WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/MA/S/18 
8 December 2005 
 (05-5847) 
Negotiating Group on Market Access  
 
 
 
 
SHARES OF WTO MEMBERS IN  
WORLD NON-AGRICULTURAL TRADE, 1999-2004 
 
Note by the Secretariat1 
 
 In response to a request by Members at consultations held on 11 November 2005, the 
Secretariat has prepared tables which show the sh ares of WTO Members in world non-agricultural  
trade from 1999 to 2004.  Tables 1, 2 and 3 show the shares of WTO Members  in world 
non-agricultural exports,  imports and total trade (expor ts + imports), respectively.  Average shares for 
the periods 1999-2004, 1999-2001 and 2002-2004 are also shown.   
  All data for individual economies were extracted from the UN Comtrade database on 1 November 2005.   These data are based on na tional submissions.  Figures for the European 
Communities refer to the extra-trade of its 25 member States.     
 World exports excluding significant re-exports we re taken from the Secretariat's International 
Trade Statistics Report 2005.  The figures were  also used to derive import shares.    
     
                                                     
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secr etariat's own responsibility and is not intended to 
prejudice the positions of any Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  TN/MA/S/18 
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Table 1   
Shares of WTO Members in world non- agricultural exports, 1999-2004  
(Percentage) 
 
 1999-
2004 1999-
2001 2002-
2004 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
World a 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000
Albania 0.008 0.007 0.008 0.009 0.006 0.007 0.007 0.009 0.009
Antigua and Barbuda - - - 0.000 0.000 … … … …
Argentina 0.335 0.353 0.318 0.332 0.351 0.376 0.337 0.314 0.303
Armenia - - 0.010 0.006 0.006 … 0.008 0.012 0.011
Australia 1.070 1.089 1.051 1.092 1.066 1.110 1.094 1.039 1.019
Bahrain - - 0.133 … 0.142 0.135 0.137 0.136 0.126
Bangladesh b - - 0.113 … 0.116 0.139 0.123 0.119 0.096
Barbados 0.004 0.005 0.003 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.004 0.002
Belize - 0.002 - 0.004 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.002 …
Benin b - 0.001 - 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 … …
Bolivarian Rep. of Venezuela 0.597 0.623 0.570 0.542 0.708 0.619 0.564 0.511 0.636
Bolivia 0.025 0.025 0.024 0.028 0.024 0.023 0.022 0.024 0.027
Botswana - - - … 0.062 0.060 … … …
Brazil 1.010 0.960 1.059 0.916 0.955 1.009 1.005 1.043 1.129
Brunei Darussalam - - - … … 0.087 0.085 0.085 …
Bulgaria 0.110 0.093 0.127 0.084 0.093 0.104 0.109 0.130 0.141
Burkina Faso b - 0.001 - 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 … …
Burundi b 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001
Cambodia b - - 0.045 … 0.032 0.037 0.045 0.044 0.047
Cameroon - - - … … 0.034 … 0.035 0.031
Canada 5.332 5.699 4.965 5.778 5.676 5.643 5.229 4.941 4.723
Central African Republic b - 0.002 - 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001 …
