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


GEOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF LAC IMPORTS

Merchandise Imports in Millions of US$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual
Growth Rate (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1990-1995

LAC IMPORTS FROM THE WORLD [a]

116,553

135,659

161,317

190,066

226,824

250,388

16.5

LAC IMPORTS FROM OTHER LAC COUNTRIES

21,327

23,956

29,123

32,006

38,025

43,387

15.3

LAC IMPORTS AS % OF WORLD IMPORTS

18.3

17.7

18.1

16.8

16.8

17.3

 

LAC IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.

43,840

54,090

65,379

82,414

97,812

102,830

18.6

U.S. IMPORTS AS % OF WORLD IMPORTS

37.6

39.9

40.5

43.4

43.1

41.1

 

LAC IMPORTS FROM DEVELOPED EUROPE [b]

28,328

31,506

36,086

37,697

47,494

56,632

14.9

EUROPE IMPORTS AS % OF WORLD IMPORTS

24.3

23.2

22.4

19.8

20.9

22.6

 

LAC IMPORTS FROM JAPAN

6,756

8,330

10,293

12,665

13,029

17,444

20.9

JAPAN IMPORTS AS % OF WORLD IMPORTS

5.8

6.1

6.4

6.7

5.7

7.0

 

 

GEOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF LAC USAID IMPORTS              

Merchandise Imports in Millions of US$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual
Growth Rate (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

-5

FOR ALL USAID COUNTRIES IN LAC [c]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS FROM THE WORLD

73,728

84,384

95,716

119,730

146,744

160,060

16.8

IMPORTS FROM OTHER LAC COUNTRIES [a]

10,855

12,175

13,622

15,468

19,088

22,928

16.1

LAC IMPORTS AS % OF WORLD IMPORTS

14.7

14.4

14.2

12.9

13.0

14.3

 

IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.

32,475

39,340

46,219

61,806

75,746

78,348

19.3

U.S. IMPORTS AS % OF WORLD IMPORTS

44.0

46.6

48.3

51.6

51.6

48.9

 

IMPORTS FROM DEVELOPED EUROPE [b]

15,014

16,660

17,730

19,315

24,516

30,105

14.9

EUROPE IMPORTS AS % OF WORLD IMPORTS

20.4

19.7

18.5

16.1

16.7

18.8

 

IMPORTS FROM JAPAN

4,226

5,016

6,225

8,041

8,750

13,416

26.0

JAPAN IMPORTS AS % OF WORLD IMPORTS

5.7

5.9

6.5

6.7

6.0

8.4

 

Source: IMF, Direction of Trade Statistics. Imports are reported c.i.f. IMF Direction of Trade Statistics used for intra-regional trade tables may differ from the U.S. Department of Commerce because of methodological reporting differences.

 

NOTES:

[a] LAC here and on the following pages corresponds to IMF "Western Hemisphere", less Greenland and St. Pierre, plus Cuba.
[b] Europe on this page and the following intra-regional trade tables by country include: Austria, Belgium-Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K.
[c] USAID countries include Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Rep., Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru.

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


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