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


U.S. NONTRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS FROM LAC

In Thousands of US$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual
Growth Rate (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1995

1990-1995*

Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anguilla

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

Antigua

66

38

269

0

49

0

0

 

-100.0

Aruba

0

21

32

16

0

0

0

 

-100.0

Bahamas

1,634

3,180

4,054

5,042

3,754

4,064

3,344

-17.7

1.0

Barbados

3

42

146

0

8

9

1

-88.9

-52.6

Bermuda

19

3

0

0

0

0

0

 

-100.0

British Virgin Islands

2

0

0

5

0

0

68

 

 

Cayman Islands

0

189

397

133

260

0

12

 

-42.4

Dominica

287

874

280

162

69

75

167

122.7

-28.2

Dominican Republic

42,422

47,868

53,193

51,508

44,585

45,373

54,808

20.8

2.7

Grenada

194

460

328

280

222

526

525

-0.2

2.7

Guadeloupe

0

0

11

0

11

0

0

 

 

Haiti

5,509

6,538

7,806

421

5,927

3,239

8,035

148.1

4.2

Jamaica

14,463

13,581

12,270

12,400

14,612

14,256

15,949

11.9

3.3

Martinique

0

15

3

0

0

0

0

 

-100.0

Montserrat

154

17

13

16

114

24

15

-37.5

-2.5

Neth Antilles

1,073

16

8

5

0

30

0

-100.0

-100.0

St Christopher-Nevis

59

22

26

15

13

6

3

-50.0

-32.9

St Lucia

38

3

907

147

284

14

34

142.9

62.5

St Vincent and Grenadines

20

86

166

88

61

102

165

61.8

13.9

Trinidad and Tobago

58

311

789

911

1,145

1,345

1,359

1.0

34.3

Turks and Caicos Islands

13

0

0

3

0

6

16

166.7

 

Regional Total

66,014

73,264

80,698

71,152

71,114

69,069

84,501

22.3

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belize

8,282

15,806

5,206

18,038

8,911

10,365

8,897

-14.2

-10.9

Costa Rica

23,883

99,069

101,230

121,180

141,630

159,273

170,788

7.2

11.5

El Salvador

3,908

6,387

7,566

7,139

6,386

6,976

7,153

2.5

2.3

Guatemala

23,428

55,013

62,417

76,664

73,637

86,163

92,071

6.9

10.8

Honduras

18,764

23,997

27,639

34,746

40,461

39,971

42,139

5.4

11.9

Nicaragua

12

4

803

2,694

2,843

4,751

5,104

7.4

318.0

Panama

7,152

4,934

7,372

8,154

9,758

7,757

7,018

-9.5

7.3

Regional Total

85,429

205,210

212,233

268,615

283,626

315,256

333,170

5.7

10.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

39,490

109,361

125,755

179,302

89,064

85,176

142,921

67.8

5.5

Bolivia

403

7,306

9,284

6,112

6,591

8,692

6,386

-26.5

-2.7

Brazil

826,992

668,160

388,958

409,100

361,517

369,260

250,667

-32.1

-17.8

Chile

231,137

446,330

407,555

422,505

396,631

446,382

456,221

2.2

0.4

Colombia

137,570

210,201

212,773

246,305

273,403

291,785

353,502

21.2

11.0

Ecuador

11,028

15,443

20,711

27,136

34,841

43,135

74,163

71.9

36.9

French Guiana

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

 

 

Guyana

34

31

10

8

0

29

42

44.8

6.3

Paraguay

129

210

273

286

556

1,696

3,421

101.7

74.7

Peru

12,256

12,537

14,710

15,556

21,458

28,114

39,001

38.7

25.5

Suriname

279

821

25

51

0

0

10

 

-58.6

Uruguay

154

2,382

1,377

1,137

1,990

3,924

7,337

87.0

25.2

Venezuela

2,238

7,082

7,589

6,640

6,319

7,925

5,339

-32.6

-5.5

Regional Total

1,261,710

1,479,864

1,189,025

1,314,138

1,192,370

1,286,118

1,339,010

4.1

-2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico

720,110

1,450,718

1,425,651

1,291,290

1,518,890

1,650,236

1,994,016

20.8

6.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAC Total

2,133,263

3,209,056

2,907,607

2,945,195

3,066,000

3,320,679

3,750,697

12.9

3.2

 

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, SITC Rev. 3. Imports are Imports for Consumption, customs value.
* Growth Rates are compounded over the five year period.
Definition: Non-traditional Agric. includes SITC 05 (fruit and vegetables) + SITC 29 (crude vegetable materials) + SITC 075 (spices) - SITC 057.3 (bananas).

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


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