Chile 0.361 0.355 0.367 0.346 0.346 0.375 0.328 0.328 0.444
China 7.105 5.612 8.599 5.080 5.474 6.282 7.412 8.693 9.691
Colombia 0.227 0.235 0.218 0.232 0.236 0.238 0.218 0.211 0.224
Costa Rica 0.086 0.096 0.076 0.123 0.088 0.078 0.080 0.083 0.066
Côte d'Ivoire - - - 0.053 0.041 … 0.049 0.049 …  TN/MA/S/18
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Croatia 0.108 0.102 0.114 0.107 0.094 0.105 0.105 0.114 0.124
Cuba - 0.020 - 0.019 0.021 0.019 … … …
Dominica 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000
Dominican Republic - - - … … 0.011 … … …
Ecuador 0.082 0.079 0.085 0.079 0.080 0.077 0.078 0.083 0.095
Egypt 0.089 0.082 0.095 0.076 0.092 0.080 0.082 0.100 0.103
El Salvador - 0.019 - 0.019 0.018 0.020 0.020 0.017 …
European Communities c 18.176 17.592 18.760 18.277 16.455 18.045 18.713 19.027 18.541
Fiji - - 0.007 … 0.007 … 0.008 0.006 0.006
FYR Macedonia 0.024 0.025 0.023 0.026 0.026 0.024 0.021 0.023 0.024
Gabon 0.048 0.060 0.037 0.057 0.060 0.062 0.057 0.006 0.046
Gambia b - 0.000 - 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 …
Georgia 0.006 0.005 0.006 0.005 0.005 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.007
Ghana - 0.026 - 0.019 0.028 0.032 … 0.027 …
Grenada - 0.001 - 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 …
Guatemala 0.026 0.027 0.024 0.027 0.026 0.028 0.019 0.028 0.026
Guinea b - 0.013 - 0.013 0.012 0.014 0.012 … …
Guyana 0.007 0.008 0.006 0.007 0.008 0.008 0.007 0.006 0.006
Honduras - 0.012 - 0.017 0.008 0.010 0.020 0.009 …
Hong Kong, China d 0.463 0.543 0.383 0.602 0.534 0.493 0.426 0.395 0.328
Iceland 0.049 0.049 0.049 0.054 0.043 0.049 0.052 0.048 0.046
India - 0.904 - 0.866 0.906 0.940 1.086 1.150 …
Indonesia 1.194 1.276 1.111 1.189 1.338 1.302 1.233 1.142 0.959
Israel 0.662 0.689 0.634 0.677 0.698 0.692 0.664 0.617 0.622
Jamaica - 0.024 - 0.026 0.023 0.023 0.020 … …
Japan 9.859 10.429 9.289 11.104 10.654 9.530 9.471 9.305 9.091
Jordan 0.047 0.039 0.055 0.042 0.025 0.049 0.056 0.054 0.056
Kenya 0.018 0.014 0.023 0.016 0.013 0.012 0.020 0.026 0.023
Korea, Republic of 3.927 3.849 4.006 3.914 3.946 3.685 3.825 3.958 4.235
Kuwait - - - … 0.447 0.398 … … …
Kyrgyz Republic - - - … … … 0.008 0.010 …
Lesotho b - - - … 0.007 0.006 0.007 … … TN/MA/S/18 
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2004 1999-
2001 2002-
2004 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Macao, China 0.055 0.058 0.051 0.0 60 0.058 0.056 0.055 0.052 0.047
Madagascar b 0.008 0.011 0.005 0.004 0.015 0.013 0.009 0.003 0.003
Malawi b - - 0.001 0.001 … 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001
Malaysia 2.036 2.094 1.978 2.126 2.128 2.028 2.047 1.951 1.936
Maldives b 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.003
Mali b - 0.009 - 0.008 0.007 0.012 … … …
Mauritius 0.030 0.031 0.030 0.033 0.029 0.030 0.034 0.031 0.025
Mexico 3.470 3.651 3.288 3.558 3.662 3.735 3.638 3.230 2.995
Moldova 0.005 0.005 0.006 0.004 0.004 0.005 0.005 0.006 0.007
Mongolia - 0.009 - 0.008 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.012 …
