands                             0.02
Gabon                                                         269.50
Gambia                                                           (-)
Ghana                                                           6.60
Guinea                                                          5.33
Guinea-Bissau                                                   0.01
Kenya                                                          29.94
Lesotho                                                        43.97
Liberia                                                         5.51
Madagascar                                                     27.87
Malawi                                                          6.46
Mali                                                            0.37
Mauritania                                                      0.01
Mauritius                                                      21.95
Morocco                                                        32.61
Mozambique                                                      0.50
Namibia                                                        10.91
Niger                                                           0.96
Nigeria                                                     2,322.97
Reunion                                                         1.40
Rwanda                                                          0.06
Sao Tome and Principe                                            (-)
Senegal                                                         0.35
Seychelles                                                      0.72
Sierra Leone                                                    0.63
Somalia                                                         0.01
South Africa                                                  423.91
St Helena                                                       1.03
Sudan                                                           3.43
Swaziland                                                      17.45
Tanzania                                                        2.35
Togo                                                            0.45
Tunisia                                                        34.58
Uganda                                                          2.46
Western Sahara                                                   (-)
Zambia                                                          2.50
Zimbabwe                                                       10.95

WORLD AREA = ASIA Subtotal                                 59,072.65

MARKET = ASIA, N.E.C. Subsubtotal                          16,106.32

Bhutan                                                          0.03
Brunei                                                         53.75
Burma (Myanmar)                                                  (-)
Cambodia                                                      177.19
Hong Kong                                                     874.74
Indonesia                                                   1,091.07
Korea, South                                                3,628.44
Laos                                                            0.11
Macao                                                         132.48
Malaysia                                                    3,084.46
Maldives                                                        0.01
Philippines                                                   861.66
Singapore                                                   1,331.94
Taiwan                                                      3,063.27
Thailand                                                    1,807.17

MARKET = JAPAN, Subsubtotal                                11,552.22

Japan                                                      11,552.22

MARKET = NEAR EAST ASIA,  Subsubtotal                       5,872.65

Bahrain                                                        39.58
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel                               0.05
Iran                                                           15.51
Iraq                                                          789.59
Israel                                                      1,437.31
Jordan                                                        123.14
Kuwait                                                        489.20
Lebanon                                                         5.52
Oman                                                           16.94
Qatar                                                           5.13
Republic of Yemen                                              73.52
Saudi Arabia                                                2,748.74
Syria                                                          29.37
United Arab Emirates                                           98.97
West Bank Administered by Israel                                0.08

MARKET = SELECTED AREAS IN ASIA,  Subsubtotal              23,037.40

China                                                      22,364.93
Mongolia                                                       17.74
North Korea                                                      (-)
Vietnam                                                       654.73

MARKET = SOUTH ASIA,  Subsubtotal                           2,504.06

Afghanistan                                                     2.47
Bangladesh                                                    276.17
India                                                       1,728.87
Nepal                                                           8.35
Pakistan                                                      303.69
Sri Lanka                                                     184.51

WORLD AREA = AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Subtotal                   862.47

Australia                                                     608.57
Christmas Island                                                0.02
Cocos (Keeling) Island                                           (-)
Cook Islands                                                    0.09
Federated States of Micronesia                                  0.09
Fiji                                                           13.92
French Polynesia                                                4.18
Heard and McDonald Islands                                       (-)
Kiribati                                                        0.09
Marshall Islands                                                1.03
Nauru                                                           0.01
New Caledonia                                                   1.59
New Zealand                                                   226.93
Niue                                                            0.02
Norfolk Island                                                  0.01
Palau                                                           0.03
Papua New Guinea                                                4.04
Pitcairn Island                                                  (-)
Solomon Islands                                                 0.08
Tokelau                                                         0.26
Tonga                                                           0.47
Tuvalu                                                           (-)
Vanuatu                                                         0.08
Wallis and Futuna                                                (-)
Western Samoa                                                   0.96

WORLD AREA = EUROPE Subtotal                               29,263.39

MARKET = OTHER EUROPE Subtotal                              3,532.34

Albania                                                         0.63
Andorra                                                         0.02
Armenia                                                         5.34
Azerbaijan                                                      6.17
Belarus                                                         9.33
Bosnia-Hercegovina                                              1.29
Bulgaria                                                       32.24
Croatia                                                        24.75
Faroe Islands                                                   0.03
Georgia                                                         0.59
Gibraltar                                                       0.12
Iceland                                                        18.04
Kazakhstan                                                     92.09
Kyrgyzstan                                                      0.06
Liechtenstein                                                  24.91
Macedonia (Skopje)                                              4.47
Moldova                                                         6.28
Monaco                                                          1.47
Norway                                                        501.57
Romania                                                       132.90
Russia                                                      1,118.75
San Marino                                                      0.01
Serbia and Montenegro                                           4.87
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                                       (-)
Switzerland                                                   959.59
Tajikistan                                                      0.08
Turkey                                                        492.46
Turkmenistan                                                   19.37
Ukraine                                                        56.16
Uzbekistan                                                     18.74
Vatican City                                                    0.01

