WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1  
6 November 2015  
(15-5885)  Page: 1/13  
Committee on Trade and Development    
 
   
PARTICIPATION OF DEVELOPING ECONOM IES IN THE GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT* 
Corrigendum** 
 
Appendix, Table 1 to Table 4, page 43 to page 54 should read as follows: 
 
APPENDIX 
APPENDIX TABLE 1: MERCHANDISE EXPORTS OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES AND REGIONS, 
2012-2014 
(Billion US$ and %) 
 Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
World a 18493.72 100.000 100.000 - - 1 2 0 
Developing economies a 8072.34 43.487 43.649 100.000 100.000 1 2 1 
Latin America and the 
Caribbean 1092.39 6.230 5.907 14.327 13.532 -1 0 -2 
Developing Europe 186.16 0.973 1.007 2.236 2.306 3 2 4 
Africa 555.43 3.551 3.003 8.165 6.881 -7 -6 -8 
Middle East 1287.81 7.481 6.963 17.203 15.953 -2 0 -4 
Developing Asia a 4950.56 25.252 26.769 58.068 61.327 4 5 4 
Afghanistan 0.57 0.002 0.003 0.005 0.007 15 20 11 
Albania 2.43 0.011 0.013 0.025 0.030 11 18 4 
Algeria 62.96 0.399 0.340 0.917 0.780 -6 -10 -3 
American Samoa 0.38 0.002 0.002 0.006 0.005 -8 -13 -3 
Angola 62.40 0.394 0.337 0.907 0.773 -6 -4 -9 
Antigua and Barbuda 0.06 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 -6 8 -19 
Argentina 71.98 0.445 0.389 1.024 0.892 -5 2 -12 
Aruba (the Netherlands 
with respect to) 0.24 0.008 0.001 0.018 0.003 -59 -80 -15 
Bahamas 0.85 0.005 0.005 0.013 0.011 -7 -3 -11 
Bahrain, Kingdom of 20.47 0.110 0.111 0.252 0.254 2 6 -2 
Bangladesh 30.41 0.139 0.164 0.321 0.377 10 16 4 
Barbados 0.44 0.003 0.002 0.007 0.005 -12 -19 -5 
Belize 0.59 0.003 0.003 0.008 0.007 -3 -3 -3 
Benin 2.01 0.008 0.011 0.018 0.025 18 30 8 
Bhutan 0.56 0.003 0.003 0.007 0.007 2 2 2 
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of 12.27 0.062 0.066 0.144 0.152 4 4 5 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.89 0.029 0.032 0.066 0.073 7 10 4 
Botswana 7.80 0.033 0.042 0.076 0.097 14 27 3 
Brazil 225.10 1.346 1.217 3.095 2.789 -4 0 -7 
Brunei Darussalam 10.51 0.072 0.057 0.166 0.130 -10 -12 -8 
Burkina Faso 2.49 0.012 0.013 0.028 0.031 7 8 6 
                                               
* This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to thei r rights and obligations under the WTO. 
** In English only. 
 WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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   Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
Burundi 0.13 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 -3 -30 33 
Cambodia 10.80 0.043 0.058 0.100 0.134 17 18 17 
Cameroon 4.85 0.024 0.026 0.055 0.060 7 6 7 
Cabo Verde 0.08 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 23 30 16 
Central African Republic 0.09 0.001 0.000 0.003 0.001 -33 -25 -40 
Chad 3.60 0.024 0.019 0.056 0.045 -10 -14 -5 
Chile 75.67 0.432 0.409 0.992 0.937 -1 -2 -1 
China 2342.31 11.366 12.665 26.136 29.016 7 8 6 
Colombia 54.79 0.334 0.296 0.767 0.679 -5 -2 -7 
Comoros 0.03 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 14 1 29 
Congo 8.26 0.056 0.045 0.128 0.102 -9 -10 -9 
Cook Islands 0.02 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 98 99 98 
Costa Rica 11.25 0.063 0.061 0.146 0.139 -1 1 -3 
Côte d'Ivoire 12.78 0.067 0.069 0.155 0.158 3 9 -4 
Cuba 5.19 0.033 0.028 0.075 0.064 -6 -6 -7 
Curaçao 0.72 0.005 0.004 0.012 0.009 -13 -26 2 
Democratic Rep. of the 
Congo 6.90 0.035 0.037 0.080 0.085 5 -2 11 
Djibouti 0.14 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 9 1 16 
Dominica 0.04 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4 6 2 
Dominican Republic 9.92 0.050 0.054 0.116 0.123 5 6 3 
Ecuador 25.73 0.132 0.139 0.303 0.319 4 5 4 
Egypt 27.09 0.163 0.146 0.375 0.336 -4 -3 -5 
El Salvador 5.27 0.030 0.029 0.068 0.065 -1 3 -4 
Equatorial Guinea 12.60 0.087 0.068 0.200 0.156 -10 -6 -14 
Eritrea 0.77 0.003 0.004 0.006 0.009 26 -31 132 
Ethiopia 4.44 0.016 0.024 0.037 0.055 24 41 9 
Fiji 1.37 0.007 0.007 0.016 0.017 6 -9 24 
French Polynesia 0.17 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 11 9 12 
Gabon 8.93 0.054 0.048 0.123 0.111 -4 -1 -6 
The Gambia 0.11 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.001 -4 -11 2 
Ghana 13.22 0.075 0.071 0.173 0.164 -1 1 -4 
Grenada 0.04 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3 9 -2 
Guatemala 10.83 0.055 0.059 0.127 0.134 4 0 8 
Guinea 1.40 0.007 0.008 0.017 0.017 4 0 8 
Guinea-Bissau 0.16 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 12 8 16 
Guyana 1.17 0.008 0.006 0.018 0.014 -9 -3 -15 
Haiti 0.92 0.005 0.005 0.010 0.011 6 9 4 
Honduras 8.07 0.046 0.044 0.107 0.100 -2 -7 3 
Hong Kong, China 524.06 2.735 2.834 6.288 6.492 3 9 -2 
domestic exports 15.60 0.124 0.084 0.285 0.193 -16 -13 -20 
India 321.60 1.647 1.739 3.787 3.984 4 6 2 
Indonesia 176.29 1.054 0.953 2.424 2.184 -4 -4 -3 
Iran 88.80 0.577 0.480 1.327 1.100 -8 -21 8 
Iraq 84.63 0.524 0.458 1.204 1.048 -5 -5 -6 
Israel 68.12 0.350 0.368 0.806 0.844 4 6 2 
Jamaica 1.45 0.009 0.008 0.022 0.018 -8 -8 -7 
Jordan 8.22 0.044 0.044 0.101 0.102 2 0 4 
Kenya 6.11 0.034 0.033 0.078 0.076 0 -4 4 
Kiribati 0.01 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -4 15 -19 
Korea, Dem. People's 
Rep. of 3.58 0.022 0.019 0.050 0.044 -5 -3 -7 
Korea, Republic of 572.66 3.040 3.097 6.989 7.094 2 2 2 
