DIRECTION OF TRADE                                                                                       
  1992 to 2001            
  (F.O.B. value in thousand U.S. dollars)            
  Countries 1989   1990   1991   1992   1993   1994   1995   1996   1997   1998   1999   2000   2001   2002   Countries
     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     Exports   Imports     
  Total 7,820,713 10,418,821   8,186,027 12,206,161   8,839,514 12,051,363    9,824,314  14,518,928    11,374,805  17,597,401    13,482,896  21,332,568    17,447,186  26,537,626    20,542,546  32,426,934    25,227,703  35,933,821    29,496,353  29,659,887    35,036,893  30,742,459    38,078,250  34,490,873    32,150,203  33,057,160    35,208,159  35,426,508   Total
     Asia    3,512,640    8,530,614      4,352,741  10,476,783      5,279,460  13,105,547      7,406,761  16,095,943      9,127,819  19,217,628    10,962,297  21,365,557    12,264,319  18,277,106    16,426,549  19,259,246    18,471,697  22,352,068    15,865,598  21,061,458    18,647,284  22,745,823      Asia
  Asean 531,541 1,046,317   584,774 1,187,652   616,522 1,105,038       521,639    1,269,809         759,988    1,897,297      1,435,229    2,484,368      2,367,294    3,143,976      2,948,551    4,018,775      3,436,272    4,873,662      3,821,087    4,429,966      4,989,134    4,461,006      5,982,617    5,363,496      4,986,020    5,123,898      5,529,685    5,730,106   Asean
  Brunei 551 47,424   951 109,792   1,044 95,434          2,128        91,837            2,366        50,716            3,302        35,169            2,557          7,681            2,480             374            4,375             955            3,903               92            5,462          1,287            3,973             158            3,889             222            2,865        23,580   Brunei
  Cambodia   41,943             590               -                   43               -                 295             126               481  -             2,791               80            1,369  -             1,212  -             3,065               19            2,346             820            3,543          3,193            7,747          2,000   Cambodia
  Indonesia 56,182 157,826   60,937 181,563   41,943 162,227         40,273       101,129          48,259       341,159          71,123       366,940         129,126      575,440         142,453       645,311         214,023       694,694         111,189       592,041         123,408       704,854         183,430       693,068         132,575       759,831         204,603       764,804   Indonesia
  Laos    229,454                 1               92                 -                 37    *                   4  -                155  -                107                1                 61                4               112               11                 47  -                  81                6                 22               25   Laos 
  Malaysia 99,041 266,403   126,805 272,461   123,266 297,905       127,819       387,100         161,066       356,205         223,732       430,513         315,406      573,384         667,058       800,553         640,092       947,295      1,141,616       924,135      1,479,285       978,650      1,377,361    1,307,035      1,111,663    1,080,008      1,652,611    1,293,170   Malaysia
  Myanmar                 52             631                 85             321               114          1,278            1,500             541                  1        44,632            4,820          4,838            2,595          3,733            6,766          3,150          10,184          2,237            6,207          3,084            3,690          1,767   Myanmar
  Singapore 220,795 492,550   239,632 486,660   229,454 455,275       252,323       550,851         379,450       978,327         710,330    1,440,553         995,708    1,553,382      1,223,545    1,740,392      1,620,508    2,171,329      1,832,257    1,740,409      2,466,720    1,741,975      3,124,226    2,324,644      2,307,557    2,072,881      2,471,745    2,311,055   Singapore
  Thailand 154,972 82,114   156,449 137,176   220,815 94,197         98,454       138,169         168,719       170,533         363,824       197,020         798,887      395,613         780,079       601,828         855,973       791,372         634,376       793,801         841,714       821,711      1,206,478       878,747      1,358,088       924,619      1,083,440    1,052,131   Thailand
  Vietnam                62,510        12,769         123,626        37,934         129,990       185,606          95,006       263,178          93,879       375,752          62,601       209,349          74,574       156,786          62,418       280,054         102,962       281,574   Vietnam
  East Asia    2,785,589    5,647,895      3,116,214    7,017,392      3,595,515    8,930,943      4,797,587  10,613,194      5,899,281  12,436,921      7,253,061  13,824,232      8,169,359  12,132,549    11,211,018  12,739,799    12,213,086  13,548,983    10,601,665  12,994,152    12,831,348  14,604,433   East Asia
  China 50,235 221,105   61,764 162,102   127,769 223,499       113,895       183,745         173,874       180,663         164,485       294,269         213,966      578,619         327,922       676,507         244,412       871,594         343,683    1,198,914         574,809    1,039,794         663,290       785,954         792,798       975,020      1,355,825    1,251,727   China
  Japan 1,591,173 2,043,224   1,621,992 2,258,534   1,771,301 2,372,879    1,745,424    3,086,788      1,827,035    4,036,641      2,034,727    5,190,453      2,747,452    5,956,885      3,671,211    7,128,959      4,194,401    7,414,367      4,233,904    6,029,950      4,664,212    6,136,001      5,608,675    6,511,263      5,057,353    6,633,103      5,293,291    7,232,632   Japan
