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Latin America & Caribbean Trade Summary

1999

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 1999

Overall Exports and Imports for Latin America & Caribbean 1999

Exports and imports of Latin America & Caribbean in 1999 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 289,402 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 311,507 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,914 products were exported to 214 countries and 4,981 products were imported from 218 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean top 5 Export and Import partners 1999

Top five countries to which Latin America & Caribbean exported in 1999 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Latin America & Caribbean exports to United States worth US$ 165,751 million, with a partner share of 57.27 percent.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Brazil worth US$ 8,832 million, with a partner share of 3.05 percent.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Germany worth US$ 7,670 million, with a partner share of 2.65 percent.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Argentina worth US$ 7,082 million, with a partner share of 2.45 percent.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Japan worth US$ 6,985 million, with a partner share of 2.41 percent.

Top five countries from which Latin America & Caribbean imported goods in 1999 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Latin America & Caribbean imports from United States worth US$ 153,964 million, with a partner share of 49.43 percent.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Germany worth US$ 14,313 million, with a partner share of 4.59 percent.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Japan worth US$ 13,176 million, with a partner share of 4.23 percent.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Brazil worth US$ 10,886 million, with a partner share of 3.49 percent.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Argentina worth US$ 10,609 million, with a partner share of 3.41 percent.

Latin America & Caribbean Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1999

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Latin America & Caribbean along with trade value are:

  1. Latin America & Caribbean exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 26,513,749.83 million.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 9,271,635.16 million.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth US$ 6,077,080.41 million.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth US$ 5,464,255.51 million.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean exported Television receivers including video monitors a , worth US$ 5,225,980.22 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Latin America & Caribbean along with trade value are

  1. Latin America & Caribbean imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 5,510,196.41 million.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean imported Motor vehicle parts nes , worth US$ 4,049,778.47 million.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 3,828,561.73 million.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 3,814,704.39 million.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean imported Other articles of plastics, nes , worth US$ 3,337,091.58 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1999

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1999 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1999

Tariffs imposed by Latin America & Caribbean in 1999 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 2,290.74 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 13.12 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.13 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 17,719,493.42 and duty free tariff line items share was 7.48 percent.

Development Indicators 1999

Key Development Indicators of Latin America & Caribbean in 1999 are below

  • Latin America & Caribbean GDP in current US dollar was 2,076,139 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,085.75 .
  • Latin America & Caribbean Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.08.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -22,477.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 37.34 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.05 .

Trade Indicators 1999

Trade Indicators for Latin America & Caribbean in 1999 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was not available.
  • Index of export market penetration was not available.
  • World Growth in percentage was not available and Latin America & Caribbean Country Growth was not available .