EXHIBIT 5. EXPORTS (F.A.S. VALUE), IMPORTS (CUSTOMS AND C.I.F. VALUES) AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AND NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: September 1998 TO September 1999 In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) - Revised. Trade balance Period Customs C.I.F. Seasonally Adjusted 1998 Jan.- Dec. -229,758.4 -260,507.6 Jan.- Sep. -171,552.2 -194,303.3 January -15,923.6 -18,372.9 February -16,470.0 -18,859.3 March -18,831.2 -21,345.0 April -19,875.1 -22,362.6 May -21,191.2 -23,739.6 June -19,141.1 -21,666.0 July -19,731.5 -22,311.0 August -20,272.2 -22,931.1 September -20,116.2 -22,715.7 October -19,190.7 -21,893.2 November -19,409.5 -22,072.6 December -19,606.0 -22,238.4 1999 Jan.- Sep. -238,449.6 -263,822.2 January -22,225.1 -24,812.1 February -23,847.5 -26,482.6 March -24,416.3 -27,027.9 April -24,068.9 -26,717.6 May -26,543.3 -29,280.7 June -29,700.6 -32,676.0 July -30,192.8 -33,182.5 August (R) -28,808.8 -31,891.4 September -28,646.3 -31,751.3 October November December ____________________ Not Seasonally Adjusted 1998 Jan.- Dec. -229,758.4 -260,507.6 Jan.- Sep. -170,490.0 -193,152.3 January -15,052.1 -17,407.3 February -13,160.0 -15,371.4 March -15,798.8 -18,371.0 April -19,068.9 -21,573.3 May -17,325.7 -19,805.1 June -19,923.9 -22,509.3 July -24,759.8 -27,417.0 August -22,593.6 -25,265.8 September -22,807.1 -25,432.1 October -22,398.5 -25,278.5 November -19,625.0 -22,256.7 December -17,244.9 -19,820.0 1999 Jan.- Sep. -237,804.8 -263,169.2 January -19,475.1 -21,887.3 February -20,665.8 -23,111.2 March -23,704.1 -26,449.2 April -22,701.5 -25,355.8 May -24,284.1 -26,988.3 June -29,797.4 -32,819.4 July -33,511.9 -36,544.4 August (R) -32,254.7 -35,432.0 September -31,410.1 -34,581.6 October November December _________________________________________________________ Exports Period F.a.s. value Seasonally Adjusted 1998 Jan.- Dec. 682,137.7 Jan.- Sep. 508,012.7 January 58,384.9 February 57,319.8 March 57,292.4 April 55,989.9 May 55,607.5 June 55,919.7 July 55,136.9 August 55,943.1 September 56,418.5 October 58,400.7 November 58,533.4 December 57,190.8 1999 Jan.- Sep. 513,147.7 January 56,216.1 February 55,816.2 March 55,363.6 April 56,263.0 May 56,263.4 June 56,673.1 July 56,922.2 August (R) 59,994.6 September 59,635.5 October November December _____________________________________ Not Seasonally Adjusted 1998 Jan.- Dec. 682,137.7 Jan.- Sep. 503,667.8 January 55,172.0 February 55,233.6 March 62,296.8 April 56,674.6 May 56,672.2 June 56,994.0 July 51,577.5 August 53,420.1 September 55,627.2 October 61,313.0 November 58,394.8 December 58,762.2 1999 Jan.- Sep. 507,650.4 January 52,382.9 February 53,442.9 March 60,622.3 April 57,250.0 May 56,589.4 June 57,953.0 July 53,079.6 August (R) 57,521.6 September 58,808.7 October November December ______________________________________ Imports Period Customs value C.i.f. value Seasonally Adjusted 1998 Jan.- Dec. 911,896.1 942,645.3 Jan.- Sep. 679,564.9 702,316.0 January 74,308.5 76,757.8 February 73,789.8 76,179.1 March 76,123.6 78,637.4 April 75,865.0 78,352.5 May 76,798.7 79,347.1 June 75,060.8 77,585.7 July 74,868.4 77,447.9 August 76,215.3 78,874.3 September 76,534.7 79,134.2 October 77,591.5 80,294.0 November 77,943.0 80,606.0 December 76,796.8 79,429.3 1999 Jan.- Sep. 751,597.3 776,969.9 January 78,441.2 81,028.1 February 79,663.7 82,298.8 March 79,779.9 82,391.6 April 80,331.9 82,980.6 May 82,806.7 85,544.2 June 86,373.7 89,349.1 July 87,115.0 90,104.7 August (R) 88,803.4 91,886.0 September 88,281.9 91,386.9 October November December ________________________________________________________ Not Seasonally Adjusted 1998 Jan.- Dec. 911,896.1 942,645.3 Jan.- Sep. 674,157.8 696,820.1 January 70,224.0 72,579.3 February 68,393.7 70,605.0 March 78,095.6 80,667.7 April 75,743.5 78,247.9 May 73,997.9 76,477.3 June 76,917.9 79,503.3 July 76,337.2 78,994.5 August 76,013.6 78,685.9 September 78,434.3 81,059.3 October 83,711.5 86,591.5 November 78,019.7 80,651.5 December 76,007.1 78,582.2 1999 Jan.- Sep. 745,455.1 770,819.6 January 71,858.0 74,270.2 February 74,108.7 76,554.1 March 84,326.3 87,071.4 April 79,951.6 82,605.9 May 80,873.4 83,577.7 June 87,750.4 90,772.3 July 86,591.5 89,624.0 August (R) 89,776.4 92,953.6 September 90,218.9 93,390.3 October November December CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/" NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."