  Hongkong 304,784 481,130   330,470 554,578   391,620 595,989       463,657       720,989         548,175       877,178         651,416    1,112,527         823,983    1,274,691         868,252    1,360,113      1,171,544    1,548,626      1,325,931    1,299,688      1,947,117    1,226,166      1,907,321    1,242,680      1,579,779    1,334,964      2,358,535    1,583,156   Hongkong
  Korea 175,246 422,859   229,504 477,993   227,921 608,637       175,824       696,828         221,008       897,632         292,067    1,107,341         443,715    1,366,462         370,660    1,673,249         473,731    2,182,032         508,772    2,188,751      1,031,501    2,723,390      1,172,527    2,754,445      1,044,377    2,081,561      1,338,788    2,754,234   Korea
  Taiwan 210,298 701,799   209,263 805,570   209,722 824,597       286,789       959,545         346,121    1,025,280         452,821    1,226,353         568,471    1,436,538         661,235    1,598,093      1,168,973    1,807,615      1,757,071    1,415,246      2,993,378    1,614,447      2,861,273    2,254,641      2,127,358    1,969,504      2,484,909    1,782,684   Taiwan
  South East         17,073       122,302         232,310       145,632          29,743       167,686          42,314      197,282          63,642       283,100          60,871       265,913          59,520       174,804          65,872       157,132          95,812       194,884          94,179       276,026         112,167       451,353   South East
  Bangladesh          4,654          7,817            1,082          4,303            5,386          7,080            5,277          8,546            2,685          9,806            7,444          7,667            3,885          8,034            5,984          5,753          15,164          1,711            7,963          9,946            6,232             474   Bangladesh
  India          8,595        84,881         225,619       109,671          12,989       130,518          20,228      149,161          36,563       218,671          33,779       228,182          37,510       142,088          41,540       135,620          63,999       166,508          71,146       248,242          89,328       428,425   India
  Nepal                 2  -                  17  -                   7                5               142             189               351               27               729             995            2,427               48               510             420            1,230             220               439             212               598             158   Nepal
  Pakistan          1,230        28,764            1,907        28,361            3,991        23,337            7,233        31,593          17,826        50,806            9,646        21,803            4,073        10,335            5,695        14,179            7,596        23,577            8,048        14,818            7,910        17,390   Pakistan
  Sri Lanka          2,592             840            3,686          3,297            7,371          6,745            9,434          7,793            6,217          3,790            9,272          7,266          11,625        14,298          12,144          1,161            7,823          2,869            6,583          2,808            8,099          4,906   Sri Lanka
  Middle East       188,338    1,490,608         244,229    1,416,462         218,972    1,522,550         199,566    2,141,492         216,345    2,478,832         212,093    2,401,749         214,352    1,539,787         160,525    1,901,309         180,181    3,244,705         183,734    2,667,382         174,084    1,959,931   Middle East
  Bahrain 1,663 1,057   2,276 4,045   4,035 176          5,622          2,737            7,323          8,633            7,287          6,656            5,599        16,969            3,509        15,599            7,018          9,310            4,580        12,795            3,413          6,668            4,002          5,860            3,303        13,438            2,755          4,312   Bahrain
  Iran             473       166,948               636        69,674            1,015        68,937            1,721      109,445            1,460       287,253               840       815,810            2,074       526,001               407       666,185               311       795,638            2,383       758,450            2,452       433,282   Iran
  Israel          6,172        99,787            7,776       148,582          12,357       200,714            9,728      158,716          10,881       169,873          12,692       146,998          41,802       113,789          53,308        37,431          55,623       497,171          35,906       375,106          17,754        96,991   Israel
  Jordan          1,609          6,078               484          5,252               806          5,095            2,723        16,299            4,257        18,539            2,066        14,868            1,294        12,704               954          4,964               738          8,677               837        12,891            1,329          8,187   Jordan
  Kuwait 8,937 172,273   5,507 194,295   2,737          6,883        82,716          10,189       192,212            8,609        80,299            9,779        32,826          17,702        16,385          16,534          4,139            9,693        21,528          11,267        34,405            9,326        12,076          11,776        14,676          11,360        48,734   Kuwait
  Saudi Arabia 57,099 250,839   63,951 546,238   59,458 642,862         57,037       873,575          68,129       739,791          58,707       944,980          64,906    1,633,768          54,582    1,671,263          29,957    1,058,363          32,847       606,650          27,096       810,510          31,247    1,048,118          32,755       887,050          41,765       999,932   Saudi Arabia
  United Arab           United Arab
       Emirates       110,543       258,765         149,690       252,319         130,190       215,869         105,110      173,468         123,955       299,921         142,986       352,260         122,061       246,320          64,081       341,145          78,935       877,165          96,773       605,771          96,669       368,493        Emirates
