translate English to French: More specifically, trade has expanded more rapidly than overall growth in GDP; as a result, the share of GDP represented by trade has expanded from less than 26% for both exports and imports in 1989 to 43.1% for exports and to 38.1% for imports in 2001.
Pour Ãªtre plus prÃ©cis, le commerce a crÃ» plus rapidement que le PIB global. En consÃ©quence, la part du PIB provenant du commerce est passÃ©e de moins de 26 %, exportations et importations confondues, en 1989, Ã 43,1 % pour les exportations et 38,1 % pour les importations, en 2001.