Exhibit 8: U.S. General Imports of Merchandise Market/World Area by Country of Origin Customs Value April 2006 Country of Origin Total W O R L D T O T A L 147,179.6 WORLD AREA = AFRICA Subtotal 5,941.7 Algeria 1,024.7 Angola 832.4 Benin 0.2 Botswana 54.6 British Indian Ocean Territories 0.1 Burkina (-) Burundi 0.1 Cameroon 2.8 Cape Verde (-) Central African Republic (-) Chad 107.5 Comoros (-) Congo (Brazzaville) 277.1 Congo (Kinshasa) 7.9 Cote d'Ivoire 23.8 Djibouti (-) Egypt 228.2 Equatorial Guinea 111.6 Eritrea 0.1 Ethiopia 8.9 French Southern and Antarctic Lands (-) Gabon 74.2 Gambia (-) Ghana 14.8 Guinea 7.0 Guinea-Bissau (-) Kenya 29.7 Lesotho 34.2 Liberia 2.4 Madagascar 22.3 Malawi 3.7 Mali 0.6 Mauritania (-) Mauritius 14.5 Morocco 39.1 Mozambique 0.3 Namibia 4.9 Niger 21.3 Nigeria 2,330.6 Reunion 0.8 Rwanda 0.5 Sao Tome and Principe (-) Senegal 0.3 Seychelles 0.4 Sierra Leone 2.0 Somalia (-) South Africa 613.5 St Helena (-) Sudan 0.8 Swaziland 11.3 Tanzania 3.3 Togo 0.4 Tunisia 12.3 Uganda 2.9 Western Sahara (-) Zambia 3.6 Zimbabwe 10.2 WORLD AREA = ASIA Subtotal 57,454.9 MARKET = ASIA, N.E.C. Subsubtotal 15,341.7 Bhutan (-) Brunei 32.8 Burma (Myanmar) (-) Cambodia 132.3 Hong Kong 585.5 Indonesia 984.4 Korea, South 3,505.4 Laos 0.4 Macao 98.6 Malaysia 2,993.2 Maldives 0.2 Philippines 763.6 Singapore 1,466.3 Taiwan 3,087.6 Thailand 1,691.6 MARKET = JAPAN, Subsubtotal 12,245.3 Japan 12,245.3 MARKET = NEAR EAST ASIA, Subsubtotal 5,533.8 Bahrain 52.9 Gaza Strip Administered by Israel (-) Iran 9.7 Iraq 782.0 Israel 1,333.5 Jordan 110.2 Kuwait 371.0 Lebanon 7.6 Oman 77.9 Qatar 14.8 Republic of Yemen 42.2 Saudi Arabia 2,602.2 Syria 30.3 United Arab Emirates 99.4 West Bank Administered by Israel 0.1 MARKET = SELECTED AREAS IN ASIA, Subsubtotal 21,998.9 China 21,377.2 Mongolia 7.4 North Korea (-) Vietnam 614.3 MARKET = SOUTH ASIA, Subsubtotal 2,335.2 Afghanistan 1.8 Bangladesh 226.9 India 1,677.1 Nepal 8.4 Pakistan 263.9 Sri Lanka 157.0 WORLD AREA = AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Subtotal 907.9 Australia 616.3 Christmas Island (-) Cocos (Keeling) Island 0.2 Cook Islands 0.2 Federated States of Micronesia (-) Fiji 11.9 French Polynesia 3.1 Heard and McDonald Islands (-) Kiribati 0.1 Marshall Islands 0.9 Nauru (-) New Caledonia 3.9 New Zealand 267.5 Niue (-) Norfolk Island (-) Palau 0.1 Papua New Guinea 2.1 Pitcairn Island (-) Solomon Islands 0.2 Tokelau 0.4 Tonga 0.7 Tuvalu (-) Vanuatu 0.1 Wallis and Futuna (-) Western Samoa 0.3 WORLD AREA = EUROPE Subtotal 31,355.2 MARKET = OTHER EUROPE Subtotal 4,443.2 Albania 0.7 Andorra (-) Armenia 4.2 Azerbaijan 0.2 Belarus 51.4 Bosnia-Hercegovina 1.2 Bulgaria 39.8 Croatia 35.1 Faroe Islands 0.4 Georgia 7.5 Gibraltar (-) Iceland 21.8 Kazakhstan 13.1 Kyrgyzstan 0.3 Liechtenstein 27.2 Macedonia (Skopje) 1.5 Moldova 3.8 Monaco 1.3 Norway 655.2 Romania 159.8 Russia 1,651.8 San Marino 0.4 Serbia and Montenegro 4.2 Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island (-) Switzerland 1,097.2 Tajikistan (-) Turkey 531.9 Turkmenistan 3.4 Ukraine 126.9 Uzbekistan 3.1 Vatican City (-) MARKET = EUROPEAN UNION Subsubtotal 26,912.0 Austria 624.4 Belgium 1,051.8 Cyprus 2.7 Czech Republic 193.5 Denmark 409.3 Estonia 50.0 Federal Republic of Germany 7,795.3 Finland 395.5 France 3,039.5 Greece 123.6 Hungary 187.4 Ireland 1,744.5 Italy 2,623.3 Latvia 9.5 Lithuania 30.2 Luxembourg 31.0 Malta 63.4 Netherlands 1,322.2 Poland 194.5 Portugal 291.2 Slovakia 98.4 Slovenia 38.3 Spain 785.6 Sweden 1,389.3 United Kingdom 4,418.0 WORLD AREA = WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subtotal 51,321.0 MARKET = CANADA, Subsubtotal 25,270.2 Canada 25,270.2 MARKET = CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Subsubtotal 956.9 Costa Rica 300.7 El Salvador 105.3 Guatemala 233.9 Honduras 203.0 Nicaragua 114.1 MARKET = LATIN AMERICAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION Subsu 23,433.3 Argentina 289.6 Bolivia 29.6 Brazil 2,058.1 Chile 748.9 Colombia 796.2 Ecuador 537.8 Mexico 15,677.9 Paraguay 3.8 Peru 376.3 Uruguay 35.1 Venezuela 2,880.0 MARKET = OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS Subsubtotal 398.0 Cuba 0.1 Dominican Republic 334.1 Haiti 40.1 Panama 23.7 MARKET = OTHER WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subsubtotal 1,262.6 Anguilla 0.7 Antigua and Barbuda 0.2 Aruba 274.8 Bahamas 27.2 Barbados 3.0 Belize 12.3 Bermuda 0.9 British Virgin Islands 0.7 Cayman Islands 1.1 Dominica 0.3 Falkland Islands 0.8 French Guiana (-) Greenland 0.8 Grenada 0.3 Guadeloupe 0.2 Guyana 15.2 Jamaica 40.5 Martinique (-) Montserrat (-) Netherlands Antilles 74.7 St Kitts and Nevis 4.6 St Lucia 0.9 St Pierre and Miquelon (-) St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1 Suriname 11.4 Trinidad and Tobago 791.0 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9 _________________ Customs Value Year-to-Date Country of Origin Total Value Vessel Value Air Value W O R L D T O T A L 582,281.8 298,530.4 122,160.3 WORLD AREA = AFRICA Subtotal 23,170.9 21,460.5 1,595.8 Algeria 3,750.6 3,735.0 0.9 Angola 3,262.8 3,259.4 3.5 Benin 0.2 (-) 0.2 Botswana 115.2 12.9 102.1 British Indian Ocean Territories 0.5 0.4 0.1 Burkina 0.2 0.1 (-) Burundi 0.7 0.6 0.1 Cameroon 43.0 41.0 1.4 Cape Verde 0.2 0.1 (-) Central African Republic 1.2 0.1 1.1 Chad 495.6 493.5 0.1 Comoros 1.0 0.6 0.4 Congo (Brazzaville) 894.3 889.8 4.2 Congo (Kinshasa) 16.1 1.6 14.5 Cote d'Ivoire 320.2 312.0 4.3 Djibouti 0.6 (-) 0.6 Egypt 730.2 671.3 52.8 Equatorial Guinea 650.6 648.2 0.1 Eritrea 0.3 0.3 (-) Ethiopia 19.9 16.6 3.0 French Southern and Antarctic Lands (-) (-) (-) Gabon 372.3 368.7 1.9 Gambia 0.1 (-) 0.1 Ghana 60.5 53.2 6.2 Guinea 27.5 26.5 0.9 Guinea-Bissau 0.3 (-) 0.3 Kenya 111.5 92.3 17.6 Lesotho 116.2 110.7 5.3 Liberia 44.0 43.9 (-) Madagascar 88.8 79.4 8.3 Malawi 21.2 20.9 0.3 Mali 3.7 0.2 3.0 Mauritania 0.2 0.1 0.1 Mauritius 75.5 54.6 18.7 Morocco 153.2 82.2 68.9 Mozambique 3.9 3.8 0.1 Namibia 29.8 14.0 3.1 Niger 50.1 48.2 0.1 Nigeria 9,196.2 9,166.9 5.7 Reunion 2.8 2.6 0.1 Rwanda 2.5 2.4 (-) Sao Tome and Principe (-) (-) (-) Senegal 1.6 1.0 0.4 Seychelles 3.6 0.3 3.0 Sierra Leone 4.6 1.2 2.7 Somalia 0.2 (-) 0.2 South Africa 2,245.8 1,006.7 1,210.3 St Helena 0.3 0.1 0.2 Sudan 2.7 2.7 (-) Swaziland 41.4 39.6 1.3 Tanzania 12.1 8.0 2.9 Togo 0.7 0.2 0.4 Tunisia 142.6 103.0 37.3 Uganda 10.9 8.5 2.0 Western Sahara (-) (-) (-) Zambia 7.7 6.5 1.1 Zimbabwe 33.1 28.5 4.1 WORLD AREA = ASIA Subtotal 223,998.3 152,390.8 65,323.0 MARKET = ASIA, N.E.C. Subsubtotal 61,183.1 32,693.6 26,805.3 Bhutan 0.2 0.1 (-) Brunei 136.3 129.6 5.3 Burma (Myanmar) (-) (-) (-) Cambodia 661.4 570.5 87.4 Hong Kong 2,531.3 1,477.8 929.5 Indonesia 4,135.9 3,479.3 599.5 Korea, South 14,721.6 10,379.6 4,013.8 Laos 3.0 2.1 0.8 Macao 445.0 320.9 114.8 Malaysia 11,172.7 2,901.5 8,054.0 Maldives 0.6 0.1 0.5 Philippines 3,122.1 1,572.8 1,468.3 Singapore 5,532.5 884.3 4,495.6 Taiwan 11,850.5 6,972.2 4,450.2 Thailand 6,870.4 4,002.8 2,585.7 MARKET = JAPAN, Subsubtotal 47,716.8 35,774.9 10,866.8 Japan 47,716.8 35,774.9 10,866.8 MARKET = NEAR EAST ASIA, Subsubtotal 21,583.6 16,167.6 4,892.1 Bahrain 170.6 142.3 27.4 Gaza Strip Administered by Israel 0.2 0.2 (-) Iran 65.1 36.5 25.8 Iraq 3,207.8 3,080.7 73.3 Israel 5,877.7 995.4 4,507.2 Jordan 434.6 356.6 76.0 Kuwait 1,031.5 1,014.8 16.6 Lebanon 33.6 23.8 5.9 Oman 179.0 161.4 8.9 Qatar 129.6 95.9 11.5 Republic of Yemen 210.2 209.1 0.6 Saudi Arabia 9,751.5 9,692.0 11.1 Syria 61.4 59.0 1.3 United Arab Emirates 