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Table 15. Exports and imports of merchandise
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                                     Exports                                        Imports
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                            Total                 Manufactures             Total               Food          Fuels              Average annual growth rate (%)
                         (million $)              (% of total)        (million $)          (% of total) (% of total)        Exports              Imports
                         -----------------------  ------------  -----------------------  ------------                      -----------------
                                1980        1994    1980  1993         1980        1994    1980  1993    1980  1993          1980-90  1990-94  1980-90  1990-94
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Low-income economies         85,945 t   202,239 t                  102,726 t   218,960 t                                        5.7 w   9.1 w     1.6 w  13.0 w
  Excluding China & India    60,700 t    56,192 t                   69,547 t    76,433 t                                        1.0 w   2.6 w    -4.0 w   3.9 w
 1   Rwanda                     112          ..       0    ..          243          ..      12    ..      13    ..              5.6   -19.6       1.3    -1.9
 2   Mozambique                 281          ..       2    20          800       1,000      ..    ..      ..    ..            -10.5    -0.3      -1.0     2.9
 3   Ethiopia  /a               425         372       0    12          717       1,033       8    16      25    23              1.2    -9.4       3.3    -3.3
 4   Tanzania                   511         519      14    ..        1,250       1,505      13    ..      21    ..             -1.8    10.0      -3.3    12.7
 5   Burundi                     65         106       3    10          168         224      13    ..      19    ..              7.4    -4.8       1.4   -14.6
-----                                                         --                                     --
 6   Sierra Leone               224         115      40    29          427         150      24    ..       2    ..             -2.1    -4.3      -9.9    -1.1
 7   Malawi                     295         325       7     4          439         491       8     8      15    11              0.1    -1.8       1.3    -1.6
 8   Chad                        71          ..       8    12           74          ..      23    ..       2    ..              5.4   -10.0      10.5   -12.1
 9   Uganda                     345         421       3     1          293         870      11    ..      23    ..             -1.4     3.9      -0.6    28.7
 10  Madagascar                 401         277       6    20          600         434       9    14      15    19             -0.1    -6.8      -4.6    -5.6
-----                                                         --                                     --
 11  Nepal                       80         363      31    88          342       1,176       4     9      18    12              7.8    22.1       4.9     6.8
 12  Vietnam                    339       3,770      ..    ..        1,310       4,440      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 13  Bangladesh                 793       2,661      69    83        2,600       4,701      24    16      10    10              7.5    12.7       1.8     5.3
 14  Haiti                      226          73      ..    ..          375         292      24    ..      13    ..             -2.9   -11.2      -4.4    -6.8
 15  Niger                      566          ..       2    ..          594          ..      14    ..      26    ..             -6.4    -2.0      -4.5     2.5
-----                                                         --                                     --
 16  Guinea-Bissau               11          32      ..    ..           55          63      20    ..       6    ..             -5.1   -18.3       1.3    -5.4
 17  Kenya                    1,250       1,609      12    29        2,120       2,156       8    14      34    15              2.6    16.6       1.1    -5.6
 18  Mali                       205          ..       9    ..          439          ..      19    ..      35    ..              2.6    -3.7       1.2    -3.4
 19  Nigeria                 26,000       9,378       0     2       16,700       6,511      17     6       2     1             -2.4    -1.9     -17.5     7.6
 20  Yemen, Rep.                802          ..      51     4        2,510          ..      28    ..       7    ..              1.5     7.2      -5.9    11.1
-----                                                         -                                      --
 21  Burkina Faso                90          ..      11    14          359          ..      21    ..      13    ..              5.4     1.3       2.1     8.3
 22  Mongolia                    ..         324      ..    ..           ..         223      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 23  India                    8,590      25,000      59    75       14,900      26,846       9     3      45    27              6.3     7.0       4.5     2.7
