Foreign Trade

Top Ten Countries with which the U.S. has a Trade Deficit

For the month of August 2000

                                                   Year To Date
                                   Deficit in       Deficit in
                                    Millions         Millions
 Country Name                       of U.S. $        of U.S. $

 CHINA                              -8,600.66       -52,351.85
 JAPAN                              -6,764.39       -54,002.06
 CANADA                             -4,505.22       -32,945.58
 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY        -2,721.90       -19,784.81
 MEXICO                             -1,881.61       -15,980.71
 TAIWAN                             -1,433.61        -9,981.72
 MALAYSIA                           -1,390.05        -9,204.65
 ITALY                              -1,278.53        -9,607.61
 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF                 -1,168.26        -7,005.67
 VENEZUELA                          -1,061.11        -8,436.75