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


U.S. TOTAL EXPORTS TO LAC

In Thousands of US$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual
Growth Rate (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1995

1990-1995*

Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anguilla

0

15,297

11,405

10,542

14,265

12,781

14,577

14.1

-1.0

Antigua

0

69,146

74,699

68,101

73,008

64,743

97,156

50.1

7.0

Aruba

0

202,180

234,532

288,076

265,698

273,989

247,415

-9.7

4.1

Bahamas

786,310

800,729

720,938

712,567

704,094

685,350

660,532

-3.6

-3.8

Barbados

172,749

161,853

166,547

127,755

145,457

161,130

185,723

15.3

2.8

Bermuda

257,689

254,634

232,553

242,260

264,862

299,949

298,545

-0.5

3.2

British Virgin Islands

0

60,073

45,238

44,032

46,121

46,947

49,347

5.1

-3.9

Cayman Islands

74,503

185,014

116,442

266,953

179,411

202,149

180,011

-11.0

-0.5

Cuba

1,113

1,298

1,380

1,126

2,565

4,393

5,846

33.1

35.1

Dominica

0

30,722

42,471

33,538

27,398

25,638

26,457

3.2

-2.9

Dominican Republic

741,251

1,658,245

1,742,732

2,098,160

2,349,537

2,799,459

3,016,614

7.8

12.7

Grenada

0

34,587

31,552

23,767

23,938

23,482

26,782

14.1

-5.0

Guadeloupe

0

54,160

83,425

60,190

49,140

50,958

69,340

36.1

5.1

Haiti

395,659

477,563

392,096

216,666

221,265

210,455

550,784

161.7

2.9

Jamaica

403,958

943,738

962,911

938,464

1,112,820

1,066,408

1,420,887

33.2

8.5

Leeward and Windward Islands

197,781

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

Martinique

0

33,769

36,597

32,548

32,325

31,230

38,409

23.0

2.6

Montserrat

0

10,673

8,105

13,260

5,511

6,745

4,289

-36.4

-16.7

Neth Antilles

427,198

541,567

628,839

475,858

522,799

519,966

504,287

-3.0

-1.4

St Christopher-Nevis

0

52,018

34,960

31,595

41,666

45,067

43,640

-3.2

-3.5

St Lucia

0

82,532

88,587

82,123

98,635

80,572

80,959

0.5

-0.4

St Vincent and Grenadines

0

35,065

43,490

34,888

37,657

38,159

42,210

10.6

3.8

Trinidad and Tobago

503,551

429,621

468,893

447,140

529,274

540,782

689,205

27.4

9.9

Turks and Caicos Islands

11,517

39,396

39,772

38,083

21,941

29,185

33,548

14.9

-3.2

Regional Total

3,973,279

6,173,880

6,208,164

6,287,692

6,769,387

7,219,537

8,286,563

14.8

6.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belize

56,115

105,728

114,248

116,803

135,504

115,135

100,119

-13.0

-1.1

Costa Rica

421,094

991,552

1,033,861

1,350,946

1,547,291

1,866,626

1,739,068

-6.8

11.9

El Salvador

400,018

555,814

533,989

740,964

868,907

932,088

1,110,551

19.1

14.8

Guatemala

404,426

758,966

950,629

1,203,784

1,310,272

1,354,603

1,646,429

21.5

16.8

Honduras

294,644

563,032

626,666

808,255

897,665

1,011,794

1,280,724

26.6

17.9

Nicaragua

42,084

68,104

146,974

187,950

149,836

185,451

250,147

34.9

29.7

Panama

673,467

866,710

981,250

1,100,281

1,190,688

1,276,338

1,391,032

9.0

9.9

Regional Total

2,291,848

3,909,906

4,387,617

5,508,983

6,100,163

6,742,035

7,518,070

11.5

14.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

717,477

1,179,126

2,048,894

3,221,652

3,771,701

4,466,339

4,189,535

-6.2

28.9

Bolivia

118,458

138,556

189,699

221,774

215,898

185,814

213,196

14.7

9.0

Brazil

3,127,979

5,061,877

6,154,097

5,740,148

6,045,448

8,118,394

11,443,598

41.0

17.7

Chile

682,013

1,672,267

1,839,617

2,454,956

2,605,347

2,775,905

3,613,109

30.2

16.7

Colombia

1,451,060

2,038,393

1,946,862

3,282,033

3,229,143

4,070,251

4,628,239

13.7

17.8

Ecuador

589,628

680,096

947,503

998,978

1,098,182

1,196,058

1,538,370

28.6

17.7

Falkland Islands

10

208

101

155

61

58

303

422.4

7.8

French Guiana

112,499

271,154

149,682

81,616

323,198

195,663

441,684

125.7

10.3

Guyana

43,291

75,979

86,128

118,159

122,547

109,781

141,151

28.6

13.2

Paraguay

98,891

307,104

375,116

414,929

520,926

793,588

992,630

25.1

26.4

Peru

492,322

778,078

840,298

1,002,031

1,069,154

1,407,520

1,775,085

26.1

17.9

Suriname

85,513

156,817

134,545

138,915

117,905

121,760

189,683

55.8

3.9

Uruguay

63,888

145,337

216,444

230,976

253,121

310,821

395,831

27.4

22.2

Venezuela

3,159,073

3,107,198

4,668,376

5,438,166

4,599,093

4,041,700

4,641,209

14.8

8.4

Regional Total

10,742,102

15,612,190

19,597,362

23,344,488

23,971,724

27,793,652

34,203,623

23.1

17.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico

13,627,681

28,375,468

33,275,780

40,597,451

41,635,494

50,840,265

45,400,604

-10.7

9.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAC Total

30,634,910

54,071,442

63,468,923

75,738,614

78,476,768

92,595,486

95,408,860

3.0

12.0

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: Total Commodities includes SITC codes 0-9. SITC 0 (food and live animals) + SITC 1 (beverages and tobacco) +SITC 2 (crude materials, excl. fuels) + SITC 3 (mineral fuels, etc.) + SITC 4 (animal, vegetable oil, fat) SITC 5 (chemicals) +SITC 6 (basic manufactures) + SITC 7 (machines, transport equipment) + SITC 8 (misc. manufactured goods) + SITC 9 (not classified elsewhere).

 

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


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