How to Export Address Book contacts as CSV file for Gmail?

Hi
I wish to export some of my Address Book contacts towards Gmail (which i use through the web interface for now) but I don't want to export vcards as i don't trust big brother Google with all the other data (snail mail, phone numbers, birthdays, etc).
I have tried to do the export through Address Book but found no CSV export option.
I've searched the forum for an answer, but to no avail. Some other (paying) websites claim to offer solutions but the "pay before you see" deters me from using them.
Any tip on how to do this would be greatly appreciated. Scripts and software also welcome, if shareware/freeware.
Cheers,
FMN

Thanks for your answer, but gmail's help specifically states one can import contacts in CSV format and i was looking for a simple batch solution.
Here is a link to the relevant gmail page (might be in French - am not a "Froguette" for nothing ;)) about importing:
<http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=28647>
and the one about importing addresses as CSV files:
<http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=fr&answer=12119>)
So my question still stands.
FMN
Message was edited by: FroguetteMiNote - wrong link corrected
Message was edited by: FroguetteMiNote

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