Foreign Trade

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

For the month of September 2004

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

 China                             -15,520.71      -114,307.32
 Japan                              -6,097.46       -55,197.57
 Canada                             -5,290.31       -50,436.32
 Mexico                             -3,818.80       -33,368.03
 Federal Republic of Germany        -3,190.92       -33,094.65
 Korea, South                       -2,098.72       -14,221.94
 Venezuela                          -1,758.14       -14,721.27
 Malaysia                           -1,736.54       -12,551.30
 Saudi Arabia                       -1,665.53       -10,807.97
 Italy                              -1,295.73       -12,976.22