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11.2

Geographical Composition of LAC Imports

millions of U.S. dollars

Average Annual Growth Rate (%)

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1987-97

1992-97

LAC Countries' Imports from:

World (total LAC imports)

83,753

92,310

99,844

112,845

142,527

168,055

187,723

219,966

253,215

285,909

346,179

15.2

15.5

LAC Countries

14,750

16,273

18,717

20,999

24,577

29,077

32,591

37,737

45,722

53,632

63,268

15.7

16.8

Percent of World Imports

17.6

17.6

18.7

18.6

17.2

17.3

17.4

17.2

18.1

18.8

18.3

Non-LAC Countries

69,002

76,037

81,127

91,846

117,950

138,978

155,132

182,228

207,493

232,276

282,911

15.2

15.3

Percent of World Imports

82.4

82.4

81.3

81.4

82.8

82.7

82.6

82.8

81.9

81.2

81.7

United States

27,311

33,248

36,769

41,716

63,168

75,907

83,049

94,520

101,217

119,480

144,853

18.2

13.8

Percent of World Imports

32.6

36.0

36.8

37.0

44.3

45.2

44.2

43.0

40.0

41.8

41.8

Europe

19,059

20,479

19,898

24,789

27,535

31,019

33,424

40,844

46,081

52,213

54,450

11.1

11.9

Percent of World Imports

22.8

22.2

19.9

22.0

19.3

18.5

17.8

18.6

18.2

18.3

15.7

Japan

5,446

5,739

5,411

6,587

7,730

9,830

11,448

12,432

16,659

12,782

22,514

15.3

18.0

Percent of World Imports

6.5

6.2

5.4

5.8

5.4

5.8

6.1

5.7

6.6

4.5

6.5

LAC USAID-Presence Countries' Imports from:

World (total LAC-USAID imports)

48,949

54,293

63,055

75,686

96,682

111,031

127,762

154,091

181,548

201,920

253,935

17.9

18.0

LAC Countries

7,620

7,714

9,973

11,768

13,160

14,892

17,881

21,215

26,954

31,025

37,782

17.4

20.5

Percent of World Imports

15.6

14.2

15.8

15.5

13.6

13.4

14.0

13.8

14.8

15.4

14.9

Non-LAC Countries

41,329

46,579

53081.6

63,918

83,522

96,139

109,881

132,876

154,595

170,895

216,153

18.0

17.6

Percent of World Imports

84.4

85.8

84.2

84.5

86.4

86.6

86.0

86.2

85.2

84.6

85.1

United States

18,037

22,836

27,075

32,292

50,761

59,777

65,864

77,371

82,663

98,835

119,841

20.8

14.9

Percent of World Imports

36.8

42.1

42.9

42.7

52.5

53.8

51.6

50.2

45.5

48.9

47.2

Europe

9,754

10,066

10,677

14,185

15,492

16,757

19,242

23,048

27,574

29,863

35,735

13.9

16.4

Percent of World Imports

19.9

18.5

16.9

18.7

16.0

15.1

15.1

15.0

15.2

14.8

14.1

Japan

3,449

3,813

3,695

4,549

4,960

6,355

7,896

9,258

13,915

9,468

18,343

18.2

23.6

Percent of World Imports

7.0

7.0

5.9

6.0

5.1

5.7

6.2

6.0

7.7

4.7

7.2

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