     America    4,025,513    3,031,812      4,618,912    3,911,688      5,398,021    4,403,044      6,437,445    5,616,798      7,242,174    7,066,688      9,137,535    7,795,638    10,450,601    6,956,937    10,940,520    6,752,812    12,050,410    6,799,598      9,482,615    6,923,593      9,405,910    7,871,895      America
  North America    3,991,379    2,820,998      4,565,288    3,674,441      5,339,019    4,080,504      6,361,762    5,254,276      7,171,420    6,621,143      9,049,083    7,461,554    10,331,577    6,769,042    10,765,398    6,563,386    11,708,624    6,614,062      9,261,193    6,682,750      9,061,286    7,546,458   North America
  USA 2,945,612 1,979,273   3,094,588 2,365,532   3,143,653 2,426,278    3,831,548    2,620,204      4,371,159    3,522,267      5,143,260    3,941,268      6,159,655    5,014,293      6,965,613    6,362,319      8,814,602    7,154,028    10,097,860    6,560,209    10,445,464    6,365,149    11,365,314    6,411,214      8,979,610    6,410,716      8,683,343    7,285,650   USA
  Canada 127,424 158,184   122,895 167,490   145,668 158,761       159,830       200,794         194,128       152,173         195,759       139,236         202,107      239,983         205,807       258,824         234,481       307,526         233,718       208,832         319,933       198,237         343,310       202,848         281,583       272,034         377,943       260,808   Canada
  Central America         21,325          7,125          35,025          6,270          39,875        19,631          38,659        49,185          35,985        75,304          39,414        40,367          67,228        27,733         119,033        27,526         284,582        26,996         162,658        27,479         301,884        23,589   Central America
  Mexico         21,325          7,125          35,025          6,270          39,875        19,631          38,659        49,185          35,985        75,304          39,414        40,367          67,228        27,733         119,033        27,526         284,582        26,996         162,658        27,479         301,884        23,589   Mexico
  South America         12,809       203,688          18,599       230,978          19,127       302,909          37,024      313,337          34,769       370,242          49,037       293,717          51,796       160,163          56,089       161,899          57,204       158,540          58,765       213,364          42,740       301,848   South America
  Argentina          3,844          8,623            6,008          4,268            7,216        11,482            7,040        17,895          12,973        48,913          15,202        30,475            8,520        32,247          26,958        21,771            5,651        15,196            6,293        86,476               776       155,005   Argentina
  Brazil          4,355       179,996            5,285       201,902            9,264       245,924          20,855      251,568          13,445       284,550          24,088       207,945          24,327       112,134          22,065       112,759          46,098       105,570          37,143        93,189          34,686       126,822   Brazil
  Colombia             207             565               127             269               781          2,413            3,025             258            4,403          1,160            5,632          1,526            2,260          2,944            2,335          2,173            1,100          3,359               782          5,711            1,678          6,791   Colombia
  Peru             140        14,438            4,415        23,922               646        30,716            3,760        42,484            1,442        35,278            1,802        53,287            1,845        12,776               466        25,186               796        31,522            9,914        25,801            3,575        12,332   Peru
  Venezuela          4,263               66            2,764             616            1,219        12,374            2,344          1,132            2,506             339            2,313             483          14,843               62            4,266               10            3,558          2,894            4,633          2,188            2,025             898   Venezuela
     Europe    1,938,196    1,988,697      2,058,153    2,207,007      2,415,566    2,711,684      3,123,122    3,394,480      3,651,235    4,449,898      4,619,987    4,905,061      6,042,087    3,065,580      6,843,860    3,299,095      6,896,568    3,598,877      6,269,617    3,393,456      6,424,660    3,228,265      Europe
  Western Europe    1,216,506    1,253,313      1,292,301    1,289,357      1,506,884    1,656,378      1,853,139    1,926,669      2,348,479    2,391,501      3,150,076    2,931,413      3,811,192    1,892,204      4,510,327    1,718,298      4,823,623    1,897,681      4,825,180    1,661,052      5,037,838    1,588,972   Western Europe
  Austria         11,195        15,673          14,360        19,134          15,510        23,859          13,726        24,053          19,848        31,550          19,064        28,112          21,527        26,202          21,175        42,000          32,962        48,757          37,799        65,254          43,069        56,646   Austria
  Belgium         76,801        90,136          94,060       110,273          96,459       236,277         104,861      175,387         107,709       221,354         134,320       192,128         145,143       157,161          89,049       140,503         133,841       165,834         195,838       134,821         267,989       137,158   Belgium
  France 152,154 165,995   143,946 151,222   164,845 140,269       178,886       211,796         208,874       201,465         184,918       234,613         203,021      306,032         226,465       399,782         230,547       781,487         251,152       492,126         263,387       305,789         294,510       368,817         251,930       296,218         250,584       290,683   France
