Exhibit 8: U.S. General Imports of Merchandise Market/World Area by Country of Origin Customs Value June 2005 Country of Origin Total W O R L D T O T A L 141,939.64 WORLD AREA = AFRICA Subtotal 4,597.21 Algeria 979.46 Angola 501.31 Benin 0.06 Botswana 7.45 British Indian Ocean Territories 0.03 Burkina 0.05 Burundi 0.30 Cameroon 6.92 Cape Verde 0.41 Central African Republic 0.30 Chad 146.15 Comoros 0.01 Congo (Brazzaville) 56.14 Congo (Kinshasa) 2.79 Cote d'Ivoire 68.79 Djibouti 0.17 Egypt 118.15 Equatorial Guinea 122.57 Eritrea 0.02 Ethiopia 5.54 French Southern and Antarctic Lands (-) Gabon 94.72 Gambia 0.01 Ghana 17.28 Guinea 5.46 Guinea-Bissau 0.07 Kenya 33.27 Lesotho 39.72 Liberia 17.76 Madagascar 31.89 Malawi 9.40 Mali 1.43 Mauritania (-) Mauritius 19.81 Morocco 52.51 Mozambique 1.25 Namibia 9.28 Niger 14.78 Nigeria 1,636.80 Reunion 0.69 Rwanda 0.34 Sao Tome and Principe 0.08 Senegal 0.66 Seychelles 0.26 Sierra Leone 0.53 Somalia 0.01 South Africa 533.62 St Helena 0.40 Sudan 2.43 Swaziland 19.49 Tanzania 1.64 Togo 1.52 Tunisia 19.80 Uganda 2.24 Western Sahara (-) Zambia 3.36 Zimbabwe 8.08 WORLD AREA = ASIA Subtotal 55,974.88 MARKET = ASIA, N.E.C. Subsubtotal 15,389.72 Bhutan (-) Brunei 39.24 Burma (Myanmar) (-) Cambodia 142.18 Hong Kong 638.71 Indonesia 986.35 Korea, South 3,773.48 Laos 0.35 Macao 82.73 Malaysia 2,973.13 Maldives 0.04 Philippines 802.76 Singapore 1,249.48 Taiwan 2,944.71 Thailand 1,756.56 MARKET = JAPAN, Subsubtotal 11,988.86 Japan 11,988.86 MARKET = NEAR EAST ASIA, Subsubtotal 4,981.82 Bahrain 21.77 Gaza Strip Administered by Israel 0.25 Iran 11.65 Iraq 818.08 Israel 1,296.03 Jordan 93.74 Kuwait 316.69 Lebanon 7.59 Oman 54.05 Qatar 8.51 Republic of Yemen 0.35 Saudi Arabia 2,192.45 Syria 38.39 United Arab Emirates 122.03 West Bank Administered by Israel 0.24 MARKET = SELECTED AREAS IN ASIA, Subsubtotal 21,534.99 China 20,987.96 Mongolia 11.78 North Korea (-) Vietnam 535.25 MARKET = SOUTH ASIA, Subsubtotal 2,079.49 Afghanistan 1.27 Bangladesh 222.75 India 1,418.47 Nepal 9.96 Pakistan 267.55 Sri Lanka 159.49 WORLD AREA = AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Subtotal 1,009.18 Australia 659.02 Christmas Island 0.04 Cocos (Keeling) Island (-) Cook Islands 0.29 Federated States of Micronesia 0.01 Fiji 12.91 French Polynesia 8.07 Heard and McDonald Islands (-) Kiribati 0.10 Marshall Islands 1.18 Nauru 0.03 New Caledonia 2.32 New Zealand 321.28 Niue (-) Norfolk Island 0.06 Palau 0.07 Papua New Guinea 1.83 Pitcairn Island (-) Solomon Islands 0.08 Tokelau 0.66 Tonga 0.41 Tuvalu (-) Vanuatu 0.17 Wallis and Futuna (-) Western Samoa 0.65 WORLD AREA = EUROPE Subtotal 30,750.64 MARKET = OTHER EUROPE Subtotal 4,282.61 Albania 0.83 Andorra 0.25 Armenia 2.73 Azerbaijan 11.27 Belarus 36.12 Bosnia-Hercegovina 0.96 Bulgaria 