Morocco 0.162 0.166 0.158 0.182 0.156 0.159 0.167 0.160 0.147
Mozambique b - 0.009 - 0.005 0.006 0.015 0.014 … …
Namibia - - - … 0.027 0.030 0.026 0.021 …
Nepal b - - - 0.011 0.011 … … 0.011 …
New Zealand 0.153 0.153 0.154 0.167 0.144 0.149 0.156 0.153 0.152
Nicaragua 0.004 0.004 0.005 0.004 0.005 0.004 0.006 0.004 0.004
Niger b - 0.004 - 0.006 0.005 0.002 0.003 0.003 …
Nigeria - 0.505 - 0.443 0.625 0.447 0.439 0.497 …
Norway 1.306 1.289 1.323 1.169 1.315 1.384 1.348 1.333 1.287
Oman 0.231 0.230 0.233 0.190 0.242 0.257 0.248 0.222 0.228
Pakistan - - - … … … … 0.235 0.202
Panama 0.011 0.012 0.011 0.011 0.010 0.014 0.012 0.011 0.010
Papua New Guinea - - - … 0.048 0.041 0.032 0.039 …
Paraguay 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.004
Peru 0.159 0.147 0.171 0.145 0.144 0.153 0.160 0.163 0.190
Philippines 0.740 0.844 0.636 0.929 0.845 0.758 0.801 0.709 0.398
Qatar - - 0.262 … 0.204 0.265 0.196 0.276 0.314
Romania 0.294 0.239 0.349 0.219 0.230 0.269 0.318 0.349 0.381
Rwanda b - - - 0.000 … 0.001 0.000 0.000 …
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 0.001 - 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 …
Saint Lucia 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  TN/MA/S/18
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Senegal b 0.015 0.013 0.017 0.011 0.013 0.016 0.013 0.020 0.019
Sierra Leone b - - - … … … 0.000 … …
Singapore 2.907 2.992 2.823 3.043 3.095 2.836 2.805 2.815 2.849
South Africa 0.549 0.533 0.565 0.574 0.475 0.550 0.490 0.588 0.617
Sri Lanka - - 0.081 0.097 … 0.093 0.089 0.081 0.074
Suriname - 0.009 - 0.009 0.011 0.007 … … …
Swaziland - - - … 0.014 0.010 0.020 … …
Switzerland 1.992 1.988 1.997 2.150 1.833 1.979 2.034 2.019 1.938
Chinese Taipei 3.131 3.243 3.020 3.3 15 3.400 3.014 3.078 3.078 2.903
Tanzania b 0.012 0.008 0.016 0.005 0.007 0.011 0.014 0.017 0.017
Thailand - 1.400 - 1.391 1.412 1.396 … 1.454 …
Togo b 0.005 0.004 0.005 0.006 0.003 0.004 0.004 0.007 0.004
Trinidad and Tobago - 0.095 - 0.071 0.093 0.120 0.086 0.103 …
Tunisia 0.144 0.140 0.148 0.144 0.125 0.152 0.154 0.142 0.147
Turkey 0.739 0.614 0.865 0.617 0.552 0.674 0.762 0.873 0.960
Uganda b 0.004 0.003 0.004 0.002 0.003 0.005 0.005 0.001 0.005
United Arab Emirates - 0.770 - 0.691 0.842 0.778 … … …
United States 14.873 16.413 13.334 17.024 16.158 16.058 14.601 13.149 12.251
Uruguay 0.027 0.030 0.023 0.032 0.030 0.030 0.024 0.023 0.024
Zambia b - 0.020 - 0.025 0.013 0.021 0.019 … 0.018
Zimbabwe - - - … 0.018 0.010 0.037 … 0.018
Source : UN Comtrade Database.  Figures for World are WTO estimates. 
a   Excludes intra-trade of the European Communities and significant re-exports . 
b   Least developed country. 
c   Total exports of the European Communities were calculated as the sum of the individual member States based on national data .  Extra-exports were 
then derived by subtracting intra-exports from total exports. 
d   Figures for Hong Kong, China refer to domestic exports. 
 
Note :  Data were retrieved in HS92 nomenclature, except for Fiji, Ir eland, Kazakhstan, Maldives and Romania in 2004, which were in HS96. 