  Germany 334,855 408,287   390,373 532,132   502,393 465,449       521,740       669,921         586,004       613,450         665,264       761,062         699,122      929,288         847,005    1,209,257      1,060,275    1,180,294      1,035,128       822,008      1,229,041       800,590      1,328,623       770,948      1,323,104       792,374      1,386,096       707,955   Germany
  Luxembourg               43          1,122                 50               53               737             285               513          1,710                 35             479                 44          1,581               146             404               455             600               736          1,886               138             487            5,617             917   Luxembourg
  Netherlands 329,224 203,112   357,081 170,221   338,416 144,176       406,262       180,354         361,847       237,140         516,119       278,913         805,091      318,212      1,114,585       330,797      1,663,470       544,601      2,319,207       219,174      2,864,609       246,468      2,982,457       325,264      2,976,352       246,062      3,054,905       234,015   Netherlands
  Switzerland         21,579        84,310          27,105       107,842          27,878       121,369          26,806      171,988          32,833       198,282          42,356       203,209          38,890       175,128          42,611       182,349          50,492       216,175          40,019       125,836          29,578       161,598   Switzerland
  Northern Europe       533,574       412,050         610,169       587,487         728,937       608,848      1,047,267      817,716      1,084,210    1,150,502      1,253,966    1,114,831      2,008,223       700,516      2,085,503       929,245      1,761,596    1,197,530      1,202,163    1,261,247      1,167,429    1,063,626   Northern Europe
  Denmark         20,290        32,452          23,519        27,883          23,966        29,779          26,866        30,151          28,254        40,731          30,247        52,772          26,146        49,199          37,317        34,386          34,941        41,010          30,336        39,504          34,138        28,809   Denmark
  Finland          7,447        19,839            9,703        79,734          19,690        76,180          14,442        59,539          27,202        91,209          18,772       102,761          15,953       110,387          18,980       147,467          25,386       375,475          29,722       350,872          23,534        98,806   Finland
  Ireland          9,411        29,271          13,084        33,691          20,942        35,050          53,934        77,021          67,754       243,154          93,962       130,711         198,225       198,541         198,152       286,751         128,579       288,328         112,983       278,054         137,779       372,638   Ireland
  Norway          6,047          3,234            6,355          2,833            7,856          5,764            8,655          8,227                  9        85,703            8,326        11,293          10,773          7,538            9,802          9,836            8,588        10,582            9,638        13,817            7,265          5,728   Norway
  Sweden         23,622        27,445          17,003        64,290          17,859        73,050          20,185        93,727          24,515       210,583          16,687       272,654               252          7,538          54,880       110,572          57,791       114,527          22,220       116,708          18,440        93,958   Sweden
  United Kingdom 328,591 170,817   350,531 247,886   371,642 214,930       466,758       299,808         540,505       379,056         638,623       389,025         923,185      549,051         936,477       479,122      1,085,973       544,641      1,756,873       327,313      1,766,372       340,234      1,506,310       367,608         997,264       462,292         946,273       463,687   United Kingdom
  Southern Europe       178,879       188,854         144,195       179,938         156,273       228,539         208,029      297,281         198,716       388,166         190,730       410,301         205,876       302,593         235,164       331,645         299,505       262,994         221,895       242,545         199,211       269,567   Southern Europe
  Greece          5,267          1,568            5,411             827            8,039          2,373            9,239          8,732            7,941          4,898            9,822          2,640            8,762          2,573            7,221          8,266            7,418          2,780            7,178          1,908            7,082          5,457   Greece
  Italy 47,980 67,041   61,009 87,998   78,497 101,659         99,611       120,229          85,475       136,110          90,490       164,641         111,173      225,420          93,854       297,156          91,342       303,930         110,906       218,898         129,125       201,372         172,108       174,604         134,609       146,067         107,148       162,977   Italy
  Portugal          9,122          2,149            6,715          1,226            4,790          3,221            8,336          2,085          11,213          5,338          12,199          6,676          13,882          5,040          14,576          4,892          12,285          3,873          14,040          7,198          17,993          6,607   Portugal
  Spain         64,663        63,219          46,006        41,281          52,513        57,476          74,082        59,923          82,441        79,884          72,690        96,035          70,777        72,144          82,850       116,333         104,890        79,970          60,925        86,665          63,632        93,469   Spain
  Yugoslavia             206          1,623                 -                 -                   34               19    -   -     -   -     -   -    Yugoslavia
