ECONOMIC

TABLE B-97.— U.S. merchandise exports and imports by area t 1970-76[Millions of dollars]Area 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 19751976Jan.-Nov.Exports (domestic and foreign and special categoryshipments)Developed countries.Canada iWestern Europe 2JapanAustralia, New Zealand, and Republic ofSouth AfricaDeveloping countries s.Petroleum exporting countries.Other countriesOther Western Hemisphere.Near East.East and South AsiaDeveloping AfricaSocialist areas in Europe and Asia.Unidentified countriesi43,22430,8779,07914, 4634,6521,68312,9932,65910, 3346,5321,4234,02994035444,13030, 33510, 36514,1784,0551,73713,4102,93210,4786,4851,8164,0471,00939,952General imports.45, 563Socialist areas in Europe and Asia-227 229Unidentified countries 4 24 41Developed countries.29,259 33, 744Canada11,092 12,691Western Europe 211,169 12,658Japan5,875 7,259Australia, New Zealand, and Republic ofSouth Africa1,123 1,136Developing countries 3 .Petroleum exporting countries.Other countries10,4422,5167,92911,5493,0608,489Other Western Hemisphere.5,836 6,038Near East.371 593East and South Asia3,397 3,941Developing Africa8G0 93038449, 759 71, 339 98, 507 107, 592 104, 264354 593 1,007 887 97551 40 15 11 534, 319 47, 209 63,021 64, 780 64, 00612,415 15,104 19, 936 21,744 22, 06015, 3614,96321, 359 28,637 29,945 29,12510,679 9,563 9,2451,5808,3133,769 3,52914, 5562,43232,695 39, 2153,57736, 5163,375 20,9638,14011,181 4,54012, 567 13,11124,55516,42326,648 23,4057,275 9,929 15,809 17, 099 15,3191,954 3,041 5,557 8,946 9,0274,373 6,600 9,196 10,093 9,370898 1,334 2,044 2,964 2,717883 2,491 2,239 3,092 3,369677 552 505 37455, 583 69, 476 100,251 96,116 109, 24040, 822 48, 530 59,786 55,966 60, 82014,927 17,715 21,929 21,729 23, 80115, 423 19, 286 23, 521 20, 737 20, 6859,064 9,676 12,338 11,268 14, 0921,408 1,853 2,000 2,232 2,24214, 356 20,313 39,443 39,252 47,4403,729 6,309 20,488 21,417 26, 25510, 627 10,004 18,955 17,835 21,1857,003 9,607 18,403 16, 044 15, 337773 1,396 4,740 5,431 8,2545,264 7,043 10, 242 10, 224 13, 3661,253 2,180 5,941 7,436 10, 3651 Beginning January 1973, transshipments of certain grains and oilseeds through Canada are shown as exports to unidentifiedcountries.2 Includes Finland, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey.3 Includes developing countries in Oceania.< Consists of certain low-valued shipments not identified by country.N Ote—Exports are f.a.s. (free alongside ship); 1959-73 imports are Customs values, generally the market value in theforeign country; and 1974-76 imports are transaction values f.a.s. Petroleum exporting developing countries are as follows:OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)—Algeria, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, !ra,,, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya,Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela; and other petroleum exporting developing countries-Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brunei, Egypt, Leeward and Windward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Oman, Trinidad andTobago, and Tunisia.Source: Department of Ccmmerce (Bureau of the Census and Bureau of International Economic Policy and Research).299