 24  Lao PDR                     31         300       8    ..           29         564      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 25  Togo                       338          ..      11     9          551          ..      17    22      23    10              4.9     9.0       1.1   -11.2
-----                                                         --                                     --
 26  Gambia, The                 31          35       9    36          165         209      23    ..      11    ..              2.3    26.9       1.0     9.0
 27  Nicaragua                  451         352      14    11          887         824      15    23      20    14             -4.4    -8.7      -4.1     7.3
 28  Zambia                   1,300          ..       6     9        1,340          ..       5    ..      22    ..             -3.5    26.9      -5.0    -6.2
 29  Tajikistan                  ..         531      ..    ..           ..         619      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 30  Benin                       63          ..       8    11          331          ..      26    ..       8    ..              7.7    -0.3      -6.3    29.4
-----                                                         --                                     --
 31  Central African Repu       116          ..      29    47           81          ..      21    ..       2    ..              2.5     3.5       6.0    -3.3
 32  Albania                     ..         116      ..    ..           ..         596      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 33  Ghana                    1,260          ..       1    24        1,130          ..      10    11      27    17              3.9     9.1       1.6    12.8
 34  Pakistan                 2,620       7,370      49    85        5,350       8,890      13    14      27    17              9.5     8.8       2.1    10.3
 35  Mauritania                 194          ..       2     1          286          ..      30    ..      14    ..              7.8     3.5       1.1     4.4
-----                                                         -                                      --
 36  Azerbaijan                  ..         682      ..    ..           ..         791      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 37  Zimbabwe                 1,410          ..      38    38        1,450          ..       3    11      39    15              2.2    -6.6      -2.2    -5.1
 38  Guinea                     401          ..      ..    ..          270          ..      ..    ..      ..    ..             -3.6    -8.6      -2.9    -2.8
 39  China *                 18,100     121,047      48    81       19,900     115,681      ..     3      ..     6             11.4    14.3      10.0    24.8
 40  Honduras                   830         843      13    13        1,010       1,056      10    13      16    14              1.3    10.7      -1.0     7.0
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 41  Senegal                    477          ..      15    22        1,050          ..      25    29      25    11              2.6     3.6       1.0     6.1
 42  C“te d'Ivoire            3,130          ..      ..    16        2,970       2,000      13    ..      16    ..              3.3    -7.5      -4.0     5.4
 43  Congo                      911          ..       7    14          580          ..      19    ..      14    ..              5.5     9.7      -2.0     2.5
 44  Kyrgyz Republic             ..         340      ..    ..           ..         459      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 45  Sri Lanka                1,070       3,210      16    74        2,040       4,780      20    14      24     8              6.3    17.0       2.0    15.0
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 46  Armenia                     ..         209      ..    ..           ..         401      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 47  Cameroon                 1,380          ..       4    14        1,600       1,100       9    16      12     3              4.5    -1.7      -1.4   -11.2
 48  Egypt, Arab Rep.         3,050       3,463      11    33        4,860      10,185      32    24       1     2             -0.2    -0.1      -0.7    -2.9
 49  Lesotho                     58          ..      ..    ..          464          ..      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 50  Georgia                     ..         381      ..    ..           ..         744      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 51  Myanmar                    472         771       6    10          353         886       7    ..       3    ..             -7.0    27.2      -7.0    38.7
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Middle-income economies     606,399 t   826,822 t                  453,101 t   890,818 t                                        3.5 w   7.0 w     1.0 w   9.8 w
  Lower-middle-income            ..          ..                         ..          ..                                           ..      ..        ..      ..