  Slovenia                   9               -                 526               22               349             497            5,147             861            2,779             662            4,262             478            1,295          3,605            1,135             622            2,654          1,311            2,568             411            2,747             576   Slovenia
  Croatia                 -                 66                 62             473                 93             331                 52             261               487             228               416             542               256             331               223             141               150             456            2,575             297               609             481   Croatia
  Eastern Europe          9,237       134,480          11,489       150,226          23,472       217,920          14,686      352,813          19,830       519,728          25,215       448,515          16,796       170,267          12,866       319,908          11,845       240,673          20,378       228,612          20,182       306,100   Eastern Europe
  Poland          1,487        50,304            1,077        59,475            3,269        31,016            3,312        12,491            4,449        55,570          14,650        31,604            9,926          7,076            8,125          2,164            7,694          2,446            6,747          1,169            9,669             374   Poland
  Russian Federation 25,897 18,601   15,199 26,238   15,495 31,977          7,751        84,176          10,412        90,751          20,203       186,904          11,374      340,322          15,382       464,158          10,565       416,911            6,870       163,191            4,742       317,744            4,151       238,226          13,631       227,443          10,513       305,726   Russian Federation
     Oceania       145,595       557,703         147,610       671,540         177,106       789,072         185,674      950,805         203,329    1,058,552         249,564    1,235,593         200,974       879,518         260,574       957,186         345,908    1,009,244         258,550       939,159         391,975       812,787      Oceania
  Australia 124,338 347,331   96,382 369,435   103,898 380,167       112,596       406,656         114,448       472,542         139,843       586,937         143,291      730,794         160,760       808,462         203,585       954,820         169,529       682,895         225,018       756,819         309,487       817,470         225,244       645,352         356,279       575,427   Australia
  Guam         16,135             744          13,232          3,753          15,812          1,953          16,979          2,836          16,693          1,121          15,528          4,533          13,826          1,141          13,695          1,086          15,996          1,400          12,509             879          13,061          1,587   Guam
  Nauru             121               -                 118               -                 174  -                  93  -                195               17                  8  -                   5             990                 21          4,612               114             397                 22  -                  40                1   Nauru
  New Zealand         12,520        93,449          13,809       122,002          18,180       128,516          22,287      137,248          20,469       157,630          21,684       209,666          15,746       135,709          18,405       140,918          18,594       171,083          18,913       227,628          21,079       221,727   New Zealand
  Papua New Guinea          4,222        56,853            6,002        73,242            3,096        71,667            3,023        79,927            5,213        91,322            8,758        66,574            1,867        58,782            3,434        53,751            1,717        18,893            1,862        65,301            1,516        14,045   Papua New Guinea
     Africa         20,068        23,931          32,605        68,813          44,290        50,749          33,838        90,590          52,192        88,542          39,470        85,216          53,639        49,393          47,613        61,982          41,711        42,731          37,515        43,320          44,362        39,942      Africa
  Egypt          9,741          2,090          11,706          4,686          11,802             153          10,617             673          21,704             673          12,093          1,226          12,833             566          10,908             366            5,956             984            3,862             758            7,506          1,015   Egypt
  Nigeria          1,915                2            1,931             230            3,325             872               257        34,109               206        18,680               974        21,927               690          9,604            2,895        20,436            3,615               67            5,220  -             5,861          4,308   Nigeria
  South Africa          8,412        21,839          18,968        63,897          29,163        49,724          22,963        55,807          30,282        69,190          26,402        62,062          40,116        39,222          33,810        41,180          32,140        41,680          28,433        42,562          30,995        34,619   South Africa
     Others 473,652 1,542,466   443,285 1,884,514   558,766 1,596,888       182,303       386,171         164,785       261,571         168,452       272,471         260,347      389,010         265,797       545,625         218,850       546,757         484,733       431,353         517,777       412,137         271,956       688,355         236,308       696,173         293,968       727,796      Others
             
             
  Sources:  National Statistics Office