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EXPORTS : World, North America, Latin America and Western Europe
IMPORTS : World, North America, Latin America and Western Europe
EXPORTS : World, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania
IMPORTS : World, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania
Notes and Sources for the tables
Technical Notes
Data from the World Trade Organization.
--------------------------------

World merchandise exports by region and selected economies, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995-1998.
(Billion dollars and percentage)

Annual percentage change

Value

Share

Value

Volume

1980

1985

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

1980

1997

1996

1997

1998

1996

1997

1998

World a, c

2034.00

1950.00

3438.00

5072.00

I

5345.00

5529.00

5422.00

100.00

100.00

5

3

-2

5.7

10.5

4.0

North America

293.56

309.98

521.78

777.37

827.14

903.48

897.15

14.43

16.34

6

9

-1

6.2

11.0

3.6

Canada

67.73

90.95

127.63

192.20

201.63

214.42

214.33

3.33

3.88

5

6

0

6.1

8.2

8.2

United States

225.57

218.82

393.59

584.74

625.07

688.70

682.50

11.09

12.46

7

10

-1

6.3

11.9

2.3

Latin America

109.60

108.50

145.60

225.40

254.10

279.80

275.50

5.39

5.06

12

10

-2

11.1

11.2

6.9

Antigua and Barbuda

0.03

0.01

0.03

0.04

0.04

0.05

...

0.00

0.00

7

2

...

...

...

...

Argentina

8.02

8.40

12.35

20.97

23.81

26.37

25.23

0.39

0.48

14

11

-4

5.6

11.8

4.9

Bahamas

2.98

0.86

1.05

1.40

2.30

1.70

1.85

0.15

0.03

64

-26

9

...

...

...

Barbados

0.23

0.35

0.21

0.24

0.28

0.28

...

0.01

0.01

19

1

...

...

...

...

Belize

0.11

0.09

0.11

0.14

0.15

0.16

...

0.01

0.00

8

3

...

...

...

...

Bolivia

0.94

0.62

0.93

1.10

1.14

1.17

1.10

0.05

0.02

3

3

-5

...

...

...

Brazil

20.13

25.64

31.41

46.51

47.75

52.99

51.12

0.99

0.96

3

11

-4

3.7

9.3

2.6

Chile

4.71

3.80

8.37

16.02

15.41

16.92

14.90

0.23

0.31

-4

10

-12

...

...

...

Colombia

3.92

3.55

6.77

10.13

10.59

11.52

10.82

0.19

0.21

5

9

-6

...

...

...

Costa Rica

1.00

0.98

1.45

2.84

3.73

4.27

5.51

0.05

0.08

8

14

29

...

...

...

Cuba

5.58

5.98

5.10

1.60

2.02

1.96

1.74

0.27

0.04

26

-3

-11

...

...

...

Dominica

0.01

0.03

0.06

0.05

0.05

0.05

...

0.00

0.00

13

2

...

...

...

...

Dominican Republic

0.96

0.74

0.74

0.77

0.82

0.88

0.80

0.05

0.02

7

8

-10

...

...

...

Ecuador

2.48

2.91

2.71

4.31

4.90

5.26

4.14

0.12

0.10

14

7

-21

...

...

...

El Salvador

0.97

0.68

0.58

1.00

1.02

1.36

1.26

0.05

0.02

3

33

-7

...

...

...

Grenada

0.02

0.02

0.03

0.02

0.02

0.02

...

0.00

0.00

-9

0

...

...

...

...

Guatemala

1.52

1.06

1.16

2.16

2.03

2.34

2.55

0.07

0.04

-6

15

9

...

...

...

Guyana

0.40

0.21

0.25

0.47

0.55

0.60

0.49

0.02

0.01

17

9

-18

...

...

...

Haiti

0.23

0.17

0.16

0.11

0.09

0.12

0.18

0.01

0.00

-18

32

47

...

...

...

Honduras

0.83

0.78

0.83

1.22

1.32

1.45

1.53

0.04

0.03

8

10

6

...

...

...

Jamaica

0.96

0.57

1.14

1.41

1.38

1.35

1.32

0.05

0.02

-2

-2

-3

...

...

...

Mexico

18.12

27.23

40.98

79.53

96.00

110.43

117.50

0.89

2.00

21

15

6

18.9

19.4

12.5

Netherlands Antilles

5.16

1.68

1.79

1.36

1.65

1.60

1.70

0.25

0.03

22

-3

6

...

...

...

Nicaragua

0.45

0.30

0.33

0.53

0.67

0.70

0.61

0.02

0.01

28

5

-13

...

...

...

Panama

0.36

0.33

0.34

0.63

0.62

0.72

0.79

0.02

0.01

0

16

9

...

...

...

Paraguay

0.31

0.30

0.96

0.92

1.04

1.09

1.02

0.02

0.02

14

4

-6

...

...

...

Peru

3.90

2.98

3.23

5.58

5.90

6.81

5.72

0.19

0.12

6

16

-16

...

...

...

St. Kitts and Nevis

0.02

0.02

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.03

...

0.00

0.00

15

3

...

...

...

...

St. Lucia

0.06

0.06

0.13

0.11

0.08

0.06

...

0.00

0.00

-26

-24

...

...

...

...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

0.02

0.06

0.08

0.04

0.05

0.05

0.05

0.00

0.00

10

0

9

...