- Not applicable 
... Not applicable 
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Table 2 
Shares of WTO Members in world non-agricultural imports, 1999-2004 
(Percentage) 
 
 1999-
2004 1999-
2001 2002-
2004 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
World a  100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 
Albania 0.027 0.023 0.030 0.023 0.020 0.027 0.029 0.031 0.031 
Antigua and Barbuda - - - 0.008 0.006 … … … … 
Argentina 0.442 0.552 0.332 0.664 0.520 0.471 0.200 0.268 0.527 
Armenia - - 0.019 0.016 0.015 … 0.018 0.021 0.017 
Australia 1.601 1.575 1.628 1.717 1.575 1.433 1.566 1.657 1.660 
Bahrain - - 0.104 … 0.096 0.093 0.106 0.105 0.102 
Bangladesh b - - 0.131 … 0.132 0.157 0.149 0.139 0.106 
Barbados 0.021 0.023 0.018 0.025 0.023 0.022 0.019 0.021 0.015 
Belize - 0.008 - 0.006 0.009 0.008 0.007 0.007 … 
Benin b - 0.012 - 0.015 0.010 0.012 0.013 … … 
Bolivarian Rep. of Venezuela 0.263 0.327 0.198 0.325 0.297 0.360 0.242 0.142 0.210 
Bolivia 0.035 0.039 0.031 0.046 0.037 0.036 0.036 0.030 0.028 
Botswana - - - … 0.040 0.037 … … … 
Brazil 1.173 1.309 1.037 1.304 1.263 1.361 1.100 0.970 1.040 
Brunei Darussalam - - - … … 0.023 0.031 0.021 … 
Bulgaria 0.154 0.136 0.171 0.135 0.137 0.137 0.143 0.176 0.194 
Burkina Faso b - 0.014 - 0.018 0.015 0.011 0.011 … … 
Burundi b 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 
Cambodia b - - 0.034 … 0.030 0.034 0.036 0.034 0.032 
Cameroon - - - 0.030 … 0.039 … 0.034 0.034 
Canada 4.914 5.252 4.576 5.517 5.173 5.066 4.886 4.572 4.270 
Central African Republic b - 0.001 - 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 … 
Chile 0.346 0.355 0.336 0.346 0.351 0.368 0.334 0.327 0.348 
China 6.484 5.007 7.961 4.337 4.943 5.741 6.740 8.146 8.998 
Colombia 0.257 0.254 0.260 0.251 0.237 0.275 0.275 0.251 0.254 
Costa Rica 0.135 0.133 0.138 0.126 0.129 0.144 0.151 0.140 0.123 
Côte d'Ivoire - - - 0.069 0.050 … 0.052 0.061 …   TN/MA/S/18
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Croatia 0.219 0.186 0.252 0.188 0.167 0.204 0.232 0.268 0.255 
Cuba - 0.100 - 0.098 0.095 0.107 … … … 
Dominica 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 
Dominican Republic - - - … … 0.121 … … … 
Ecuador 0.106 0.086 0.127 0.072 0.070 0.117 0.138 0.122 0.120 
Egypt 0.206 0.254 0.158 0.322 0.230 0.210 0.187 0.138 0.149 
El Salvador - 0.074 - 0.069 0.073 0.079 0.075 0.073 … 
European Communities c 20.233 20.107 20.358 20.439 19.669 20.213 19.922 20.555 20.598 
Fiji - - 0.018 … … … 0.016 0.019 0.018 
FYR Macedonia 0.031 0.029 0.033 0.031 0.030 0.026 0.031 0.031 0.036 
Gabon 0.017 0.020 0.014 0.020 0.018 0.020 0.015 0.013 0.012 
Gambia b - 0.003 - 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 … 
Georgia 0.016 0.013 0.020 0.013 0.012 0.014 0.015 0.019 0.025 
Ghana 0.061 0.067 0.056 0.075 0.060 0.066 0.054 0.057 0.056 
Grenada - 0.004 - 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.004 … 
Guatemala 0.115 0.108 0.122 0.109 0.098 0.118 0.130 0.120 0.114 
Guinea b - 0.011 - 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.012 … … 
Guyana 0.011 0.012 0.010 0.011 0.011 0.012 0.011 0.010 0.009 
Honduras - 0.051 - 0.060 0.041 0.052 0.056 0.057 … 