Kuwait, the State of 104.25 0.660 0.564 1.517 1.291 -6 -3 -9 
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 2.65 0.013 0.014 0.029 0.033 8 0 17 
Lebanese Republic 4.55 0.031 0.025 0.072 0.056 -10 -8 -12 
Lesotho 0.92 0.005 0.005 0.012 0.011 -2 -13 9 
Liberia, Republic of 0.58 0.003 0.003 0.006 0.007 13 22 4 
Libya 21.00 0.338 0.114 0.778 0.260 -41 -29 -52 
Macao, China 1.24 0.006 0.007 0.013 0.015 10 11 9 
Madagascar 2.13 0.008 0.011 0.019 0.026 18 27 11 
Malawi 1.37 0.007 0.007 0.015 0.017 8 2 14 
Malaysia 234.14 1.262 1.266 2.903 2.901 1 0 3 
Maldives 0.33 0.002 0.002 0.004 0.004 2 5 -2 
Mali 2.10 0.014 0.011 0.033 0.026 -10 -10 -10 WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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   Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
Marshall Islands 0.07 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 5 5 5 
Mauritania 1.95 0.015 0.011 0.034 0.024 -14 0 -27 
Mauritius 3.11 0.015 0.017 0.034 0.038 8 8 8 
Mexico 397.51 2.056 2.149 4.728 4.924 4 3 5 
Micronesia, Federated 
States of 0.03 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.000 -23 -33 -11 
Mongolia 5.77 0.024 0.031 0.056 0.072 15 -3 35 
Montenegro 0.45 0.003 0.002 0.006 0.006 -2 5 -10 
Montserrat 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 38 233 -43 
Morocco 23.66 0.119 0.128 0.274 0.293 5 2 8 
Mozambique 4.73 0.021 0.026 0.049 0.059 11 4 17 
Myanmar 11.03 0.049 0.060 0.113 0.137 11 27 -2 
Namibia 4.44 0.024 0.024 0.056 0.055 1 6 -4 
Nepal 0.89 0.005 0.005 0.012 0.011 -1 -4 1 
New Caledonia 1.59 0.007 0.009 0.017 0.020 10 -8 30 
Nicaragua 5.13 0.026 0.028 0.060 0.063 5 2 7 
Niger 1.50 0.008 0.008 0.018 0.019 2 10 -6 
Nigeria 97.00 0.644 0.525 1.480 1.202 -9 -10 -7 
Niue 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 
Oman 53.22 0.289 0.288 0.665 0.659 1 8 -6 
Pakistan 24.71 0.136 0.134 0.313 0.306 0 2 -2 
Palau 0.01 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -18 -22 -14 
Panama 13.18 0.090 0.071 0.207 0.163 -10 -9 -11 
Papua New Guinea 5.67 0.035 0.031 0.081 0.070 -5 -6 -5 
Paraguay 9.66 0.040 0.052 0.093 0.120 15 30 2 
Peru 39.33 0.263 0.213 0.605 0.487 -9 -10 -7 
Philippines 62.10 0.289 0.336 0.665 0.769 9 9 10 
Qatar 131.72 0.738 0.712 1.696 1.632 0 3 -4 
Rwanda 0.74 0.003 0.004 0.008 0.009 12 19 5 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.04 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 -4 -11 2 
Saint Lucia 0.16 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 -7 -4 -9 
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines 0.05 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 6 14 -2 
Samoa 0.07 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 -3 -18 16 
Sao Tome and Principe 0.02 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 19 6 33 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of 353.84 2.155 1.913 4.955 4.383 -5 -3 -6 
Senegal 2.81 0.014 0.015 0.032 0.035 5 5 5 
Serbia 14.84 0.062 0.080 0.143 0.184 15 30 2 
Seychelles 0.54 0.003 0.003 0.006 0.007 4 16 -7 
Sierra Leone 1.89 0.006 0.010 0.014 0.023 30 71 -2 
Singapore 409.77 2.266 2.216 5.210 5.076 0 0 0 
Sint Maarten 0.13 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 0 35 -27 
Solomon Islands 0.45 0.003 0.002 0.006 0.006 -5 -10 0 
Somalia 0.51 0.003 0.003 0.007 0.006 -3 -4 -2 
South Africa 91.05 0.553 0.492 1.271 1.128 -4 -4 -5 
Sri Lanka 11.30 0.052 0.061 0.120 0.140 10 9 11 
Sudan 4.35 0.023 0.024 0.052 0.054 3 18 -9 
Suriname 2.15 0.015 0.012 0.034 0.027 -11 -11 -10 
Swaziland 1.92 0.011 0.010 0.025 0.024 0 -2 1 
Syrian Arab Republic 2.00 0.022 0.011 0.051 0.025 -29 -50 0 
Chinese Taipei 313.70 1.671 1.696 3.842 3.886 2 1 3 
Tanzania 4.65 0.031 0.025 0.071 0.058 -8 -20 5 
Thailand 227.57 1.271 1.231 2.923 2.819 0 0 0 
The former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia 4.93 0.022 0.027 0.051 0.061 11 7 15 
Timor-Leste 0.02 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -19 -48 25 
Togo 1.35 0.007 0.007 0.017 0.017 1 16 -11 
Tonga 0.02 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 13 10 17 
Trinidad and Tobago 12.59 0.072 0.068 0.166 0.156 -2 -2 -1 
Tunisia 16.76 0.094 0.091 0.217 0.208 -1 0 -2 
Turkey 157.62 0.846 0.852 1.945 1.953 2 0 4 
Tuvalu 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 
Uganda 2.27 0.013 0.012 0.030 0.028 -2 2 -6 
United Arab Emirates 360.00 1.936 1.947 4.452 4.460 2 9 -5 WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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   Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
Uruguay 9.16 0.048 0.050 0.111 0.114 3 4 1 
Vanuatu 0.06 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 7 -30 63 
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of 80.47 0.540 0.435 1.242 0.997 -9 -9 -10 
Viet Nam 150.48 0.635 0.814 1.461 1.864 15 15 14 
Yemen 8.00 0.046 0.043 0.106 0.099 -2 0 -4 
Zambia 9.70 0.052 0.052 0.119 0.120 2 13 -8 
Zimbabwe 3.06 0.022 0.017 0.050 0.038 -11 -10 -13 
Memorandum                 
Developed Economies 9686.28 52.075 52.376 119.748 119.993 2 3 0 
Commonwealth of 
Independent States (CIS) 735.10 4.437 3.975 10.203 9.106 -4 -2 -6 
LDCs (48) 207.24 1.134 1.121 2.608 2.567 1 4 -2 
NICs (6) 1773.44 9.634 9.589 22.153 21.969 1 1 1 
a Excluding Hong Kong, China re-exports. 
