Foreign Trade

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

For the month of October 2000

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

 CHINA                              -9,072.67       -70,146.35
 JAPAN                              -8,415.75       -68,511.39
 CANADA                             -4,705.04       -42,347.04
 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY        -2,561.48       -24,737.25
 MEXICO                             -2,381.85       -21,023.70
 TAIWAN                             -1,593.41       -13,232.99
 MALAYSIA                           -1,477.19       -11,990.40
 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF                 -1,365.11        -9,581.29
 VENEZUELA                          -1,313.85       -10,815.63
 IRELAND                            -1,255.98        -7,017.63