25.73 Croatia 26.94 Faroe Islands 0.09 Georgia 40.92 Gibraltar 0.09 Iceland 17.02 Kazakhstan 214.97 Kyrgyzstan 0.01 Liechtenstein 22.38 Macedonia (Skopje) 4.72 Moldova 4.68 Monaco 1.41 Norway 797.70 Romania 107.25 Russia 1,235.73 San Marino 0.02 Serbia and Montenegro 3.43 Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island (-) Switzerland 1,121.04 Tajikistan 15.89 Turkey 478.21 Turkmenistan 22.42 Ukraine 88.32 Uzbekistan 1.45 Vatican City 0.03 MARKET = EUROPEAN UNION Subsubtotal 26,468.03 Austria 488.85 Belgium 1,057.71 Cyprus 2.47 Czech Republic 201.05 Denmark 426.12 Estonia 40.12 Federal Republic of Germany 7,066.91 Finland 351.23 France 3,200.35 Greece 61.41 Hungary 214.33 Ireland 2,597.42 Italy 2,702.91 Latvia 15.72 Lithuania 35.96 Luxembourg 35.06 Malta 25.98 Netherlands 1,151.37 Poland 160.41 Portugal 210.87 Slovakia 96.99 Slovenia 36.27 Spain 771.83 Sweden 1,340.23 United Kingdom 4,176.46 WORLD AREA = WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subtotal 49,404.03 MARKET = CANADA, Subsubtotal 24,007.97 Canada 24,007.97 MARKET = CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Subsubtotal 1,256.58 Costa Rica 311.00 El Salvador 190.11 Guatemala 306.84 Honduras 350.52 Nicaragua 98.11 MARKET = LATIN AMERICAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION Subsu 22,423.18 Argentina 350.66 Bolivia 21.23 Brazil 2,156.61 Chile 341.44 Colombia 777.50 Ecuador 478.96 Mexico 14,855.03 Paraguay 3.14 Peru 375.04 Uruguay 55.94 Venezuela 3,007.63 MARKET = OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS Subsubtotal 496.77 Cuba (-) Dominican Republic 426.35 Haiti 43.24 Panama 27.18 MARKET = OTHER WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subsubtotal 1,219.53 Anguilla 0.19 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25 Aruba 223.97 Bahamas 97.99 Barbados 2.69 Belize 4.65 Bermuda 1.70 British Virgin Islands 2.19 Cayman Islands 1.17 Dominica 0.17 Falkland Islands (-) French Guiana (-) Greenland 0.58 Grenada 0.86 Guadeloupe 0.08 Guyana 11.08 Jamaica 31.88 Martinique (-) Montserrat 0.08 Netherlands Antilles 114.84 St Kitts and Nevis 4.75 St Lucia 1.09 St Pierre and Miquelon 0.34 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.08 Suriname 11.87 Trinidad and Tobago 705.91 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.12 _________________ Customs Value Jan - June 2005 Country of Origin Total Value Vessel Value Air Value W O R L D T O T A L 793,466.10 401,386.71 171,945.90 WORLD AREA = AFRICA Subtotal 27,482.25 25,322.84 1,925.72 Algeria 4,284.23 4,282.78 1.34 Angola 3,387.34 3,336.00 30.20 Benin 0.45 0.05 0.37 Botswana 61.78 8.98 52.55 British Indian Ocean Territories 0.19 0.10 0.09 Burkina 0.51 0.24 0.23 Burundi 0.92 0.85 0.06 Cameroon 90.64 88.06 1.29 Cape Verde 1.65 0.56 1.09 Central