U.S. CAPITAL & CONSUMER GOODS IMPORTS FROM LAC

Annual Growth Rate (%)

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1995

1990-1995*

Caribbean

Anguilla

0

197

475

201

77

40

22

-45.0

-35.5

Antigua

7,358

766

476

2,768

2,256

1,809

1,604

-11.3

15.9

Aruba

0

33

100

36

301

143

426

197.9

66.8

Bahamas

1,228

1,164

1,129

538

790

2,139

2,273

6.3

14.3

Barbados

183,246

21,648

24,215

24,320

25,622

24,720

26,534

7.3

4.2

Bermuda

1,479

2,685

848

2,357

469

849

1,580

86.1

-10.1

British Virgin Islands

299

864

196

963

498

2,579

376

-85.4

-15.3

Cayman Islands

401

137

73

530

20,853

35,800

4,625

-87.1

102.2

Cuba

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Dominica

7,392

5,021

1,823

1,118

992

1,934

2,498

29.2

-13.0

Dominican Republic

347,646

1,146,293

1,469,927

1,895,200

2,190,142

2,502,040

2,741,379

9.6

19.1

Grenada

599

5,740

5,592

5,160

5,052

3,084

612

-80.2

-36.1

Guadeloupe

0

282

154

130

524

133

371

178.9

5.6

Haiti

320,477

288,096

232,100

90,307

125,463

42,532

90,539

112.9

-20.7

Jamaica

59,894

245,385

259,623

302,286

404,450

473,801

549,181

15.9

17.5

Martinique

0

36

4

55

84

196

41

-79.1

2.6

Montserrat

1,802

480

1,981

863

1,281

939

1,622

72.7

27.6

Neth Antilles

5,096

2,961

2,783

2,648

3,383

9,559

2,970

-68.9

0.1

St Christopher-Nevis

13,434

14,982

11,371

18,596

22,405

18,971

21,082

11.1

7.1

St Lucia

10,342

25,300

19,351

26,076

28,038

24,244

23,629

-2.5

-1.4

St Vincent and Grenadines

7,411

6,479

4,350

3,681

3,259

4,344

6,492

49.4

0.0

Trinidad and Tobago

1,959

4,311

5,860

6,295

6,549

11,396

11,651

2.2

22.0

Turks and Caicos Islands

13

0

6

102

39

121

32

-73.6

Regional Total

970,076

1,772,860

2,042,437

2,384,230

2,842,527

3,161,373

3,489,539

10.4

14.5

Central America

Belize

21,694

7,501

18,044

17,813

20,058

16,857

14,503

-14.0

14.1

Costa Rica

142,504

497,402

567,776

748,944

850,721

933,318

1,036,137

11.0

15.8

El Salvador

77,895

89,352

126,835

202,850

292,776

444,033

636,526

43.4

48.1

Guatemala

13,994

202,420

347,416

473,994

570,115

622,664

719,222

15.5

28.9

Honduras

38,487

128,068

217,326

395,202

549,070

703,084

999,239

42.1

50.8

Nicaragua

147

455

1,484

4,605

19,283

38,717

86,398

123.2

185.6

Panama

22,016

66,602

69,401

55,246

48,360

45,293

38,245

-15.6

-10.5

Regional Total

316,737

991,800

1,348,282

1,898,654

2,350,383

2,803,966

3,530,270

25.9

28.9

South America

Argentina

65,060

211,310

174,341

167,540

244,319

510,946

302,393

-40.8

7.4

Bolivia

3,349

23,666

34,404

43,286

68,530

118,336

100,931

-14.7

33.7

Brazil

2,363,671

3,374,977

2,863,028

3,104,191

3,426,358

3,587,379

3,693,231

3.0

1.8

Chile

7,707

82,876

87,680

113,125

112,817

102,998

105,480

2.4

4.9

Colombia

74,045

256,548

322,498

407,759

438,689

487,875

466,908

-4.3

12.7

Ecuador

2,662

9,646

9,845

13,280

19,069

25,363

27,584

8.8

23.4

Falkland Islands

11

15

0

11

49

0

441

96.6

French Guiana

40

3

9

62

82

53

15

-71.7

38.0

Guyana

3,146

2,370

2,614

4,814

5,750

9,021

10,098

11.9

33.6

Paraguay

785

12,271

4,158

4,540

4,972

5,590

1,987

-64.5

-30.5

Peru

67,623

201,449

183,398

174,861

186,451

236,630

267,803

13.2

5.9

Suriname

1,527

329

232

82

644

1,239

87

-93.0

-23.4

Uruguay

90,231

91,109

81,049

88,286

72,017

48,264

39,253

-18.7

-15.5

Venezuela

38,973

143,642

112,319

119,137

122,668

156,098

167,800

7.5

3.2

Regional Total

2,718,830

4,410,212

3,875,576

4,240,976

4,702,415

5,289,791

5,184,011

-2.0

3.3

Mexico

6,661,678

16,268,955

18,051,315

21,278,554

25,005,655

33,024,881

41,538,559

25.8

20.6

LAC Total

10,667,321

23,443,829

25,317,609

29,802,412

34,900,982

44,280,010

53,742,374

21.4

18.0