...

...

Suriname

0.51

0.33

0.47

0.48

0.50

0.46

0.44

0.03

0.01

4

-8

-4

...

...

...

Trinidad and Tobago

4.08

2.16

2.08

2.47

2.57

2.55

2.44

0.20

0.05

4

-1

-4

...

...

...

Uruguay

1.06

0.91

1.69

2.11

2.40

2.73

2.77

0.05

0.05

14

14

2

...

...

...

Venezuela

19.22

14.44

17.50

18.46

23.06

21.62

17.20

0.94

0.39

25

-6

-20

7.4

-1.3

6.7

Western Europe

815.54

776.34

1637.12

2215.33

2294.54

2280.74

2347.73

40.10

41.26

4

-1

3

5.0

9.4

5.1

Austria

17.49

17.24

41.27

57.53

57.83

58.59

62.24

0.86

1.06

1

1

6

8.7

10.1

7.9

Belgium-Luxembourg

64.54

53.74

117.70

171.00

170.32

168.22

178.51

3.17

3.04

0

-1

2

2.6

7.0

3.7

Croatia

-

-

-

4.63

4.51

4.17

4.55

-

0.08

-3

-8

9

...

...

...

Denmark

16.75

17.09

36.87

50.59

51.03

48.63

47.82

0.82

0.88

1

-5

-2

2.6

6.4

0.7

Finland

14.15

13.62

26.57

40.31

40.45

40.78

42.90

0.70

0.74

0

1

5

5.6

12.7

6.1

France

116.03

101.67

216.59

286.80

289.46

290.28

304.83

5.70

5.25

2

0

5

3.9

10.2

6.5

Germany b

192.86

183.93

421.10

523.01

524.29

512.45

539.69

9.48

9.27

0

-2

5

6.0

11.9

6.1

Greece

5.15

4.54

8.11

10.95

11.88

10.80

10.32

0.25

0.20

9

-9

-4

8.7

-3.3

0.6

Iceland

0.92

0.82

1.59

1.80

1.90

1.85

1.93

0.05

0.03

5

-2

4

11.0

3.3

4.1

Ireland

8.40

10.36

23.74

44.61

48.65

53.57

63.76

0.41

0.97

9

10

19

9.9

14.9

24.1

Italy

78.10

76.72

170.30

234.00

252.05

240.23

242.35

3.84

4.35

8

-5

1

-1.4

5.1

1.2

Malta

0.48

0.40

1.13

1.86

1.74

1.64

1.82

0.02

0.03

-7

-5

11

...

...

...

Netherlands

73.96

68.26

131.78

196.90

200.98

193.60

198.66

3.64

3.50

2

-4

3

4.8

8.2

7.0

Norway

18.56

19.99

34.05

41.99

49.65

48.54

39.65

0.91

0.88

18

-2

-18

10.6

7.2

-12.4

Portugal

4.64

5.69

16.42

22.60

24.61

23.14

23.29

0.23

0.42

9

-6

1

9.6

7.7

7.2

Slovenia

-

-

-

8.32

8.31

8.37

9.05

-

0.15

0

1

8

...

...

...

Spain

20.72

24.25

55.64

91.61

102.09

104.28

109.04

1.02

1.89

11

2

5

12.0

14.4

6.5

Sweden

30.91

30.46

57.54

79.58

84.88

82.87

84.67

1.52

1.50

7

-2

2

6.0

11.2

7.0

Switzerland

29.63

27.43

63.78

81.64

80.84

76.15

78.88

1.46

1.38

-1

-6

4

2.1

7.7

4.9

Turkey

2.91

7.96

12.96

21.64

23.22

26.25

25.94

0.14

0.47

7

13

-1

9.7

13.5

-5.1

United Kingdom

110.13

101.25

185.17

242.01

261.95

281.66

272.88

5.41

5.10

8

8

-3

8.2

7.7

1.1

Yugoslavia, former

8.98

10.70

14.31

-

-

-

-

0.44

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

European Union (15)

753.83

708.81

1508.80

2051.50

2120.46

2109.08

2180.96

37.06

38.15

3

-1

3

4.9

9.4

5.5

of which extra-exports

295.08

287.69

529.14

756.22

798.32

814.21

813.16

14.51

14.73

6

2

0

...

...

...

Memorandum items

Country groupings excluding significant double counting

World

2028.00

1937.00

3385.00

4928.00

5192.00

5368.00

5272.00

100.00

100.00

5

3

-2

5.6

10.6

4.3

Developed economies

1279.85

1288.80

2490.35

3491.70

3595.10

3668.10

3682.70

63.13

68.35

3

2

0

4.9

10.0

3.9

Developing economies

590.50

491.85

789.20

1276.80

1382.90

1477.20

1374.90

29.13

27.52

8

7

-7

7.1

12.2

4.8

Transition economies

157.45

156.10

105.40

159.60

I

213.60

I

222.89

214.11

7.77

4.15

8

4

-5

6.6

10.4

7.0

Asia

316.95

402.90

739.00

1300.30

1309.60

1378.80

1293.10

15.63

25.69

1

5

-6

4.8

12.6

2.2

a Includes significant re-exports.

b Figures for 1980 and 1985 refer to the former Federal Republic of Germany.

c Includes the intra-trade of the Baltic States and the CIS beginning with 1996.

Sources: see Notes