African Republic 3.51 0.35 2.99 Chad 610.24 608.13 0.03 Comoros 1.23 1.19 0.01 Congo (Brazzaville) 471.72 468.21 3.20 Congo (Kinshasa) 184.37 114.80 69.19 Cote d'Ivoire 616.33 606.16 5.30 Djibouti 0.90 0.87 0.02 Egypt 742.80 650.87 75.56 Equatorial Guinea 652.04 649.18 0.42 Eritrea 0.54 0.49 0.05 Ethiopia 28.29 26.97 1.08 French Southern and Antarctic Lands (-) (-) (-) Gabon 1,393.06 1,390.59 1.54 Gambia 0.05 0.01 0.04 Ghana 68.29 60.84 6.10 Guinea 34.85 29.68 4.99 Guinea-Bissau 0.11 0.05 0.07 Kenya 174.40 151.54 20.96 Lesotho 204.06 184.89 17.68 Liberia 48.18 48.02 0.11 Madagascar 153.66 139.80 12.88 Malawi 56.01 55.61 0.36 Mali 2.29 0.12 0.68 Mauritania 0.39 0.34 0.04 Mauritius 111.52 75.53 35.56 Morocco 248.79 170.88 75.18 Mozambique 4.01 3.19 0.77 Namibia 63.54 28.69 8.72 Niger 48.44 45.14 0.53 Nigeria 10,550.40 10,446.98 9.67 Reunion 3.08 2.88 0.18 Rwanda 3.10 2.97 0.08 Sao Tome and Principe 0.18 0.08 0.10 Senegal 1.87 0.73 1.00 Seychelles 2.03 0.17 1.61 Sierra Leone 2.95 0.35 2.14 Somalia 0.10 0.02 0.08 South Africa 2,860.18 1,380.13 1,436.53 St Helena 1.62 0.88 0.68 Sudan 4.80 4.80 (-) Swaziland 106.20 102.73 3.05 Tanzania 17.69 10.73 5.76 Togo 4.52 3.43 1.07 Tunisia 82.80 54.46 25.57 Uganda 12.77 9.86 2.71 Western Sahara (-) (-) (-) Zambia 19.01 18.50 0.48 Zimbabwe 57.62 53.38 3.73 WORLD AREA = ASIA Subtotal 307,357.25 209,167.92 89,568.23 MARKET = ASIA, N.E.C. Subsubtotal 85,996.94 46,245.05 37,602.61 Bhutan 0.49 0.47 0.02 Brunei 269.47 258.42 9.01 Burma (Myanmar) 0.06 0.01 0.05 Cambodia 754.04 674.10 76.46 Hong Kong 3,623.83 2,062.09 1,404.46 Indonesia 5,711.06 4,883.22 759.42 Korea, South 22,086.65 14,365.55 7,317.59 Laos 1.47 0.97 0.48 Macao 459.79 325.60 128.87 Malaysia 15,259.18 4,385.29 10,530.18 Maldives 4.99 4.21 0.77 Philippines 4,320.14 2,142.34 2,047.37 Singapore 7,264.07 1,527.64 5,483.06 Taiwan 16,894.62 10,293.57 6,035.39 Thailand 9,347.08 5,321.57 3,809.48 MARKET = JAPAN, Subsubtotal 68,446.13 49,591.34 17,205.49 Japan 68,446.13 49,591.34 17,205.49 MARKET = NEAR EAST ASIA, Subsubtotal 28,207.91 20,577.81 6,937.95 Bahrain 181.24 140.76 39.61 Gaza Strip Administered by Israel 0.47 0.47 (-) Iran 74.66 33.44 39.29 Iraq 4,070.74 3,909.31 122.73 Israel 8,175.94 1,355.28 6,302.86 Jordan 577.52 442.21 131.53 Kuwait 1,661.93 1,600.43 58.75 Lebanon 41.95 22.88 12.73 Oman 281.77 249.97 18.82 Qatar 161.91 117.63 13.07 Republic of Yemen 92.51 91.80 0.44 Saudi Arabia 12,092.70 12,005.88 26.13 Syria 185.59 179.94 1.96 United Arab Emirates 607.97 427.38 169.48 West Bank Administered by Israel 1.01 0.43 0.55 MARKET = SELECTED AREAS IN ASIA, Subsubtotal 112,178.61 84,393.19 23,861.63 China 109,184.85 81,648.54 23,654.79 Mongolia 55.75 51.92 3.42 North Korea (-) (-) (-) Vietnam 2,938.01 2,692.73 203.42 MARKET = SOUTH ASIA, Subsubtotal 