Trade 1
Trade 2
Trade 3
            U.S. TRADE IN GOODS WITH SELECTED COUNTRIES: 1978-2005

         Billions of dollars
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BALANCE  Canada   China Germany   Japan  Mexico Venezuela  OPEC^  Total*     GDP
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   1978    -2.5     0.5    -2.8   -11.6     0.6    -0.2   -20.8   -33.9   2294.7
   1979    -0.5     1.1    -2.2    -8.6     1.1    -1.3   -33.4   -27.6   2563.3
   1980    -1.5     2.8    -0.4   -10.5     2.6    -0.8   -41.4   -25.5   2789.5
   1981    -2.2     1.7    -0.9   -15.8     4.4    -0.1   -28.9   -28.0   3128.4
   1982    -9.3     0.6    -2.7   -17.0    -3.8     0.4   -10.9   -36.5   3255.0
   1983   -10.7    -0.0    -4.5   -21.6    -7.5    -2.2    -9.7   -67.1   3536.7
   1984   -14.6    -0.1    -8.7   -37.0    -6.1    -3.3   -13.1  -112.5   3933.2
   1985   -14.8     0.0   -10.6   -43.5    -5.7    -3.5   -11.4  -122.2   4220.3
   1986   -13.2    -1.6   -14.1   -54.4    -5.4    -1.7    -8.5  -145.1   4462.8
   1987   -11.6    -2.8   -15.4   -56.9    -5.7    -2.1   -13.7  -159.6   4739.5
   1988   -10.3    -3.4   -12.1   -52.6    -2.7    -0.6    -9.2  -127.0   5103.8
   1989   -10.1    -6.2    -8.5   -49.5    -2.5    -3.8   -17.5  -117.7   5484.4
   1990    -9.8   -10.4    -9.9   -42.4    -2.4    -6.4   -25.3  -111.0   5803.1
   1991    -7.4   -12.7    -5.5   -44.9     1.6    -3.5   -15.3   -76.9   5995.9
   1992    -9.8   -18.3    -8.2   -50.4     4.8    -2.8   -13.1   -96.9   6337.7
   1993   -12.4   -22.8   -10.1   -60.2     1.1    -3.8   -14.3  -132.5   6657.4
   1994   -16.5   -29.6   -12.9   -66.7     0.6    -4.4   -15.4  -165.8   7072.2
   1995   -19.5   -33.8   -14.9   -59.9   -16.6    -5.1   -16.9  -174.2   7397.7
   1996   -24.3   -39.6   -16.0   -48.7   -18.4    -8.7   -23.4  -191.0   7816.9
   1997   -18.2   -49.7   -19.2   -57.3   -15.5    -6.9   -20.3  -198.1   8304.3
   1998   -19.1   -57.0   -23.6   -65.4   -16.8    -2.5   -10.7  -246.7   8747.0
   1999   -34.6   -68.7   -28.8   -74.8   -23.8    -6.0   -23.6  -346.0   9268.4
   2000   -54.8   -83.9   -29.6   -83.0   -25.6   -13.1   -49.4  -452.4   9817.0
   2001   -55.5   -83.2   -29.7   -70.6   -31.0    -9.7   -40.2  -427.2  10128.0
   2002   -50.8  -103.1   -36.4   -71.8   -38.3   -11.1   -35.4  -482.3  10469.6
   2003   -54.3  -124.1   -39.7   -67.8   -41.8   -14.4   -51.8  -547.3  10960.8
   2004   -69.1  -162.0   -46.3   -77.5   -46.4   -20.2   -72.5  -665.4  11712.5
   2005   -81.1  -201.7   -51.0   -84.7   -51.8   -27.6   -93.6  -782.7  12455.8
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IMPORTS  Canada   China Germany   Japan  Mexico Venezuela  OPEC^  Total*     GDP
-------  ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ----- -------  -------
   1978    33.8     0.3    10.0    24.5     6.1     3.6    35.6   176.0   2294.7
   1979    39.3     0.6    10.9    26.3     8.8     5.3    47.9   212.0   2563.3
   1980    43.1     1.1    11.8    31.3    12.6     5.3    58.8   249.8   2789.5
   1981    48.2     1.9    11.3    37.6    13.8     5.6    50.0   265.1   3128.4
   1982    48.5     2.3    11.9    37.7    15.6     4.8    31.5   247.6   3255.0
   1983    55.2     2.3    13.1    43.3    16.6     4.9    24.9   268.9   3536.7
   1984    67.6     3.1    17.4    60.2    18.1     6.7    26.9   332.4   3933.2
   1985    70.2     3.8    19.5    65.7    19.1     6.5    22.8   338.1   4220.3
   1986    69.7     4.7    24.5    80.8    17.7     4.8    18.9   368.4   4462.8
   1987    73.6     6.3    26.9    84.6    20.3     5.7    24.4   409.8   4739.5
   1988    84.6     8.5    26.3    89.8    23.3     5.2    23.0   447.2   5103.8
   1989    89.9    12.0    24.8    93.5    27.1     6.8    30.7   477.7   5484.4
