World merchandise exports by region and selected economy,
1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995-99
1980 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1980 1999 1997 1998 1999 1997 1998 1999
World  a, b 2035.00 1951.00 3442.00 5078.00 5345.00 5535.00 5440.00 5625.00 100.00 100.00 3.5 -1.6 3.5 10.7 5.0 4.8
North America 293.56 309.98 521.78 777.37 827.15 903.47 897.13 934.01 14.43 16.60 9.2 -0.7 4.1 10.9 3.6 5.8
  Canada 67.73 90.95 127.63 192.20 201.63 214.42 214.33 238.45 3.33 4.24 6.3 0.0 11.3 8.2 8.2 10.5
  United States 225.57 218.82 393.59 584.74 625.07 688.70 682.50 695.22 11.08 12.36 10.2 -0.9 1.9 11.9 2.3 4.3
Latin America 109.70 108.50 146.80 228.70 255.60 282.70 279.10 297.00 5.39 5.28 10.6 -1.3 6.4 11.7 7.6 7.5
  Argentina 8.02 8.40 12.35 20.97 23.81 26.37 26.44 23.33 0.39 0.41 10.7 0.3 -11.8 11.8 10.2 -4.1
  Bahamas 2.98 0.86 1.05 0.94 1.03 1.11 0.86 1.09 0.15 0.02 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Barbados 0.23 0.35 0.21 0.24 0.28 0.28 0.25 0.23 0.01 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Belize 0.11 0.09 0.11 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.15 0.17 0.01 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Bolivia 0.94 0.62 0.93 1.10 1.14 1.17 1.10 1.05 0.05 0.02 2.6 -5.5 -5.3 4.2 4.2 -2.3
  Brazil 20.13 25.64 31.41 46.51 47.75 52.99 51.12 48.01 0.99 0.85 11.0 -3.5 -6.1 9.3 4.9 4.3
  Chile 4.71 3.80 8.37 16.02 15.41 16.66 14.83 15.62 0.23 0.28 8.2 -11.0 5.3 7.1 8.0 13.2
  Colombia 3.92 3.55 6.77 10.13 10.59 11.52 10.85 11.58 0.19 0.21 8.8 -5.8 6.7 5.1 7.1 4.1
  Costa Rica 1.00 0.98 1.45 3.45 3.73 4.27 5.51 6.58 0.05 0.12 14.4 29.1 19.3 10.0 31.7 21.7
  Cuba 5.58 5.98 5.10 1.60 2.02 1.97 1.56 1.63 0.27 0.03 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Dominica 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.00 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Dominican Republic 1.22 1.23 2.17 3.78 4.05 4.61 4.99 5.20 0.06 0.09 13.8 8.1 4.2 10.5 12.6 5.8
  Ecuador 2.48 2.91 2.71 4.31 4.90 5.26 4.20 4.45 0.12 0.08 7.4 -20.2 5.9 4.3 -5.5 3.8
  El Salvador 0.97 0.68 0.58 1.00 1.02 1.36 1.26 1.16 0.05 0.02 32.7 -7.1 -7.8 22.9 -1.2 1.3
  Grenada 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 - 0.00 - ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Guatemala 1.52 1.06 1.16 2.16 2.03 2.34 2.58 2.40 0.07 0.04 15.4 10.2 -7.1 11.0 13.1 0.9
  Guyana 0.40 0.21 0.25 0.46 0.52 0.64 0.48 0.53 0.02 0.01 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Haiti 0.23 0.17 0.16 0.11 0.09 0.12 0.18 0.20 0.01 0.00 32.2 47.1 12.0 27.7 50.2 16.7
  Honduras 0.83 0.78 0.83 1.22 1.32 1.45 1.58 1.25 0.04 0.02 10.0 8.8 -20.7 1.8 12.0 -14.7
  Jamaica 0.96 0.57 1.14 1.43 1.38 1.38 1.31 1.13 0.05 0.02 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Mexico 18.03 26.76 40.71 79.54 96.00 110.43 117.46 136.70 0.89 2.43 15.0 6.4 16.4 19.4 10.8 13.5
  Netherlands Antilles  5.16 1.68 1.79 1.52 1.27 1.49 1.20 1.36 0.25 0.02 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Nicaragua 0.45 0.30 0.33 0.53 0.67 0.70 0.57 0.54 0.02 0.01 4.9 -18.6 -5.1 -0.1 -17.8 2.1
  Panama  0.36 0.33 0.34 0.63 0.62 0.72 0.78 0.82 0.02 0.01 16.1 8.4 4.8 11.6 8.4 5.4
  Paraguay 0.31 0.30 0.96 0.92 1.04 1.09 1.01 0.74 0.02 0.01 4.3 -6.9 -26.9 2.3 3.4 -20.1
  Peru 3.90 2.98 3.23 5.58 5.90 6.84 5.74 6.11 0.19 0.11 16.0 -16.2 6.6 13.2 1.1 18.4
  St. Kitts and Nevis 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 - 0.00 - ... ... ... ... ... ...