- Not applicable. ... Not available. 
Note: Recent figures for a number of  countries and territories have be en estimated by the Secretariat. WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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  APPENDIX TABLE 2: MERCHANDISE IMPORTS OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES AND REGIONS, 
2012-2014 
(Billion US$ and %) 
 Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
World a 18641.13 100.000 100.000 - - 1 1 1 
Developing economies a 7638.99 40.331 40.979 100.000 100.000 2 3 0 
Latin America and the 
Caribbean 1150.91 6.209 6.174 15.395 15.066 1 3 -1 
Developing Europe 288.64 1.526 1.548 3.784 3.779 2 6 -3 
Africa 641.95 3.372 3.444 8.361 8.404 2 3 1 
Middle East 784.41 4.026 4.208 9.981 10.269 3 6 0 
Developing Asia a 4773.01 25.199 25.605 62.479 62.482 2 3 1 
Afghanistan 7.73 0.050 0.041 0.123 0.101 -8 -4 -11 
Albania 5.23 0.027 0.028 0.066 0.068 3 0 7 
Algeria 58.33 0.275 0.313 0.683 0.764 8 9 6 
American Samoa 0.37 0.002 0.002 0.005 0.005 4 3 4 
Angola b 28.32 0.130 0.152 0.321 0.371 9 11 8 
Antigua and Barbuda 0.50 0.003 0.003 0.007 0.007 1 2 -1 
Argentina 65.32 0.372 0.350 0.922 0.855 -2 8 -11 
Aruba (the Netherlands 
with respect to) b 1.35 0.011 0.007 0.028 0.018 -19 -33 -1 
Bahamas 3.27 0.019 0.018 0.046 0.043 -2 -6 3 
Bahrain, Kingdom of 13.91 0.070 0.075 0.174 0.182 4 12 -3 
Bangladesh 42.27 0.187 0.227 0.463 0.553 11 9 14 
Barbados 1.74 0.010 0.009 0.024 0.023 -1 -1 -1 
Belize 1.00 0.005 0.005 0.012 0.013 8 8 8 
Benin 2.48 0.013 0.013 0.032 0.032 3 32 -20 
Bhutan 0.81 0.005 0.004 0.013 0.011 -10 -8 -11 
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of 10.42 0.047 0.056 0.116 0.136 10 9 12 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.99 0.055 0.059 0.136 0.144 5 3 7 
Botswana 7.75 0.044 0.042 0.109 0.101 -2 -6 3 
Brazil 239.15 1.276 1.283 3.163 3.131 1 7 -5 
Brunei Darussalam 3.60 0.020 0.019 0.048 0.047 0 1 0 
Burkina Faso 3.73 0.017 0.020 0.043 0.049 8 22 -4 
Burundi 0.77 0.004 0.004 0.010 0.010 1 8 -5 
Cambodia b 13.50 0.062 0.072 0.154 0.177 9 13 5 
Cameroon 6.98 0.036 0.037 0.088 0.091 4 2 5 
Cabo Verde 0.77 0.004 0.004 0.010 0.010 0 -5 6 
Central African Republic 0.25 0.002 0.001 0.004 0.003 -11 -22 2 
Chad 4.30 0.019 0.023 0.047 0.056 11 14 8 
Chile 72.16 0.438 0.387 1.085 0.945 -5 -1 -9 
China 1959.36 9.939 10.511 24.643 25.649 4 7 0 
Colombia 64.03 0.323 0.343 0.800 0.838 4 1 8 
Comoros 0.27 0.001 0.001 0.004 0.004 0 4 -3 
Congo b 6.20 0.030 0.033 0.074 0.081 6 10 2 
Cook Islands 0.12 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 4 2 5 
Costa Rica 17.19 0.096 0.092 0.238 0.225 -1 2 -5 
Côte d'Ivoire 10.86 0.053 0.058 0.132 0.142 5 28 -13 
Cuba 13.11 0.076 0.070 0.188 0.172 -3 7 -11 
Curaçao 1.87 0.012 0.010 0.031 0.024 -9 -14 -3 
Democratic Republic of 
the Congo 6.60 0.033 0.035 0.083 0.086 4 3 5 
Djibouti b 0.97 0.003 0.005 0.008 0.013 31 27 35 
Dominica 0.21 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.003 -1 -3 1 
Dominican Republic b 17.29 0.097 0.093 0.240 0.226 -1 -5 2 
Ecuador 27.74 0.139 0.149 0.345 0.363 4 7 2 
Egypt 67.49 0.378 0.362 0.938 0.884 -1 -16 16 
El Salvador 10.51 0.056 0.056 0.139 0.138 1 5 -2 
Equatorial Guinea 6.50 0.041 0.035 0.102 0.085 -7 -7 -7 
Eritrea 1.13 0.005 0.006 0.013 0.015 8 6 9 
Ethiopia 18.99 0.065 0.102 0.161 0.249 26 25 27 
Fiji 3.25 0.012 0.017 0.031 0.043 20 25 15 
French Polynesia 1.76 0.009 0.009 0.023 0.023 2 6 -3 WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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   Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
Gabon 2.99 0.020 0.016 0.049 0.039 -9 7 -23 
The Gambia 0.37 0.002 0.002 0.005 0.005 -1 -8 6 
Ghana 14.57 0.097 0.078 0.241 0.191 -9 -1 -17 
Grenada 0.34 0.002 0.002 0.005 0.004 0 8 -8 
Guatemala 18.28 0.093 0.098 0.230 0.239 4 3 4 
Guinea 2.03 0.012 0.011 0.031 0.027 -5 -7 -3 
Guinea-Bissau b 0.23 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.003 13 0 27 
Guyana 1.78 0.011 0.010 0.027 0.023 -6 -6 -5 
Haiti 3.60 0.017 0.019 0.043 0.047 7 7 6 
Honduras b 11.07 0.062 0.059 0.154 0.145 -1 -4 1 
Hong Kong, China 600.61 3.025 3.222 7.501 7.862 4 12 -3 
retained imports 150.67 0.745 0.808 1.846 1.972 5 5 6 
India 463.03 2.677 2.484 6.636 6.061 -3 -5 -1 
Indonesia 178.18 1.048 0.956 2.598 2.332 -4 -3 -5 
Iran 51.00 0.312 0.274 0.774 0.668 -5 -14 4 
Iraq 59.00 0.307 0.317 0.762 0.772 2 8 -3 
Israel 75.41 0.412 0.405 1.022 0.987 0 -1 1 
Jamaica 5.84 0.035 0.031 0.086 0.076 -4 -2 -6 
Jordan 22.87 0.113 0.123 0.281 0.299 5 5 5 
Kenya 18.40 0.089 0.099 0.221 0.241 6 0 12 
Kiribati 0.10 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -6 -11 -2 
Korea, Dem. People's 
Rep. of 4.35 0.026 0.023 0.065 0.057 -5 -4 -6 
Korea, Republic of 525.51 2.840 2.819 7.041 6.879 1 -1 2 
Kuwait, the State of 31.48 0.149 0.169 0.369 0.412 7 7 7 
