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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Trade Indicators


U.S. APPAREL EXPORTS TO LAC
In Thousands of US$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual
Growth Rate (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1995

1990-1995*

Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anguilla

0

40

59

98

85

87

82

-5.7

15.4

Antigua

0

559

386

515

737

636

545

-14.3

-0.5

Aruba

0

3,691

4,301

3,844

4,248

4,219

4,696

11.3

4.9

Bahamas

6,934

8,997

7,706

10,238

10,788

8,378

5,809

-30.7

-8.4

Barbados

7,794

5,077

5,398

2,851

2,579

815

2,642

224.2

-12.2

Bermuda

4,242

6,476

4,619

6,098

7,235

6,266

5,670

-9.5

-2.6

British Virgin Islands

0

697

584

597

471

394

379

-3.8

-11.5

Cayman Islands

548

1,033

703

865

1,364

1,787

1,315

-26.4

4.9

Cuba

0

33

19

118

220

0

0

 

-100.0

Dominica

0

420

10,332

1,623

2,659

4,310

1,314

-69.5

25.6

Dominican Republic

103,495

328,305

434,353

559,721

660,793

748,116

799,783

6.9

19.5

Grenada

0

687

312

232

135

59

46

-22.0

-41.8

Guadeloupe

0

1,085

846

1,135

1,258

900

1,016

12.9

-1.3

Haiti

53,363

77,787

69,924

41,902

52,974

17,720

45,203

155.1

-10.3

Jamaica

21,979

109,650

133,064

169,382

247,819

270,684

384,967

42.2

28.6

Martinique

0

1,085

846

1,135

1,258

900

1,016

12.9

-1.3

Montserrat

0

20

15

0

12

5

3

-40.0

-31.6

Neth Antilles

8,676

9,524

10,782

9,780

12,469

8,795

8,455

-3.9

-2.4

St Christopher-Nevis

0

2,198

3,209

1,374

1,754

2,173

572

-73.7

-23.6

St Lucia

0

6,144

6,855

8,478

6,260

2,591

2,436

-6.0

-16.9

St Vincent and Grenadines

0

2,089

2,264

1,766

1,458

1,081

1,166

7.9

-11.0

Trinidad and Tobago

1,306

1,153

738

1,117

585

2,111

2,133

1.0

13.1

Turks and Caicos Islands

25

96

53

95

51

28

155

453.6

10.1

Regional Total

208,362

566,846

697,368

822,964

1,017,212

1,082,055

1,269,403

17.3

17.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belize

1,460

9,535

8,472

6,132

7,292

8,365

7,855

-6.1

-3.8

Costa Rica

55,962

155,681

196,561

277,596

320,342

352,990

399,391

13.1

20.7

El Salvador

4,654

23,032

36,851

68,360

83,003

135,883

216,906

59.6

56.6

Guatemala

5,502

54,536

85,500

141,995

177,068

194,118

210,294

8.3

31.0

Honduras

13,462

57,165

87,053

173,733

220,490

298,104

405,381

36.0

48.0

Nicaragua

215

89

561

459

1,737

4,954

7,145

44.2

140.4

Panama

13,415

13,797

15,493

14,838

17,873

20,539

28,883

40.6

15.9

Regional Total

94,670

313,835

430,491

683,113

827,805

1,014,953

1,275,855

25.7

32.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

53

1,970

19,103

19,890

16,073

14,809

10,927

-26.2

40.9

Bolivia

748

383

438

667

543

556

492

-11.5

5.1

Brazil

1,334

6,841

9,446

8,684

11,863

16,657

34,742

108.6

38.4

Chile

2,485

9,579

15,652

21,220

17,245

18,145

22,505

24.0

18.6

Colombia

10,156

55,781

58,706

95,458

95,403

141,241

152,073

7.7

22.2

Ecuador

325

732

755

1,587

2,636

2,838

6,190

118.1

53.3

French Guiana

0

137

111

58

108

156

267

71.2

14.3

Guyana

126

1,143

1,559

3,122

3,082

5,211

3,159

-39.4

22.5

Paraguay

199

2,311

2,446

2,389

2,478

2,806

2,224

-20.7

-0.8

Peru

542

611

1,341

1,385

2,358

2,923

3,733

27.7

43.6

Suriname

239

267

362

224

382

476

483

1.5

12.6

Uruguay

193

656

4,140

3,066

3,301

2,849

3,419

20.0

39.1

Venezuela

10,919

10,261

17,854

28,347

26,517

11,945

14,768

23.6

7.6

Regional Total

27,317

90,672

131,912

186,095

181,989

220,612

254,981

15.6

23.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico

173,689

403,710

546,121

742,299

879,301

1,176,119

1,378,238

17.2

27.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAC Total

515,179

1,375,063

1,805,892

2,434,471

2,906,307

3,493,739

4,178,477

19.6

24.9

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, SITC Rev. 3. Exports are total exports, f.a.s value.
* Growth Rates are compounded over the five year period.
Definition: Apparel includes SITC 84 (clothing).

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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