Exhibit 2. U.S. Merchandise Trade: Imports By Two-Digit SITC REV 3 Commodities By Related/Nonrelated Party Trade - 1998 In millions of dollars. (Z) less than 0.05 percent . (-) Represents zero. Total Imports (1) Commodity and Description Value Percent Total (2) 907,647 100.0 78 Motor Vehicles 123,871 13.6 77 Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances 78,857 8.7 75 Office Machines And ADP equipment 76,577 8.4 84 Articles Of Apparel and Clothing 53,664 5.9 89 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 47,459 5.2 33 Petroleum, Petroleum Products 43,334 4.8 76 Telecommunications Equipment 40,480 4.5 74 General Industrial Machinery 28,377 3.1 93 Special Transactions 26,345 2.9 71 Power Generating Machinery 26,057 2.9 72 Machinery Specialized 22,857 2.5 51 Organic Chemicals 19,676 2.2 66 Nonmetallic Mineral 19,493 2.1 67 Iron And Steel 19,050 2.1 69 Manufactures Of Metals 17,797 2.0 68 Nonferrous Metals 15,980 1.8 79 Transport Equipment 15,909 1.8 87 Professional Scientific Instruments 15,333 1.7 85 Footwear 13,879 1.5 82 Furniture & Bedding 13,325 1.5 65 Textile Yarn, Fabrics 12,811 1.4 64 Paper, Paperboard 12,789 1.4 88 Photo Appt, Equipment & Optical Goods 11,467 1.3 54 Medicinal And Pharmaceutical Products 10,946 1.2 34 Gas, Natural And Manufactured 9,626 1.1 05 Vegetables And Fruit 8,287 0.9 03 Fish (Except Marine Mammal) 8,063 0.9 73 Metalworking Machinery 7,749 0.9 24 Cork And Wood 7,624 0.8 62 Rubber Manufactures 6,381 0.7 11 Beverages 6,232 0.7 63 Cork And Wood Manufactures 5,784 0.6 07 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa 5,777 0.6 52 Inorganic Chemicals 5,218 0.6 57 Plastics In Primary Form 5,057 0.6 59 Chemical Materials 4,864 0.5 28 Metalliferous Ores 4,004 0.4 83 Travel Goods, Handbags 3,922 0.4 97 Gold, Nonmonetary 3,569 0.4 58 Plastics In Nonprimary Form 3,452 0.4 81 Prefab Buildings; Sanitary, Plumbing, etc. 3,388 0.4 01 Meat And Meat Preparations 2,845 0.3 55 Essential Oils 2,733 0.3 29 Crude Animal And Vegetable Materials 2,675 0.3 53 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials 2,454 0.3 25 Pulp And Waste Paper 2,443 0.3 04 Cereals And Cereal Preparation 2,352 0.3 27 Crude Fertilizers 1,786 0.2 00 Live Animals 1,718 0.2 06 Sugars, Sugar Preparations 1,698 0.2 23 Crude Rubber 1,675 0.2 56 Fertilizers 1,568 0.2 42 Fixed Veg. Fats & Oils 1,309 0.1 61 Leather 1,234 0.1 12 Tobacco And Tobacco 1,208 0.1 35 Electric Current 1,039 0.1 09 Miscellaneous Edible 988 0.1 02 Dairy Products And Birds' Eggs 872 0.1 26 Textile Fibers 734 0.1 32 Coal, Coke And Briquettes 726 0.1 08 Feeding Stuff For Animals 658 0.1 22 Oil Seeds And Oleaginous 373 0.0 95 Coin Including Gold 291 0.0 43 Animal/Vegetable Fats & Oils 174 0.0 21 Hides, Skins And Furskins 172 0.0 41 Animal Oils And Fats 47 0.0 96 Coin (Other Than Gold) 20 0.0 98 Low Value Estimates 8,526 0.9 ____________________________________________________________________________ Related Party Trade Commodity and Description Value Percent Total (2) 425,710 46.9 78 Motor Vehicles 103,901 83.9 77 Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances 50,098 63.5 75 Office Machines And ADP equipment 53,391 69.7 84 Articles Of Apparel and Clothing 8,157 15.2 89 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 13,074 27.5 33 Petroleum, Petroleum Products 10,188 23.5 76 Telecommunications Equipment 28,795 71.1 74 General Industrial Machinery 13,591 47.9 93 Special Transactions 9,575 36.3 71 Power Generating Machinery 13,933 53.5 72 Machinery Specialized 11,183 48.9 51 Organic Chemicals 10,786 54.8 66 Nonmetallic Mineral 3,933 20.2 67 Iron And Steel 9,073 47.6 69 Manufactures Of Metals 5,667 31.8 68 Nonferrous Metals 4,853 30.4 79 Transport Equipment 3,668 23.1 87 Professional Scientific Instruments 9,095 59.3 85 Footwear 1,053 7.6 82 Furniture & Bedding 4,064 30.5 65 Textile Yarn, Fabrics 2,531 19.8 64 Paper, Paperboard 3,802 29.7 88 Photo Appt, Equipment & Optical Goods 6,495 56.6 54 Medicinal And Pharmaceutical Products 7,525 68.7 34 Gas, Natural And Manufactured 1,663 17.3 05 Vegetables And Fruit 2,124 25.6 03 Fish (Except Marine Mammal) 913 11.3 73 Metalworking Machinery 4,242 54.7 24 Cork And Wood 468 6.1 62 Rubber Manufactures 4,206 65.9 11 Beverages 1,518 24.4 63 Cork And Wood Manufactures 715 12.4 07 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa 1,121 19.4 52 Inorganic Chemicals 1,665 31.9 57 Plastics In Primary Form 3,043 