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» GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF MERCHANDISE TRADE BY REGION, 1990-2001
Billion dollars and percentage
| EXPORTS | IMPORTS | |||||||
| Value | Annual percentage change | Value | Annual percentage change | |||||
| 2001 | 1990-2000 | 2000 | 2001 | 2001 | 1990-2000 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| WORLD | 6162 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 6439 | 7 | 13 | -4 |
| North America | 994 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 1410 | 9 | 18 | -6 |
| Latin America | 349 | 9 | 20 | -3 | 381 | 12 | 16 | -2 |
| Mexico | 159 | 15 | 22 | -5 | 176 | 15 | 23 | -4 |
| Other Latin America | 190 | 6 | 18 | -1 | 205 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Western Europe | 2484 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 2527 | 4 | 6 | -3 |
| European Union (15) | 2290 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 2335 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
| Excl. intra-EU trade | 873 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 914 | 5 | 15 | -4 |
| Transition Economies | 285 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 268 | 5 | 14 | 11 |
| Central/Eastern Europe | 129 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 159 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| Russian Federation | 103 | - | 39 | -2 | 54 | - | 13 | 19 |
| Africa | 141 | 4 | 28 | -5 | 134 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Middle East | 239 | 7 | 42 | -9 | 174 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| Asia | 1671 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 1544 | 8 | 23 | -7 |
| Japan | 405 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 350 | 5 | 22 | -8 |
| China | 266 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 244 | 16 | 36 | 8 |
| IT traders (6)* | 582 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 530 | 9 | 25 | -13 |
*The Rep. of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Singapore.