| Growth in the value of world merchandise trade by region, 1995-2003 | |||||||||
| (Billions of U.S. Dollars) | |||||||||
| Exports | Imports | ||||||||
| Value | Annual percentage change | Value | Annual percentage change | ||||||
| 2003 | 1995-00 | 2002 | 2003 | 2003 | 1995-00 | 2002 | 2003 | ||
| 7294 | 5 | 5 | 16 | World | 7569 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| 997 | 6 | -4 | 5 | North America a | 1549 | 10 | 2 | 8 | |
| 378 | 10 | 0 | 9 | Latin America | 366 | 9 | -7 | 3 | |
| 3145 | 2 | 6 | 18 | Western Europe | 3178 | 3 | 5 | 19 | |
| 2901 | 2 | 6 | 18 | European Union (15) | 2920 | 3 | 4 | 19 | |
| 401 | 7 | 10 | 28 | C./E. Europe/Baltic States/CIS | 379 | 4 | 11 | 27 | |
| 192 | 8 | 15 | 30 | Central and Eastern Europe | 226 | 9 | 11 | 27 | |
| 134 | 5 | 4 | 25 | Russian Federation | 74 | -6 | 12 | 23 | |
| 173 | 6 | 2 | 23 | Africa | 166 | 0 | 2 | 21 | |
| 299 | 12 | 2 | 19 | Middle East | 192 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1901 | 5 | 8 | 17 | Asia | 1739 | 3 | 6 | 19 | |
| 472 | 2 | 3 | 13 | Japan | 383 | 2 | -3 | 14 | |
| 438 | 11 | 22 | 34 | China | 413 | 11 | 21 | 40 | |
| 688 | 5 | 6 | 14 | Six East Asian traders | 616 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Symbols: | |||||||||
| a Excluding Mexico throughout this report. | |||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||
| It should be mentioned at the outset that there are breaks in the continuity of the figures at the country and regional levels. | |||||||||
| Source: | |||||||||
| "International Trade Statistics 2004" - WTO | |||||||||