MARKET = EUROPEAN UNION Subsubtotal                        25,731.05

Austria                                                       522.33
Belgium                                                       847.40
Cyprus                                                          2.78
Czech Republic                                                181.63
Denmark                                                       459.63
Estonia                                                        23.53
Federal Republic of Germany                                 7,388.19
Finland                                                       346.57
France                                                      2,649.30
Greece                                                        100.53
Hungary                                                       399.79
Ireland                                                     2,423.26
Italy                                                       2,865.47
Latvia                                                         32.42
Lithuania                                                      11.79
Luxembourg                                                     57.65
Malta                                                          19.69
Netherlands                                                 1,233.68
Poland                                                        159.20
Portugal                                                      178.97
Slovakia                                                       74.23
Slovenia                                                       34.21
Spain                                                         692.97
Sweden                                                        925.48
United Kingdom                                              4,100.35

WORLD AREA = WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subtotal                   50,517.16

MARKET = CANADA, Subsubtotal                               24,907.16

Canada                                                     24,907.16

MARKET = CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Subsubtotal         1,152.37

Costa Rica                                                    270.79
El Salvador                                                   165.42
Guatemala                                                     286.67
Honduras                                                      319.45
Nicaragua                                                     110.04

MARKET = LATIN AMERICAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION Subsu       22,885.74

Argentina                                                     450.91
Bolivia                                                        34.50
Brazil                                                      1,962.11
Chile                                                         511.09
Colombia                                                      913.87
Ecuador                                                       571.24
Mexico                                                     14,831.59
Paraguay                                                        6.65
Peru                                                          473.86
Uruguay                                                        63.62
Venezuela                                                   3,066.30

MARKET = OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS Subsubtotal           465.31

Cuba                                                             (-)
Dominican Republic                                            403.98
Haiti                                                          35.03
Panama                                                         26.30

MARKET = OTHER WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subsubtotal               1,106.58

Anguilla                                                        0.26
Antigua and Barbuda                                             0.45
Aruba                                                         244.13
Bahamas                                                        58.85
Barbados                                                        2.17
Belize                                                          6.66
Bermuda                                                         5.79
British Virgin Islands                                          2.56
Cayman Islands                                                  1.08
Dominica                                                        0.24
Falkland Islands                                                0.14
French Guiana                                                   0.04
Greenland                                                       3.06
Grenada                                                         0.40
Guadeloupe                                                      0.47
Guyana                                                          9.75
Jamaica                                                        24.36
Martinique                                                      0.07
Montserrat                                                      0.06
Netherlands Antilles                                          123.59
St Kitts and Nevis                                              4.36
St Lucia                                                        1.97
St Pierre and Miquelon                                          0.21
St Vincent and the Grenadines                                   7.78
Suriname                                                       15.01
Trinidad and Tobago                                           592.22
Turks and Caicos Islands                                        0.90
                                                            
                                                   _________________

Customs Value
Jan - Aug. 2005

Country of Origin                                   Total Value     Vessel Value    Air Value

W O R L D  T O T A L                                    1,075,464.34      552,355.05      231,552.62

WORLD AREA = AFRICA Subtotal                               38,831.26       35,983.31        2,567.66

