World merchandise imports by region and selected economies, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995-1998
(Billion dollars and percentage)

Annual percentage change

Value

Share

Value

Volume

1980

1985

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

1980

1997

1996

1997

1998

1996

1997

1998

World a, e

2073.00

2008.00

3538.00

5209.00

I

5515.00

5691.00

5615.00

100.00

100.00

5

3

-1

6.2

9.5

4.0

North America

320.21

433.84

641.36

940.40

998.37

1101.04

1151.70

15.45

20.51

6

10

5

5.6

13.2

10.4

Canada

62.54

80.64

123.24

168.43

175.16

200.93

206.23

3.02

3.67

4

15

3

5.3

18.7

4.4

United States

256.98

352.46

516.99

770.85

822.03

899.02

944.35

12.40

16.82

7

9

5

5.6

12.1

11.8

Latin America

122.10

82.90

126.00

248.20

272.20

323.70

340.30

5.89

6.06

12

19

5

10.9

22.2

9.4

Antigua and Barbuda

0.11

0.11

0.21

0.26

0.28

0.30

...

0.01

0.00

6

9

...

...

...

...

Argentina

10.54

3.81

4.08

20.12

23.76

30.45

31.40

0.51

0.56

18

28

3

...

...

...

Bahamas

5.52

1.21

1.74

2.05

2.10

2.20

2.23

0.27

0.04

2

5

1

...

...

...

Barbados

0.52

0.61

0.70

0.76

0.83

0.99

1.02

0.03

0.02

9

19

3

...

...

...

Belize

0.15

0.13

0.21

0.26

0.26

0.29

...

0.01

0.00

-1

12

...

...

...

...

Bolivia

0.67

0.69

0.69

1.42

1.64

1.85

1.98

0.03

0.04

15

13

7

...

...

...

Brazil

24.96

14.33

22.52

53.78

56.95

65.01

60.98

1.20

1.09

6

14

-6

5.1

18.9

-0.2

Chile

5.80

3.07

7.68

15.91

17.83

19.66

18.83

0.28

0.34

12

10

-4

...

...

...

Colombia

4.74

4.14

5.59

13.85

13.68

15.38

14.64

0.23

0.26

-1

12

-5

...

...

...

Costa Rica

1.54

1.10

1.99

3.25

4.30

4.92

6.23

0.07

0.11

7

15

27

...

...

...

Cuba

6.51

7.98

4.60

2.83

3.21

3.38

3.58

0.31

0.06

13

5

6

...

...

...

Dominica

0.05

0.06

0.12

0.12

0.13

0.12

...

0.00

0.00

10

-4

...

...

...

...

Dominican Republic

1.64

1.49

2.06

2.98

3.69

4.12

4.72

0.08

0.08

24

12

14

...

...

...

Ecuador

2.25

1.77

1.86

4.15

3.93

4.95

5.50

0.11

0.10

-5

26

11

...

...

...

El Salvador

0.97

0.96

1.26

2.85

2.67

2.97

3.11

0.05

0.06

-6

11

5

...

...

...

Grenada

0.05

0.07

0.11

0.13

0.15

0.17

...

0.00

0.00

17

9

...

...

...

...

Guatemala

1.60

1.18

1.65

3.29

3.15

3.85

4.62

0.08

0.08

-4

22

20

...

...

...

Guyana

0.37

0.23

0.31

0.53

0.60

0.63

0.57

0.02

0.01

13

6

-10

...

...

...

Haiti

0.38

0.44

0.33

0.65

0.67

0.65

0.80

0.02

0.01

2

-3

23

...

...

...

Honduras

1.01

0.89

0.94

1.64

1.84

2.15

2.50

0.05

0.04

12

17

16

...

...

...

Jamaica

1.10

1.11

1.86

2.76

2.93

3.03

3.00

0.05

0.05

6

3

-1

...

...

...

Mexico

21.21

17.81

40.31

73.07

91.66

113.08

128.97

1.02

2.30

25

23

14

22.5

26.1

17.2

Netherlands Antilles

5.68

2.26

2.15

1.42

1.46

1.40

1.48

0.27

0.03

3

-5

6

...

...

...

Nicaragua

0.89

0.96

0.64

0.96

1.14

1.53

1.55

0.04

0.03

19

34

1

...

...

...

Panama

1.45

1.39

1.54

2.51

2.78

3.00

3.40

0.07

0.06

11

8

13

...

...

...

Paraguay

0.62

0.50

1.35

3.14

3.20

3.40

2.96

0.03

0.05

2

6

-13

...

...

...

Peru

2.50

1.84

3.47

9.22

9.47

10.26

9.84

0.12

0.18

3

8

-4

...

...

...

St. Kitts and Nevis

0.05

0.05

0.12

0.15

0.16

0.16

...

0.00

0.00

3

2

...

...

...

...

St. Lucia

0.12

0.13

0.27

0.31

0.31

0.33

0.33

0.01

0.01

2

6

-2

...

...

...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

0.06

0.08

0.14

0.14

0.13

0.18

0.19

0.00

0.00

-3

38

7

...

...

...

Suriname

0.50

0.30

0.47

0.58

0.59

0.59

0.60

0.02

0.01

1

0

2

...

...

...

Trinidad and Tobago

3.18

1.53

1.26

1.72

2.20

3.03

3.18

0.15

0.06

28

37

5

...

...

...

Uruguay

1.68

0.71

1.34

2.87

3.32

3.72

3.81

0.08

0.07

16

12

2

...

...

...

Venezuela

11.83

8.11

7.34

12.65

9.88

14.61

15.73

0.57

0.28

-22

48

8

-20.3

52.4

11.6

Western Europe

925.56

795.41

1700.34

2208.96

2282.02

2256.56

2367.46

44.65

42.17

3

-1

5

5.6

7.9

7.5

Austria

24.44

20.99

49.15

66.26

67.33

64.75

68.16

1.18

1.21

2

-4

5

2.0

4.7

6.9

Belgium-Luxembourg

71.86

56.18

119.70

156.68

161.30

155.85

166.52

3.47

2.97

3

-3

3

6.2

4.1

10.6

Croatia

-

-

-

7.51

7.79

9.10

8.38

-

0.15

4

17

-8

...

...

...

Denmark

19.34

18.25

33.33

45.56

44.98

44.44

45.86

0.93

0.82

-1

-1

3

1.5

8.8

8.6

Finland

15.64

13.23

27.00

29.44

30.70

30.67

32.24

0.75

0.57

4

0

5

7.8

9.9

9.0

France

134.87

108.25

234.44

276.30

282.37

270.67

286.27

6.51

5.10

1

-4

6

2.4

7.7

5.9

Germany b

188.00

158.49

355.69

463.49

458.81

445.29

466.62

9.07