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1. Overview<br />

Table I.1<br />

Growth in the volume of world merchandise exports and production, 2000-2007<br />

(Annual percentage change)<br />

IWORLD TRADE DEVELOPMENTS<br />

2000-07 2005 2006 2007<br />

<strong>World</strong> merchandise exports 5.5 6.5 8.5 6.0<br />

Agricultural products 4.0 6.0 6.0 4.5<br />

Fuels and mining products 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.0<br />

Manufactures 6.5 7.5 10.0 7.5<br />

<strong>World</strong> merchandise production 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0<br />

Agriculture 2.5 2.0 1.5 2.5<br />

Mining 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.0<br />

Manufacturing 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.0<br />

<strong>World</strong> GDP 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.5<br />

Note : See the Metadata for the estimation of world aggregates of merchandise exports, production and GDP.<br />

Table I.2<br />

Growth in the volume of world merchandise trade by selected region and economy, 2000-2007<br />

(Annual percentage change)<br />

Exports<br />

Imports<br />

2000-07 2006 2007 2000-07 2006 2007<br />

5.5 8.5 6.0 <strong>World</strong> 5.5 8.0 5.5<br />

3.0 8.5 5.0 North America 4.0 6.0 2.0<br />

1.0 1.0 1.0 Canada 4.0 5.5 6.5<br />

3.0 11.0 1.5 Mexico 3.5 10.5 4.5<br />

3.5 10.5 7.0 United States 4.0 5.5 1.0<br />

6.5 3.5 3.5 South and Central America 8.0 15.5 17.5<br />

4.0 7.5 3.5 Europe 3.5 7.5 3.5<br />

4.0 7.5 3.0 European Union (27) 3.5 7.0 3.0<br />

1.0 -2.0 1.5 Norway 5.5 10.5 9.5<br />

4.0 10.0 7.0 Switzerland 2.0 7.0 5.0<br />

8.0 5.5 7.5 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) 17.0 21.0 19.5<br />

10.5 13.5 11.5 Asia 8.5 8.5 8.0<br />

2.0 2.0 2.5 Australia 9.0 8.0 11.0<br />

22.5 22.0 19.5 China 18.0 16.5 13.5<br />

-3.0 9.5 6.5 Hong Kong, China 8.0 9.5 8.0<br />

13.0 11.0 11.5 India 13.5 9.5 14.0<br />

6.5 10.0 9.0 Japan 3.0 2.0 1.0<br />

8.5 12.0 8.5 Six East Asian traders a 5.5 7.5 5.0<br />

a Hong Kong, China; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Singapore; Taipei, Chinese and Thailand.<br />

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