Creative Economy: A Feasible Development Option

TABLE1.3CREATIVE GOODS: EXPORTS AND IMPORTS,BY TRADE GROUP, 2002-2008EXPORTS (f.o.b., in millions of $)Trade group2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008AFRICASADC 425 481 533 558 819 688 732AMERICAFTAA 33,419 34,131 37,505 41,771 46,186 50,002 53,231MERCOSUR 973 1,146 1,474 1,560 1,571 1,609 1,593NAFTA 31,681 32,070 34,951 38,885 42,684 46,399 49,382ASIAASEAN 7,369 8,393 10,942 11,854 13,042 14,789 17,379ASEAN plus China, Japan and Republic of Korea 46,936 54,306 64,316 76,601 84,452 97,805 113,445EUROPEEU-27 89,051 101,459 114,176 121,573 132,501 151,876 163,650INTERNATIONALACP 446 552 720 705 1,598 1,516 1,571LDCs 85 175 208 218 221 328 370SIDS 61 91 108 116 148 119 135SOURCE: UNCTAD secretariat calculations based on United Nations Comtrade database data. Data extraction date: 31 May 2010.TABLE1.3.1CREATIVE GOODS: EXPORTS, BY TRADE GROUP, AS %OF TOTAL EXPORTS OF CREATIVE GOODS, 2002-2008EXPORTS (%)Trade group2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008AFRICASADC 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.19 0.25 0.19 0.18AMERICAFTAA 16.31 14.62 13.93 13.99 14.24 13.50 13.08MERCOSUR 0.47 0.49 0.55 0.52 0.48 0.43 0.39NAFTA 15.46 13.74 12.98 13.02 13.16 12.53 12.13ASIAASEAN 3.60 3.60 4.06 3.97 4.02 3.99 4.27ASEAN plus China, Japan and Republic of Korea 22.90 23.27 23.88 25.66 26.03 26.41 27.87EUROPEEU-27 43.45 43.47 42.39 40.72 40.84 41.01 40.21INTERNATIONALACP 0.22 0.24 0.27 0.24 0.49 0.41 0.39LDCs 0.04 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.09SIDS 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.03Statistical Annex Part 1SOURCE: UNCTAD secretariat calculations based on United Nations Comtrade database data. Data extraction date: 31 May 2010.316CREATIVE ECONOMY REPORT 2010