Hong Kong, China d 0.541 0.670 0.412 0.658 0.698 0.654 0.466 0.398 0.371 
Iceland 0.052 0.053 0.052 0.059 0.051 0.048 0.045 0.053 0.056 
India - 1.173 - 1.240 1.100 1.178 1.342 1.481 … 
Indonesia 0.623 0.626 0.619 0.537 0.678 0.663 0.644 0.579 0.635 
Israel 0.733 0.786 0.681 0.802 0.780 0.775 0.738 0.661 0.645 
Jamaica - 0.065 - 0.065 0.061 0.070 0.071 … … 
Japan 7.306 7.627 6.984 7.438 7.806 7.638 7.083 7.025 6.844 
Jordan 0.092 0.083 0.101 0.079 0.071 0.098 0.097 0.094 0.112 
Kenya 0.067 0.070 0.065 0.067 0.057 0.086 0.064 0.063 0.068 
Korea, Republic of 3.401 3.302 3.500 3.100 3.519 3.289 3.406 3.492 3.602 
Kuwait - - - … 0.137 0.155 … … … 
Kyrgyz Republic - - - … … … 0.012 0.013 … 
Lesotho b - - - … 0.010 0.009 0.014 … …  TN/MA/S/18 
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2004 1999-
2001 2002-
2004 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Macao, China 0.050 0.049 0.051 0.0 50 0.046 0.051 0.052 0.049 0.052 
Madagascar b 0.016 0.016 0.015 0.012 0.019 0.018 0.011 0.017 0.017 
Malawi b - - 0.011 0.016 … 0.012 0.013 0.012 0.007 
Malaysia 1.676 1.704 1.648 1.661 1.769 1.682 1.734 1.581 1.628 
Maldives b 0.008 0.008 0.008 0.009 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.008 0.009 
Mali b - 0.018 - 0.018 0.016 0.021 … … … 
Mauritius 0.044 0.046 0.042 0.054 0.041 0.042 0.044 0.042 0.040 
Mexico 3.530 3.719 3.340 3.575 3.706 3.876 3.713 3.256 3.051 
Moldova 0.020 0.016 0.023 0.015 0.015 0.019 0.021 0.024 0.025 
Mongolia - 0.012 - 0.012 0.012 0.013 … 0.014 … 
Morocco 0.246 0.239 0.254 0.256 0.228 0.232 0.241 0.259 0.262 
Mozambique b - - - … 0.023 0.014 0.017 … … 
Namibia - - - … 0.028 0.034 0.027 0.025 … 
Nepal b - - - 0.030 0.026 … … 0.030 … 
New Zealand 0.328 0.320 0.335 0.363 0.296 0.301 0.326 0.350 0.330 
Nicaragua 0.035 0.036 0.033 0.039 0.033 0.036 0.035 0.033 0.031 
Niger b - 0.006 - 0.007 0.006 0.004 0.006 0.008 … 
Nigeria - 0.122 - 0.093 0.112 0.160 0.173 0.267 … 
Norway 0.778 0.796 0.759 0.881 0.745 0.764 0.772 0.761 0.743 
Oman 0.105 0.097 0.112 0.096 0.088 0.107 0.107 0.108 0.121 
Pakistan - - - … … … … 0.275 0.258 
Panama - 0.073 - 0.086 0.069 0.065 0.063 0.055 … 
Papua New Guinea - - - … 0.020 0.027 0.024 0.023 … 
Paraguay - 0.044 - 0.044 0.042 0.046 0.035 … 0.047 
Peru 0.152 0.155 0.150 0.158 0.150 0.155 0.153 0.150 0.147 
Philippines 0.746 0.750 0.742 0.822 0.720 0.708 0.778 0.758 0.690 
Qatar - - 0.090 … 0.066 0.082 0.085 0.091 0.093 
Romania 0.377 0.298 0.456 0.262 0.278 0.354 0.396 0.458 0.513 
Rwanda b - - - 0.006 … 0.005 0.005 0.005 … 
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 0.004 - 0.003 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004 … 
Saint Lucia 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.008 0.006 0.005 0.006 0.007 0.006 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.003 0.004 0.003 0.004 0.003 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.003   TN/MA/S/18
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Senegal b 0.032 0.030 0.035 0.031 0.027 0.031 0.036 0.035 0.034 
Sierra Leone b - - - … … … 0.006 … … 
Singapore 2.742 2.882 2.603 2.907 2.992 2.746 2.646 2.528 2.636 
South Africa 0.575 0.540 0.610 0.570 0.533 0.515 0.533 0.607 0.692 