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 3.30 0.017 0.018 0.041 0.043 4 -1 9 
Lebanese Republic 21.14 0.120 0.113 0.297 0.277 -2 0 -4 
Lesotho 2.21 0.014 0.012 0.035 0.029 -8 -15 0 
Liberia 1.05 0.005 0.006 0.014 0.014 2 14 -9 
Libya 19.00 0.120 0.102 0.298 0.249 -7 23 -30 
Macao, China 11.40 0.049 0.061 0.122 0.149 13 14 11 
Madagascar 3.26 0.017 0.017 0.042 0.043 3 5 0 
Malawi 2.97 0.013 0.016 0.032 0.039 12 21 5 
Malaysia 208.86 1.073 1.120 2.662 2.734 3 5 1 
Maldives 1.99 0.008 0.011 0.021 0.026 13 12 15 
Mali 3.98 0.019 0.021 0.047 0.052 7 10 5 
Marshall Islands 0.18 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 13 0 29 
Mauritania 2.67 0.017 0.014 0.042 0.035 -8 -3 -12 
Mauritius 5.61 0.029 0.030 0.073 0.073 2 1 4 
Mexico 411.58 2.080 2.208 5.156 5.388 4 3 5 
Micronesia, Federated 
States of 0.22 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.003 7 -3 17 
Mongolia 5.24 0.037 0.028 0.091 0.069 -12 -6 -18 
Montenegro 2.36 0.013 0.013 0.032 0.031 0 1 0 
Montserrat 0.04 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 2 14 -8 
Morocco 45.83 0.245 0.246 0.608 0.600 1 1 1 
Mozambique 8.75 0.047 0.047 0.118 0.115 0 16 -13 
Myanmar 16.23 0.050 0.087 0.125 0.212 33 31 35 
Namibia 7.60 0.040 0.041 0.098 0.099 2 1 3 
Nepal 7.56 0.033 0.041 0.082 0.099 12 8 15 
New Caledonia 3.32 0.018 0.018 0.044 0.044 1 0 3 
Nicaragua 6.95 0.037 0.037 0.092 0.091 1 -1 4 
Niger 2.25 0.010 0.012 0.026 0.029 9 6 11 
Nigeria 60.00 0.279 0.322 0.691 0.785 8 10 7 
Niue 0.01 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 25 29 22 
Oman 30.37 0.157 0.163 0.388 0.398 3 24 -15 
Pakistan 47.64 0.241 0.256 0.598 0.624 4 1 7 
Palau 0.18 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 13 19 7 
Panama 21.20 0.125 0.114 0.309 0.278 -4 -4 -3 
Papua New Guinea 4.00 0.029 0.021 0.072 0.052 -13 14 -34 
Paraguay 12.17 0.063 0.065 0.157 0.159 3 5 0 
Peru 42.35 0.231 0.227 0.573 0.554 0 3 -2 
Philippines 67.55 0.357 0.362 0.886 0.884 2 0 4 
Qatar 34.60 0.187 0.186 0.463 0.453 1 2 -1 
Rwanda 2.46 0.013 0.013 0.031 0.032 3 0 7 WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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   Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.27 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.004 10 10 10 
Saint Lucia 0.59 0.004 0.003 0.009 0.008 -4 -7 -1 
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines 0.36 0.002 0.002 0.005 0.005 1 4 -2 
Samoa 0.39 0.002 0.002 0.005 0.005 6 6 6 
Sao Tome and Principe 0.17 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 14 16 12 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of 163.00 0.850 0.874 2.109 2.134 2 8 -3 
Senegal 6.64 0.035 0.036 0.087 0.087 2 3 0 
Serbia 20.61 0.103 0.111 0.256 0.270 4 9 0 
Seychelles 1.14 0.006 0.006 0.015 0.015 3 1 6 
Sierra Leone 1.49 0.009 0.008 0.022 0.019 -4 11 -16 
Singapore 366.25 2.075 1.965 5.146 4.794 -2 -2 -2 
Sint Maarten 0.88 0.004 0.005 0.010 0.012 7 20 -5 
Solomon Islands 0.51 0.003 0.003 0.007 0.007 2 7 -2 
Somalia 1.30 0.007 0.007 0.016 0.017 4 8 0 
South Africa 121.94 0.695 0.654 1.723 1.596 -2 -1 -3 
Sri Lanka 19.42 0.105 0.104 0.260 0.254 1 -6 8 
Sudan 9.21 0.050 0.049 0.125 0.121 0 7 -7 
Suriname 2.01 0.011 0.011 0.027 0.026 0 9 -7 
Swaziland 1.58 0.010 0.008 0.025 0.021 -8 -8 -7 
Syrian Arab Republic 6.70 0.040 0.036 0.099 0.088 -4 -26 24 
Chinese Taipei 274.03 1.478 1.470 3.665 3.587 1 0 2 
Tanzania 12.39 0.062 0.066 0.154 0.162 4 7 2 
Thailand 227.95 1.362 1.223 3.376 2.984 -4 1 -9 
The former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia 7.28 0.036 0.039 0.088 0.095 6 1 10 
Timor-Leste 0.94 0.004 0.005 0.009 0.012 19 27 12 
Togo 2.80 0.013 0.015 0.032 0.037 8 12 5 
Tonga 0.20 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.003 0 0 1 
Trinidad and Tobago 7.49 0.050 0.040 0.123 0.098 -9 -2 -16 
Tunisia 24.83 0.134 0.133 0.332 0.325 1 -1 2 
Turkey 242.18 1.293 1.299 3.206 3.170 1 6 -4 
Tuvalu 0.01 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -37 -53 -14 
Uganda 5.87 0.033 0.032 0.082 0.077 -1 -4 1 
United Arab Emirates 262.00 1.235 1.405 3.063 3.430 8 11 4 
Uruguay 11.48 0.064 0.062 0.158 0.150 -1 0 -1 
Vanuatu 0.31 0.002 0.002 0.004 0.004 2 6 -1 
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of 44.28 0.332 0.238 0.823 0.580 -15 -10 -19 
Viet Nam 149.26 0.622 0.801 1.542 1.954 15 16 13 
Yemen 12.94 0.073 0.069 0.180 0.169 -1 0 -3 
Zambia 9.55 0.048 0.051 0.119 0.125 4 15 -6 
Zimbabwe 4.20 0.024 0.023 0.060 0.055 -2 -2 -2 
Memorandum                 
Developed Economies 10495.71 56.543 56.304 140.196 137.397 1 0 1 
Commonwealth of 
Independent States 
(CIS) 506.44 3.126 2.717 7.750 6.630 -6 0 -11 
LDCs (48) 266.07 1.268 1.427 3.144 3.483 7 9 5 
NICs (6) 1753.27 9.573 9.405 23.737 22.952 0 0 0 
a Excluding Hong Kong, China imports for re-exports. 
b Imports are valued f.o.b. 
