The market for non-traditional agricultural exports

A2.9 - Trend in total world imports of vegetables by value, 1992-2001

Country	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Country	million US$
WORLD TOTAL	5 190	5 392	5 961	6 617	6 804	6 916	7 877	7 411	7 434	7 922
DEVELOPED	3 946	4 041	4 444	5 065	5 214	5 306	6 043	5 779	5 907	6 299
Europe	1 956	1 556	1 619	1 778	1 845	1 903	2 010	1 839	1 731	1 812
EC^1/	673	638	689	831	819	782	943	912	889	889
North America	1 503	1 858	1 968	2 271	2 478	2 592	3 095	2 963	3 198	3 545
USA	855	1 168	1 288	1 546	1 809	1 836	2 297	2 175	2 303	2 618
Other developed	487	627	857	1 016	891	811	937	977	978	943
Japan	473	611	857	990	845	777	903	940	947	913
DEVELOPING	1 244	1 351	1 517	1 552	1 590	1 610	1 834	1 632	1 527	1 623
Africa	92	83	83	86	85	90	88	89	86	83
Latin America & Caribbean	177	207	228	272	254	349	357	304	337	323
Central America & Caribbean	114	109	123	94	86	118	131	141	192	207
Mexico	55	50	69	25	36	51	54	56	92	102
Other	59	59	54	69	50	67	77	86	100	105
South America	63	98	104	178	168	231	227	162	145	116
Brazil	39	68	77	136	129	193	171	101	77	68
Other	24	30	27	42	40	38	56	61	68	48
Near East in Asia	441	462	493	431	437	426	458	407	358	388
Saudi Arabia	95	109	97	79	123	112	136	131	99	96
United Arab Emirates	109	128	154	158	149	96	94	101	74	82
Kuwait	73	65	70	70	69	64	90	73	75	75
Other	163	160	173	124	96	154	138	103	111	136
Far East	515	580	655	743	795	728	913	816	727	809
China, Hong Kong	168	181	200	204	194	187	207	220	203	190
Malaysia	94	113	114	157	183	124	150	162	150	172
Singapore	145	172	169	211	198	167	149	139	138	145
Indonesia	29	34	33	61	81	91	62	110	62	71
China, Taiwan	14	12	21	20	23	28	38	34	41	65
Other	66	67	118	91	117	131	307	151	133	165
Oceania	13	14	14	14	15	13	14	13	14	17

Source: FAOSTAT
^1/Excluding Intra-EC trade