10.1

Total U.S. Exports to LAC

thousands of U.S. dollars

Growth Rate (%)

1987

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

87-97

96-97

Anguilla

0

15,297

11,405

10,542

14,265

12,781

14,577

12,734

18,179

..

42.8

Antigua

0

69,146

74,699

68,101

73,008

64,743

97,156

81,739

85,070

..

4.1

Aruba

0

202,180

234,532

288,076

265,698

273,989

247,415

225,468

238,745

..

5.9

Bahamas

781,691

800,729

720,938

712,567

704,094

685,350

660,532

725,022

809,901

0.4

11.7

Barbados

132,249

161,853

166,547

127,755

145,457

161,130

185,723

222,189

281,084

7.8

26.5

Belize

71,567

105,728

114,248

116,803

135,504

115,135

100,119

106,622

114,779

4.8

7.7

Bermuda

260,666

254,634

232,553

242,260

264,862

299,949

298,545

281,853

338,067

2.6

19.9

British Virgin Islands

0

60,073

45,238

44,032

46,121

46,947

49,347

53,791

64,691

..

20.3

Cayman Islands

126,742

185,014

116,442

266,953

179,411

202,149

180,011

207,978

270,359

7.9

30.0

Cuba

1,379

1,298

1,380

1,126

2,565

4,393

5,846

5,457

9,315

21.0

70.7

Dominica

0

30,722

42,471

33,538

27,398

25,638

26,457

34,146

37,441

..

9.6

Dominican Republic

1,139,882

1,658,245

1,742,732

2,098,160

2,349,537

2,799,459

3,016,614

3,183,175

3,928,154

13.2

23.4

Falkland Islands

5,905

208

101

155

61

58

303

103

112

-32.7

8.7

French Guiana

122,932

271,154

149,682

81,616

323,198

195,663

441,684

300,709

493,722

14.9

64.2

Grenada

0

34,587

31,552

23,767

23,938

23,482

26,782

35,678

40,564

..

13.7

Guadeloupe

0

54,160

83,425

60,190

49,140

50,958

69,340

66,087

57,703

..

-12.7

Guyana

59,847

75,979

86,128

118,159

122,547

109,781

141,151

136,760

142,544

9.1

4.2

Haiti

458,674

477,563

392,096

216,666

221,265

210,455

550,784

473,594

499,856

0.9

5.5

Jamaica

600,747

943,738

962,911

938,464

1,112,820

1,066,408

1,420,887

1,490,730

1,417,411

9.0

-4.9

Martinique

0

33,769

36,597

32,548

32,325

31,230

38,409

35,275

33,906

..

-3.9

Montserrat

0

10,673

8,105

13,260

5,511

6,745

4,289

7,617

16,580

..

117.7

Netherlands Antilles

506,901

541,567

628,839

475,858

522,799

519,966

504,287

527,882

477,145

-0.6

-9.6

St. Kitts & Nevis

0

52,018

34,960

31,595

41,666

45,067

43,640

39,238

37,767

..

-3.7

St. Lucia

0

82,532

88,587

82,123

98,635

80,572

80,959

84,273

89,283

..

5.9

St. Vincent & Grenadines

0

35,065

43,490

34,888

37,657

38,159

42,210

45,009

54,354

..

20.8

Suriname

72,039

156,817

134,545

138,915

117,905

121,760

189,683

222,483

183,164

9.8

-17.7

Trinidad & Tobago

361,197

429,621

468,893

447,140

529,274

540,782

689,205

665,060

1,105,996

11.8

66.3

Turks & Caicos Islands

14,669

39,396

39,772

38,083

21,941

29,185

33,548

43,475

58,581

14.9

34.7

Caribbean

4,717,089

6,783,767

6,692,869

6,743,339

7,468,602

7,761,933

9,159,503

9,314,148

10,904,473

8.7

17.1

Costa Rica

580,620

991,552

1,033,861

1,350,946

1,547,291

1,866,626

1,739,068

1,813,564

2,023,463

13.3

11.6

El Salvador

370,673

555,814

533,989

740,964

868,907

932,088

1,110,551

1,072,151

1,398,187

14.2

30.4

Guatemala

477,709

758,966

950,629

1,203,784

1,310,272

1,354,603

1,646,429

1,564,322

1,727,678

13.7

10.4

Honduras

392,885

563,032

626,666

808,255

897,665

1,011,794

1,280,724

1,641,015

2,013,561

17.8

22.7

Nicaragua

3,458

68,104

146,974

187,950

149,836

185,451

250,147

262,316

289,253

55.7

10.3

Panama

741,558

866,710

981,250

1,100,281

1,190,688

1,276,338

1,391,032

1,377,793

1,537,759

7.6

11.6

Central America

2,566,902

3,804,176

4,273,368

5,392,181

5,964,659

6,626,899

7,417,952

7,731,162

8,989,901

13.4

16.3

Argentina

1,088,970

1,179,126

2,048,894

3,221,652

3,771,701

4,466,339

4,189,535

4,515,789

5,807,842

18.2

28.6

Bolivia

139,429

138,556

189,699

221,774

215,898

185,814

213,196

269,063

295,270

7.8

9.7

Brazil

3,994,026

5,061,877

6,154,097

5,740,148

6,045,448

8,118,394

11,443,598

12,699,220

15,912,282

14.8

25.3

Chile

796,155

1,672,267

1,839,617

2,454,956

2,605,347

2,775,905

3,613,109

4,131,529

4,375,060

18.6

5.9

Colombia

1,409,710

2,038,393

1,946,862

3,282,033

3,229,143

4,070,251

4,628,239

4,708,719

5,198,592

13.9

10.4

Ecuador

615,437

680,096

947,503

998,978

1,098,182

1,196,058

1,538,370

1,257,360

1,522,668

9.5

21.1

Paraguay

183,127

307,104

375,116

414,929

520,926

793,588

992,630

897,408

913,161

17.4

1.8

Peru

810,007

778,078

840,298

1,002,031

1,069,154

1,407,520

1,775,085

1,766,846

1,959,766

9.2

10.9

Uruguay

91,571

145,337

216,444

230,976

253,121

310,821

395,831

484,131

547,530

19.6

13.1

Venezuela

3,559,586

3,107,198

4,668,376

5,438,166

4,599,093

4,041,700

4,641,209

4,740,826

6,607,456

6.4

39.4

South America

12,688,018

15,108,031

19,226,906

23,005,643

23,408,013

27,366,389

33,430,802

35,470,892

43,139,627

13.0

21.6

Mexico

14,569,554

28,375,468

33,275,780

40,597,451

41,635,494

50,840,265

46,311,455

56,760,823

71,378,310

17.2

25.8

LAC

34,541,564

54,071,442

63,468,923

75,738,614

78,476,768

92,595,486

96,319,712

109,277,025

134,412,311

14.6

23.0