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


                                                                                                                     Proj. Ann.Growth
COUNTRY                                1987         1988         1989         1990         1991         1992         1993*    1987-92

BOLIVIA                                   0          800          300          600          600        1,500        1,500 
COLOMBIA                             11,100      168,300      267,000      376,500      306,500      337,100      384,241         98%
ECUADOR                              16,000       16,300       20,000       78,700       59,100       39,100       40,384         20%
PERU                                 12,000       55,700       28,500       33,200       95,700      127,800      146,109         60%
EXPORTS TO ANDEAN PACT               39,100      241,100      315,800      489,000      461,900      505,500      572,234         67%
                                                                                                                          
ARGENTINA                                 0       20,100       24,400        7,300       18,700       23,900       26,051 
BRAZIL                              124,000      147,700      251,100      349,900      364,300      441,100      502,344         29%
CHILE                               115,000      138,700      150,100      177,400      165,500      119,200      132,444          1%
MEXICO                                    0        5,100       63,200      180,000      115,900      127,500      134,972 
PARAGUAY                                  0          400          200          900        1,800            0            0 
URUGUAY                                   0        2,200        4,000        4,800       31,800       21,800       25,433 
EXPORTS TO OTHER ALADI              239,000      314,200      493,000      720,300      698,000      733,500      821,244         25%
                                                                                                                          
ARUBA                                     0            0        2,000            0            0            0            0 
BAHAMAS                                   0            0       12,400            0            0            0            0 
BARBADOS                                  0       20,200       24,900       34,100       25,000       17,300       19,930 
BELIZE                                    0            0            0            0            0        4,100        4,824 
BERMUDA                                   0            0       14,600            0            0       18,600       20,925 
COSTA RICA                           75,000       70,500      108,700       91,500       58,400       64,800      104,263         -3%
CUBA                                      0      411,500      519,400      464,400      434,700      478,200      545,136 
DOMINICA                                  0          100          300          900          300          300              
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                        0      174,400      207,000      275,500      188,700      207,600      236,534 
EL SALVADOR                          50,000            0       52,300       62,700       82,000       90,200      102,862         13%
GRENADA                                   0        1,500          900          900        1,300        1,400        1,540 
GUATEMALA                            62,000       63,900      112,500      105,400       75,000       82,500       94,062          6%
GUYANA                                    0            0          800            0            0            0            0 
HAITI                                     0       67,300        6,500        7,800       13,500       14,800       16,829 
HONDURAS                             31,000       46,800       47,700       57,300       55,800        9,100       10,238        -22%
JAMAICA                                   0       81,100       87,500       99,000       81,400       89,500      102,044 
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES              1,047,000            0      968,000            0            0            0            0 
NICARAGUA                                 0          400            0       44,200       89,900       98,800      112,914 
PANAMA                                    0       20,400       35,500       37,000       39,100       43,200       33,918 
ST. LUCIA                                 0        1,100        1,000        2,000        1,300        1,400        1,540 
SURINAME                                  0        9,000       14,800       18,200       17,600       19,300       21,817 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                       0       15,600       31,800      102,800      270,800      126,500      282,080 
                                                                                                                          
TOTAL EXPORTS TO LAC              1,543,100    1,539,100    3,057,400    2,613,000    2,594,700    2,606,600    3,104,935         11%
LAC % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                   17%          15%          25%          14%          13%          17%          19%
                                                                                                                          
WORLD TOTAL                       9,062,900   10,148,200   12,432,600   18,044,400   20,256,400   15,577,900   16,650,390         11%
                                                                                                                                                                                  
UNITED STATES                     5,188,400    4,795,400    6,416,000    9,300,500    7,903,000    7,850,600    8,329,559          9%
U.S. % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                  57%          47%          52%          52%          39%          50%          50%
                                                                                                                          
EU                                1,154,100    1,218,000    1,545,800    2,303,300    6,500,300    1,640,600    1,412,776          7%
EU % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                    13%          12%          12%          13%          32%          11%           8%
                                                                                                                          
JAPAN                                48,300      446,500      497,200      504,700      397,800      403,100      355,326         53%
JAPAN % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                  1%           4%           4%           3%           2%           3%           2%
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          


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.