   1990    93.1    15.2    28.1    90.4    30.5     9.5    38.4   498.4   5803.1
   1991    93.0    19.0    26.0    92.3    31.5     8.2    33.4   491.0   5995.9
   1992   100.9    25.7    28.7    97.4    35.6     8.2    33.7   536.5   6337.7
   1993   113.1    31.5    28.5   107.2    40.4     8.4    32.6   589.4   6657.4
   1994   131.2    38.8    31.7   119.1    50.1     8.4    31.7   668.7   7072.2
   1995   146.9    45.5    36.8   123.5    62.8     9.8    34.3   749.4   7397.7
   1996   158.5    51.5    38.9   115.2    75.1    13.4    42.7   803.1   7816.9
   1997   170.1    62.6    43.0   121.7    86.7    13.5    44.0   876.5   8304.3
   1998   175.8    71.2    49.7   121.8    95.4     9.0    33.7   917.1   8747.0
   1999   201.3    81.8    55.2   130.9   110.6    11.3    42.0  1030.0   9268.4
   2000   233.7   100.0    58.5   146.5   136.8    18.6    67.0  1224.4   9817.0
   2001   218.7   102.3    59.0   126.5   132.2    15.3    59.8  1145.9  10128.0
   2002   211.8   125.2    62.5   121.4   135.5    15.1    53.2  1164.7  10469.6
   2003   224.2   152.4    68.0   118.0   139.0    17.1    68.3  1260.7  10960.8
   2004   259.0   196.7    77.1   129.8   157.1    24.9    94.1  1472.9  11712.5
   2005   293.3   243.5    84.6   138.0   172.1    34.0   124.9  1677.4  12455.8
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EXPORTS  Canada   China Germany   Japan  Mexico Venezuela  OPEC^  Total*     GDP
-------  ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ----- -------  -------
   1978    31.3     0.8     7.2    13.0     6.7     3.4    14.9   142.1   2294.7
   1979    38.7     1.7     8.7    17.6     9.9     3.9    14.5   184.4   2563.3
   1980    41.6     3.8    11.5    20.8    15.2     4.6    17.4   224.3   2789.5
   1981    46.0     3.6    10.4    21.8    18.2     5.4    21.1   237.0   3128.4
   1982    39.2     2.9     9.3    20.7    11.7     5.2    20.6   211.2   3255.0
   1983    44.5     2.2     8.6    21.8     9.1     2.7    15.3   201.8   3536.7
   1984    53.0     3.0     8.8    23.2    12.0     3.4    13.8   219.9   3933.2
   1985    55.4     3.9     9.0    22.1    13.4     3.1    11.4   215.9   4220.3
   1986    56.5     3.1    10.5    26.4    12.3     3.1    10.4   223.3   4462.8
   1987    62.0     3.5    11.5    27.6    14.6     3.5    10.7   250.2   4739.5
   1988    74.3     5.1    14.3    37.2    20.6     4.5    13.8   320.2   5103.8
   1989    79.9     5.8    16.3    44.0    24.7     3.0    13.2   359.9   5484.4
   1990    83.4     4.8    18.2    48.0    28.1     3.1    13.1   387.4   5803.1
   1991    85.7     6.3    20.6    47.3    33.1     4.6    18.1   414.1   5995.9
   1992    91.1     7.4    20.5    47.0    40.4     5.4    20.7   439.6   6337.7
   1993   100.7     8.7    18.5    47.0    41.5     4.6    18.3   456.9   6657.4
   1994   114.7     9.2    18.7    52.4    50.6     4.0    16.3   502.9   7072.2
   1995   127.4    11.7    21.9    63.6    46.2     4.6    17.4   575.2   7397.7
   1996   134.3    11.9    22.9    66.5    56.7     4.7    19.2   612.1   7816.9
   1997   151.9    12.8    23.8    64.4    71.2     6.6    23.7   678.4   8304.3
   1998   156.7    14.2    26.2    56.5    78.6     6.5    22.9   670.4   8747.0
   1999   166.7    13.0    26.4    56.1    86.8     5.3    18.3   684.0   9268.4
   2000   178.9    16.1    28.9    63.5   111.2     5.5    17.6   772.0   9817.0
   2001   163.3    19.1    29.4    55.9   101.2     5.6    19.5   718.7  10128.0
   2002   160.9    22.0    26.0    49.7    97.2     4.0    17.8   682.4  10469.6
   2003   169.9    28.3    28.3    50.3    97.2     2.8    16.6   713.4  10960.8
   2004   190.0    34.6    30.8    52.3   110.7     4.7    21.6   807.5  11712.5