12,527.66 8,360.53 3,960.55 Afghanistan 8.25 0.29 6.08 Bangladesh 1,200.18 1,099.17 84.98 India 8,756.83 5,122.21 3,482.20 Nepal 61.01 36.14 23.20 Pakistan 1,485.80 1,331.85 139.26 Sri Lanka 1,015.59 770.87 224.83 WORLD AREA = AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Subtotal 5,337.22 4,092.63 1,020.80 Australia 3,482.37 2,514.30 788.36 Christmas Island 0.25 0.05 0.08 Cocos (Keeling) Island 0.40 0.16 (-) Cook Islands 1.03 0.01 0.91 Federated States of Micronesia 1.19 1.09 0.06 Fiji 78.74 68.61 5.47 French Polynesia 30.93 6.74 20.17 Heard and McDonald Islands (-) (-) (-) Kiribati 0.48 0.03 0.42 Marshall Islands 9.62 3.00 3.73 Nauru 0.11 (-) 0.10 New Caledonia 11.55 11.06 0.47 New Zealand 1,692.88 1,469.20 194.70 Niue (-) (-) (-) Norfolk Island 0.10 (-) 0.10 Palau 0.30 0.14 0.16 Papua New Guinea 17.06 14.24 2.38 Pitcairn Island 0.11 0.10 (-) Solomon Islands 0.60 0.13 0.44 Tokelau 2.91 1.50 1.24 Tonga 2.56 0.38 1.13 Tuvalu 0.01 (-) 0.01 Vanuatu 0.68 0.26 0.41 Wallis and Futuna (-) (-) (-) Western Samoa 3.34 1.63 0.46 WORLD AREA = EUROPE Subtotal 174,061.14 90,605.97 68,258.69 MARKET = OTHER EUROPE Subtotal 23,442.78 16,157.58 6,351.58 Albania 31.49 29.42 1.75 Andorra 0.48 0.23 0.23 Armenia 18.41 3.04 12.20 Azerbaijan 15.20 12.95 2.16 Belarus 201.91 196.43 3.13 Bosnia-Hercegovina 7.72 5.55 1.95 Bulgaria 198.12 154.72 31.93 Croatia 162.53 42.72 116.86 Faroe Islands 3.05 2.16 0.40 Georgia 109.44 106.94 0.74 Gibraltar 2.03 0.41 1.38 Iceland 132.16 75.11 52.89 Kazakhstan 571.09 538.52 25.75 Kyrgyzstan 2.45 2.38 0.01 Liechtenstein 151.96 41.85 35.49 Macedonia (Skopje) 23.63 20.25 3.23 Moldova 23.31 19.20 3.88 Monaco 8.77 5.50 2.46 Norway 3,514.73 3,097.61 341.90 Romania 485.88 378.15 81.93 Russia 7,841.30 7,284.75 410.29 San Marino 0.72 0.46 0.15 Serbia and Montenegro 25.99 22.88 1.52 Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island 0.03 (-) 0.03 Switzerland 6,581.39 1,348.64 4,739.42 Tajikistan 158.42 157.79 0.17 Turkey 2,545.09 2,013.85 461.25 Turkmenistan 52.42 50.26 2.02 Ukraine 511.84 487.52 13.75 Uzbekistan 61.16 58.26 2.68 Vatican City 0.06 0.03 0.03 MARKET = EUROPEAN UNION Subsubtotal 150,618.36 74,448.39 61,907.11 Austria 2,889.31 1,613.99 1,011.04 Belgium 6,232.00 3,054.09 2,809.59 Cyprus 15.04 7.94 6.99 Czech Republic 1,071.39 548.12 369.32 Denmark 2,318.26 919.48 1,176.60 Estonia 179.64 149.77 18.55 Federal Republic of Germany 41,185.00 23,720.97 12,272.81 Finland 2,266.39 1,473.43 629.50 France 16,831.79 6,496.77 7,781.97 Greece 417.17 341.08 64.23 Hungary 1,200.21 339.07 774.51 Ireland 14,539.29 2,046.25 12,224.30 Italy 15,151.96 8,299.15 5,477.85 Latvia 103.87 84.14 3.58 Lithuania 344.98 324.93 12.34 Luxembourg 173.41 136.19 25.58 Malta 147.93 14.40 127.25 Netherlands 6,784.32 4,053.35 2,275.78 Poland 959.90 