U.S. PRIMARY GOODS IMPORTS FROM LAC

Annual
Growth Rate (%)

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1995

1990-1995*

Caribbean

Anguilla

0

11

14

13

0

0

0

-100.0

Antigua

13,089

2,200

1,185

845

10,681

871

609

-30.1

-22.7

Aruba

0

54

94,757

147,162

294,691

313,719

277,428

-11.6

452.3

Bahamas

510,032

156,498

117,546

178,152

143,567

116,940

69,223

-40.8

-15.1

Barbados

12,622

4,052

4,310

2,793

3,995

4,384

4,575

4.4

2.5

Bermuda

225

3,073

236

17,036

946

724

1,211

67.3

-17.0

British Virgin Islands

10,132

275

1,019

486

733

972

3,403

250.1

65.4

Cayman Islands

5,633

18,748

16,510

8,150

10,712

8,985

8,565

-4.7

-14.5

Cuba

0

77

0

0

0

0

0

-100.0

Dominica

1,839

1,008

1,451

292

283

586

485

-17.2

-13.6

Dominican Republic

401,987

338,892

279,851

267,107

275,697

337,516

355,976

5.5

1.0

Grenada

320

1,010

2,326

1,889

2,208

3,552

4,244

19.5

33.3

Guadeloupe

0

67

496

433

709

312

119

-61.9

12.2

Haiti

24,772

10,967

14,140

466

6,697

3,891

12,624

224.4

2.9

Jamaica

180,298

270,794

257,626

259,200

240,221

215,869

215,567

-0.1

-4.5

Martinique

0

450

379

482

357

321

262

-18.4

-10.3

Montserrat

917

17

15

122

121

54

29

-46.3

11.3

Neth Antilles

761,885

400,913

598,468

547,764

349,742

339,986

204,524

-39.8

-12.6

St Christopher-Nevis

2,245

248

3,658

3,157

197

1,619

526

-67.5

16.2

St Lucia

2,448

221

1,078

316

451

282

162

-42.6

-6.0

St Vincent and Grenadines

28

1,100

2,875

734

1,475

726

462

-36.4

-15.9

Trinidad and Tobago

1,125,896

827,093

637,090

664,781

567,538

567,428

518,258

-8.7

-8.9

Turks and Caicos Islands

4,335

3,491

4,007

5,535

3,935

3,628

4,674

28.8

6.0

Regional Total

3,058,703

2,041,259

2,039,037

2,106,915

1,914,956

1,922,365

1,682,926

-12.5

-3.8

Central America

Belize

20,881

34,516

14,413

36,602

24,544

29,899

31,220

4.4

-2.0

Costa Rica

320,351

444,150

505,227

562,959

592,030

597,129

683,610

14.5

9.0

El Salvador

301,033

121,384

145,598

151,056

149,249

115,945

119,837

3.4

-0.3

Guatemala

365,692

542,869

503,949

539,042

547,099

604,007

704,962

16.7

5.4

Honduras

322,300

331,052

310,242

358,718

340,564

359,654

407,996

13.4

4.3

Nicaragua

40,675

14,711

57,351

63,013

100,810

124,531

142,646

14.5

57.5

Panama

283,817

121,809

115,075

108,794

134,343

157,844

212,383

34.6

11.8

Regional Total

1,654,749

1,610,491

1,651,855

1,820,184

1,888,639

1,989,009

2,302,654

15.8

7.4

South America

Argentina

633,969

786,390

720,272

745,798

593,657

688,339

913,053

32.6

3.0

Bolivia

23,402

34,978

51,278

27,536

28,409

65,970

67,607

2.5

14.1

Brazil

3,385,669

2,592,184

1,997,363

2,039,357

2,231,463

2,237,975

2,107,492

-5.8

-4.1

Chile

326,854

681,410

670,675

746,663

804,360

1,010,534

1,133,289

12.1

10.7

Colombia

1,049,390

2,547,945

2,078,226

2,087,095

2,152,418

2,224,067

2,745,233

23.4

1.5

Ecuador

1,815,059

1,320,123

1,276,840

1,274,325

1,307,598

1,606,049

1,846,237

15.0

6.9

Falkland Islands

145

1,471

494

186

0

264

0

-100.0

-100.0

French Guiana

10,401

2,391

21

373

13

8

86

975.0

-48.6

Guyana

37,806

42,545

63,457

76,711

75,681

66,074

55,723

-15.7

5.5

Paraguay

16,377

12,172

8,725

5,232

10,326

7,960

15,183

90.7

4.5

Peru

723,057

302,726

242,283

230,940

277,955

290,850

453,063

55.8

8.4

Suriname

54,412

49,774

50,519

43,873

53,597

33,164

56,762

71.2

2.7

Uruguay

31,821

45,991

59,019

57,380

50,357

54,473

59,605

9.4

5.3

Venezuela

6,090,680

8,442,522

7,228,529

6,996,548

7,121,918

6,871,802

8,042,147

17.0

-1.0

Regional Total

14,199,042

16,862,622

14,447,701

14,332,019

14,707,752

15,157,528

17,495,482

15.4

0.7

Mexico

10,081,758

8,794,887

8,075,822

7,845,066

8,367,921

8,956,341

11,354,224

26.8

5.2

LAC Total

28,994,252

29,309,259

26,214,415

26,104,184

26,879,268

28,025,243

32,835,286

17.2

2.3