                                        
PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 18.  EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS BY SELECTED
COUNTRIES

(In millions of dollars.  Detail may not equal totals due to 
rounding.  (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit 
of measurement shown


Total
                                                            Cumulative
Country                         October       September     to-date

EXPORTS

TOTAL                              11,347        11,017       108,350

Australia                             205           207         2,068
Austria                                23            51           398
Belgium                                59            55           700
Brazil                                 90           104           824
Canada                              4,398         4,584        47,416
Germany                               924           949         9,305
Japan                                 159           155         1,963
Korea                                  64            85           766
Mexico                              2,034         1,620        16,294
Saudi Arabia                          440           437         2,709
Sweden                                 40            42           418
Taiwan                                  6             8           109
United Kingdom                        196           209         2,070

Other                               2,709         2,511        23,309

IMPORTS

TOTAL                              19,120        17,975       201,187

Australia                              74            98           975
Austria                                76            42         1,659
Belgium                                67            77           864
Brazil                                142           147         1,571
Canada                              4,268         4,673        46,716
Germany                             2,350         1,565        22,208
Japan                               4,198         4,158        48,301
Korea                                 816           692         9,645
Mexico                              4,495         3,903        41,297
Saudi Arabia                          (-)             1             7
Sweden                                123           147         1,773
Taiwan                                166           179         1,863
United Kingdom                        443           370         4,524
Other                               1,901         1,924        19,785
                                        

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Cars
                                                            Cumulative
Country                         October       September     to-date

EXPORTS

TOTAL                               4,698         4,420        42,565

Australia                              51            49           629
Austria                                 4             4            53
Belgium                                17            17           242
Brazil                                 16            14           105
Canada                              1,105         1,201        13,021
Germany                               779           790         7,615
Japan                                  37            40           454
Korea                                  25            41           337
Mexico                                489           329         3,351
Saudi Arabia                          400           398         2,322
Sweden                                 13            17           146
Taiwan                                  1             2            41
United Kingdom                        103           123         1,069

Other                               1,658         1,395        13,180

IMPORTS

TOTAL                              10,273         9,178       108,252

Australia                              64            82           820
Austria                                24            11         1,334
Belgium                                40            51           645
Brazil                                (-)           (-)             1
Canada                              2,485         2,836        27,215
Germany                             1,820         1,011        15,478
Japan                               3,029         2,910        35,914
Korea                                 521           373         6,198
Mexico                              1,467         1,174        11,791
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Sweden                                 72           107         1,365
Taiwan                                  8             7            64
United Kingdom                        360           274         3,423
Other                                 383           343         4,004
                                        

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Trucks
                                                            Cumulative
Country                         October       September     to-date

EXPORTS

TOTAL                               1,562         1,649        16,253

Australia                              87            89           714
Austria                               (-)           (-)             1
Belgium                                 3             4            92
Brazil                                  6            19            81
Canada                                912           890         9,916
Germany                                12            20           178
Japan                                   3            12           116
Korea                                   3             5            66
Mexico                                154           116           984
Saudi Arabia                           14            10           148
Sweden                                  1             3            24
Taiwan                                (-)           (-)             3
United Kingdom                          8             6           105

Other                                 357           475         3,826

IMPORTS

TOTAL                               1,242         1,210        13,317

Australia                             (-)             1             7
Austria                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Belgium                                16            15            97
Brazil                                  2             4            74
Canada                                407           465         5,019
Germany                                25            23           216
Japan                                  25            40           378
Korea                                 (-)           (-)             2
Mexico                                702           586         6,811
Saudi Arabia                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Sweden                                 26            20           180
Taiwan                                  2             3             9
United Kingdom                         11            24           247
Other                                  25            30           276
                                        

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Parts
                                                            Cumulative
Country                         October       September     to-date

EXPORTS

TOTAL                               5,087         4,949        49,531

Australia                              67            69           725
Austria                                19            47           345
Belgium                                39            34           366
Brazil                                 68            71           638
Canada                              2,382         2,493        24,478
Germany                               132           139         1,512
Japan                                 118           103         1,393
Korea                                  36            39           363
Mexico                              1,391         1,175        11,960
Saudi Arabia                           25            29           239
Sweden                                 26            22           248
Taiwan                                  4             5            65
United Kingdom                         84            80           896

Other                                 694           641         6,303

IMPORTS

TOTAL                               7,606         7,587        79,618

Australia                              10            15           147
Austria                                52            31           324
Belgium                                11            12           122
Brazil                                140           143         1,496
Canada                              1,376         1,372        14,482
Germany                               505           531         6,514
Japan                               1,145         1,209        12,008
Korea                                 294           320         3,445
Mexico                              2,326         2,142        22,695
Saudi Arabia                          (-)             1             6
Sweden                                 25            21           228
Taiwan                                156           168         1,790
United Kingdom                         72            72           854
Other                               1,493         1,551        15,505
                                                  

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 A-1 of this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                 
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-08-178, BEA-08-53), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, October 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