Sri Lanka - - 0.119 0.125 … 0.116 0.124 0.117 0.117 
Suriname - 0.010 - 0.012 0.010 0.009 … … … 
Swaziland - - - … 0.020 0.016 0.017 … … 
Switzerland 1.887 1.946 1.828 2.057 1.818 1.962 1.864 1.858 1.761 
Chinese Taipei 2.679 2.804 2.554 2.8 53 3.070 2.488 2.504 2.471 2.686 
Tanzania b 0.036 0.035 0.037 0.037 0.031 0.036 0.035 0.039 0.036 
Thailand - 1.367 - 1.300 1.349 1.453 … 1.471 … 
Togo b 0.009 0.010 0.008 0.016 0.006 0.007 0.008 0.010 0.008 
Trinidad and Tobago - 0.075 - 0.067 0.070 0.088 0.079 0.073 … 
Tunisia 0.198 0.201 0.195 0.210 0.180 0.214 0.202 0.189 0.194 
Turkey 1.205 1.063 1.347 1.049 1.178 0.962 1.141 1.340 1.560 
Uganda b 0.022 0.021 0.023 0.024 0.019 0.022 0.022 0.024 0.023 
United Arab Emirates - 0.574 - 0.487 0.556 0.680 … … … 
United States 25.907 26.852 24.962 26.785 26.900 26.870 26.266 24.818 23.804 
Uruguay 0.057 0.073 0.041 0.082 0.070 0.066 0.039 0.038 0.047 
Zambia b - 0.024 - 0.020 0.021 0.030 0.025 … 0.032 
Zimbabwe - - - … … 0.040 0.051 … 0.029 
 
Source : UN Comtrade Database.  Figures for World are WTO estimates. 
a   Excludes intra-trade of the European Communities and significant re-exports. 
b   Least developed country. 
c   Total imports of the European Communities were calculated as the sum of the individual  member States based on national dat a.  Extra-imports were 
then derived by subtracting intra-imports from total imports. 
d   Figures for Hong Kong, China refer to retained imports. 
 
Note :  Data were retrieved in HS92 nomenclature, except for Fiji, Ir eland, Kazakhstan, Maldives and Romania in 2004, which were in HS96. 
- Not applicable 
... Not applicable  TN/MA/S/18 
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Table 3 
Shares of WTO Members in world non-agricul tural trade (exports + imports), 1999-2004 
(Percentage) 
 
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2004 1999-
2001 2002-
2004 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
World  a 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 
Albania 0.017 0.015 0.019 0.016 0.013 0.017 0.018 0.020 0.020 
Antigua and Barbuda - - - 0.004 0.003 … … … … 
Argentina 0.389 0.452 0.325 0.498 0.435 0.424 0.268 0.291 0.415 
Armenia - - 0.014 0.011 0.010 … 0.013 0.017 0.014 
Australia 1.336 1.332 1.339 1.404 1.320 1.272 1.330 1.348 1.340 
Bahrain - - 0.118 … 0.119 0.114 0.121 0.120 0.114 
Bangladesh b - - 0.122 … 0.124 0.148 0.136 0.129 0.101 
Barbados 0.012 0.014 0.011 0.015 0.014 0.013 0.011 0.012 0.008 
Belize - 0.005 - 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.004 … 
Benin b - 0.006 - 0.008 0.005 0.006 0.007 … … 
Bolivarian Rep. of Venezuela 0.430 0.475 0.384 0.434 0.502 0.489 0.403 0.326 0.423 
Bolivia 0.030 0.032 0.028 0.037 0.030 0.030 0.029 0.027 0.028 
Botswana - - - … 0.051 0.049 … … … 
Brazil 1.091 1.135 1.048 1.110 1.109 1.185 1.053 1.007 1.085 
Brunei Darussalam - - - … … 0.055 0.058 0.053 … 
Bulgaria 0.132 0.115 0.149 0.109 0.115 0.121 0.126 0.153 0.167 
Burkina Faso b - 0.008 - 0.009 0.008 0.006 0.006 … … 
Burundi b 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.002 
Cambodia b - - 0.040 … 0.031 0.035 0.041 0.039 0.039 
Cameroon - - - - … 0.036 … 0.035 0.032 
Canada 5.123 5.475 4.770 5.647 5.424 5.354 5.058 4.756 4.496 
