10.11

Total U.S. Imports from LAC

thousands of U.S. dollars

Growth Rate (%)

1987

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

87-97

96-97

Anguilla

168

227

1,407

268

323

273

72

834

437

10.0

-47.6

Antigua

8,621

4,120

3,895

5,414

14,806

5,435

3,057

8,678

5,015

-5.3

-42.2

Aruba

2,452

967

100,246

189,657

306,578

318,941

289,308

427,328

461,168

68.8

7.9

Bahamas

377,881

506,772

465,324

580,700

341,547

192,890

143,937

162,125

153,390

-8.6

-5.4

Barbados

59,110

30,899

31,457

30,528

34,027

34,250

37,495

40,969

42,017

-3.4

2.6

Belize

42,906

43,978

35,623

58,510

48,984

49,392

51,172

67,953

78,948

6.3

16.2

Bermuda

5,610

12,213

7,675

23,424

14,379

8,996

10,283

11,235

29,536

18.1

162.9

British Virgin Islands

11,162

1,999

2,567

3,235

14,143

14,604

11,375

6,624

16,940

4.3

155.7

Cayman Islands

27,670

21,387

17,615

10,693

33,610

51,292

18,076

16,752

19,197

-3.6

14.6

Cuba

0

77

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

..

..

Dominica

10,307

8,346

5,877

4,506

5,833

6,957

6,572

7,680

9,049

-1.3

17.8

Dominican Republic

1,144,211

1,725,430

1,976,624

2,366,509

2,667,202

3,076,519

3,385,121

3,581,593

4,308,370

14.2

20.3

Falkland Islands

141

1,492

496

202

49

264

442

483

533

14.2

10.4

French Guiana

9,255

2,518

555

3,197

2,708

3,119

5,278

4,708

2,359

-12.8

-49.9

Grenada

3,632

7,783

8,086

7,476

7,940

7,247

5,274

3,577

6,479

6.0

81.1

Guadeloupe

0

1,323

1,532

1,118

4,679

1,872

1,239

1,349

3,431

..

154.3

Guyana

58,828

52,261

73,733

87,064

87,870

94,555

102,692

103,368

104,240

5.9

0.8

Haiti

393,660

339,177

284,264

107,170

154,335

58,764

129,230

143,425

188,097

-7.1

31.1

Jamaica

393,912

563,723

561,206

593,361

710,260

739,552

837,702

827,613

720,589

6.2

-12.9

Martinique

0

937

815

1,268

1,085

3,529

2,074

911

2,432

..

167.0

Montserrat

2,413

562

2,179

1,095

1,513

1,032

2,079

4,243

5,010

7.6

18.1

Netherlands Antilles

478,836

421,789

620,784

569,689

381,776

412,652

263,038

647,030

549,177

1.4

-15.1

St. Kitts & Nevis

23,793

16,100

15,553

22,857

23,775

21,716

22,417

22,742

29,856

2.3

31.3

St. Lucia

17,866

26,920

21,731

28,065

31,285

26,497

35,124

22,069

20,589

1.4

-6.7

St. Vincent & Grenadines

8,493

8,672

7,507

4,530

4,855

5,430

7,797

6,782

4,342

-6.5

-36.0

Suriname

46,445

50,901

51,679

46,144

58,349

43,104

100,108

96,642

91,441

7.0

-5.4

Trinidad & Tobago

802,838

1,002,661

819,653

839,788

783,714

1,085,781

1,068,419

1,345,360

1,105,157

3.2

-17.9

Turks & Caicos Islands

4,680

3,547

4,210

6,066

4,120

4,436

4,959

5,100

5,179

1.0

1.5

Caribbean

3,934,890

4,856,780

5,122,293

5,592,535

5,739,748

6,269,097

6,544,339

7,567,175

7,962,980

7.3

5.2

Costa Rica

670,953

1,006,474

1,143,982

1,402,042

1,542,098

1,645,382

1,841,767

1,962,915

2,321,561

13.2

18.3

El Salvador

272,881

237,538

302,449

383,245

481,342

607,541

813,109

974,079

1,344,801

17.3

38.1

Guatemala

487,308

790,900

892,280

1,072,697

1,178,094

1,283,596

1,514,566

1,694,470

1,984,236

15.1

17.1

Honduras

483,096

486,330

552,238

780,638

914,380

1,091,688

1,440,657

1,797,025

2,320,301

17.0

29.1

Nicaragua

1,231

15,254

59,528

68,609

124,543

167,397

237,731

349,299

439,156

80.0

25.7

Panama

342,700

226,555

242,580

218,232

233,131

252,465

300,478

337,861

353,915

0.3

4.8

Central America

2,258,168

2,763,051

3,193,058

3,925,462

4,473,588

5,048,068

6,148,309

7,115,648

8,763,969

14.5

23.2

Argentina

1,063,137

1,473,813

1,251,725

1,225,169

1,188,993

1,652,948

1,761,257

2,226,514

2,195,251

7.5

-1.4

Bolivia

106,835

199,325

204,561

161,586

185,022

257,373

256,795

268,339

213,408

7.2

-20.5

Brazil

7,612,206

7,762,112

6,760,533

7,587,882

7,762,561

8,847,255

8,988,708

8,870,672

9,510,027

2.3

7.2

Chile

931,435

1,182,628

1,245,726

1,318,844

1,448,895

1,817,812

1,874,593

2,262,035

2,302,841

9.5

1.8

Colombia

2,196,016

3,154,087

2,723,653

2,888,009

3,009,831

3,132,398

3,807,348

4,421,492

4,614,873

7.7

4.4

Ecuador

1,247,588

1,358,304

1,317,588

1,323,031

1,389,324

1,709,790

1,939,218

1,975,027

2,139,354

5.5

8.3

Paraguay

21,979

50,781

43,626

35,160

49,455

80,135

54,931

42,825

40,138

6.2

-6.3

Peru

670,364

726,842

723,671

686,043

698,115

779,945

965,370

1,202,788

1,705,929

9.8

41.8

Uruguay

343,538

207,340

236,795

263,228

265,588

165,609

167,488

260,299

228,860

-4.0

-12.1

Venezuela

5,374,366

9,132,322

7,758,434

7,563,941

7,781,720

7,957,585

9,213,789

12,424,899

12,575,555

8.9

1.2

South America

19,567,463

25,247,553

22,266,313

23,052,894

23,779,503

26,400,848

29,029,496

33,954,889

35,526,236

6.1

4.6

Mexico

19,765,789

29,505,962

30,445,131

33,934,561

38,667,664

48,605,259

61,721,000

74,179,119

85,004,793

15.7

14.6

LAC

45,526,310

62,373,346

61,026,795

66,505,453

72,660,504

86,323,272

103,443,145

122,816,831

137,257,977

11.7

11.8