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 52  Bolivia                    942       1,032       3    19          665       1,209      19     9       1     5              1.7    -5.4      -2.8    18.9
 53  Macedonia, FYR              ..       1,120      ..    ..           ..       1,260      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 54  Moldova                     ..         618      ..    ..           ..         672      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 55  Indonesia               21,900      40,054       2    53       10,800      31,985      13     7      16     8              5.3    21.3       1.2     9.1
 56  Philippines              5,740      13,304      37    76        8,300      22,546       8     8      28    12              2.9    10.2       2.4    15.2
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 57  Uzbekistan                  ..       3,543      ..    ..           ..       3,243      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 58  Morocco                  2,490       4,013      24    57        4,160       7,188      20    17      24    14              4.2     0.8       2.9     1.7
 59  Kazakstan                   ..       3,285      ..    ..           ..       4,205      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 60  Guatemala                1,520       1,522      24    30        1,600       2,604       8    11      24    12             -1.3     8.2      -0.6    19.3
 61  Papua New Guinea         1,030       2,640       3    12        1,180       1,521      21    ..      15    ..              4.5    19.3      -0.2     2.1
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 62  Bulgaria                10,400       4,165      ..    ..        9,650       4,160      ..     8      ..    22               ..      ..        ..      ..
 63  Romania                 11,200       6,151      ..    76       12,800       7,109      ..    14      ..    26             -6.8    -4.7      -0.9    -5.4
 64  Ecuador                  2,480       3,820       3     7        2,250       3,690       8     5       1     2              3.0     8.9      -3.9    10.0
 65  Dominican Republic         962         633      24    52        1,640       2,630      17    ..      25    ..             -1.0   -10.2       2.6     8.9
 66  Lithuania                   ..       1,892      ..    64           ..       2,210      ..    11      ..    44               ..      ..        ..      ..
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 67  El Salvador                967         844      35    46          966       2,250      18    13      18    11             -2.8    13.0       1.3    16.2
 68  Jordan                     574       1,424      34    51        2,400       3,382      18    20      17    13              7.4     7.1      -3.1    13.0
 69  Jamaica                    963       1,192      63    65        1,100       2,164      20    14      38    19              1.2     1.3       3.1     7.0
 70  Paraguay                   310         817      12    17          615       2,370      ..    11      ..    12              9.9    -1.9       3.2     7.3
 71  Algeria                 13,900       8,594       0     4       10,600       8,000      21    27       3     1              2.5    -0.8      -5.1    -5.7
 72  Colombia                 3,920       8,399      20    40        4,740      11,883      12     8      12     4              9.7     4.8      -1.9    22.3
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 *   Data for Taiwan, China  19,800      92,847      88    93       19,700      85,507       8     6      25     8             11.6     5.9      12.8    14.2
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Note:  For data comparability and coverage, see the technical notes.  Figures in italics are for years other than those specified.
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 73  Tunisia                  2,200       4,660      36    75        3,540       6,580      14     8      21     8              6.2     7.7       1.3     6.4
 74  Ukraine                     ..      11,818      ..    ..           ..      14,177      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 75  Namibia                     ..       1,321      ..    ..           ..       1,196      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 76  Peru                     3,900       4,555      18    17        2,500       6,794      20    20       2     8             -1.9    11.0      -1.0    12.1
 77  Belarus                     ..       3,134      ..    ..           ..       3,857      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
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 78  Slovak Republic             ..       6,587      ..    ..           ..       6,823      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 79  Latvia                      ..         967      ..    ..           ..       1,367      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 80  Costa Rica               1,000       2,215      34    33        1,540       3,025       9     8      15     9              4.9    10.1       2.8    15.1
 81  Poland                  14,200      17,000      71    68       16,700      21,400      14    11      18    12              4.8     3.9       1.5    26.3
 82  Thailand                 6,510      45,262      28    73        9,210      54,459       5     5      30     8             14.3    21.6      12.1    12.7
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 83  Turkey                   2,910      18,106      27    72        7,910      23,270       4     6      48    14             12.0     8.8      11.3    11.2
 84  Croatia                     ..       4,259      ..    71           ..       5,231      ..     7      ..    10               ..      ..        ..      ..