Algeria                                                     6,290.95        6,289.14            1.61
Angola                                                      4,723.01        4,653.76           48.11
Benin                                                           0.48            0.07            0.38
Botswana                                                      105.08           15.20           89.52
British Indian Ocean Territories                                0.24            0.13            0.10
Burkina                                                         0.65            0.36            0.24
Burundi                                                         3.58            3.48            0.07
Cameroon                                                      120.92          118.13            1.43
Cape Verde                                                      2.43            0.66            1.77
Central African Republic                                        5.20            0.36            4.58
Chad                                                          950.74          947.33            0.04
Comoros                                                         1.26            1.19            0.03
Congo (Brazzaville)                                           726.27          722.50            3.36
Congo (Kinshasa)                                              220.00          117.69          101.62
Cote d'Ivoire                                                 730.45          718.89            5.43
Djibouti                                                        0.98            0.95            0.02
Egypt                                                       1,115.05          998.25           97.24
Equatorial Guinea                                             990.45          986.63            0.46
Eritrea                                                         0.75            0.67            0.07
Ethiopia                                                       44.48           42.05            2.01
French Southern and Antarctic Lands                             0.02             (-)            0.02
Gabon                                                       1,896.37        1,890.83            4.42
Gambia                                                          0.09            0.01            0.08
Ghana                                                          90.59           81.61            7.36
Guinea                                                         46.10           40.37            5.50
Guinea-Bissau                                                   0.12            0.05            0.07
Kenya                                                         229.94          199.92           27.24
Lesotho                                                       280.68          259.12           19.89
Liberia                                                        55.61           55.14            0.40
Madagascar                                                    211.03          191.84           17.75
Malawi                                                         68.36           67.65            0.64
Mali                                                            2.91            0.45            0.74
Mauritania                                                      0.49            0.44            0.04
Mauritius                                                     149.79          103.65           45.46
Morocco                                                       317.65          213.20          100.57
Mozambique                                                      5.17            4.17            0.93
Namibia                                                        80.09           37.69           12.74
Niger                                                          65.20           60.07            0.55
Nigeria                                                    15,054.83       14,934.58           13.29
Reunion                                                         5.52            5.29            0.20
Rwanda                                                          3.48            3.33            0.11
Sao Tome and Principe                                           0.18            0.08            0.10
Senegal                                                         2.83            1.10            1.37
Seychelles                                                      3.12            0.19            2.63
Sierra Leone                                                    5.37            1.61            2.70
Somalia                                                         0.22            0.12            0.09
South Africa                                                3,791.93        1,845.13        1,889.10
St Helena                                                       2.67            1.91            0.70
Sudan                                                           9.73            9.73             (-)
Swaziland                                                     139.30          135.02            3.54
Tanzania                                                       22.67           13.60            7.59
Togo                                                            5.99            4.77            1.18
Tunisia                                                       137.52           99.72           34.23
Uganda                                                         17.75           14.16            3.31
Western Sahara                                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Zambia                                                         22.77           22.16            0.58
Zimbabwe                                                       72.20           67.16            4.45

WORLD AREA = ASIA Subtotal                                422,774.08      288,651.76      122,514.89

MARKET = ASIA, N.E.C. Subsubtotal                         117,260.07       62,895.99       51,494.23

Bhutan                                                          0.53            0.51            0.02
Brunei                                                        370.60          355.96           11.87
Burma (Myanmar)                                                 0.06            0.01            0.05
Cambodia                                                    1,089.61          979.90          105.01
Hong Kong                                                   5,277.30        3,108.81        1,965.95
Indonesia                                                   7,815.86        6,693.94        1,028.95
Korea, South                                               29,083.01       18,780.86        9,769.17
Laos                                                            1.82            1.17            0.54
Macao                                                         704.16          495.32          199.87
Malaysia                                                   21,446.69        6,074.42       14,908.82
Maldives                                                        5.05            4.24            0.79
Philippines                                                 5,969.94        3,007.01        2,789.53
Singapore                                                   9,823.34        2,035.35        7,441.33
Taiwan                                                     22,873.52       14,011.35        8,109.25
Thailand                                                   12,798.58        7,347.14        5,163.08

MARKET = JAPAN, Subsubtotal                                91,361.11       66,509.32       22,631.55

Japan                                                      91,361.11       66,509.32       22,631.55

MARKET = NEAR EAST ASIA,  Subsubtotal                      39,724.06       29,360.58        9,450.76

Bahrain                                                       250.57          187.07           62.45
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel                               0.57            0.56             (-)
Iran                                                          103.16           47.04           53.15
Iraq                                                        5,664.27        5,451.02          159.56
Israel                                                     11,075.85        1,760.00        8,609.25
Jordan                                                        805.54          634.29          166.64
Kuwait                                                      2,512.30        2,421.09           88.37
Lebanon                                                        54.04           29.80           15.22
Oman                                                          354.40          313.48           24.01
Qatar                                                         179.76          130.31           15.45
Republic of Yemen                                             166.51          165.48            0.75
Saudi Arabia                                               17,477.04       17,374.19           40.71
Syria                                                         269.95          262.05            2.20
United Arab Emirates                                          808.96          583.65          212.45
West Bank Administered by Israel                                1.14            0.55            0.55

