Table 4.1

||<br>|<br>|<br>||Total<br>|Trad<br>199<br> <br>|e'S<br>8-200<br> <br>|hares<br>0<br>A<br>|(%)<br>LS<br>|YN<br>|PHL<br>|GPI|WN<br>|THA<br>|NM|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||BRU<br>|CAM<br>|CHN<br>|HKG|**ION**I <br>|PN<br>|OR<br> <br>|O<br> <br>|<br> <br>|<br> <br>|<br> <br>|<br>|<br> <br>|<br><br>||
|Japan|27.6|**3.2**|16.8|8.8|19.9<br>|_<br>|15.0|20.9<br>|12.1<br>|7.9<br>|18.2<br>|11.91<br>|18.2<br>|19.3<br>|15.2<br>|
|**Korea**|**7.6**|2.9|6.3|3.2|6.9<br>|5.2<br>|-<br>|0.8<br>|3.9<br>|5.7<br>|5.6<br>|3.2<br>|4.1<br>|2.5<br>|7.6<br>|
|China|0.7|4.1|-|38.5|5.2<br>|9.2<br>|8.6<br>|2.7<br>|3.0<br>|15.6<br>|2.5<br>|4.3<br>|0.0<br>|3.8<br>|6.1<br>|
|HongKong|1.2|8.3|16.3|-|2.6<br>|3.5<br>|4.1<br>|0.9<br>|3.6<br>|2.9<br>|4.8<br>|5.4<br>|12.0|4.2<br>|3.0<br>|
|Taiwan|0.7|5.5|5.5|6.1|4.1|5.9|3.6|0.8|4.7|3.5<br>|7.2<br>|4.1<br>|-<br>|4.2<br>|7.6<br>|
|Brunei|-|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.1|0.2|0.1|0.0<br>|0.2<br>|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|0.3<br>|0.0<br>|0.3<br>|0.0<br>|
|Cambodia|0.0|-|0.0|0.0<br>|0.1|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|0.2<br>|0.0<br>|0.3<br>|1.3<br>|
|Indonesia|.2.4|1.7|12|0.7||2.5<br>|2.4<br>|0.2|2.0<br>|5.4<br>|1.3<br>|3.8<br>|1.6<br>|2.0<br>|3.3<br>|
|Laos|0.0|0.0|00|00|0.0|0.0|0.0<br>|-<br>|0.0|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|0.01<br>|_OA_<br>|0.4<br>|
|Malaysia|7.5|2.3|1.3|1.6|3.3|3.1<br>|2.5<br>|0.1<br>|-<br>|9.0|3.8<br>|16.3<br>|2.9<br>|4.5<br>|2.7<br>|
|Myanmar|0.0|0.0<br>|0.1<br>|0.0<br>|0.2<br>|0.0<br>|0.1<br>|0.0<br>|0.2<br>|-<br>|0.0|0.2<br>|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|0.0<br>|
|Philippines|0.1|0.1|0.6|0.9|1.0|1.9|1.6<br>|0.0<br>|1.9<br>|0.2<br>||2.4|2.1<br>|1.6<br>|1.2<br>|
|Singapore|16.2|12.3_|<br>2.3|3.4<br>|10.2<br>|3.1<br>|2.8<br>|3.1<br>`|16.9<br>|15.3<br>|6.9<br>|-<br>|3.2<br>|8.5|9.7<br>|
|Thailand|7.3i<br>|1021<br>|1.1<br>|1.3<br>|2.5.<br>|2.8<br>|1.0<br>|41.8<br>|3.5<br>|0.0<br>|2.6<br>|4.4.<br>|1.9<br>||4.1|
|Vietnam|0.0|10.9|0.4|0.2|0.9|0.5|0.6|2.7<br>|0.4<br>|O.0<br>|0.5<br>|1.0<br>|0.7<br>|0.9<br>|-<br>|
|ASEAN|33.5|33.9|7.0|81|18.1<br>|14.0<br>|11.2<br>|48.0<br>|25.2<br>|29.8<br>|15.2<br>|28.7<br>|12.4<br>|18.2<br>|22.2<br>|
|ASEAN+3|69.4|44.0|30.1|58.6|50.1|28.5|34.9|72.4<br>|44.1<br>|59.0<br>|41.5<br>|48.2<br>|34.6<br>|43.9<br>|51.0<br>|
|APEC|85.6|76.0|75.1|82.5|75.6|71.7<br>|69.7<br>|76.6<br>|75.9<br>|74.1<br>|84.5<br>|78.4<br>|76.3<br>|73.4<br>|71.2<br>|
|CER|2.9|0.4|1.9|13|4.0|3.3|3.1|0.2|2.6<br>|0.3<br>|1.8<br>|2.3<br>|2.2<br>|2.4<br>|4.9<br>|
|EU|12.9,|9.7|14.4|12.5|14.9|15.7<br>|12.4<br>|11.7<br>|13.3<br>|9.2<br>|14.6<br>|13.6<br>|14.6<br>|14.4<br>|17.5<br>|
|U.S.|11.3|17.4|17.8|14.9<br>|13.<br>|26.6<br>|20.4<br>|1.7<br>|19.7<br>|7.8<br>|27.4<br>|17.7<br>|21.7<br>|17.6<br>|4.0<br>|
|NAFTA|11.3|17.6|19.|16|14.5|29.5|22.8|2.0|20.7|8.5|28.7|18.61|23.4|18.9|4.6|
|TotalTrade=|sumofi|mportsa|ndexpor|ts||||||||||||

Table reads as total trade share of<sup>a country in the top row with a partner country in the left-hand column; e.g. starting top left -.</sup> Bunei's exports to and imports from Japan<sup>as percentage of Brunel'stotal trade.</sup> Some data for the year 2000 was esUmated,<sup>Including all countries' trade with Taiwan and some countries' trade with Vietnam.</sup> Singapore does not report its trade<sup>with Indonesia to the IMF;therefore, Singapore's trade with Indonesiais esUmatedusing data</sup> from Indonesia.

Source: Author's calculations based<sup>on data from IMF,Direction of Trade Stastcs</sup> The trading patterns of East Asian<sup>countries, however,have shifted over time.A</sup> review of these shifts can reveal regional/global<sup>trendsin the tradeof these countries.</sup> The following three figures (six graphs)<sup>reveal how the trade sharesof selected</sup> economies (i.e., ASEAN, Japan and<sup>China)22with some of their major trading partners</sup> have changed between 1980 and 2000.

**ASEAN -** The graphs in Figure 4.1<sup>revealchanges in theshares of ASEAN's trade with</sup> its major partners between 1980 and<sup>2000. (See TableS.7in appendixfor data table for</sup> this figure.)

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