 85  Panama                     358         584       9    16        1,450       2,404      10    10      31    13              2.6    23.3      -4.1    14.3
 86  Russian Federation /        ..      53,000      ..    ..           ..      41,000      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 87  Venezuela               19,900      15,480       2    14       10,700       7,710      15    11       2     1              1.6    -0.1      -6.1    19.3

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 88  Botswana                   502       1,845      ..    ..          692       1,638      ..    ..      ..    ..             11.4    -0.8       7.7    -5.6
 89  Estonia                     ..       1,329      ..    ..           ..       1,690      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 90  Iran, Islamic Rep.      14,700      13,900       5     9       12,200      20,000      13    ..       0    ..              7.4    10.2      -4.0    15.7
 91  Turkmenistan                ..       2,176      ..    ..           ..       1,690      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
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  Upper-middle-income       280,750 t   404,146 t                  174,465 t   428,837 t                                        3.5 w   7.8 w     2.2 w  10.4 w
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 92  Brazil                  20,100      43,600      39    60       25,000      36,000      10    10      43    16              6.1     6.6      -1.5     8.5
 93  South Africa            25,500      25,000      39    74       19,600      23,400       3     6       0     1              0.9     2.8      -0.8     5.3
 94  Mauritius                  431       1,347      27    70          609       1,926      26    14      14     7              8.6     2.0      11.0     2.5
 95  Czech Republic              ..      14,252      ..    ..           ..      15,636      ..    ..      ..    ..               ..      ..        ..      ..
 96  Malaysia                13,000      58,756      19    70       10,800      59,581      12     6      15     4             11.5    17.8       6.0    15.7
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 97  Chile                    4,710      11,539      10    18        5,800      11,800      15     6      18    10              5.7    10.5       1.4    14.5
 98  Trinidad and Tobago      3,960       1,867       4    34        3,160       1,131      11    15      38    16             -4.3     4.9     -12.1     8.1
 99  Hungary                  8,670      10,733      66    68        9,220      14,438       8     6      16    13              3.0    -1.8       0.7     7.9
100  Gabon                    2,170          ..       0     3          674          ..      19    ..       1    ..              0.6     5.7      -2.0     2.0
101  Mexico                  15,600      61,964      12    75       19,500      80,100      16     8       2     2             12.2    14.7       5.7    18.7
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102  Uruguay                  1,060       1,913      38    43        1,680       2,770       8     8      29     9              2.9    -3.1      -2.0    21.7
103  Oman                     2,390       5,418       3    15        1,730       3,915      15    19      11     3             13.1     9.8      -1.6    18.5
104  Slovenia                    ..       6,828      ..    86           ..       7,304      ..     8      ..    11               ..      ..        ..      ..
105  Saudi Arabia           109,000      38,600       1     7       30,200      22,796      14    ..       1    ..             -8.2     4.0      -8.4     5.9
106  Greece                   5,150       9,384      47    53       10,500      21,466       9    14      23    11              5.1    11.9       5.8    12.8
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107  Argentina                8,020      15,839      23    32       10,500      21,527       6     5      10     2              3.1    -1.0      -8.6      ..
108  Korea, Rep.             17,500      96,000      90    93       22,300     102,348      10     6      30    18             13.7     7.4      11.2     7.7
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Low- and middle-income      683,360 t 1,033,887 t                  550,291 t 1,098,170 t                                        3.9 w   7.5 w     1.1 w  10.5 w
  Sub-Saharan Africa         77,330 t    59,065 t                   67,448 t    63,330 t                                        1.1 w   0.9 w    -3.7 w   1.8 w
  East Asia & Pacific        87,323 t   388,383 t                   88,303 t   404,292 t                                       10.7 w  14.4 w     8.3 w  14.5 w
  South Asia                 13,855 t    38,922 t                   25,884 t    47,582 t                                        6.5 w   8.5 w     3.4 w   5.3 w
  Europe and Central Asia        ..          ..                         ..          ..                                           ..      ..        ..      ..
