The developments in our sample countries (key players in world trade) do not exactly mimic total world trade developments but are quite close. In Table 1 key growth rates for world trade and the sample countries are presented. The major difference between all countries and our sample is that our sample of developing countries had a lower share of total imports in 1991/92 than total developing countries (at 24.3 percent versus 34.6 percent) and had a much higher rate of import growth than total developing countries (11.5 percent p.a. versus 6.2) during the 1991/92-2001/02 period. The rest of the growth rates are not identical but not sufficiently different to create major differences of interpretation.

**Table 1: Growth of Manufacturing Imports and their Market Shares in World and Sample Countries**

|||Manu<br>(current U|facturing Im<br>S dollar in b|ports<br>illions)/a|Annual<br>Growt<br>|Import<br>h(%)<br>|Market S|hare of Man<br>Imports(%|ufacturing<br>)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Country Group|Partner||||91/92 -|01/02 -||||
|||1991/92|2001/02|2007/08|01/02|07/08|1991/92|2001/02|2007/08|
|World|World|2,421|4,553|8,921|6.5|11.9|100.0|100.0|100.0|
||Developing countries|838|1,533|4,084|6.2|17.7|34.6|33.7|45.8|
||Industrial countries|1,582|3,020|4,838|6.7|8.2|65.4|66.3|54.2|
|Developing countries /b|World|485|1,443|3,943|11.5|18.2|20.1|31.7|44.2|
||Developing countries|218|612|2,171|10.9|23.5|9.0|13.4|24.3|
||Industrial countries|267|830|1,772|12.0|13.5|11.0|18.2|19.9|
|Industrial countries /c|World|1,935|3,110|4,978|4.9|8.2|79.9|68.3|55.8|
||Developing countries|620|921|1,913|4.0|13.0|25.6|20.2|21.4|
||Industrial countries|1,315|2,190|3,065|5.2|5.8|54.3|48.1|34.4|
|**Sample Countries**||||||||||
|World totals|World|1,210|2,421|4,707|7.2|11.7|100.0|100.0|100.0|
||Developing countries|294|870|2,105|11.5|15.9|24.3|35.9|44.7|
||Industrial countries|916|1,551|2,602|5.4|9.0|75.7|64.1|55.3|
|Developing countries /d|World|222|580|1,519|10.1|17.4|18.3|23.9|32.3|
||Developing countries|55|176|684|12.3|25.4|4.6|7.3|14.5|
||Industrial countries|166|403|834|9.3|12.9|13.8|16.7|17.7|
|Industrial countries /e|World|988|1,841|3,188|6.4|9.6|81.7|76.1|67.7|
||Developing countries|239|693|1,420|11.3|12.7|19.7|28.6|30.2|
||Industrial countries|750|1,148|1,768|4.4|7.5|61.9|47.4|37.6|

Notes: /a Manufacturing import is defined as products in SITC 5+6+7+8-68 in revision 3 and it is based on importers import from the specific markets in two-year averages of 1991-92, 2001-02, and 2007-08.

/b Industrial countries are based on traditional IMF definition, including EU15, United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland.

- /c Developing countries include all countries except 23 industrial countries in the world.

- /d Sample of developing countries includes Brazil, China, India, Korea Rep., Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey. /e Sample of industrial countries includes Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and United States.

Sources: Computations based on UN COMTRADE Statistics (trade data) and UNIDO database (production data).

was negative but not significant (Annex table 3). Market share changes are negative correlated with demand increases across countries and periods.

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