Latin America & Caribbean Trade Summary

1997 Data

Latin America & Caribbean exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Latin America & Caribbean

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 278,241
No. Of products: 4,942
No. Of partners: 216
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 304,725
No. Of products: 5,023
No. Of partners: 217

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...29,260,220.51
Automobiles with rec ...9,082,528.23
Coffee, not roasted ...8,135,733.36
Petroleum oils, etc, ...5,790,598.77
Copper cathodes and ...5,433,372.43
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...6,631,062.98
Automobiles with rec ...5,671,910.37
Motor vehicle parts ...3,802,983.80
Transmission apparat ...3,213,401.06
Other articles of pl ...3,077,623.54

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States135,850 48.82
Brazil12,836 4.61
Argentina9,042 3.25
Japan8,804 3.16
Netherlands7,408 2.66
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States138,822 45.56
Japan14,661 4.81
Germany14,544 4.77
Argentina13,495 4.43
Brazil13,086 4.29

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials74,364 26.73 25,846 8.48 10.03
Intermediate goods63,992 23.00 70,353 23.09 10.33
Consumer goods77,951 28.02 79,085 25.95 16.60
Capital goods53,507 19.23 116,244 38.15 11.65

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 12
Maximum Rate (%): 262
Simple Average (%): 12.26
Weighted Average (%): 12.64
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 21,941,487.72
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 7.93

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 2,280,269
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 4,297.30
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.93
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -43,967.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 5.67
Trade (% of GDP): 36.18