*Pages 1--2 from 23230.xls* ATTACHMENT 5 U. S. TRAFFIC WITH WTO SIGNATORIES WTO SIGNATORY FOREIGN BILLED MINUTES U. S. BILLED MINUTES (calls to the U. S.) (calls from the U. S.) 1997 1998 1997 1998 Antigua & Barbuda 7,115,819 7,107,775 54,506,678 66,719,925 Argentina 38,596,380 46,086,064 226,585,250 233,981,041 Australia 131,569,530 261,265,578 389,186,489 445,122,839 Austria 24,951,748 26,127,656 58,888,931 75,985,975 Bangladesh 4,469,719 4,718,364 60,076,079 52,729,727 Barbados 12,667,958 12,575,598 38,785,436 47,696,085 Belgium 50,477,727 39,674,103 122,795,210 116,719,060 Belize 4,170,792 4,972,453 14,686,178 15,061,084 Bolivia 5,385,806 5,456,986 34,427,178 52,838,539 Brazil 159,248,397 180,184,691 495,323,734 591,195,594 Brunei Darussalam 685,163 881,120 2,362,320 8,229,089 Bulgaria 1,344,957 1,584,034 12,538,600 14,556,691 Canada 3,145,941,566 3,358,956,938 3,922,086,328 3,881,035,995 Chile 61,028,462 81,136,627 112,992,559 128,227,790 Colombia 67,640,760 51,227,342 263,350,037 224,266,040 Cote d'Ivoire 2,772,729 3,385,163 15,120,099 16,716,097 Cyprus 4,102,808 4,564,433 9,827,450 11,093,247 Czech Republic 8,815,481 9,934,223 27,014,751 30,295,227 Denmark 27,994,754 26,519,824 76,302,051 75,841,746 Dominica 2,212,662 2,108,923 17,124,731 29,295,426 Dominican Republic 107,817,532 111,412,775 379,150,470 439,057,321 Ecuador 17,413,209 13,563,630 184,854,451 113,526,248 El Salvador 12,743,151 16,048,993 155,245,851 198,892,640 Estonia 1,311,042 1,523,455 2,930,421 5,624,290 Finland 17,787,971 14,064,555 29,464,238 32,070,084 France 216,746,922 270,817,706 502,561,833 575,472,724 Germany 325,240,908 471,169,441 994,884,808 1,408,763,612 Ghana 5,240,219 7,762,385 50,269,789 44,832,311 Greece 35,148,254 42,788,898 97,898,305 116,252,178 Grenada 2,375,226 2,325,612 17,054,700 63,825,297 Guatemala 15,375,065 17,913,027 126,547,737 145,642,331 Hong Kong, China 78,379,209 214,669,927 671,797,709 598,108,183 Hungary 14,863,885 12,682,758 40,909,624 39,380,507 Iceland 6,918,811 8,890,797 10,562,442 14,060,636 India 49,707,870 58,470,938 574,380,674 755,297,617 Indonesia 28,175,746 28,637,808 119,051,535 103,364,245 Ireland 48,663,111 68,971,405 134,329,538 161,006,122 Israel 121,555,694 171,390,354 214,880,358 221,874,627 Italy 117,814,252 133,973,684 476,352,714 529,505,067 Jamaica 49,902,389 51,903,485 254,091,318 291,487,463 Japan 342,893,941 336,428,346 849,358,999 808,781,369 Kenya 3,480,276 4,122,039 25,698,678 26,485,742 Korea 199,932,652 219,729,719 426,476,913 384,149,732 Kyrgyz Republic 8,110 4,892 1,746,448 825,642 Latvia 1,209,108 974,333 3,186,037 4,644,611 Luxembourg 6,154,177 6,894,882 11,075,994 16,018,922 Malaysia 23,602,566 25,158,025 86,630,077 103,651,471 ATTACHMENT 5 (continued) 1 WTO SIGNATORY FOREIGN BILLED MINUTES U. S. BILLED MINUTES (calls to the U. S.) (calls from the U. S.) 1997 1998 1997 1998 Mauritius 487,927 598,379 6,762,451 14,018,985 Mexico 942,158,920 1,086,310,773 2,766,488,494 3,020,570,877 Morroco 5,808,115 6,372,647 14,401,988 74,918,664 Netherlands 98,661,319 416,747,866 222,710,538 280,795,926 New Zealand 37,596,723 54,672,922 110,777,088 75,621,277 Norway 52,504,621 51,832,479 66,451,714 90,625,278 Pakistan 10,518,252 15,610,182 161,013,491 213,480,603 Papua New Guinea 662,939 873,510 2,376,641 1,803,485 Peru 24,500,128 31,425,645 164,810,714 185,467,465 Philippines 33,363,428 50,688,174 448,866,511 574,574,981 Poland 27,311,276 27,880,730 170,558,158 189,479,771 Portugal 14,972,676 23,130,262 55,159,003 71,957,330 Romania 5,248,333 21,967,892 26,884,438 76,112,046 Senegal 1,717,016 2,016,631 19,342,020 19,925,012 Singapore 61,419,122 65,635,330 202,681,493 175,699,888 Slovak Republic 3,335,617 3,335,101 10,612,303 11,218,818 South Africa 31,119,827 36,484,345 111,618,488 130,778,758 Spain 85,309,869 69,495,669 191,010,953 254,022,029 Sri Lanka 1,987,980 3,054,378 16,938,724 21,174,993 Suriname 868,592 644,589 9,923,684 3,431,142 Sweden 185,679,847 113,844,782 143,818,519 150,968,300 Switzerland 98,017,798 102,139,822 246,280,971 199,877,106 Thailand 26,280,859 32,215,132 117,177,476 130,337,078 Trinidad & Tobago 29,319,430 31,508,545 94,345,185 105,862,920 Tunisia 1,513,284 1,135,704 4,470,221 3,786,847 Turkey 24,986,937 28,379,378 62,531,049 113,736,357 Uganda 703,254 886,897 4,812,428 10,645,215 United Kingdom 946,020,819 806,808,330 1,553,813,287 1,169,563,822 Venezeula 59,069,810 60,244,323 213,508,910 233,340,641 Notes: The data were compiled from the FCC's 1997 and 1998 Section 43.61 International Traffic Data reports for all U. S. points and types of international telephone service. 2