MARKET = SELECTED AREAS IN ASIA,  Subsubtotal             157,115.34      118,397.06       33,391.67

China                                                     152,832.29      114,465.38       33,098.88
Mongolia                                                       86.86           80.75            5.64
North Korea                                                      (-)             (-)             (-)
Vietnam                                                     4,196.19        3,850.93          287.15

MARKET = SOUTH ASIA,  Subsubtotal                          17,313.50       11,488.81        5,546.68

Afghanistan                                                    28.77            0.29           26.47
Bangladesh                                                  1,731.06        1,588.14          118.57
India                                                      12,002.29        6,917.66        4,879.14
Nepal                                                          77.33           44.50           30.72
Pakistan                                                    2,082.50        1,871.26          190.77
Sri Lanka                                                   1,391.55        1,066.96          301.01

WORLD AREA = AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Subtotal                 7,273.26        5,634.04        1,354.23

Australia                                                   4,887.47        3,613.77        1,045.47
Christmas Island                                                0.29            0.07            0.09
Cocos (Keeling) Island                                          0.40            0.16             (-)
Cook Islands                                                    1.40            0.01            1.22
Federated States of Micronesia                                  1.46            1.15            0.27
Fiji                                                          104.21           90.97            6.94
French Polynesia                                               38.75            9.36           25.01
Heard and McDonald Islands                                       (-)             (-)             (-)
Kiribati                                                        0.68            0.03            0.60
Marshall Islands                                               11.67            3.14            5.01
Nauru                                                           0.11             (-)            0.10
New Caledonia                                                  14.84           14.29            0.51
New Zealand                                                 2,171.95        1,873.62          260.37
Niue                                                            0.10            0.08            0.02
Norfolk Island                                                  0.13             (-)            0.12
Palau                                                           0.35            0.14            0.21
Papua New Guinea                                               25.46           21.52            3.34
Pitcairn Island                                                 0.11            0.11             (-)
Solomon Islands                                                 0.74            0.17            0.54
Tokelau                                                         3.84            1.88            1.76
Tonga                                                           3.38            0.54            1.49
Tuvalu                                                          0.01             (-)            0.01
Vanuatu                                                         0.93            0.46            0.46
Wallis and Futuna                                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Western Samoa                                                   4.98            2.57            0.69

WORLD AREA = EUROPE Subtotal                              232,690.05      122,640.68       90,329.79

MARKET = OTHER EUROPE Subtotal                             30,829.26       21,320.65        8,296.53

Albania                                                        32.77           30.58            1.82
Andorra                                                         0.51            0.23            0.26
Armenia                                                        27.90            5.08           18.50
Azerbaijan                                                     21.73           19.19            2.38
Belarus                                                       246.14          238.60            4.38
Bosnia-Hercegovina                                             10.54            7.24            2.78
Bulgaria                                                      291.68          236.12           41.28
Croatia                                                       216.82           58.67          154.14
Faroe Islands                                                   3.10            2.17            0.44
Georgia                                                       129.54          126.08            0.88
Gibraltar                                                       4.22            2.52            1.44
Iceland                                                       169.63          101.04           63.94
Kazakhstan                                                    721.18          655.27           33.36
Kyrgyzstan                                                      2.56            2.48            0.02
Liechtenstein                                                 201.49           56.12           44.55
Macedonia (Skopje)                                             34.34           28.41            5.76
Moldova                                                        33.03           27.07            4.47
Monaco                                                         12.58            8.25            3.18
Norway                                                      4,592.30        4,029.64          463.98
Romania                                                       729.04          577.30          114.29
Russia                                                     10,252.10        9,542.45          543.63
San Marino                                                      0.80            0.46            0.22
Serbia and Montenegro                                          36.06           31.96            2.09
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                                      0.03             (-)            0.03
Switzerland                                                 8,571.94        1,785.01        6,161.07
Tajikistan                                                    182.85          182.09            0.17
Turkey                                                      3,444.64        2,750.20          601.82
Turkmenistan                                                  109.19          105.91            2.72
Ukraine                                                       668.44          632.03           19.60
Uzbekistan                                                     81.99           78.45            3.29
Vatican City                                                    0.12            0.03            0.04

MARKET = EUROPEAN UNION Subsubtotal                       201,860.79      101,320.03       82,033.26