- Not applicable. ... Not available. Note: Recent figures for a number of  countries and territories have be en estimated by the Secretariat. 
 WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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  APPENDIX TABLE 3: COMMERCIAL SERVICES EXPORTS OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES AND 
REGIONS, 2012-2014 
(Billion US$ and %) 
 Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
World 4939.57 100.000 100.000 - - 5 5 5 
Developing Economies 1490.02 30.748 30.165 100.000 100.000 4 4 5 
Latin America and the 
Caribbean 168.03 3.527 3.402 11.472 11.609 3 5 2 
Developing Europe 63.25 1.216 1.281 3.956 4.123 8 8 8 
Africa 100.04 2.198 2.025 7.149 6.663 1 -3 6 
Middle East 126.49 2.603 2.561 8.464 8.341 4 2 7 
Developing Asia 1032.21 21.204 20.897 68.959 69.264 4 4 5 
Afghanistan … 0.067 … 0.218 … … -3 … 
Albania 2.65 0.053 0.054 0.174 0.168 6 0 11 
Algeria 3.51 0.081 0.071 0.265 0.270 -2 6 -9 
Angola … 0.017 … 0.057 … … 69 … 
Anguilla 0.14 0.003 0.003 0.009 0.010 6 7 4 
Antigua and Barbuda 0.46 0.011 0.009 0.034 0.032 -1 -4 2 
Argentina 13.51 0.332 0.274 1.081 1.010 -5 -3 -6 
Aruba, (the Netherlands 
with respect to) 2.01 0.039 0.041 0.127 0.131 8 7 8 
Bahamas 2.67 0.059 0.054 0.193 0.185 0 -1 2 
Bahrain, Kingdom of … 0.069 … 0.225 … … 7 … 
Bangladesh 1.43 0.030 0.029 0.098 0.108 3 14 -7 
Barbados 1.45 0.030 0.029 0.099 0.102 3 7 -1 
Belize 0.47 0.008 0.009 0.027 0.030 12 13 10 
Benin … 0.009 … 0.030 … … 21 … 
Bhutan 0.13 0.002 0.003 0.007 0.009 16 24 8 
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of 1.33 0.025 0.027 0.080 0.084 10 8 11 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.79 0.038 0.036 0.123 0.122 3 3 3 
Botswana 0.51 0.004 0.010 0.014 0.033 65 149 9 
Brazil 39.21 0.854 0.794 2.776 2.634 1 -2 5 
Brunei Darussalam 0.48 0.025 0.010 0.081 0.035 -34 -56 -3 
Burkina Faso … 0.009 … 0.030 … … 12 … 
Burundi … 0.000 … 0.001 … … 101 … 
Cambodia 3.92 0.068 0.079 0.222 0.236 13 10 17 
Cameroon … 0.035 … 0.113 … … 20 … 
Cabo Verde 0.63 0.013 0.013 0.043 0.046 3 11 -5 
Central African Republic … 0.001 … 0.003 … … 40 … 
Chad … 0.006 … 0.021 … 0 -4 … 
Chile 11.24 0.279 0.228 0.907 0.899 -5 3 -12 
China 232.46 4.817 4.706 15.667 14.541 4 -4 12 
Colombia 6.87 0.142 0.139 0.461 0.476 4 7 1 
Comoros 0.07 0.001 0.001 0.004 0.005 8 19 -2 
Congo … 0.011 … 0.036 … … 19 … 
Costa Rica 6.86 0.135 0.139 0.440 0.469 6 10 3 
Côte d'Ivoire … 0.019 … 0.061 … … -4 … 
Cuba 12.33 0.286 0.250 0.929 0.916 -2 2 -5 
Curaçao 1.73 0.033 0.035 0.107 0.114 8 9 7 
Democratic Republic of 
the Congo 0.16 0.005 0.003 0.016 0.012 -15 -26 -2 
Djibouti … 0.003 … 0.011 … … 15 … 
Dominica 0.12 0.002 0.002 0.008 0.008 4 6 2 
Dominican Republic 6.79 0.129 0.138 0.421 0.435 8 7 10 
Ecuador 2.22 0.038 0.045 0.123 0.134 14 13 16 
Egypt 20.26 0.478 0.410 1.554 1.257 -3 -16 13 
El Salvador 2.16 0.040 0.044 0.131 0.142 10 12 7 
Equatorial Guinea … 0.001 … 0.003 … … 5 … 
Eritrea … … … … … … … … 
Ethiopia 2.74 0.057 0.055 0.185 0.202 4 13 -4 
Fiji 1.16 0.025 0.023 0.081 0.078 2 0 5 
French Polynesia 0.89 0.019 0.018 0.063 0.061 2 0 4 
Gabon … 0.004 … 0.013 … … 12 … WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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   Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
The Gambia 0.22 0.003 0.005 0.011 0.014 21 36 9 
Ghana 1.96 0.072 0.040 0.233 0.165 -22 -26 -17 
Grenada 0.18 0.004 0.004 0.012 0.011 7 0 14 
Guatemala 2.60 0.052 0.053 0.169 0.170 6 4 8 
Guinea … 0.003 … 0.011 … … -36 … 
Guinea-Bissau … 0.000 … 0.002 … … 77 … 
Guyana 0.15 0.007 0.003 0.022 0.012 -29 -45 -10 
Haiti 0.64 0.011 0.013 0.036 0.042 14 21 8 
Honduras 2.56 0.050 0.052 0.162 0.168 7 7 7 
Hong Kong, China 105.97 2.204 2.145 7.167 7.358 4 6 1 
India 155.63 3.247 3.151 10.560 10.419 4 2 5 
Indonesia 22.92 0.517 0.464 1.680 1.570 0 -3 3 
Iran 8.59 0.145 0.174 0.471 0.448 15 -1 35 
Iraq … 0.059 … 0.193 … … -11 … 
Israel 34.58 0.698 0.700 2.269 2.370 5 8 3 
Jamaica 2.79 0.060 0.057 0.194 0.185 2 -1 6 
Jordan 6.58 0.135 0.133 0.439 0.424 4 0 9 
Kenya 4.03 0.087 0.082 0.283 0.284 2 4 0 
Kiribati … 0.000 … 0.001 … … … … 
Korea, Dem. People's 
Rep. of … 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 … … … 
Korea, Republic of 105.76 2.290 2.141 7.449 7.209 2 0 3 
