Creative Economy: A Feasible Development Option

CREATIVE GOODS: EXPORTS AND IMPORTS,BY TRADE GROUP, 2002-2008TABLE1.3IMPORTS (c.i.f., in millions of $)2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Trade groupAFRICA758 924 1,293 1,656 2,090 2,038 2209 SADCAMERICA82,977 86,370 94,056 103,390 111,558 125,917 120,625 FTAA675 702 994 1,304 1,735 2,101 3,197 MERCOSUR80,866 83,691 90,769 98,933 105,396 114,822 111,245 NAFTAASIA3,529 4,054 5,763 5,831 6,192 8,143 9,769 ASEAN21,006 22,890 26,375 29,051 31,244 36,696 39,161 ASEAN plus China, Japan and Republic of KoreaEUROPE84,198 97,541 111,718 120,901 129,456 155,144 166,750 EU-27INTERNATIONAL936 1,364 2,137 2,859 4,040 4,079 4,553 ACP344 522 1,060 807 831 1,097 1,579 LDCs169 321 570 662 694 722 845 SIDSSOURCE: UNCTAD secretariat calculations based on United Nations Comtrade database data.Data extraction date: 31 May 2010.TABLE 1.3.2 CREATIVE GOODS: IMPORTS, BY TRADE GROUP,AS % OF TOTAL IMPORTS OF CREATIVE GOODS, 2002-2008TABLE1.3.2IMPORTS (%)2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Trade groupAFRICA0.34 0.37 0.45 0.52 0.62 0.51 0.52 SADCAMERICA36.78 34.53 33.05 32.60 33.05 31.29 28.67 FTAA0.30 0.28 0.35 0.41 0.51 0.52 0.76 MERCOSUR35.85 33.46 31.89 31.19 31.23 28.53 26.44 NAFTAASIA1.56 1.62 2.02 1.84 1.83 2.02 2.32 ASEAN9.31 9.15 9.27 9.16 9.26 9.12 9.31 ASEAN plus China, Japan and Republic of KoreaEUROPE37.32 38.99 39.25 38.12 38.36 38.55 39.63 EU-27INTERNATIONAL0.41 0.55 0.75 0.90 1.20 1.01 1.08 ACP0.15 0.21 0.37 0.25 0.25 0.27 0.38 LDCs0.07 0.13 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.18 0.20 SIDSSOURCE: UNCTAD secretariat calculations based on United Nations Comtrade database data. Data extraction date: 31 May 2010.Statistical Annex Part 1CREATIVE ECONOMY REPORT 2010317