U.S. TOTAL IMPORTS FROM LAC (IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS)
Ann.Growth (%)
Country 1983 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1989-93 1992-93
CARIBBEAN
Anguilla 0 348 227 1,407 268 323 -2. 21.
Antigua and Barbuda 8,809 12,274 4,120 3,895 5,414 14,806 5. 173.
Aruba 0 1,156 967 100,246 189,657 306,578 304. 62.
Bahamas 1,676,394 460,723 506,772 465,324 580,700 341,547 -7. -41.
Barbados 202,047 38,725 30,899 31,457 30,528 34,027 -3. 11.
Bermuda 10,931 10,620 12,213 7,675 23,424 14,379 8. -39.
British Virgin Islands 880 1,112 1,999 2,567 3,235 14,143 89. 337.
Cayman Islands 8,607 48,041 21,387 17,615 10,693 33,610 -9. 214.
Cuba 0 0 77 0 0 0
Dominica 242 7,664 8,346 5,877 4,506 5,833 -7. 29.
Dominican Republic 806,520 1,636,931 1,725,430 1,976,624 2,366,509 2,667,202 13. 13.
Grenada 211 7,862 7,783 8,086 7,476 7,940 0. 6.
Guadeloupe 0 1,612 1,323 1,532 1,118 4,679 31. 319.
Haiti 337,483 371,875 339,177 284,264 107,170 154,335 -20. 44.
Jamaica 262,360 526,726 563,723 561,206 593,361 710,260 8. 20.
Martinique 0 9,963 937 815 1,268 1,085 -43. -14.
Montserrat 924 2,285 562 2,179 1,095 1,513 -10. 38.
Neth Antilles 2,274,510 374,358 421,789 620,784 569,689 381,776 0. -33.
St Kitts and Nevis 18,758 21,447 16,100 15,553 22,857 23,775 3. 4.
St Lucia 4,700 23,985 26,920 21,731 28,065 31,285 7. 11.
St Vincent and Grens. 4,276 9,244 8,672 7,507 4,530 4,855 -15. 7.
Trinidad and Tobago 1,317,534 765,265 1,002,661 819,653 839,788 783,714 1. -7.
Turks and Caicos Is. 3,965 2,507 3,547 4,210 6,066 4,120 13. -32.
REGIONAL TOTAL 6,939,151 4,334,723 4,705,631 4,960,207 5,397,417 5,541,785 6. 3.
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize 27,315 43,056 43,978 35,623 58,510 48,984 3. -16.
Costa Rica 386,520 967,901 1,006,474 1,143,982 1,402,042 1,542,098 12. 10.
El Salvador 358,898 243,922 237,538 302,449 383,245 481,342 19. 26.
Guatemala 374,692 608,280 790,900 892,280 1,072,697 1,178,094 18. 10.
Honduras 364,742 456,790 486,330 552,238 780,638 914,380 19. 17.
Nicaragua 99,013 31 15,254 59,528 68,609 124,543 696. 82.
Panama 336,086 258,319 226,555 242,580 218,232 233,131 -3. 7.
REGIONAL TOTAL 1,947,266 2,578,299 2,807,029 3,228,680 3,983,973 4,522,572 15. 14.
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 868,610 1,370,597 1,473,813 1,251,725 1,225,169 1,188,993 -3. -3.
Bolivia 165,689 118,287 199,325 204,561 161,586 185,022 12. 15.
Brazil 4,943,437 8,483,765 7,762,112 6,760,533 7,587,882 7,762,561 -2. 2.
Chile 896,168 1,215,758 1,182,628 1,245,726 1,318,844 1,448,895 4. 10.
Colombia 967,165 2,531,079 3,154,087 2,723,653 2,888,009 3,009,831 4. 4.
Ecuador 1,428,527 1,475,606 1,358,304 1,317,588 1,323,031 1,389,324 -1. 5.
Falkland Islands 27 70 1,492 496 202 49 -9. -76.
French Guiana 25,038 5,357 2,518 555 3,197 2,708 -16. -15.
Guyana 67,332 55,858 52,261 73,733 87,064 87,870 12. 1.
Paraguay 32,647 42,260 50,781 43,626 35,160 49,455 4. 41.
Peru 1,124,834 759,705 726,842 723,671 686,043 698,115 -2. 2.
Suriname 63,147 73,892 50,901 51,679 46,144 58,349 -6. 26.
Uruguay 381,251 217,701 207,340 236,795 263,228 265,588 5. 1.
Venezuela 4,933,111 6,492,623 9,132,322 7,758,434 7,563,941 7,781,720 5. 3.
REGIONAL TOTAL 15,896,983 22,842,558 25,354,726 22,392,775 23,189,500 23,928,480 1. 3.
Mexico 16,618,938 26,556,570 29,505,962 30,445,131 33,934,561 38,667,664 10. 14.
TOTAL LAC REGION 41,423,622 56,312,148 62,373,346 61,026,795 66,505,453 72,660,504 7. 9.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, SITC Rev. 3 Codes. Imports are Imports for Consumption, customs value.
Definitions (SITC Codes): "Total" includes SITC Codes 0 through 9; "Manufacured" includes SITC Codes 5 (Chemicals),
SITC 6 (Basic Manufactures), SITC 7 (Machines, Transport Equipment), and SITC 8 (Misc. Manufactured Goods);
"Primary Products" includes SITC 0 (Food and Live Animals), SITC 1 (Beverages and Tobacco), SITC 2 (Crude Materials,
excluding Fuels), SITC 3 (Minerals and Fuels), and SITC 4 (Animal, Vegetable Oil, Fat); "Apparel" includes SITC 84
(Clothing);"Consumer and Capital Goods" includes SITC 7 (Machines, Transport Equipment) and SITC 8 (Misc.
Manufactured Goods); and "Non-traditional Agriculture" includes SITC 05 (Fruits and Vegetables), SITC 29
(Crude Veget. Materials, nes), SITC 075 (Spices), minus SITC 057.3 (Bananas); and "Nonferrous Metals" incl. SITC 68.