  St. Lucia 0.06 0.06 0.13 0.09 0.08 0.06 0.05 - 0.00 - ... ... ... ... ... ...
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.02 0.06 0.08 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Suriname 0.51 0.33 0.47 0.46 0.50 0.46 0.44 0.43 0.03 0.01 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Trinidad and Tobago 4.08 2.16 2.08 2.47 2.57 2.57 2.26 2.24 0.20 0.04 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Uruguay 1.06 0.91 1.69 2.11 2.40 2.73 2.77 2.23 0.05 0.04 13.7 1.6 -19.4 14.9 1.4 -13.4
  Venezuela 19.22 14.44 17.50 18.46 23.06 21.62 17.19 19.85 0.94 0.35 -6.2 -20.5 15.5 -1.3 9.0 -6.9
Western Europe 815.54 776.34 1637.12 2215.47 2294.39 2281.80 2361.86 2352.54 40.08 41.82 -0.5 3.5 -0.4 9.3 6.1 3.8
  Austria 17.49 17.24 41.27 57.53 57.83 58.59 62.58 63.47 0.86 1.13 1.3 6.8 1.4 10.1 8.4 5.8
  Belgium-Luxembourg 64.54 53.74 117.70 171.00 170.32 168.22 178.81 - 3.17 - -1.2 2.5 ... 6.8 3.9 ...
  Croatia  - - - 4.63 4.51 4.17 4.54 4.27 - 0.08 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Denmark 16.75 17.09 36.87 50.59 51.03 48.63 48.17 49.04 0.82 0.87 -4.7 -0.9 1.8 5.8 1.8 5.4
  Finland 14.15 13.62 26.57 40.31 40.45 40.78 43.15 41.68 0.70 0.74 0.8 5.8 -3.4 11.3 9.0 3.7
  France 116.03 101.67 216.59 286.80 289.46 290.00 305.44 300.36 5.70 5.34 0.2 5.3 -1.7 10.2 6.6 3.7
  Germany  c 192.86 183.93 421.10 523.01 524.29 512.45 542.81 541.51 9.48 9.63 -2.3 5.9 -0.2 11.8 7.0 4.0
  Greece 5.15 4.54 8.11 10.95 11.88 11.17 10.77 11.13 0.25 0.20 -6.0 -3.6 3.4 0.1 -4.7 2.4
  Iceland 0.92 0.82 1.59 1.80 1.90 1.85 2.05 2.00 0.05 0.04 -2.4 10.8 -2.2 3.3 10.9 2.3
  Ireland 8.40 10.36 23.74 44.61 48.65 53.57 64.28 70.39 0.41 1.25 10.1 20.0 9.5 14.9 24.6 14.8
  Italy 78.10 76.72 170.30 234.00 252.05 240.23 245.47 230.61 3.84 4.10 -4.7 2.2 -6.1 5.5 2.5 -1.1
  Malta 0.48 0.40 1.13 1.91 1.73 1.64 1.82 1.99 0.02 0.04 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Netherlands 73.96 68.26 131.78 196.90 200.98 193.60 200.77 200.36 3.63 3.56 -3.7 3.7 -0.2 8.2 9.5 4.7
  Norway 18.56 19.99 34.05 41.99 49.65 48.54 39.65 44.88 0.91 0.80 -2.2 -18.3 13.2 5.1 -1.6 5.0
  Portugal 4.64 5.69 16.42 22.60 24.61 23.93 24.77 23.90 0.23 0.42 -2.8 3.5 -3.5 7.7 7.2 4.7
  Slovenia  - - - 8.32 8.31 8.37 9.05 8.60 - 0.15 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Spain 20.72 24.25 55.64 91.61 102.09 104.28 109.04 110.10 1.02 1.96 2.1 4.6 1.0 14.5 6.6 6.4
  Sweden 30.91 30.46 57.54 79.58 84.88 82.88 84.73 84.88 1.52 1.51 -2.4 2.2 0.2 11.2 7.0 5.0
  Switzerland 29.63 27.43 63.78 81.64 80.84 76.15 78.86 80.37 1.46 1.43 -5.8 3.6 1.9 7.7 4.8 3.5
  Turkey 2.91 7.96 12.96 21.64 23.22 26.25 26.97 26.03 0.14 0.46 13.0 2.8 -3.5 13.4 6.0 6.7
  United Kingdom 110.13 101.25 185.17 242.01 261.69 281.56 272.83 269.00 5.41 4.78 7.6 -3.1 -1.4 7.7 1.4 2.2
  Yugoslavia, former 8.98 10.70 14.31 - - - - - 0.44 - ... ... ... ... ... ...