  Middle East & N. Africa   203,874 t    96,741 t                  104,130 t   107,306 t                                       -2.3 w   1.1 w    -5.9 w   6.1 w
  Latin America & Caribbe        ..          ..                     99,344 t   212,790 t                                         ..      ..       0.6 w  13.7 w
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High-income economies     1,375,665 t 3,291,137 t                1,478,865 t 3,307,266 t                                        5.0 w   5.1 w     6.1 w   4.6 w
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109  Portugal                 4,640      17,540      72    84        9,310      26,680      14    14      24     9             12.2     0.5       9.8     2.4
110  New Zealand              5,420      12,200      20    27        5,470      11,900       6     8      23     7              3.6     5.4       4.6     5.5
111  Spain                   20,700      73,300      72    78       34,100      92,500      13    14      39    11              6.9    11.2      10.1     5.3
112  Ireland                  8,400      34,370      58    75       11,200      25,508      12    10      15     5              9.3    11.4       4.7     5.6
113 +Israel                   5,540      16,881      82    91        9,780      25,237      11     7      27     7              5.9    10.0       4.6    12.3
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114  Australia               21,900      47,538      20    42       22,400      53,400       5     5      14     6              5.8     8.1       4.9     5.1
115  United Kingdom         110,000     205,000      74    82      116,000     227,000      13    11      14     5              4.4     1.8       6.3     0.9
116  Finland                 14,200      29,700      70    83       15,600      23,200       7     7      29    13              2.3     8.7       4.4    -1.9
117  Italy                   78,100     189,805      85    89      101,000     167,685      13    13      28     9              4.4     6.0       5.3    -1.7
118 +Kuwait                  19,700      11,614      10    84        6,530      21,716      15    15       1     1             -2.0    42.3      -6.3    23.0
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119  Canada                  67,700     166,000      49    66       62,500     155,072       8     6      12     4              5.7     8.4       6.2     6.2
120 +Hong Kong               19,800     151,395      92    95       22,400     162,000      12     6       6     2             15.4    15.3      11.0    15.8
121  Netherlands             74,000     155,554      51    63       76,600     139,795      15    15      24     9              4.5     5.8       4.6     4.3
122 +Singapore               19,400      96,800      50    80       24,000     103,000       9     6      29    11             12.1    16.1       8.6    12.1
123  Belgium /c              64,500     137,394      74    81       71,900     125,762  *   11    11      17     8              4.4     2.4       4.0     0.3
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124  France                 116,000     235,905      74    78      135,000     230,203      10    11      27     9              4.1     2.3       5.0     0.8
125  Sweden                  30,900      61,292      79    85       33,400      51,800       7     7      24     9              4.6     7.4       4.9     5.0
126  Austria                 17,500      45,200      83    89       24,400      55,300       6     5      16     5              6.4     3.9       5.8     1.9
127  Germany /d             193,000     427,219      86    90      188,000     381,890      12    10      23     8              4.6     2.2       4.9     2.8
128  United States          226,000     513,000      68    82      257,000     690,000       8     5      33    10              3.6     5.6       7.2     7.4
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129  Norway                  18,600      34,700      32    31       16,900      27,300       8     7      17     3              6.8     6.5       4.2     0.7
130  Denmark                 16,700      41,417      56    66       19,300      34,800      12    14      22     5              4.4     5.4       3.6     3.4
131  Japan                  130,000     397,000      96    97      141,000     275,000      12    18      50    21              5.0     0.4       6.5     4.0
132  Switzerland             29,600      66,200      91    94       36,300      64,100       8     7      11     4              6.0     3.3       4.9    -6.7
133 +United Arab Emirates    20,700      19,700       3    13        8,750      21,100      11    11      11     2              6.1     6.3      -1.3    21.0
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World                     2,003,736 t 4,326,096 t                2,007,961 t 4,391,660 t                                        4.8 w   5.7 w     5.0 w   5.7 w
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a.  Data prior to 1992 include Eritrea. b. Excludes trade with other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.  
    c. Includes Luxembourg. d. Data prior to 1990 refer to the Federal Republic of

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