Central African Republic b - 0.002 - 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 … 
Chile 0.353 0.355 0.351 0.346 0.349 0.371 0.331 0.327 0.396 
China 6.795 5.309 8.280 4.708 5.208 6.011 7.076 8.419 9.345 
Colombia 0.242 0.245 0.239 0.242 0.237 0.256 0.246 0.231 0.239 
Costa Rica 0.111 0.115 0.107 0.124 0.108 0.111 0.116 0.112 0.095 
Côte d'Ivoire - - - 0.061 0.046 … 0.050 0.055 …   TN/MA/S/18
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Croatia 0.164 0.144 0.183 0.148 0.130 0.154 0.169 0.191 0.190 
Cuba - 0.060 - 0.059 0.058 0.063 … … … 
Dominica 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 
Dominican Republic - - - … … 0.066 … … … 
Ecuador 0.094 0.082 0.106 0.075 0.075 0.097 0.108 0.103 0.107 
Egypt 0.147 0.168 0.127 0.199 0.161 0.145 0.135 0.119 0.126 
El Salvador - 0.046 - 0.044 0.045 0.049 0.048 0.045 … 
European Communities c 19.205 18.850 19.559 19.358 18.062 19.129 19.317 19.791 19.570 
Fiji - - 0.012 … - … 0.012 0.013 0.012 
FYR Macedonia 0.027 0.027 0.028 0.028 0.028 0.025 0.026 0.027 0.030 
Gabon 0.032 0.040 0.025 0.039 0.039 0.041 0.036 0.010 0.029 
Gambia b - 0.001 - 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 … 
Georgia 0.011 0.009 0.013 0.009 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.013 0.016 
Ghana - 0.047 - 0.047 0.044 0.049 - 0.042 - 
Grenada - 0.003 - 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 … 
Guatemala 0.070 0.068 0.073 0.068 0.062 0.073 0.075 0.074 0.070 
Guinea b - 0.012 - 0.012 0.011 0.013 0.012 … … 
Guyana 0.009 0.010 0.008 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.009 0.008 0.008 
Honduras - 0.032 - 0.039 0.025 0.031 0.038 0.033 … 
Hong Kong, China d 0.502 0.606 0.398 0.630 0.616 0.573 0.446 0.397 0.349 
Iceland 0.050 0.051 0.050 0.057 0.047 0.048 0.049 0.050 0.051 
India - 1.038 - 1.053 1.003 1.059 1.214 1.315 … 
Indonesia 0.908 0.951 0.865 0.863 1.008 0.982 0.938 0.861 0.797 
Israel 0.697 0.737 0.658 0.739 0.739 0.733 0.701 0.639 0.633 
Jamaica - 0.045 - 0.045 0.042 0.046 0.045 … … 
Japan 8.582 9.028 8.137 9.271 9.230 8.584 8.277 8.165 7.968 
Jordan 0.069 0.061 0.078 0.061 0.048 0.073 0.077 0.074 0.084 
Kenya 0.043 0.042 0.044 0.042 0.035 0.049 0.042 0.044 0.046 
Korea, Republic of 3.664 3.576 3.753 3.507 3.732 3.487 3.615 3.725 3.919 
Kuwait - - - … 0.292 0.277 … … … 
Kyrgyz Republic - - - … … … 0.010 0.011 … 
Lesotho b - - - … 0.009 0.007 0.011 … …  TN/MA/S/18 
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Macao, China 0.052 0.053 0.051 0.0 55 0.052 0.054 0.053 0.051 0.049 
Madagascar b 0.012 0.013 0.010 0.008 0.017 0.016 0.010 0.010 0.010 
Malawi b - - 0.006 0.008 … 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.004 
Malaysia 1.856 1.899 1.813 1.893 1.949 1.855 1.890 1.766 1.782 
Maldives b 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.006 
Mali b - 0.014 - 0.013 0.011 0.017 … … … 
Mauritius 0.037 0.038 0.036 0.044 0.035 0.036 0.039 0.036 0.033 
Mexico 3.500 3.685 3.314 3.567 3.684 3.805 3.675 3.243 3.023 
Moldova 0.013 0.010 0.015 0.010 0.010 0.012 0.013 0.015 0.016 
Mongolia - 0.011 - 0.010 0.010 0.011 - 0.013 … 
Morocco 0.204 0.202 0.206 0.219 0.192 0.196 0.204 0.210 0.205 