European Union (15)  753.84 708.81 1508.80 2051.50 2120.21 2109.88 2193.62 2180.45 37.04 38.76 -0.5 4.0 -1.0 9.4 6.3 3.7
  Extra-exports 295.09 287.69 529.14 756.22 798.09 812.68 810.50 795.63 14.50 14.14 1.8 -0.3 -1.8 8.7 0.5 3.3
Central  and Eastern Europe/Baltic States/CIS  b 157.44 156.09 105.42 159.47 213.63 223.98 215.34 214.04 7.74 3.81 4.2 -4.7 -0.6 10.4 5.1 -1.7
 Central and Eastern Europe 80.94 69.31 46.42 79.46 84.07 90.83 101.17 102.36 3.98 1.82 6.3 9.4 1.2 15.0 12.3 7.3
  Albania - - 0.23 0.20 0.22 0.14 0.21 0.27 - 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Bulgaria  10.39 13.31 5.03 5.36 4.89 4.94 4.30 4.06 0.51 0.07 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Czech and Slovak Fed. Rep., former 14.93 10.66 11.88 - - - - 0.00 0.73 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Czech Rep. - - - 21.66 21.91 22.78 26.35 26.86 - 0.48 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  German Dem. Rep., former 18.59 15.20 - - - - - 0.00 0.91 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Hungary  8.61 8.47 10.00 12.87 15.71 19.10 23.01 25.02 0.42 0.44 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Poland  17.02 11.49 14.32 22.90 24.44 25.75 28.23 27.41 0.84 0.49 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Romania  11.40 10.18 4.96 7.91 8.09 8.43 8.30 8.51 0.56 0.15 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Slovak Rep. - - - 8.58 8.83 9.70 10.78 10.25 - 0.18 ... ... ... ... ... ...
 Baltic States and the CIS - - - 80.01 129.56 133.15 114.17 111.68 - 1.99 2.8 -14.3 -2.2 7.3 0.3 -9.7
  Armenia - - - 0.10 0.29 0.24 0.22 0.24 - 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Azerbaijan - - - 0.34 0.63 0.78 0.61 0.93 - 0.02 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Belarus - - - 1.42 5.65 7.30 7.07 5.92 - 0.11 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Estonia - - - 1.15 2.08 2.94 3.24 2.94 - 0.05 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Georgia - - - 0.06 0.20 0.24 0.19 0.24 - 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Kazakhstan - - - 2.19 5.91 6.50 5.44 5.59 - 0.10 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Kirgyzstan - - - 0.14 0.50 0.61 0.52 0.46 - 0.01 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Latvia - - - 0.70 1.45 1.67 1.81 1.73 - 0.03 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Lithuania - - - 1.31 3.36 3.86 3.71 3.01 - 0.05 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Moldova, Rep. of - - - 0.27 0.79 0.88 0.64 0.47 - 0.01 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Russian Fed. - - - 63.32 88.60 88.33 74.20 74.30 - 1.32 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Tajikistan - - - 0.47 0.77 0.75 0.60 0.69 - 0.01 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Turkmenistan - - - 0.94 1.70 1.33 0.92 1.60 - 0.03 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Ukraine - - - 5.95 14.40 14.23 12.64 11.58 - 0.21 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Uzbekistan - - - 1.68 3.24 3.51 2.39 2.00 - 0.04 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  USSR, former 76.50 86.78 59.00 - - - - 0.00 3.76 0.00 ... ... ... ... ... ...
Africa 120.80 81.00 104.10 107.30 122.40 124.90 103.20 112.10 5.94 1.99 2.0 -15.5 8.7 6.7 0.4 3.8
  Algeria 13.87 12.84 12.93 10.24 12.62 13.89 10.21 11.90 0.68 0.21 10.1 -26.5 16.5 18.9 8.1 -8.9
  Angola 1.88 2.25 3.91 3.88 4.52 4.22 2.88 3.95 0.09 0.07 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Benin 0.06 0.20 0.29 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.41 0.39 0.00 0.01 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Botswana 0.50 0.73 1.78 2.14 2.54 2.84 1.95 2.50 0.02 0.04 ... ... ... ... ... ...
  Burkina Faso 0.09 0.07 0.15 0.31 0.31 0.33 0.32 0.25 0.00 0.00