U.S. APPAREL IMPORTS FROM LAC

Annual
Growth Rate (%)

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1995

1990-1995*

Caribbean

Anguilla

0

14

3

0

0

0

0

-100.0

Antigua

6,131

10

15

0

10

40

121

202.5

64.6

Aruba

0

19

7

2

246

4

155

3775.0

52.2

Bahamas

42

2

36

33

7

14

15

7.1

49.6

Barbados

30,108

7,097

8,421

6,598

6,532

4,166

4,159

-0.2

-10.1

Bermuda

3

31

14

5

8

120

9

-0.9

-21.9

British Virgin Islands

6

0

0

0

29

91

19

-79.1

Cayman Islands

8

2

0

0

0

438

0

-100.0

-100.0

Dominica

204

3,194

535

524

371

916

662

-27.7

-27.0

Dominican Republic

218,446

723,231

940,262

1,234,690

1,443,336

1,600,048

1,753,280

9.6

19.4

Grenada

223

2,109

2,366

1,774

1,798

1,621

85

-94.8

-47.4

Guadeloupe

0

0

0

4

2

16

21

31.3

Haiti

122,880

171,966

155,099

67,728

98,749

32,566

78,542

141.2

-14.5

Jamaica

54,257

234,824

251,510

291,617

388,119

453,977

530,670

16.9

17.7

Montserrat

249

7

115

20

7

2

0

-100.0

-100.0

Neth Antilles

195

173

65

428

179

29

48

65.5

-22.6

St Christopher-Nevis

5,859

4,303

4,530

4,788

4,262

1,282

1,105

-13.8

-23.8

St Lucia

8,066

20,081

15,962

22,214

23,519

17,989

16,793

-6.6

-3.5

St Vincent and Grenadines

3,295

2,992

3,768

3,054

2,603

2,261

3,242

43.4

1.6

Trinidad and Tobago

29

1,471

1,523

1,864

3,058

4,290

5,986

39.5

32.4

Turks and Caicos Islands

1

0

0

60

0

0

0

0.0

Regional Total

450,002

1,171,526

1,384,231

1,635,403

1,972,835

2,119,870

2,394,912

12.9

15.4

Central America

Belize

14,385

7,124

17,373

17,712

19,240

16,357

13,590

-16.9

13.8

Costa Rica

96,943

383,486

440,491

590,297

653,314

685,481

756,494

10.3

14.6

El Salvador

10,205

54,088

90,432

165,888

251,055

397,741

583,175

46.6

60.9

Guatemala

11,985

192,373

335,208

457,268

551,933

600,362

690,708

15.0

29.1

Honduras

25,819

112,584

196,636

367,765

509,608

649,567

933,507

43.7

52.7

Nicaragua

70

0

1,185

3,444

10,943

28,574

74,192

159.6

Panama

15,254

61,553

65,285

50,006

40,480

32,771

30,907

-5.6

-12.9

Regional Total

174,661

811,208

1,146,610

1,652,380

2,036,573

2,410,853

3,082,573

27.8

30.6

South America

Argentina

21,531

65,119

29,718

21,485

20,909

23,931

25,025

4.6

-17.4

Bolivia

2,602

4,750

6,634

5,882

7,826

11,264

10,403

-7.6

17.0

Brazil

94,777

131,992

105,479

147,429

157,003

176,121

117,050

-33.5

-2.4

Chile

1,524

42,733

33,969

30,035

29,134

26,311

32,471

23.4

-5.3

Colombia

40,714

156,532

211,718

295,553

324,297

362,733

369,675

1.9

18.8

Ecuador

1,210

3,984

5,170

8,057

8,865

11,424

10,089

-11.7

20.4

Falkland Islands

8

7

0

0

0

0

77

61.5

French Guiana

31

0

0

5

0

0

0

Guyana

511

2,197

2,469

4,481

5,546

8,089

9,528

17.8

34.1

Paraguay

628

9,738

1,862

2,046

1,725

2,539

226

-91.1

-52.9

Peru

10,638

56,381

66,195

61,392

75,196

105,834

126,346

19.4

17.5

Suriname

369

68

25

2

0

189

0

-100.0

-100.0

Uruguay

67,905

67,532

59,071

61,238

46,916

30,604

23,745

-22.4

-18.9

Venezuela

199

10,111

7,454

7,777

3,715

1,516

3,065

102.2

-21.2

Regional Total

242,647

551,144

529,764

645,382

681,132

760,555

727,700

-4.3

5.7

Mexico

302,346

708,978

907,809

1,179,302

1,413,833

1,887,725

2,875,833

52.3

32.3

LAC Total

1,169,656

3,242,856

3,968,414

5,112,467

6,104,373

7,179,003

9,081,018

26.5

22.9