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


U.S. CAPITAL AND CONSUMER GOODS EXPORTS TO LAC

In Thousands of US$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual
Growth Rate (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1995

1990-1995*

Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anguilla

0

5,766

3,157

3,558

4,547

5,336

6,454

21.0

2.3

Antigua

0

20,356

25,021

19,251

21,417

20,896

44,855

114.7

17.1

Aruba

0

90,997

97,389

126,304

67,060

102,255

86,415

-15.5

-1.0

Bahamas

174,555

203,215

199,655

210,361

217,152

244,775

228,517

-6.6

2.4

Barbados

88,407

60,818

59,211

47,256

53,102

60,247

66,818

10.9

1.9

Bermuda

114,708

89,118

75,794

79,457

97,099

129,599

124,207

-4.2

6.9

British Virgin Islands

0

22,261

20,387

23,494

18,363

22,563

20,820

-7.7

-1.3

Cayman Islands

28,023

102,997

58,248

148,930

82,980

105,941

80,663

-23.9

-4.8

Cuba

1

156

28

134

220

0

906

 

42.2

Dominica

0

8,870

18,495

10,844

12,628

10,598

9,742

-8.1

1.9

Dominican Republic

310,204

839,595

917,219

1,175,375

1,351,226

1,711,452

1,746,522

2.0

15.8

Grenada

0

10,783

9,038

8,814

8,584

8,677

10,097

16.4

-1.3

Guadeloupe

0

25,759

54,256

26,135

22,854

19,300

34,093

76.6

5.8

Haiti

229,304

212,763

171,102

54,431

77,909

56,953

173,154

204.0

-4.0

Jamaica

124,242

356,018

393,327

427,863

572,918

549,441

745,318

35.7

15.9

Leeward and Windward Islands

64,454

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

Martinique

0

12,514

12,994

13,556

15,513

14,535

16,697

14.9

5.9

Montserrat

0

2,980

1,889

3,240

1,400

2,418

1,608

-33.5

-11.6

Neth Antilles

87,682

185,908

217,300

186,629

206,902

235,355

221,357

-5.9

3.6

St Christopher-Nevis

0

23,614

12,830

13,031

15,226

22,029

20,373

-7.5

-2.9

St Lucia

0

24,932

27,979

29,547

30,751

25,251

24,566

-2.7

-0.3

St Vincent and Grenadines

0

8,455

10,850

8,755

7,724

10,009

11,620

16.1

6.6

Trinidad and Tobago

218,997

167,341

186,787

188,595

242,521

257,335

326,801

27.0

14.3

Turks and Caicos Islands

2,958

12,863

12,299

10,684

5,712

8,935

9,118

2.0

-6.7

Regional Total

1,443,535

2,488,079

2,585,255

2,816,244

3,133,808

3,623,900

4,010,721

10.7

10.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belize

22,353

50,042

50,974

47,747

53,596

50,087

41,586

-17.0

-3.6

Costa Rica

179,800

445,374

474,564

688,783

808,525

1,073,314

899,825

-16.2

15.1

El Salvador

151,119

257,695

213,869

371,815

472,070

504,817

546,749

8.3

16.2

Guatemala

99,388

256,520

357,356

535,375

608,130

636,144

804,719

26.5

25.7

Honduras

107,679

269,026

249,771

388,425

452,180

594,542

709,643

19.4

21.4

Nicaragua

17,533

24,220

60,123

87,474

65,416

80,407

101,966

26.8

33.3

Panama

229,372

313,658

400,784

489,408

574,174

611,006

638,760

4.5

15.3

Regional Total

807,244

1,616,535

1,807,441

2,609,027

3,034,091

3,550,317

3,743,248

5.4

18.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

419,563

638,785

1,226,142

2,121,736

2,555,312

3,040,510

2,665,702

-12.3

33.1

Bolivia

69,080

86,632

120,935

132,966

132,152

97,712

117,935

20.7

6.4

Brazil

1,567,770

3,098,360

3,811,278

3,647,135

3,682,720

4,786,817

6,912,700

44.4

17.4

Chile

327,127

1,062,382

1,097,221

1,596,848

1,643,943

1,795,077

2,283,381

27.2

16.5

Colombia

613,341

1,111,823

956,432

2,017,916

1,904,831

2,499,822

2,475,494

-1.0

17.4

Ecuador

247,320

274,854

444,977

545,685

608,103

691,077

746,352

8.0

22.1

Falkland Islands

3

98

92

138

49

53

16

-69.8

-30.4

French Guiana

105,033

244,156

133,009

59,740

316,561

184,357

433,360

135.1

12.2

Guyana

27,410

38,222

43,638

57,208

48,215

45,621

73,687

61.5

14.0

Paraguay

72,602

221,250

249,309

314,642

403,045

663,183

848,530

27.9

30.8

Peru

243,777

369,759

370,857

453,143

511,474

701,607

935,819

33.4

20.4

Suriname

28,330

45,505

45,785

54,385

48,609

61,253

70,787

15.6

9.2

Uruguay

21,077

62,930

139,972

136,934

149,682

161,906

224,316

38.5

28.9

Venezuela

1,623,508

1,605,580

2,827,984

3,577,688

2,882,084

2,445,093

2,552,535

4.4

9.7

Regional Total

5,365,940

8,860,337

11,467,630

14,716,167

14,886,778

17,174,086

20,340,614

18.4

18.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico

7,650,013

16,554,565

19,522,882

23,986,906

25,120,648

30,673,926

26,671,817

-13.0

10.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAC Total

15,266,732

29,519,516

35,383,208

44,128,344

46,175,325

55,022,229

54,766,400

-0.5

13.2

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: Capital & Consumer Goods includes SITC 7 (machines, transport equipment), SITC 8 (misc. manufactured goods).

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


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