Kuwait, the State of 5.68 0.185 0.115 0.601 0.393 -17 -32 2 
Lao People's Dem. Rep. … 0.012 … 0.040 … … 38 … 
Lebanese Republic 13.51 0.368 0.273 1.198 1.033 -9 -11 -8 
Lesotho … 0.002 … 0.005 … … -17 … 
Liberia … … … … … … … … 
Libya … 0.003 ... 0.011 … … 18 … 
Macao, China 53.11 1.016 1.075 3.303 3.769 8 18 -1 
Madagascar … 0.029 … 0.095 … … -4 … 
Malawi 0.10 0.002 0.002 0.008 0.008 -2 8 -10 
Malaysia 39.41 0.846 0.798 2.752 2.793 2 5 -1 
Maldives 2.97 0.049 0.060 0.159 0.182 17 19 15 
Mali … 0.007 … 0.023 … … 20 … 
Mauritania … 0.003 … 0.009 … … 31 … 
Mauritius 3.33 0.075 0.067 0.245 0.232 0 -2 1 
Mexico 21.04 0.361 0.426 1.176 1.414 14 25 5 
Micronesia, Federated 
States of … 0.001 … 0.002 … … 6 … 
Mongolia 0.57 0.021 0.012 0.070 0.050 -23 -26 -19 
Montenegro 1.37 0.027 0.028 0.088 0.093 6 9 4 
Montserrat 0.02 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 9 5 13 
Morocco 15.95 0.335 0.323 1.088 0.980 3 -7 14 
Mozambique 1.15 0.022 0.023 0.071 0.072 8 4 13 
Myanmar … 0.026 … 0.086 … … 86 … 
Namibia 1.02 0.024 0.021 0.077 0.064 -2 -14 12 
Nepal 1.04 0.017 0.021 0.056 0.068 16 26 8 
New Caledonia ... 0.009 … 0.028 … … 10 … 
Nicaragua 1.30 0.026 0.026 0.084 0.087 6 7 5 
Niger … 0.002 … 0.005 … … 98 … 
Nigeria 1.49 0.046 0.030 0.151 0.136 -15 -7 -22 
Oman 3.02 0.058 0.061 0.188 0.203 8 11 5 
Pakistan 3.50 0.072 0.071 0.233 0.232 4 3 6 
Panama 10.65 0.205 0.216 0.667 0.681 8 6 10 
Papua New Guinea 0.18 0.010 0.004 0.031 0.027 -36 -11 -54 
Paraguay 0.84 0.015 0.017 0.049 0.054 12 15 9 
Peru 5.72 0.107 0.116 0.347 0.398 9 19 1 
Philippines 24.82 0.457 0.503 1.487 1.640 10 14 6 
Qatar 12.77 0.198 0.259 0.645 0.724 20 16 24 
Rwanda 0.53 0.008 0.011 0.026 0.030 22 17 26 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.16 0.003 0.003 0.010 0.010 7 6 8 
Saint Lucia 0.44 0.009 0.009 0.028 0.029 7 4 9 
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines 0.14 0.003 0.003 0.010 0.010 1 0 1 
Samoa 0.19 0.005 0.004 0.015 0.014 -5 -3 -7 WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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   Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
Sao Tome and Principe 0.06 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.003 86 106 68 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of 11.66 0.237 0.236 0.770 0.795 5 7 3 
Senegal … 0.024 … 0.079 … … 9 … 
Serbia 5.03 0.089 0.102 0.290 0.320 12 14 11 
Seychelles 0.48 0.010 0.010 0.032 0.033 5 10 0 
Sierra Leone … 0.004 … 0.013 … … 9 … 
Singapore 140.14 2.844 2.837 9.249 9.633 5 8 2 
Sint Maarten 1.12 0.023 0.023 0.076 0.075 4 2 6 
Solomon Islands 0.11 0.003 0.002 0.008 0.009 -3 7 -11 
Somalia … … … … … … … … 
South Africa 16.46 0.385 0.333 1.253 1.153 -2 -5 0 
South Sudan … … … … … … … … 
Sri Lanka 5.57 0.084 0.113 0.275 0.327 22 23 20 
Sudan 1.46 0.019 0.030 0.063 0.072 30 18 43 
Suriname 0.20 0.004 0.004 0.012 0.012 11 3 20 
Swaziland 0.27 0.005 0.006 0.016 0.015 10 -5 28 
Syrian Arab Republic … … … … … … … … 
Chinese Taipei 56.88 1.093 1.151 3.555 3.583 8 4 12 
Tanzania 3.41 0.062 0.069 0.200 0.222 11 15 8 
Thailand 54.94 1.104 1.112 3.590 4.095 6 18 -6 
The former Yugoslav of 
Macedonia 1.69 0.030 0.034 0.099 0.106 12 11 12 
Timor-Leste 0.05 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.003 34 62 11 
Togo … 0.009 … 0.030 … … 8 … 
Tonga 0.05 0.002 0.001 0.005 0.005 -17 -2 -31 
Trinidad and Tobago … … … … … … … … 
Tunisia 4.57 0.106 0.093 0.346 0.322 -2 -4 0 
Turkey 49.76 0.961 1.007 3.126 3.259 8 8 7 
Tuvalu … 0.000 … 0.000 … … -9 … 
Uganda 2.42 0.043 0.049 0.140 0.153 12 13 11 
United Arab Emirates 19.77 0.342 0.400 1.112 1.219 14 14 14 
Uruguay 3.18 0.077 0.064 0.251 0.235 -4 -3 -5 
Vanuatu 0.30 0.007 0.006 0.023 0.022 -2 0 -5 
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Rep. of 1.61 0.042 0.033 0.135 0.129 -7 -1 -12 
Viet Nam 10.83 0.213 0.219 0.692 0.744 7 11 2 
Yemen … 0.032 … 0.103 … … 10 … 
Zambia 0.85 0.022 0.017 0.072 0.053 -7 -23 12 
Zimbabwe … 0.008 … 0.026 … … … … 
Memorandum                 
Developed Economies 3338.11 66.772 67.579 - - 6 6 5 
Commonwealth of 
Independent States (CIS) 111.44 2.479 2.256 - - 0 10 -8 
LDCs (48) 37.09 0.678 0.751 2.206 2.421 11 14 8 
NICs (6) 503.10 10.381 10.185 33.763 34.671 4 6 2 
- Not applicable. 
