EXHIBIT 5. EXPORTS (F.A.S. VALUE), IMPORTS (CUSTOMS AND C.I.F. VALUES) AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AND NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: March 1999 TO March 2000 In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) - Revised. Trade balance Period Customs C.I.F. Seasonally Adjusted 1999 Jan.- Dec. -330,078.2 -364,913.7 Jan.- Mar. -70,668.7 -78,524.4 January -22,285.1 -24,879.3 February -23,907.4 -26,549.8 March -24,476.2 -27,095.2 April -24,128.9 -26,784.9 May -26,603.2 -29,348.0 June -29,760.6 -32,743.2 July -30,252.7 -33,249.8 August -28,868.7 -31,958.7 September -28,259.5 -31,374.2 October -30,461.2 -33,573.0 November -31,271.9 -34,406.4 December -29,802.9 -32,951.1 2000 Jan.- Mar. -101,675.4 -111,190.1 January -32,453.3 -35,583.8 February (R) -33,424.7 -36,567.7 March -35,797.5 -39,038.6 April May June July August September October November December Not Seasonally Adjusted 1999 Jan.- Dec. -330,078.2 -364,913.7 Jan.- Mar. -63,845.0 -71,447.7 January -19,475.1 -21,887.3 February -20,665.8 -23,111.2 March -23,704.1 -26,449.2 April -22,701.5 -25,355.8 May -24,284.1 -26,988.3 June -29,797.4 -32,819.4 July -33,511.9 -36,544.4 August -32,254.7 -35,432.0 September -30,974.6 -34,148.5 October -32,117.5 -35,354.3 November -33,046.6 -36,229.6 December -27,544.9 -30,593.7 2000 Jan.- Mar. -95,078.5 -104,369.2 January -30,146.8 -33,084.1 February (R) -30,497.4 -33,508.4 March -34,434.3 -37,776.7 April May June July August September October November December ___________________________________________________________________________ Exports Period F.a.s. value Seasonally Adjusted 1999 Jan.- Dec. 695,213.5 Jan.- Mar. 167,111.3 January 56,121.2 February 55,721.3 March 55,268.7 April 56,168.1 May 56,168.6 June 56,578.2 July 56,827.3 August 59,899.7 September 59,987.8 October 59,732.1 November 59,860.0 December 62,880.4 2000 Jan.- Mar. 186,893.9 January 61,722.3 February (R) 61,926.8 March 63,244.9 April May June July August September October November December Not Seasonally Adjusted 1999 Jan.- Dec. 695,213.5 Jan.- Mar. 166,448.0 January 52,382.9 February 53,442.9 March 60,622.3 April 57,250.0 May 56,589.4 June 57,953.0 July 53,079.6 August 57,521.6 September 59,244.0 October 62,305.5 November 60,913.1 December 63,909.2 2000 Jan.- Mar. 187,565.4 January 57,221.1 February (R) 61,324.9 March 69,019.4 April May June July August September October November December ________________________________________________________ Imports Period Customs value C.i.f. value Seasonally Adjusted 1999 Jan.- Dec. 1,025,291.7 1,060,127.2 Jan.- Mar. 237,779.9 245,635.7 January 78,406.2 81,000.5 February 79,628.7 82,271.2 March 79,744.9 82,363.9 April 80,297.0 82,953.0 May 82,771.8 85,516.6 June 86,338.8 89,321.5 July 87,080.0 90,077.0 August 88,768.4 91,858.4 September 88,247.3 91,362.0 October 90,193.3 93,305.1 November 91,131.9 94,266.4 December 92,683.3 95,831.5 2000 Jan.- Mar. 288,569.3 298,083.9 January 94,175.5 97,306.1 February (R) 95,351.4 98,494.5 March 99,042.3 102,283.4 April May June July August September October November December Not Seasonally Adjusted 1999 Jan.- Dec. 1,025,291.7 1,060,127.2 Jan.- Mar. 230,293.1 237,895.7 January 71,858.0 74,270.2 February 74,108.7 76,554.1 March 84,326.3 87,071.4 April 79,951.6 82,605.9 May 80,873.4 83,577.7 June 87,750.4 90,772.3 July 86,591.5 89,624.0 August 89,776.4 92,953.6 September 90,218.7 93,392.5 October 94,423.0 97,659.8 November 93,959.7 97,142.7 December 91,454.1 94,502.9 2000 Jan.- Mar. 282,643.9 291,934.6 January 87,368.0 90,305.2 February (R) 91,822.3 94,833.3 March 103,453.7 106,796.1 April May June July August September October November December CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/" NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."