Austria                                                     3,917.18        2,227.14        1,327.65
Belgium                                                     8,309.16        4,090.86        3,735.77
Cyprus                                                         19.93           11.48            8.32
Czech Republic                                              1,441.13          740.09          502.05
Denmark                                                     3,190.08        1,359.01        1,539.71
Estonia                                                       314.70          275.03           24.83
Federal Republic of Germany                                55,782.41       32,729.18       16,429.74
Finland                                                     2,912.02        1,908.36          800.57
France                                                     22,178.74        8,830.46       10,137.92
Greece                                                        586.29          468.36          104.29
Hungary                                                     1,797.74          466.82        1,218.82
Ireland                                                    18,987.84        2,790.45       15,809.80
Italy                                                      20,897.33       11,471.89        7,481.10
Latvia                                                        150.16          123.45            4.35
Lithuania                                                     384.56          358.20           17.14
Luxembourg                                                    261.73          189.45           56.37
Malta                                                         186.57           19.97          157.95
Netherlands                                                 9,241.62        5,603.70        3,027.10
Poland                                                      1,291.81          903.41          249.48
Portugal                                                    1,560.63          767.03          662.51
Slovakia                                                      651.43          573.81           47.56
Slovenia                                                      291.36          173.03           96.85
Spain                                                       5,675.24        3,571.41        1,762.86
Sweden                                                      9,323.44        4,890.59        3,782.44
United Kingdom                                             32,507.69       16,776.85       13,048.08

WORLD AREA = WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subtotal                  373,018.69       98,570.87       14,786.05

MARKET = CANADA, Subsubtotal                              183,556.90        8,613.56        5,510.15

Canada                                                    183,556.90        8,613.56        5,510.15

MARKET = CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Subsubtotal         9,016.00        7,672.03        1,116.52

Costa Rica                                                  2,237.62        1,463.94          662.77
El Salvador                                                 1,315.77        1,214.94           96.07
Guatemala                                                   2,226.60        2,045.10          153.82
Honduras                                                    2,465.74        2,327.70          126.79
Nicaragua                                                     770.27          620.35           77.07

MARKET = LATIN AMERICAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION Subsu      168,591.10       71,498.77        7,364.71

Argentina                                                   2,954.14        2,722.03          204.86
Bolivia                                                       187.61          117.14           69.66
Brazil                                                     16,032.87       12,801.15        1,770.19
Chile                                                       4,212.08        3,639.45          528.18
Colombia                                                    5,621.04        4,512.79          820.54
Ecuador                                                     3,780.18        3,527.00          184.39
Mexico                                                    109,959.96       19,784.86        2,401.58
Paraguay                                                       32.11           27.07            4.50
Peru                                                        3,143.64        1,872.65        1,253.45
Uruguay                                                       471.73          428.96           41.04
Venezuela                                                  22,195.74       22,065.67           86.32

MARKET = OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS Subsubtotal         3,526.60        2,852.87          590.85

Cuba                                                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Dominican Republic                                          3,022.82        2,428.00          526.90
Haiti                                                         298.28          287.46            8.75
Panama                                                        205.50          137.41           55.20

MARKET = OTHER WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subsubtotal               8,328.09        7,933.64          203.82

Anguilla                                                        1.10            0.93            0.15
Antigua and Barbuda                                             3.01            0.92            1.76
Aruba                                                       1,602.57        1,583.29            3.69
Bahamas                                                       529.94          514.19           10.82
Barbados                                                       22.01            8.14           12.48
Belize                                                         69.97           66.85            1.48
Bermuda                                                        41.17            2.56           33.74
British Virgin Islands                                         30.94           21.33            7.49
Cayman Islands                                                 15.36            4.84            2.91
Dominica                                                        1.76            0.91            0.46
Falkland Islands                                                6.34            6.30            0.02
French Guiana                                                   0.10            0.03            0.07
Greenland                                                      10.31           10.13            0.02
Grenada                                                         4.35            1.62            2.07
Guadeloupe                                                      1.74            0.87            0.78
Guyana                                                         81.83           66.82            5.20
Jamaica                                                       241.29          206.97           16.29
Martinique                                                      0.47            0.10            0.32
Montserrat                                                      0.37            0.07            0.24
Netherlands Antilles                                          640.15          516.85           25.28
St Kitts and Nevis                                             32.55            3.43           28.28
St Lucia                                                       26.07           16.98            7.47
St Pierre and Miquelon                                          0.94             (-)            0.05
St Vincent and the Grenadines                                   8.58            7.97            0.38
Suriname                                                      104.35           99.19            4.99
Trinidad and Tobago                                         4,845.24        4,787.82           36.37
Turks and Caicos Islands                                        5.58            4.53            1.01
                                                            
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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, August
2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
