OECD IMPORTS FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Annual Growth Rate (%)

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

-9

AUSTRALIA

280

333

486

712

537

501

479

495

572

744

11.5

As a % of Total

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

CANADA

2,899

3,186

3,740

4,442

4,191

4,907

4,558

5,125

6,202

7,160

10.6

As a % of Total

3.7

3.7

3.8

4.1

3.5

4.1

3.7

4.1

4.2

4.2

GREENLAND

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

6.1

As a % of Total

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

ICELAND

15

14

12

14

12

12

11

16

11

15

0.2

As a % of Total

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

JAPAN

6,014

6,208

8,060

8,495

9,409

9,335

8,236

8,015

9,088

11,437

7.4

As a % of Total

7.7

7.2

8.2

7.8

7.8

7.8

6.7

6.5

6.2

6.6

NEW ZEALAND

55

81

97

114

114

108

103

114

120

146

11.5

As a % of Total

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

UNITED STATES

44,112

49,094

53,666

60,100

67,183

65,755

71,858

77,790

91,809

107,781

10.4

As a % of Total

56.7

56.9

54.4

54.9

55.7

55

58.6

62.9

62.7

62.7

EUROPE 

AUSTRIA

467

444

479

493

514

520

494

411

536

566

2.2

As a % of Total

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.3

BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG

1,147

1,400

1,599

1,799

1,926

1,840

1,786

1,504

2,458

2,923

11.0

As a % of Total

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.2

1.7

1.7

DENMARK

707

781

826

921

1,011

895

1,012

882

947

993

3.8

As a % of Total

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.6

FINLAND

373

384

485

484

457

413

533

382

568

592

5.3

As a % of Total

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.3

FRANCE

3,084

3,521

4,155

4,457

5,084

4,941

4,918

4,077

4,857

5,577

6.8

As a % of Total

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.1

4

3.3

3.3

3.2

GERMANY

6,364

6,359

7,562

8,171

9,415

9,520

9,429

7,667

8,747

10,593

5.8

As a % of Total

8.2

7.4

7.7

7.5

7.8

8

7.7

6.2

6

6.2

GREECE

166

180

275

329

347

466

310

297

311

374

9.5

As a % of Total

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

IRELAND

89

102

137

170

211

186

206

157

174

204

9.7

As a % of Total

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

ITALY

2,971

3,231

3,794

4,387

4,521

4,526

4,500

3,474

4,173

5,341

6.7

As a % of Total

3.8

3.7

3.8

4

3.7

3.8

3.7

2.8

2.9

3.1

NETHERLANDS

1,952

2,114

2,666

2,688

3,373

2,899

2,369

3,049

4,565

4,186

8.8

As a % of Total

2.5

2.4

2.7

2.5

2.8

2.4

1.9

2.5

3.1

2.4

NORWAY

439

607

1,014

1,788

1,290

702

568

504

655

838

7.4

As a % of Total

0.6

0.7

1.0

1.6

1.1

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.5

PORTUGAL

381

449

743

673

898

919

905

733

779

955

10.8

As a % of Total

0.5

0.5

0.8

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.5

SPAIN

2,397

2,935

3,121

3,364

3,935

5,145

4,273

3,591

3,970

4,857

8.2

As a % of Total

3.1

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.3

4.3

3.5

2.9

2.7

2.8

SWEDEN

837

804

932

1,012

956

833

718

702

898

968

1.6

As a % of Total

1.1

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

SWITZERLAND

604

1,118

1,290

1,254

1,417

1,327

1,185

785

733

871

4.2

As a % of Total

0.8

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.0

0.6

0.5

0.5

UNITED KINGDOM

2,485

2,998

3,435

3,574

3,917

3,754

4,193

3,892

4,173

4,872

7.8

As a % of Total

3.2

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.4

3.1

2.9

2.8

EUROPE

24,491

27,455

32,542

35,593

39,301

38,915

37,426

32,130

38,567

44,733

6.9

As a % of Total

31.5

31.8

33.0

32.5

32.6

32.6

30.5

26.0

26.4

26.0

TOTAL

77,837

86,344

98,576

109,442

120,719

119,505

122,644

123,664

146,348

171,995

9.2