EXHIBIT 4.  EXPORTS AND IMPORTS BY SITC COMMODITY SECTIONS,
                                         NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 2003 AND 2004
                                                            
                         Details may not equal totals due to rounding.  (-) Represents zero or
                                     less than one-half unit of measurement shown.
                                                            

                                                                    January 2004              December 2003
SITC
Section Description                                             Exports      Imports      Exports      Imports

Total                                                             59,156.2    103,687.3     63,155.2    109,306.1

Food and live animals                                              3,227.6      3,681.0      3,706.2      3,993.0
Beverages and tobacco                                                351.9        792.8        425.4        995.6
Crude matterials, inedible except fuels                            3,101.7      1,718.3      3,527.7      1,671.6
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials                    1,087.7     14,028.8      1,240.1     12,859.6
Animal and vagetable oils, fats and waxes                            136.1        143.5        155.1        142.9
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.                             7,845.1      8,125.1      7,635.7      9,198.1
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material                  4,933.7     11,334.4      4,600.5     11,066.4
Machinery and transport equipment                                 24,021.7     41,682.5     26,541.1     47,775.1
Miscellaneous manufactured articles                                6,017.5     17,930.2      6,394.1     17,342.3
Commodities and trasactions not classified elsewhere in SITC       2,193.2      4,250.6      2,241.2      4,482.0

Reexports                                                          6,239.9          (X)      6,668.5          (X)
                                                                       (X)          (X)         23.4       -220.6
                                                            
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                                                                January 2003
SITC
Section Description                                             Exports      Imports

Total                                                             54,744.6     97,806.0

Food and live animals                                              3,040.3      3,673.3
Beverages and tobacco                                                360.0        762.6
Crude matterials, inedible except fuels                            2,758.4      1,652.7
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials                    1,309.6     12,182.3
Animal and vagetable oils, fats and waxes                            190.6        116.6
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.                             7,190.8      8,260.1
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material                  4,625.7     10,785.6
Machinery and transport equipment                                 22,168.4     38,914.8
Miscellaneous manufactured articles                                5,662.3     17,245.5
Commodities and trasactions not classified elsewhere in SITC       1,931.4      4,053.0

Reexports                                                          5,465.0          (X)
                                                                      38.1        159.5
                                                            

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-04-38, BEA-04-10), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2004.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.