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CBERA 1999 Table 18

Table 18

U.S. Exports (1) to CBERA-Eligible Countries by Country and Regional Group 1983-1998

(f.a.s., millions of dollars)
Region/Country 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
                                 
Grand Total 5,889 6,300 5,996 6,292 6,941 7,666 9,184 9,698 10,170 11,328 12,251 13,173 15,255 15,852 18,324 19,866
                                 
DESIGNATED COUNTRIES, total 5,697 6,111 5,828 6,114 6,731 7,428 8,787 9,307 9,886 10,902 11,942 12,822 14,870 15,375 17,808 19,200
                                 
Central-South American, total 2,237 2,410 2,289 2,396 2,607 2,899 3,379 3,854 4,339 5,407 5,952 6,426 7,408 7,708 8,926 10,015
Belize 33 49 52 55 60 90 91 101 109 111 120 107 96 104 107 111
Costa Rica 379 418 417 475 572 684 864 960 1,008 1,318 1,504 1,653 1,704 1,778 1,963 2,190
El Salvador 338 380 396 427 363 451 514 547 525 727 847 911 1,081 1,052 1,370 1,480
Guatemala 311 370 398 392 463 569 647 744 929 1,167 1,268 1,304 1,589 1,487 1,642 1,852
Guyana 35 49 43 47 59 67 77 74 84 114 118 101 138 132 137 141
Honduras 279 304 289 323 384 446 505 554 617 790 867 982 1,254 1,596 1,961 2,276
Nicaragua 130 110 42 3 3 6 2 66 143 180 141 178 241 252 278 324
Panama 732 730 651 674 702 588 680 807 924 998 1,087 1,190 1,305 1,307 1,467 1,641
                                 
Central Caribbean, total 1,424 1,525 1,509 1,717 2,154 2,546 3,065 2,998 3,029 3,190 3,590 3,979 4,893 5,028 5,698 5,705
Dominican Republic 623 631 726 892 1,121 1,341 1,623 1,621 1,722 2,063 2,291 2,726 2,961 3,099 3,821 3,894
Haiti 357 406 387 379 446 465 458 461 377 213 219 208 542 468 491 539
Jamaica 445 488 396 446 587 741 984 917 930 914 1,080 1,045 1,390 1,461 1,385 1,273
                                 
Eastern Carribean, total 352 434 362 361 358 427 516 527 519 442 456 472 541 581 661 728
Barbados 192 233 169 143 128 154 174 158 162 123 132 153 179 214 260 256
Leeward & Windward Islands (2) 159 201 193 218 230 273 343 369 357 320 324 319 362 366 402 472
                                 
Oil Refining Countries, total 1,684 1,742 1,667 1,640 1,612 1,556 1,826 1,928 1,998 1,862 1,944 1,945 2,028 2,058 2,523 2,751
Bahamas 444 546 768 748 768 725 759 785 706 691 668 654 643 699 790 774
Netherlands Antilles-Aruba 532 608 403 369 487 507 512 718 830 732 753 760 710 714 657 1,022
Trinidad and Tobago 708 588 496 523 357 323 555 425 462 439 523 531 674 645 1,076 955
                                 
NOT DESIGNATED, total 192 189 169 178 209 238 398 391 285 427 309 351 384 477 516 666
                                 
Anguilla (2) -- -- -- -- -- 14 17 15 11 10 13 11 14 12 17 16
Cayman Islands 64 75 73 81 124 101 199 182 101 245 159 190 149 202 262 406
Suriname 115 98 85 83 71 91 137 155 133 134 116 120 188 220 179 181
Turks and Caicos Islands 12 15 11 14 14 32 46 39 39 38 21 29 33 43 58 63
(1) Special category exports are not included in 1983-88 but are included in 1989-98.
(2)U.S. Exports to Anguilla were aggregated into the Leeward and Windward Islands during 1983-87.

Source: Robert C. Shelburne, Trade and Employment Effects of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Foreign Economic Research, Economic Discussion Paper 56, 1999.