   2005   212.2    41.8    33.6    53.3   120.3     6.4    31.3   894.6  12455.8
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         Percent of GDP
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BALANCE  Canada   China Germany   Japan  Mexico Venezuela  OPEC^  Total*
-------  ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
   1978   -0.11    0.02   -0.12   -0.50    0.03   -0.01   -0.91   -1.48
   1979   -0.02    0.04   -0.09   -0.34    0.04   -0.05   -1.30   -1.08
   1980   -0.05    0.10   -0.01   -0.38    0.09   -0.03   -1.48   -0.91
   1981   -0.07    0.06   -0.03   -0.51    0.14   -0.00   -0.92   -0.90
   1982   -0.29    0.02   -0.08   -0.52   -0.12    0.01   -0.33   -1.12
   1983   -0.30   -0.00   -0.13   -0.61   -0.21   -0.06   -0.27   -1.90
   1984   -0.37   -0.00   -0.22   -0.94   -0.15   -0.08   -0.33   -2.86
   1985   -0.35    0.00   -0.25   -1.03   -0.14   -0.08   -0.27   -2.89
   1986   -0.30   -0.04   -0.32   -1.22   -0.12   -0.04   -0.19   -3.25
   1987   -0.24   -0.06   -0.33   -1.20   -0.12   -0.04   -0.29   -3.37
   1988   -0.20   -0.07   -0.24   -1.03   -0.05   -0.01   -0.18   -2.49
   1989   -0.18   -0.11   -0.15   -0.90   -0.04   -0.07   -0.32   -2.15
   1990   -0.17   -0.18   -0.17   -0.73   -0.04   -0.11   -0.44   -1.91
   1991   -0.12   -0.21   -0.09   -0.75    0.03   -0.06   -0.26   -1.28
   1992   -0.15   -0.29   -0.13   -0.80    0.08   -0.04   -0.21   -1.53
   1993   -0.19   -0.34   -0.15   -0.90    0.02   -0.06   -0.22   -1.99
   1994   -0.23   -0.42   -0.18   -0.94    0.01   -0.06   -0.22   -2.34
   1995   -0.26   -0.46   -0.20   -0.81   -0.22   -0.07   -0.23   -2.35
   1996   -0.31   -0.51   -0.20   -0.62   -0.24   -0.11   -0.30   -2.44
   1997   -0.22   -0.60   -0.23   -0.69   -0.19   -0.08   -0.24   -2.39
   1998   -0.22   -0.65   -0.27   -0.75   -0.19   -0.03   -0.12   -2.82
   1999   -0.37   -0.74   -0.31   -0.81   -0.26   -0.06   -0.26   -3.73
   2000   -0.56   -0.85   -0.30   -0.85   -0.26   -0.13   -0.50   -4.61
   2001   -0.55   -0.82   -0.29   -0.70   -0.31   -0.10   -0.40   -4.22
   2002   -0.49   -0.99   -0.35   -0.69   -0.37   -0.11   -0.34   -4.61
   2003   -0.50   -1.13   -0.36   -0.62   -0.38   -0.13   -0.47   -4.99
   2004   -0.59   -1.38   -0.40   -0.66   -0.40   -0.17   -0.62   -5.68
   2005   -0.65   -1.62   -0.41   -0.68   -0.42   -0.22   -0.75   -6.28
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IMPORTS  Canada   China Germany   Japan  Mexico Venezuela  OPEC^  Total*
-------  ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
   1978    1.47    0.01    0.44    1.07    0.27    0.16    1.55    7.67
   1979    1.53    0.02    0.43    1.02    0.34    0.20    1.87    8.27
   1980    1.54    0.04    0.42    1.12    0.45    0.19    2.11    8.95
   1981    1.54    0.06    0.36    1.20    0.44    0.18    1.60    8.47
   1982    1.49    0.07    0.37    1.16    0.48    0.15    0.97    7.61
   1983    1.56    0.06    0.37    1.23    0.47    0.14    0.70    7.60
   1984    1.72    0.08    0.44    1.53    0.46    0.17    0.68    8.45
   1985    1.66    0.09    0.46    1.56    0.45    0.15    0.54    8.01
   1986    1.56    0.11    0.55    1.81    0.40    0.11    0.42    8.26
   1987    1.55    0.13    0.57    1.78    0.43    0.12    0.52    8.65
   1988    1.66    0.17    0.52    1.76    0.46    0.10    0.45    8.76
   1989    1.64    0.22    0.45    1.71    0.49    0.12    0.56    8.71
   1990    1.61    0.26    0.48    1.56    0.53    0.16    0.66    8.59
   1991    1.55    0.32    0.43    1.54    0.53    0.14    0.56    8.19
   1992    1.59    0.41    0.45    1.54    0.56    0.13    0.53    8.47
   1993    1.70    0.47    0.43    1.61    0.61    0.13    0.49    8.85
   1994    1.85    0.55    0.45    1.68    0.71    0.12    0.45    9.46
