Exhibit 1. U.S. Merchandise Trade: Imports for Consumption (1) for Selected
                              World Areas and Countries.

                                In millions of dollars.

NOTE:  This exhibit is compiled from detailed merchandise trade data. For information 
on nonsampling errors and other data limitations refer to the Technical Documentation
(http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/2001pr/aip/rp01-techdoc.txt).

 
         Selected World                                             Related
        Areas/Countries (2)                Total Imports          Party Trade
 
                                        Value     Percent      Value     Percent
 
 
TOTAL  (4)                             1,132,635      100.0     526,691      46.5
 
North America                            347,345      30.7      178,047      51.3
  Canada                                 216,836      19.1       89,940      41.5
  Mexico                                 130,509      11.5       88,107      67.5
Western Europe                           238,012      21.0      126,273      53.1
 European Union (EU)                     218,911      19.3      118,208      54.0
  France                                  30,024       2.7       11,958      39.8
  Germany                                 58,939       5.2       39,322      66.7
  Netherlands                              9,449       0.8        5,081      53.8
  United Kingdom                          41,118       3.6       20,004      48.6
  Other European Union                    79,381       7.0       41,844      52.7
Eastern Europe                            14,256       1.3        4,504      31.6
Pacific Rim                              374,499      33.1      175,369      46.8
  China                                  102,069       9.0       18,487      18.1
  Japan                                  126,139      11.1       92,696      73.5
  NICs                                    92,649       8.2       38,541      41.6
    Hong Kong                              9,571       0.8        1,202      12.6
    Korea                                 34,917       3.1       19,232      55.1
    Singapore                             14,899       1.3       11,093      74.5
    Taiwan                                33,262       2.9        7,014      21.1
  Other Pacific Rim                       53,641       4.7       25,644      47.8
South/Central America                     65,584       5.8       18,205      27.8
    Argentina                              2,963       0.3          512      17.3
    Brazil                                14,415       1.3        4,923      34.2
    Chile                                  3,279       0.3          673      20.5
    Colombia                               5,623       0.5        1,235      22.0
    Other South/Central America           39,305       3.5       10,861      27.6
OPEC                                      55,728       4.9       16,760      30.1
Other countries                           92,940       8.2       24,293      26.1
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                                            Nonrelated
                                            Party Trade          Nonreported (3)
 
                                        Value     Percent      Value     Percent
 
 
TOTAL  (4)                               572,956      50.6       32,988       2.9
 
North America                            145,525      41.9       23,773       6.8
  Canada                                 104,732      48.3       22,164      10.2
  Mexico                                  40,793      31.3        1,609       1.2
Western Europe                           107,520      45.2        4,218       1.8
 European Union (EU)                      96,815      44.2        3,888       1.8
  France                                  17,617      58.7          449       1.5
  Germany                                 18,301      31.1        1,315       2.2
  Netherlands                              4,183      44.3          185       2.0
  United Kingdom                          20,200      49.1          915       2.2
  Other European Union                    36,514      46.0        1,023       1.3
Eastern Europe                             9,644      67.6          108       0.8
Pacific Rim                              195,293      52.1        3,836       1.0
  China                                   82,759      81.1          823       0.8
  Japan                                   31,713      25.1        1,730       1.4
  NICs                                    53,217      57.4          891       1.0
    Hong Kong                              8,269      86.4           99       1.0
    Korea                                 15,435      44.2          250       0.7
    Singapore                              3,688      24.8          118       0.8
    Taiwan                                25,824      77.6          424       1.3
  Other Pacific Rim                       27,605      51.5          392       0.7
South/Central America                     46,785      71.3          595       0.9
    Argentina                              2,439      82.3           12       0.4
    Brazil                                 9,449      65.5           43       0.3
    Chile                                  2,590      79.0           16       0.5
    Colombia                               4,116      73.2          272       4.8
    Other South/Central America           28,191      71.7          253       0.6
OPEC                                      38,744      69.5          224       0.4
Other countries                           68,189      73.4          458       0.5
 
(1)  For definition, see Technical Documentation.
(2)  World areas do not sum to total.  Venezuela is included in both OPEC and
     South/Central America, and Indonesia is included in both Pacific Rim and OPEC.
(3)  Related party indicator was missing from import documentation.
(4)  Total values are the summation of statistical month values and do not include
     annual revisions or adjustments for late receipts.