666.52 187.18 Portugal 1,168.32 550.05 516.07 Slovakia 441.16 386.09 34.23 Slovenia 225.27 128.54 85.84 Spain 4,274.02 2,638.91 1,378.50 Sweden 7,315.00 3,863.54 2,952.34 United Kingdom 24,382.73 12,591.62 9,691.16 WORLD AREA = WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subtotal 278,705.17 71,675.43 11,172.46 MARKET = CANADA, Subsubtotal 138,042.66 6,092.96 4,181.15 Canada 138,042.66 6,092.96 4,181.15 MARKET = CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Subsubtotal 6,793.90 5,799.90 825.41 Costa Rica 1,706.95 1,119.42 503.47 El Salvador 984.80 910.09 71.26 Guatemala 1,681.72 1,565.73 94.87 Honduras 1,854.31 1,748.31 97.94 Nicaragua 566.12 456.35 57.87 MARKET = LATIN AMERICAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION Subsu 125,176.17 51,878.13 5,588.88 Argentina 2,161.26 1,987.01 152.21 Bolivia 120.61 71.43 48.70 Brazil 11,880.29 9,427.15 1,345.48 Chile 3,241.50 2,804.12 401.52 Colombia 4,058.92 3,197.85 647.23 Ecuador 2,745.17 2,553.43 140.81 Mexico 82,386.74 14,337.85 1,822.26 Paraguay 21.37 17.74 3.28 Peru 2,263.94 1,317.90 931.71 Uruguay 357.71 324.94 31.27 Venezuela 15,938.66 15,838.71 64.41 MARKET = OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS Subsubtotal 2,615.93 2,115.41 438.42 Cuba (-) (-) (-) Dominican Republic 2,244.64 1,799.44 394.81 Haiti 220.86 212.73 6.69 Panama 150.43 103.24 36.92 MARKET = OTHER WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subsubtotal 6,076.51 5,789.03 138.60 Anguilla 0.53 0.40 0.12 Antigua and Barbuda 2.26 0.77 1.18 Aruba 1,112.79 1,097.51 3.19 Bahamas 417.26 404.26 9.24 Barbados 17.68 6.17 10.36 Belize 55.73 53.06 1.22 Bermuda 9.62 1.96 6.58 British Virgin Islands 26.06 18.47 5.82 Cayman Islands 6.21 3.68 2.47 Dominica 1.40 0.73 0.36 Falkland Islands 3.91 3.87 0.02 French Guiana 0.06 0.03 0.03 Greenland 4.03 3.88 0.01 Grenada 3.54 1.29 1.79 Guadeloupe 0.67 0.18 0.44 Guyana 59.73 47.90 3.95 Jamaica 179.63 153.17 12.20 Martinique 0.26 0.08 0.16 Montserrat 0.28 0.03 0.20 Netherlands Antilles 398.76 290.93 21.50 St Kitts and Nevis 24.18 2.95 20.60 St Lucia 7.18 0.84 5.90 St Pierre and Miquelon 0.64 (-) 0.02 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.75 0.22 0.29 Suriname 73.60 70.03 3.43 Trinidad and Tobago 3,665.15 3,622.83 26.75 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.60 3.79 0.77 _________________ Note: These data are presented on a customs & C.I.F. value basis in millions of dollars. For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the Information on the Collection and Publication of Trade Statistics on page 35 of the FT900 release or at www.census.gov/foreign-trade/ft920. _________________ SOURCE: Report FT920, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, June 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.