   1995    1.99    0.62    0.50    1.67    0.85    0.13    0.46   10.13
   1996    2.03    0.66    0.50    1.47    0.96    0.17    0.55   10.27
   1997    2.05    0.75    0.52    1.47    1.04    0.16    0.53   10.55
   1998    2.01    0.81    0.57    1.39    1.09    0.10    0.38   10.48
   1999    2.17    0.88    0.60    1.41    1.19    0.12    0.45   11.11
   2000    2.38    1.02    0.60    1.49    1.39    0.19    0.68   12.47
   2001    2.16    1.01    0.58    1.25    1.31    0.15    0.59   11.31
   2002    2.02    1.20    0.60    1.16    1.29    0.14    0.51   11.12
   2003    2.05    1.39    0.62    1.08    1.27    0.16    0.62   11.50
   2004    2.21    1.68    0.66    1.11    1.34    0.21    0.80   12.58
   2005    2.35    1.95    0.68    1.11    1.38    0.27    1.00   13.47
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IMPORTS  Canada   China Germany   Japan  Mexico Venezuela  OPEC^  Total*
-------  ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
   1978    1.36    0.04    0.31    0.57    0.29    0.15    0.65    6.19
   1979    1.51    0.07    0.34    0.69    0.39    0.15    0.57    7.20
   1980    1.49    0.14    0.41    0.75    0.55    0.16    0.62    8.04
   1981    1.47    0.12    0.33    0.70    0.58    0.17    0.67    7.58
   1982    1.20    0.09    0.28    0.64    0.36    0.16    0.63    6.49
   1983    1.26    0.06    0.24    0.62    0.26    0.08    0.43    5.71
   1984    1.35    0.08    0.22    0.59    0.31    0.09    0.35    5.59
   1985    1.31    0.09    0.21    0.52    0.32    0.07    0.27    5.12
   1986    1.27    0.07    0.23    0.59    0.28    0.07    0.23    5.00
   1987    1.31    0.07    0.24    0.58    0.31    0.07    0.23    5.28
   1988    1.46    0.10    0.28    0.73    0.40    0.09    0.27    6.27
   1989    1.46    0.11    0.30    0.80    0.45    0.05    0.24    6.56
   1990    1.44    0.08    0.31    0.83    0.48    0.05    0.23    6.68
   1991    1.43    0.10    0.34    0.79    0.55    0.08    0.30    6.91
   1992    1.44    0.12    0.32    0.74    0.64    0.09    0.33    6.94
   1993    1.51    0.13    0.28    0.71    0.62    0.07    0.28    6.86
   1994    1.62    0.13    0.27    0.74    0.72    0.06    0.23    7.11
   1995    1.72    0.16    0.30    0.86    0.62    0.06    0.24    7.78
   1996    1.72    0.15    0.29    0.85    0.73    0.06    0.25    7.83
   1997    1.83    0.15    0.29    0.78    0.86    0.08    0.29    8.17
   1998    1.79    0.16    0.30    0.65    0.90    0.07    0.26    7.66
   1999    1.80    0.14    0.28    0.60    0.94    0.06    0.20    7.38
   2000    1.82    0.16    0.29    0.65    1.13    0.06    0.18    7.86
   2001    1.61    0.19    0.29    0.55    1.00    0.06    0.19    7.10
   2002    1.54    0.21    0.25    0.47    0.93    0.04    0.17    6.52
   2003    1.55    0.26    0.26    0.46    0.89    0.03    0.15    6.51
   2004    1.62    0.30    0.26    0.45    0.95    0.04    0.18    6.89
   2005    1.70    0.34    0.27    0.43    0.97    0.05    0.25    7.18

* Total refers to all countries, not just the selected six;
^ OPEC includes Venezuela, Ecuador, Iraq,  Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
  United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, and Gabon (excludes
  Ecuador beginning in January 1993 and Gabon beginning in January 1995);

Note: The six selected countries are those with which the U.S. had the largest
      trade deficits in 2005.  The largest trade surplus in 2005 was $11.5
      billion with the Netherlands.

Source: U.S. Trade in Goods, Bureau of Economic Analysis;
        Current-dollar and "real" GDP, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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