PARAGUAY INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE: EXPORTS IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS                                                                                              


                                                                                                                Proj.  Ann.Growth
COUNTRY                              1987        1988        1989        1990         1991         1992         1993*     1987-92
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
ARGENTINA                          53,570      33,588      48,983      55,485       45,050       64,149        75,696          4%
BRAZIL                             62,236     117,121     328,480     312,303      203,082      171,447       202,308         22%
URUGUAY                            11,265       4,430      10,588      11,553       11,319       10,804        12,748         -1%
EXPORTS TO MERCOSUR               127,071     155,139     388,051     379,341      259,451      246,400       290,753         14%
                                                                                                                      
BOLIVIA                               541         170       1,674       4,195        2,196        1,506                       23%
CHILE                              21,249      26,403      28,652      29,964       47,633       47,382                       17%
COLOMBIA                              961         906       1,407       1,154          565        1,250               
ECUADOR                                 0           4          34          21          170        1,096               
MEXICO                                447         373         638       1,377        1,025        1,601                       29%
PERU                                7,180      12,425       1,614       3,783        4,018        4,827                       -8%
VENEZUELA                             283         915         108       6,073       11,582        8,302                       97%
                                                                                                                      
TOTAL EXPORTS TO ALADI             30,661      41,196      34,127      46,567       67,189       65,964                       17%
                                                                                                                      
BAHAMAS, THE                            7           0                                                                 
BARBADOS                                0          48                                                                 
BERMUDA                                 0      16,150                                                                 
COSTA RICA                             30         105                                                                 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                      0          10                                                                 
JAMAICA                                 0          34                                                                 
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES                  282           0                                                                 
PANAMA                             18,042      14,177                                                                 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                     0         117                                                                 
                                                                                                                      
TOTAL EXPORTS TO LAC              176,093     226,976     422,178     425,908      326,640      312,364                       12%
LAC % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                 47%         41%                     44%          44%          47%              
                                                                                                                      
WORLD TOTAL                       375,246     548,883                 958,681      737,096      659,754       832,774         12%
                                                                                                                      
UNITED STATES                      14,740      19,182      42,005      40,992       35,006       34,754        50,457         19%
U.S. % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                 4%          3%                      4%           5%           5%            6%
                                                                                                                      
EU                                124,075     164,390     324,629     304,219      235,817      224,989       265,005         13%
EU % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                  33%         30%                     32%          32%          34%           32%
                                                                                                                      
JAPAN                               2,606       5,932       2,406       2,604        3,811        2,449        28,493         -1%
JAPAN % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                1%          1%                      0%           1%           0%            3%
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                      

Source: IMF, "Direction of Trade Statistics."                                                                         
Note: IMF data will differ slightly from U.S. Dept. of Commerce f.a.s. export data due to differences in reporting methodology.  
* 1993 projection based on data for first 10 months of 1992 and 1993.