430.5 299.7 126.7 West Bank Administered by Israel 0.3 0.3 (-) MARKET = SELECTED AREAS IN ASIA, Subsubtotal 83,689.0 61,245.2 19,603.3 China 81,234.8 59,050.7 19,376.1 Mongolia 37.7 33.0 4.3 North Korea (-) (-) (-) Vietnam 2,416.5 2,161.5 222.9 MARKET = SOUTH ASIA, Subsubtotal 9,825.8 6,509.5 3,155.5 Afghanistan 19.3 0.5 18.4 Bangladesh 991.9 891.8 85.2 India 6,944.0 4,067.9 2,758.9 Nepal 36.5 19.4 16.5 Pakistan 1,105.5 992.8 102.2 Sri Lanka 728.7 537.3 174.3 WORLD AREA = AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Subtotal 3,600.9 2,719.1 713.0 Australia 2,461.7 1,786.2 539.1 Christmas Island 0.3 0.2 (-) Cocos (Keeling) Island 0.3 0.1 0.1 Cook Islands 0.3 (-) 0.2 Federated States of Micronesia 0.3 0.3 (-) Fiji 42.4 36.4 3.1 French Polynesia 13.7 2.3 9.0 Heard and McDonald Islands (-) (-) (-) Kiribati 0.3 (-) 0.3 Marshall Islands 3.7 0.9 1.6 Nauru 0.1 (-) 0.1 New Caledonia 12.8 11.1 1.7 New Zealand 1,046.2 870.9 153.3 Niue (-) (-) (-) Norfolk Island 0.1 (-) 0.1 Palau 0.2 (-) 0.2 Papua New Guinea 10.8 8.1 1.2 Pitcairn Island 0.1 (-) (-) Solomon Islands 0.5 (-) 0.4 Tokelau 2.4 1.7 0.6 Tonga 2.6 0.1 1.5 Tuvalu (-) (-) (-) Vanuatu 0.6 (-) 0.5 Wallis and Futuna (-) (-) (-) Western Samoa 1.7 0.7 0.2 WORLD AREA = EUROPE Subtotal 121,816.8 65,243.3 46,918.3 MARKET = OTHER EUROPE Subtotal 16,244.6 11,267.8 4,397.4 Albania 16.8 16.3 0.2 Andorra (-) (-) (-) Armenia 13.7 3.1 8.4 Azerbaijan 3.1 2.2 0.7 Belarus 139.6 134.8 3.7 Bosnia-Hercegovina 4.0 2.6 1.1 Bulgaria 149.2 120.5 22.0 Croatia 133.8 23.0 108.0 Faroe Islands 1.8 1.7 0.1 Georgia 31.0 29.9 0.4 Gibraltar 0.3 0.1 0.1 Iceland 90.6 52.5 36.6 Kazakhstan 272.5 254.6 17.0 Kyrgyzstan 2.3 1.9 0.4 Liechtenstein 116.1 36.9 40.3 Macedonia (Skopje) 20.1 16.6 3.5 Moldova 13.1 7.4 1.3 Monaco 6.5 3.7 2.1 Norway 2,431.1 2,073.3 299.8 Romania 449.0 360.0 72.6 Russia 5,586.2 5,111.1 380.0 San Marino 1.3 0.7 0.6 Serbia and Montenegro 22.1 19.6 2.2 Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island (-) (-) (-) Switzerland 4,372.1 992.2 3,086.8 Tajikistan 60.5 60.3 (-) Turkey 1,829.2 1,490.3 296.4 Turkmenistan 19.1 18.1 0.9 Ukraine 450.9 427.9 10.5 Uzbekistan 8.4 6.6 1.7 Vatican City 0.2 0.2 (-) MARKET = EUROPEAN UNION Subsubtotal 105,572.1 53,975.5 42,520.9 Austria 2,414.6 1,471.7 783.9 Belgium 4,746.5 2,069.2 2,457.2 Cyprus 9.5 4.7 4.7 Czech Republic 762.0 464.9 233.7 Denmark 1,520.1 816.8 579.2 Estonia 174.7 137.1 29.3 Federal Republic of Germany 29,411.5 17,739.3 8,678.8 Finland 1,487.7 1,086.5 285.3 France 