... Not available. Note: Recent figures for a number of  countries and territories have be en estimated by the Secretariat. WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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  APPENDIX TABLE 4: COMMERCIAL SERVICES IMPORTS OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES AND 
REGIONS, 2012-2014 
(Billion US$ and %) 
 Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
World 4782.40 100.000 100.000 - - 6 6 5 
Developing Economies 1817.62 37.254 38.006 100.000 100.000 7 6 7 
Latin America and the 
Caribbean 225.74 4.867 4.720 13.064 13.155 4 7 1 
Developing Europe 32.40 0.638 0.678 1.712 1.835 9 14 4 
Africa 171.90 3.776 3.594 10.135 9.613 3 1 5 
Middle East 268.83 5.442 5.621 14.608 14.447 7 5 9 
Developing Asia 1118.75 22.532 23.393 60.481 60.951 8 7 8 
Afghanistan … 0.051 … 0.137 … … -6 … 
Albania 2.30 0.043 0.048 0.116 0.127 11 16 6 
Algeria 11.16 0.244 0.233 0.654 0.602 3 -2 9 
Angola … 0.493 … 1.323 … … 1 … 
Anguilla 0.06 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.003 2 1 3 
Antigua and Barbuda 0.22 0.005 0.005 0.012 0.013 5 8 3 
Argentina 16.35 0.412 0.342 1.105 1.065 -4 2 -10 
Aruba, (the Netherlands 
with respect to) 0.81 0.018 0.017 0.049 0.047 2 2 2 
Bahamas 1.71 0.035 0.036 0.095 0.095 6 6 6 
Bahrain, Kingdom of … 0.034 … 0.093 … … 5 … 
Bangladesh 7.18 0.123 0.150 0.331 0.358 16 15 18 
Barbados 0.42 0.010 0.009 0.028 0.025 -2 -4 -1 
Belize 0.21 0.004 0.004 0.011 0.011 9 10 9 
Benin … 0.013 … 0.036 … … 32 … 
Bhutan 0.22 0.004 0.004 0.012 0.011 7 -5 20 
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of 3.01 0.044 0.063 0.119 0.135 26 21 31 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.54 0.012 0.011 0.032 0.030 3 -1 8 
Botswana 0.46 0.012 0.010 0.032 0.032 -5 5 -15 
Brazil 85.83 1.812 1.795 4.865 4.895 5 7 3 
Brunei Darussalam 2.02 0.034 0.042 0.092 0.143 17 64 -17 
Burkina Faso … 0.027 … 0.073 … … 20 … 
Burundi … 0.004 … 0.012 … … 17 … 
Cambodia 1.99 0.035 0.042 0.094 0.102 15 16 15 
Cameroon … 0.048 … 0.129 … … 26 … 
Cabo Verde 0.37 0.008 0.008 0.023 0.020 1 -6 9 
Central African Republic 0.17 0.005 0.004 0.012 0.009 -6 -17 5 
Chad … 0.054 … 0.144 … … 12 … 
Chile 14.57 0.343 0.305 0.922 0.923 -1 7 -7 
China 381.58 6.550 7.979 17.583 19.438 17 18 15 
Colombia 13.40 0.282 0.280 0.757 0.745 5 5 6 
Comoros 0.11 0.002 0.002 0.006 0.007 4 10 -2 
Congo … 0.096 … 0.257 … … 12 … 
Costa Rica 2.11 0.048 0.044 0.129 0.121 1 0 2 
Côte d'Ivoire … 0.064 … 0.171 … … 3 … 
Cuba 2.49 0.056 0.052 0.151 0.136 2 -4 8 
Curaçao 0.89 0.020 0.019 0.055 0.051 1 0 2 
Democratic Republic of 
the Congo 2.70 0.045 0.056 0.122 0.136 18 19 17 
Djibouti … 0.003 … 0.008 … … 27 … 
Dominica 0.07 0.002 0.001 0.004 0.004 4 4 4 
Dominican Republic 2.87 0.065 0.060 0.175 0.165 1 0 2 
Ecuador 3.43 0.072 0.072 0.193 0.200 5 10 1 
Egypt 16.78 0.363 0.351 0.973 0.871 4 -5 13 
El Salvador 1.43 0.030 0.030 0.081 0.084 5 10 0 
Equatorial Guinea … 0.071 … 0.191 … … -13 … 
Eritrea … … … … … … … … 
Ethiopia 4.37 0.083 0.091 0.224 0.204 11 -3 26 
Fiji 0.56 0.013 0.012 0.035 0.032 0 -2 2 
French Polynesia 0.54 0.012 0.011 0.032 0.029 3 -2 8 
Gabon … 0.047 … 0.125 … … 8 … WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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   Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
The Gambia 0.08 0.002 0.002 0.005 0.005 2 -3 7 
Ghana 3.85 0.090 0.080 0.240 0.256 0 13 -12 
Grenada 0.09 0.002 0.002 0.006 0.005 1 4 -2 
Guatemala 3.00 0.059 0.063 0.158 0.161 9 8 10 
Guinea … 0.018 … 0.048 … … -20 … 
Guinea-Bissau … 0.002 … 0.005 … … 20 … 
Guyana 0.46 0.012 0.010 0.033 0.029 -6 -5 -8 
Haiti 0.78 0.018 0.016 0.048 0.047 1 2 -1 
Honduras 1.72 0.035 0.036 0.093 0.094 8 8 7 
Hong Kong, China 75.63 1.782 1.581 4.785 4.415 -1 -2 1 
India 146.93 3.006 3.072 8.069 7.365 7 -3 17 
Indonesia 33.08 0.784 0.692 2.105 2.025 -1 2 -4 
Iran 14.32 0.289 0.299 0.776 0.750 7 3 12 
Iraq … 0.303 … 0.814 … … 12 … 
Israel 21.57 0.483 0.451 1.297 1.174 2 -4 8 
Jamaica 2.10 0.049 0.044 0.130 0.117 0 -5 6 
Jordan 4.51 0.104 0.094 0.279 0.263 0 0 1 
Kenya 2.70 0.053 0.056 0.143 0.130 9 -4 22 
Kiribati … 0.002 … 0.004 … … … … 
Korea, Dem. People's 
Rep. of … … … … … … … … 
Korea, Republic of 113.97 2.513 2.383 6.745 6.422 3 1 4 
Kuwait, the State of 22.34 0.467 0.467 1.252 1.169 6 -1 12 
Lao People's Dem. Rep. … 0.008 … 0.021 … … 57 … 
