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


U.S. TOTAL IMPORTS FROM LAC

In Thousands of US$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual
Growth Rate (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1995

1990-1995*

Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anguilla

0

227

1,407

268

323

273

72

-73.6

-20.5

Antigua

24,695

4,120

3,895

5,414

14,806

5,435

3,057

-43.8

-5.8

Aruba

0

967

100,246

189,657

306,578

318,941

289,308

-9.3

212.7

Bahamas

626,084

506,772

465,324

580,700

341,547

192,890

143,937

-25.4

-22.3

Barbados

202,194

30,899

31,457

30,528

34,027

34,250

37,495

9.5

3.9

Bermuda

6,586

12,213

7,675

23,424

14,379

8,996

10,283

14.3

-3.4

British Virgin Islands

11,902

1,999

2,567

3,235

14,143

14,604

11,375

-22.1

41.6

Cayman Islands

10,950

21,387

17,615

10,693

33,610

51,292

18,076

-64.8

-3.3

Cuba

0

77

0

0

0

0

0

 

-100.0

Dominica

14,161

8,346

5,877

4,506

5,833

6,957

6,572

-5.5

-4.7

Dominican Republic

965,847

1,725,430

1,976,624

2,366,509

2,667,202

3,076,519

3,385,121

10.0

14.4

Grenada

1,309

7,783

8,086

7,476

7,940

7,247

5,274

-27.2

-7.5

Guadeloupe

0

1,323

1,532

1,118

4,679

1,872

1,239

-33.8

-1.3

Haiti

386,697

339,177

284,264

107,170

154,335

58,764

129,230

119.9

-17.6

Jamaica

267,016

563,723

561,206

593,361

710,260

739,552

837,702

13.3

8.2

Martinique

0

937

815

1,268

1,085

3,529

2,074

-41.2

17.2

Montserrat

3,620

562

2,179

1,095

1,513

1,032

2,079

101.5

29.9

Neth Antilles

793,162

421,789

620,784

569,689

381,776

412,652

263,038

-36.3

-9.0

St Christopher-Nevis

16,258

16,100

15,553

22,857

23,775

21,716

22,417

3.2

6.8

St Lucia

13,796

26,920

21,731

28,065

31,285

26,497

35,124

32.6

5.5

St Vincent and Grenadines

9,643

8,672

7,507

4,530

4,855

5,430

7,797

43.6

-2.1

Trinidad and Tobago

1,255,498

1,002,661

819,653

839,788

783,714

1,085,781

1,068,419

-1.6

1.3

Turks and Caicos Islands

4,649

3,547

4,210

6,066

4,120

4,436

4,959

11.8

6.9

Regional Total

4,614,067

4,705,631

4,960,207

5,397,417

5,541,785

6,078,665

6,284,648

3.4

6.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belize

46,951

43,978

35,623

58,510

48,984

49,392

51,172

3.6

3.1

Costa Rica

489,294

1,006,474

1,143,982

1,402,042

1,542,098

1,645,382

1,841,767

11.9

12.8

El Salvador

395,658

237,538

302,449

383,245

481,342

607,541

813,109

33.8

27.9

Guatemala

399,617

790,900

892,280

1,072,697

1,178,094

1,283,596

1,514,566

18.0

13.9

Honduras

370,219

486,330

552,238

780,638

914,380

1,091,688

1,440,657

32.0

24.3

Nicaragua

41,003

15,254

59,528

68,609

124,543

167,397

237,731

42.0

73.2

Panama

393,605

226,555

242,580

218,232

233,131

252,465

300,478

19.0

5.8

Regional Total

2,136,347

2,807,029

3,228,680

3,983,973

4,522,572

5,097,461

6,199,480

21.6

17.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

1,060,238

1,473,813

1,251,725

1,225,169

1,188,993

1,652,948

1,761,257

6.6

3.6

Bolivia

99,300

199,325

204,561

161,586

185,022

257,373

256,795

-0.2

5.2

Brazil

7,545,259

7,762,112

6,760,533

7,587,882

7,762,561

8,847,255

8,988,708

1.6

3.0

Chile

719,407

1,182,628

1,245,726

1,318,844

1,448,895

1,817,812

1,874,593

3.1

9.7

Colombia

1,316,253

3,154,087

2,723,653

2,888,009

3,009,831

3,132,398

3,807,348

21.5

3.8

Ecuador

1,834,495

1,358,304

1,317,588

1,323,031

1,389,324

1,709,790

1,939,218

13.4

7.4

Falkland Islands

241

1,492

496

202

49

264

442

67.4

-21.6

French Guiana

12,729

2,518

555

3,197

2,708

3,119

5,278

69.2

16.0

Guyana

46,010

52,261

73,733

87,064

87,870

94,555

102,692

8.6

14.5

Paraguay

23,713

50,781

43,626

35,160

49,455

80,135

54,931

-31.5

1.6

Peru

1,034,392

726,842

723,671

686,043

698,115

779,945

965,370

23.8

5.8

Suriname

60,091

50,901

51,679

46,144

58,349

43,104

100,108

132.2

14.5

Uruguay

556,235

207,340

236,795

263,228

265,588

165,609

167,488

1.1

-4.2

Venezuela

6,444,598

9,132,322

7,758,434

7,563,941

7,781,720

7,957,585

9,213,789

15.8

0.2

Regional Total

20,752,962

25,354,725

22,392,776

23,189,501

23,928,480

26,541,890

29,238,017

10.2

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico

18,938,246

29,505,962

30,445,131

33,934,561

38,667,664

48,605,259

61,721,000

27.0

15.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAC Total

46,441,622

62,373,347

61,026,794

66,505,452

72,660,501

86,323,275

103,443,145

19.8

10.6

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: 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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