60.2 59 Chemical Materials 2,955 60.8 28 Metalliferous Ores 831 20.8 83 Travel Goods, Handbags 372 9.5 97 Gold, Nonmonetary 258 7.2 58 Plastics In Nonprimary Form 1,351 39.1 81 Prefab Buildings; Sanitary, Plumbing, etc. 719 21.2 01 Meat And Meat Preparations 677 23.8 55 Essential Oils 1,005 36.8 29 Crude Animal And Vegetable Materials 420 15.7 53 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials 1,505 61.3 25 Pulp And Waste Paper 471 19.3 04 Cereals And Cereal Preparation 553 23.5 27 Crude Fertilizers 541 30.3 00 Live Animals 125 7.3 06 Sugars, Sugar Preparations 533 31.4 23 Crude Rubber 1,058 63.1 56 Fertilizers 572 36.5 42 Fixed Veg. Fats & Oils 158 12.1 61 Leather 156 12.6 12 Tobacco And Tobacco 261 21.6 35 Electric Current 0 0.0 09 Miscellaneous Edible 341 34.5 02 Dairy Products And Birds' Eggs 163 18.7 26 Textile Fibers 200 27.3 32 Coal, Coke And Briquettes 70 9.6 08 Feeding Stuff For Animals 184 27.9 22 Oil Seeds And Oleaginous 38 10.3 95 Coin Including Gold 34 11.6 43 Animal/Vegetable Fats & Oils 22 12.8 21 Hides, Skins And Furskins 11 6.7 41 Animal Oils And Fats 13 27.3 96 Coin (Other Than Gold) 3 16.8 98 Low Value Estimates 0 0.0 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Nonrelated Party Trade Commodity and Description Value Percent Total (2) 465,497 51.3 78 Motor Vehicles 19,918 16.1 77 Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances 28,727 36.4 75 Office Machines And ADP equipment 23,173 30.3 84 Articles Of Apparel and Clothing 45,466 84.7 89 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 34,326 72.3 33 Petroleum, Petroleum Products 33,012 76.2 76 Telecommunications Equipment 11,676 28.8 74 General Industrial Machinery 14,771 52.1 93 Special Transactions 16,560 62.9 71 Power Generating Machinery 12,090 46.4 72 Machinery Specialized 11,592 50.7 51 Organic Chemicals 8,590 43.7 66 Nonmetallic Mineral 15,508 79.6 67 Iron And Steel 9,969 52.3 69 Manufactures Of Metals 12,098 68.0 68 Nonferrous Metals 11,056 69.2 79 Transport Equipment 11,999 75.4 87 Professional Scientific Instruments 6,219 40.6 85 Footwear 12,813 92.3 82 Furniture & Bedding 9,244 69.4 65 Textile Yarn, Fabrics 10,272 80.2 64 Paper, Paperboard 8,984 70.3 88 Photo Appt, Equipment & Optical Goods 4,968 43.3 54 Medicinal And Pharmaceutical Products 3,421 31.3 34 Gas, Natural And Manufactured 2,773 28.8 05 Vegetables And Fruit 6,157 74.3 03 Fish (Except Marine Mammal) 7,137 88.5 73 Metalworking Machinery 3,507 45.3 24 Cork And Wood 7,154 93.8 62 Rubber Manufactures 2,174 34.1 11 Beverages 4,637 74.4 63 Cork And Wood Manufactures 5,067 87.6 07 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa 4,654 80.6 52 Inorganic Chemicals 3,543 67.9 57 Plastics In Primary Form 2,014 39.8 59 Chemical Materials 1,907 39.2 28 Metalliferous Ores 3,150 78.7 83 Travel Goods, Handbags 3,548 90.5 97 Gold, Nonmonetary 3,309 92.7 58 Plastics In Nonprimary Form 2,098 60.8 81 Prefab Buildings; Sanitary, Plumbing, etc. 2,664 78.6 01 Meat And Meat Preparations 2,167 76.2 55 Essential Oils 1,726 63.2 29 Crude Animal And Vegetable Materials 2,252 84.2 53 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials 948 38.6 25 Pulp And Waste Paper 1,972 80.7 04 Cereals And Cereal Preparation 1,798 76.5 27 Crude Fertilizers 1,236 69.2 00 Live Animals 1,591 92.6 06 Sugars, Sugar Preparations 1,114 65.6 23 Crude Rubber 617 36.8 56 Fertilizers 995 63.5 42 Fixed Veg. Fats & Oils 1,147 87.7 61 Leather 1,078 87.3 12 Tobacco And Tobacco 945 78.3 35 Electric Current 0 0.0 09 Miscellaneous Edible 646 65.4 02 Dairy Products And Birds' Eggs 709 81.3 26 Textile Fibers 533 72.6 32 Coal, Coke And Briquettes 653 90.0 08 Feeding Stuff For Animals 474 72.1 22 Oil Seeds And Oleaginous 332 89.1 95 Coin Including Gold 255 87.4 43 Animal/Vegetable Fats & Oils 151 87.2 21 Hides, Skins And Furskins 160 93.3 41 Animal Oils And Fats 34 72.7 96 Coin (Other Than Gold) 16 83.2 98 Low Value Estimates 0 0.0 (1) Value includes $16.44 billion (1.8%) nonreported party trade; therefore, related and nonrelated colums will not sum to the totals. (2) Total values shown are based upon the summation of statistical month values and do not include annual revisions or adjustments for late receipts. CONTACT: For more information, contact Christopher Deaver (301-457-3252) Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census, or see our web site: "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/"