Lebanese Republic 12.69 0.276 0.265 0.742 0.765 3 10 -2 
Lesotho … 0.010 … 0.026 … … -16 … 
Liberia 0.46 0.010 0.010 0.026 0.026 5 4 5 
Libya … 0.146 … 0.393 … … 18 … 
Macao, China 10.53 0.265 0.220 0.710 0.692 -4 4 -10 
Madagascar … 0.026 … 0.070 … … 8 … 
Malawi … 0.005 … 0.013 … … 2 … 
Malaysia 44.71 0.984 0.935 2.641 2.614 3 5 1 
Maldives 0.76 0.013 0.016 0.035 0.040 16 21 12 
Mali … 0.025 … 0.066 … … 15 … 
Mauritania … 0.023 … 0.061 … … -3 … 
Mauritius 2.44 0.056 0.051 0.149 0.155 1 11 -7 
Mexico 31.71 0.624 0.663 1.674 1.725 9 10 8 
Micronesia, Federated 
States of … 0.002 … 0.005 … … -1 … 
Mongolia 2.14 0.048 0.045 0.128 0.119 2 -1 6 
Montenegro 0.44 0.010 0.009 0.027 0.026 0 1 -1 
Montserrat 0.02 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 2 3 1 
Morocco 7.98 0.153 0.167 0.412 0.378 10 -2 24 
Mozambique 3.64 0.097 0.076 0.260 0.228 -6 -7 -6 
Myanmar … 0.033 … 0.090 … … 2 … 
Namibia 1.11 0.016 0.023 0.043 0.053 27 31 23 
Nepal 1.05 0.021 0.022 0.055 0.057 9 10 8 
New Caledonia … 0.033 … 0.089 … … 0 … 
Nicaragua 0.91 0.020 0.019 0.053 0.060 4 20 -11 
Niger … 0.020 … 0.052 … … 18 ... 
Nigeria 22.48 0.525 0.470 1.408 1.219 0 -8 9 
Oman 10.44 0.204 0.218 0.547 0.589 9 14 4 
Pakistan 7.75 0.178 0.162 0.477 0.426 1 -5 7 
Panama 4.69 0.105 0.098 0.281 0.276 2 5 0 
Papua New Guinea 2.26 0.087 0.047 0.232 0.227 -22 4 -41 
Paraguay 1.09 0.021 0.023 0.057 0.062 10 16 4 
Peru 7.51 0.167 0.157 0.449 0.439 2 4 1 
Philippines 19.68 0.325 0.412 0.874 0.945 19 15 23 
Qatar 30.01 0.516 0.627 1.384 1.462 16 12 21 
Rwanda 0.58 0.010 0.012 0.027 0.031 16 23 11 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.12 0.003 0.003 0.007 0.007 5 6 4 
Saint Lucia 0.17 0.004 0.004 0.011 0.011 -3 -1 -4 
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines 0.09 0.002 0.002 0.005 0.005 3 5 0 
Samoa 0.05 0.002 0.001 0.006 0.005 -26 -4 -43 WT/COMTD/W/212/Corr.1 
 
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   Value Share in world Share in 
developing 
economies Annual percentage 
change 
 2014 2012 2014 2012 2014 2012-
14 2013 2014 
Sao Tome and Principe 0.07 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 66 70 61 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of 59.06 1.163 1.235 3.122 3.044 9 4 14 
Senegal … 0.030 … 0.081 … … 9 … 
Serbia 4.37 0.087 0.091 0.235 0.239 8 8 8 
Seychelles 0.25 0.005 0.005 0.014 0.013 6 5 8 
Sierra Leone … 0.011 … 0.031 … … 31 … 
Singapore 141.32 3.005 2.955 8.067 8.319 5 10 0 
Sint Maarten 0.29 0.006 0.006 0.016 0.015 6 3 10 
Solomon Islands 0.22 0.004 0.005 0.012 0.014 9 26 -6 
Somalia … … … … … … … … 
South Africa 16.63 0.430 0.348 1.154 1.035 -5 -5 -6 
South Sudan … … … … … … … … 
Sri Lanka 5.59 0.103 0.117 0.276 0.308 13 19 7 
Sudan 1.90 0.047 0.040 0.127 0.113 -3 -5 -1 
Suriname 0.78 0.014 0.016 0.038 0.034 14 -4 35 
Swaziland 0.76 0.019 0.016 0.051 0.040 -3 -16 13 
Syrian Arab Republic … … … … … … … … 
Chinese Taipei 45.24 0.977 0.946 2.623 2.467 4 0 8 
Tanzania 2.63 0.054 0.055 0.145 0.143 7 5 8 
Thailand 52.89 1.230 1.106 3.302 3.212 0 3 -3 
The former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia 1.19 0.022 0.025 0.059 0.059 13 7 19 
Timor-Leste 0.32 0.011 0.007 0.029 0.019 -17 -29 -4 
Togo … 0.010 … 0.027 … … 8 … 
Tonga 0.06 0.002 0.001 0.005 0.004 -8 -4 -11 
Trinidad and Tobago … … … … … … … … 
Tunisia 3.15 0.070 0.066 0.187 0.185 3 5 0 
Turkey 23.02 0.454 0.481 1.218 1.331 9 16 2 
Tuvalu … 0.001 … 0.002 … … -33 … 
Uganda 3.03 0.057 0.063 0.153 0.155 11 8 15 
United Arab Emirates 70.28 1.452 1.470 3.898 3.907 6 7 6 
Uruguay 3.15 0.055 0.066 0.147 0.187 16 35 -1 
Vanuatu 0.14 0.003 0.003 0.009 0.008 0 -1 0 
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Rep. of 16.62 0.399 0.348 1.071 1.127 -1 12 -13 
Viet Nam 14.31 0.288 0.299 0.773 0.802 8 10 5 
Yemen … 0.054 … 0.144 … … -4 … 
Zambia 1.60 0.030 0.033 0.081 0.104 11 37 -10 
Zimbabwe … 0.022 … 0.060 … … … … 
Memorandum                 
Developed Economies 2792.86 59.106 58.399 - - 5 5 5 
Commonwealth of 
Independent States (CIS) 171.92 3.640 3.595 - - 5 15 -4 
LDCs (48) 78.74 1.680 1.647 4.509 4.399 5 4 5 
NICs (6) 473.76 10.491 9.906 28.161 27.449 3 4 2 
- Not applicable. 
... Not available. Note: Recent figures for a number of  countries and territories have be en estimated by the Secretariat. 
 
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