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


U.S. PRIMARY GOODS EXPORTS TO LAC

In Thousands of US$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Growth Rate (%)

 

1985

1990

1990

1992

1993

1994

1995

1995

1990-1995*

Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anguilla

0

3,753

2,755

2,334

3,826

2,203

2,017

-9.2

-11.7

Antigua

0

23,155

25,170

24,937

27,019

22,088

25,036

11.8

1.6

Aruba

0

40,901

71,231

99,903

129,342

116,494

106,264

-9.6

21.0

Bahamas

360,254

328,272

253,250

229,907

264,216

240,767

216,768

-11.1

-8.0

Barbados

33,370

38,973

48,209

37,959

41,280

41,283

52,769

21.8

6.2

Bermuda

65,597

74,630

82,583

77,685

80,242

77,528

78,990

1.9

1.1

British Virgin Islands

0

18,846

12,210

7,736

12,126

12,330

15,687

21.4

-3.6

Cayman Islands

18,113

24,591

18,943

21,571

25,841

23,162

24,693

6.2

0.1

Cuba

12

6

0

0

41

47

28

-67.9

36.1

Dominica

0

9,883

8,339

10,409

5,979

5,669

7,298

22.3

-5.9

Dominican Republic

213,104

365,309

335,147

344,371

384,080

408,155

507,250

19.5

6.8

Grenada

0

11,980

12,065

7,416

7,001

6,530

7,434

12.2

-9.1

Guadeloupe

0

10,748

11,199

11,991

9,620

11,386

10,038

-13.4

-1.4

Haiti

81,757

148,010

134,578

141,650

111,148

112,814

262,230

57.0

12.1

Jamaica

155,465

301,030

267,599

241,032

274,337

259,829

325,624

20.2

1.6

Leeward and Windward Is.

62,697

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

Martinique

0

6,435

7,848

6,816

5,539

6,057

6,463

6.3

0.1

Montserrat

0

2,447

2,596

1,915

1,597

1,752

1,064

-64.7

-15.3

Neth Antilles

250,499

209,191

259,112

178,430

195,777

152,482

170,213

10.4

-4.0

St Christopher-Nevis

0

8,821

9,343

6,742

8,923

8,474

6,874

-23.3

-4.9

St Lucia

0

25,627

28,719

23,200

29,065

24,497

24,366

-0.5

-1.0

St Vincent and Grenadines

0

14,326

19,147

13,519

16,488

17,044

16,846

-1.2

3.3

Trinidad and Tobago

143,282

107,597

116,438

96,898

102,997

123,302

124,087

0.6

2.9

Turks and Caicos Islands

2,162

5,515

5,374

5,193

4,554

4,616

5,041

8.4

-1.8

Regional Total

1,386,312

1,780,046

1,731,855

1,591,614

1,741,038

1,678,509

1,997,080

16.0

2.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belize

20,769

23,468

25,477

25,942

28,099

24,776

20,350

-21.7

-2.8

Costa Rica

66,635

161,002

153,000

183,512

217,006

233,390

225,836

-3.3

7.0

El Salvador

109,620

132,951

159,774

165,689

184,287

177,983

240,836

26.1

12.6

Guatemala

156,338

241,921

295,862

302,209

335,703

325,111

363,470

10.6

8.5

Honduras

59,153

81,750

146,112

173,723

179,549

126,251

179,230

29.6

17.0

Nicaragua

9,345

25,501

47,719

59,300

50,488

59,860

80,349

25.5

25.8

Panama

200,042

232,337

233,509

245,939

234,544

287,202

329,651

12.9

7.2

Regional Total

621,902

898,930

1,061,453

1,156,314

1,229,676

1,234,573

1,439,722

14.2

9.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

64,844

92,094

149,129

212,640

212,988

278,101

296,250

6.1

26.3

Bolivia

31,349

25,070

38,272

45,834

36,049

36,235

34,670

-4.5

6.7

Brazil

909,166

660,429

975,826

771,995

751,869

1,061,814

1,214,047

12.5

12.9

Chile

140,960

146,566

167,016

195,373

221,310

232,069

368,951

37.1

20.3

Colombia

356,565

183,364

215,156

311,618

306,046

399,320

588,629

32.2

26.3

Ecuador

143,775

112,748

121,216

114,209

136,568

110,815

259,555

57.3

18.1

Falkland Islands

0

90

0

0

0

0

0

 

-100.0

French Guiana

261

2,855

1,315

3,745

1,101

1,216

1,100

-10.5

-17.4

Guyana

4,153

14,094

13,569

20,308

21,804

22,348

28,266

20.9

14.9

Paraguay

8,816

38,088

68,179

66,584

76,619

74,629

77,500

3.7

15.3

Peru

107,711

206,417

211,224

265,371

265,272

328,769

357,989

8.2

11.6

Suriname

19,205

22,765

17,413

21,206

15,507

15,684

24,316

35.5

1.3

Uruguay

5,824

21,209

14,709

10,574

14,697

25,940

23,883

-8.6

2.4

Venezuela

834,159

664,514

649,357

655,656

656,915

641,390

833,022

23.0

4.6

Regional Total

2,626,788

2,190,304

2,642,381

2,695,112

2,716,744

3,228,329

4,108,177

21.4

13.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico

2,834,763

4,333,416

4,875,871

6,045,967

5,673,058

6,737,501

6,009,303

-12.1

6.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAC Total

7,469,765

9,202,696

10,311,560

11,489,007

11,360,516

12,878,912

13,554,282

5.0

8.1

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: Primary Goods includes SITC 0 (Food and Live Animals), SITC 1 (Beverages and Tobacco), SITC 2 (Crude Materials, excluding fuels), SITC 3 (Minerals and Fuels), and SITC 4 (Animal, Vegetable Oil, Fat).

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


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