12,082.9 4,860.0 5,248.1 Greece 328.4 277.3 46.9 Hungary 911.6 243.6 616.5 Ireland 8,933.5 1,311.2 7,460.9 Italy 10,261.4 5,887.9 3,607.4 Latvia 146.2 130.9 2.9 Lithuania 262.7 245.6 11.9 Luxembourg 221.1 103.1 102.6 Malta 137.5 54.2 76.9 Netherlands 5,111.2 3,395.3 1,413.7 Poland 786.5 543.9 168.7 Portugal 840.6 509.3 286.4 Slovakia 273.2 233.3 30.9 Slovenia 136.7 89.2 42.0 Spain 2,933.3 1,862.9 860.8 Sweden 4,905.3 2,491.1 2,082.7 United Kingdom 16,773.5 7,946.4 7,409.5 WORLD AREA = WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subtotal 209,090.6 56,113.2 7,609.9 MARKET = CANADA, Subsubtotal 102,864.9 4,968.1 2,714.1 Canada 102,864.9 4,968.1 2,714.1 MARKET = CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Subsubtotal 4,327.4 3,574.2 624.3 Costa Rica 1,250.4 797.7 395.8 El Salvador 473.5 418.5 50.7 Guatemala 1,001.7 910.6 71.8 Honduras 1,103.5 1,018.9 78.4 Nicaragua 498.2 428.5 27.6 MARKET = LATIN AMERICAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION Subsu 95,421.9 41,632.7 3,916.0 Argentina 1,360.0 1,243.2 105.5 Bolivia 110.2 75.3 34.6 Brazil 8,145.8 6,934.7 742.2 Chile 3,190.8 2,773.7 393.8 Colombia 3,099.0 2,457.9 454.8 Ecuador 2,248.2 2,094.5 107.2 Mexico 63,133.4 12,802.8 1,293.7 Paraguay 14.1 11.4 2.4 Peru 1,841.8 1,092.4 739.1 Uruguay 193.3 176.5 15.8 Venezuela 12,085.3 11,970.1 26.8 MARKET = OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS Subsubtotal 1,628.9 1,298.0 271.6 Cuba 0.1 0.1 (-) Dominican Republic 1,385.6 1,095.4 242.7 Haiti 141.4 137.1 3.0 Panama 101.8 65.5 25.9 MARKET = OTHER WESTERN HEMISPHERE Subsubtotal 4,847.6 4,640.1 83.9 Anguilla 1.8 1.6 0.1 Antigua and Barbuda 2.1 0.8 1.2 Aruba 989.7 978.5 1.9 Bahamas 167.3 160.9 3.3 Barbados 11.6 5.1 6.2 Belize 43.5 41.9 0.9 Bermuda 3.0 0.9 1.4 British Virgin Islands 9.8 8.7 0.5 Cayman Islands 5.1 3.8 1.3 Dominica 1.8 1.1 0.1 Falkland Islands 5.4 5.3 (-) French Guiana 0.2 0.2 (-) Greenland 3.5 3.4 (-) Grenada 1.4 0.1 1.0 Guadeloupe 0.7 0.2 0.5 Guyana 49.6 44.9 2.6 Jamaica 173.4 147.1 8.5 Martinique 0.4 0.2 0.1 Montserrat 0.3 (-) 0.3 Netherlands Antilles 404.9 314.0 18.1 St Kitts and Nevis 16.2 2.4 13.5 St Lucia 19.7 15.0 3.0 St Pierre and Miquelon 0.1 (-) (-) St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4 0.2 0.2 Suriname 40.0 38.3 1.5 Trinidad and Tobago 2,892.6 2,862.4 17.7 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.4 3.1 0.3 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, April 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.