Foreign Trade

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

For the month of May 2004

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

 CHINA                             -12,130.55       -54,300.59
 JAPAN                              -5,516.15       -29,945.69
 CANADA                             -4,770.12       -25,773.59
 MEXICO                             -3,767.68       -17,391.77
 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY        -3,727.25       -18,107.33
 VENEZUELA                          -1,748.96        -7,852.65
 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF                 -1,550.39        -7,008.22
 IRELAND                            -1,396.63        -8,321.54
 MALAYSIA                           -1,208.33        -5,929.90
 NIGERIA                            -1,166.25        -5,371.96