Provide your best answer for the following math problem. Give ONLY the answer, no other words or explanation.
For example:

Answer: <most likely answer, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the answer!>.

The problem is: country x imported approximately $ 1.44 billion of goods in 1996 . if country x imported $ 488 million of goods in the first two months of 1997 and continued to import goods at the same rate for the rest of the year , by how much would country xs 1997 imports exceed those of 1996 ?
$ 1488 million
$ 952 million.