Mozambique b - - - - 0.015 0.015 0.015 … … 
Namibia - - - … 0.028 0.032 0.026 0.023 … 
Nepal b - - - 0.021 0.018 … … 0.020 … 
New Zealand 0.241 0.237 0.244 0.265 0.220 0.225 0.241 0.251 0.241 
Nicaragua 0.020 0.020 0.019 0.022 0.019 0.020 0.021 0.018 0.017 
Niger b - 0.005 - 0.006 0.005 0.003 0.005 0.005 … 
Nigeria - 0.313 - 0.268 0.369 0.303 0.306 0.382 … 
Norway 1.042 1.043 1.041 1.025 1.030 1.074 1.060 1.047 1.015 
Oman 0.168 0.163 0.173 0.143 0.165 0.182 0.178 0.165 0.175 
Pakistan - - - … … … … 0.255 0.230 
Panama - 0.042 - 0.048 0.040 0.039 0.038 0.033 - 
Papua New Guinea - - - … 0.034 0.034 0.028 0.031 … 
Paraguay - 0.024 - 0.024 0.023 0.026 0.020 - 0.026 
Peru 0.156 0.151 0.161 0.151 0.147 0.154 0.156 0.157 0.169 
Philippines 0.743 0.797 0.689 0.876 0.782 0.733 0.790 0.733 0.544 
Qatar - - 0.176 … 0.135 0.174 0.140 0.183 0.204 
Romania 0.335 0.269 0.402 0.240 0.254 0.311 0.357 0.404 0.447 
Rwanda b - - - 0.003 … 0.003 0.003 0.003 … 
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 0.002 - 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 … 
Saint Lucia 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.003 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002   TN/MA/S/18
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Senegal b 0.024 0.022 0.026 0.021 0.020 0.024 0.024 0.027 0.027 
Sierra Leone b - - - … … … 0.003 … … 
Singapore 2.825 2.937 2.713 2.975 3.044 2.791 2.725 2.672 2.743 
South Africa 0.562 0.536 0.588 0.572 0.504 0.533 0.511 0.597 0.654 
Sri Lanka - - 0.100 0.111 … 0.105 0.107 0.099 0.096 
Suriname - 0.010 - 0.011 0.010 0.008 … … … 
Swaziland - - - … 0.017 0.013 0.018 … … 
Switzerland 1.940 1.967 1.912 2.104 1.826 1.971 1.949 1.938 1.849 
Chinese Taipei 2.905 3.024 2.787 3.0 84 3.235 2.751 2.791 2.774 2.794 
Tanzania b 0.024 0.021 0.026 0.021 0.019 0.024 0.024 0.028 0.026 
Thailand - 1.383 - 1.345 1.380 1.424 … 1.463 … 
Togo b 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.011 0.005 0.006 0.006 0.009 0.006 
Trinidad and Tobago - 0.085 - 0.069 0.082 0.104 0.083 0.088 … 
Tunisia 0.171 0.171 0.171 0.177 0.153 0.183 0.178 0.166 0.170 
Turkey 0.972 0.839 1.106 0.833 0.865 0.818 0.952 1.106 1.260 
Uganda b 0.013 0.012 0.013 0.013 0.011 0.013 0.014 0.012 0.014 
United Arab Emirates - 0.672 - 0.589 0.699 0.729 … … … 
United States 20.390 21.633 19.148 21.905 21.529 21.464 20.433 18.983 18.028 
Uruguay 0.042 0.052 0.032 0.057 0.050 0.048 0.031 0.031 0.035 
Zambia b - 0.022 - 0.023 0.017 0.026 0.022 … 0.025 
Zimbabwe - - - … - 0.025 0.044 … 0.024 
 
Source : UN Comtrade Database.  Figures for World are WTO estimates. 
a  Excludes intra-trade of the European Communities and significant re-exports. 
b  Least developed economies. 
c   Total trade of the European Communities was calculated as the sum of the individual  member States based on national data.  Extra-trade was 
then derived by subtracting in tra-trade from total trade. 
d   Figures for Hong Kong, China refer to the sum of domestic exports and retained imports. 
 
Note :  Data were retrieved in HS92 nomenclature, except for Fiji, Ir eland, Kazakhstan, Maldives and Romania in 2004, which were in HS96. 
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