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To: yard_man who wrote (302)	1/20/2003 6:25:24 PM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 1210

Some history from BEA -- wish I had a website and could link a chart sorry. Lies, damned lies and statistics ... exports imports deficit 1980 344,440 333,774 10,666 1981 380,928 364,196 16,732 1982 366,983 355,975 11,008 1983 356,106 377,488 -21,382 1984 399,913 473,923 -74,010 1985 387,612 483,769 -96,157 1986 407,098 530,142 -123,044 1987 457,053 594,443 -137,390 1988 567,862 663,741 -95,879 1989 648,290 721,607 -73,317 1990 706,975 759,287 -52,312 1991 727,557 734,563 -7,006 1992 748,603 762,105 -13,502 1993 777,044 821,930 -44,886 1994 869,328 949,312 -79,984 1995 1,005,935 1,077,701 -71,766 1996 1,077,966 1,155,706 -77,740 1997 1,195,538 1,283,116 -87,578 1998 1,192,045 1,351,363 -159,318 1999 1,247,682 1,491,781 -244,099 2000 1,417,236 1,774,135 -356,899 2001 1,281,793 1,625,701 -343,908