Creative Economy: A Feasible Development Option

IMPORTS OF ALL CREATIVE SERVICES (1) ,BY COUNTRY/TERRITORY, 2002-2008TABLE2.1.BIMPORTS (in millions of $)Economic group andcountry/territory2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008TOTAL REPORTING COUNTRIES 72,334 76,066 82,774 92,609 122,714 154,387 168,669DEVELOPED ECONOMIES 59,078 62,349 69,611 77,143 100,104 124,777 134,043Australia 946 1,125 1,361 1,460 1,495 2,102 3,144Austria 298 467 693 728 2,927 845 929Belgium 3,557 4,393 4,896 5,165 5,329 6,136 8,317Bermuda - - - - 10 18 17Bulgaria 99 172 151 223 343 439 596Canada 3,929 4,749 5,127 5,200 5,782 6,320 6,440Cyprus 54 76 135 134 160 196 212Czech Republic 565 482 468 841 925 1,147 1,177Estonia 1 41 48 51 69 82 121Faroes 1 1 - - - - -Finland 2,203 2,874 3,013 3,742 27 4,742 82France 2,081 2,344 2,624 2,821 2,687 3,156 3,671Germany 16,191 17,346 19,538 22,031 25,253 25,872 28,416Greece 308 338 552 415 509 634 836Hungary 491 845 1,911 2,171 1,826 2,229 2,433Iceland 12 11 12 13 14 17 10Ireland 5,152 5,663 3,992 4,855 4,707 15,247 16,764Italy 3,808 4,444 5,449 6,155 5,669 7,228 6,636Japan 1,190 946 1,081 1,115 1,299 1,318 1,215Latvia 44 38 70 85 111 161 208Lithuania 26 28 41 44 61 69 89Luxembourg 309 418 477 333 428 617 820Malta 6 8 52 111 211 288 248Netherlands 5,207 746 880 949 18,475 19,992 21,713New Zealand 199 256 301 212 322 205 217Norway 551 664 832 1,338 1,651 1,743 2,136Poland 782 831 917 1,110 1,356 1,783 2,253Portugal 524 612 789 823 1,118 1,269 1,602Romania 263 327 350 385 399 447 785Slovakia 156 331 112 399 449 541 655Slovenia 194 256 314 404 462 99 578Spain 3,612 4,527 5,593 5,635 6,487 8,014 8,115Sweden 4,915 5,298 5,708 5,636 6,362 8,268 9,591Switzerland 67 90 95 87 85 94 106United Kingdom 1,198 1,396 1,619 1,515 1,577 1,907 2,033United States of America 137 206 409 959 1,520 1,552 1,878DEVELOPING ECONOMIES 9,484 10,487 8,513 10,175 16,574 21,107 23,447Angola 15 11 28 45 65 99 121Argentina 156 172 242 280 335 440 513Bangladesh 29 37 40 69 88 79 75Barbados - 0 1 0 0 1 -Benin 0 0 0 0 0 2 -Bolivia 2 4 5 6 8 9 10Botswana 26 37 44 21 20 36 39Brazil 1,277 1,435 1,678 2,158 2,389 3,251 4,089Cambodia 3 3 4 4 5 5 5Cameroon 1 4 4 2 9 10 6Cape Verde 2 3 3 3 2 6 8Chile 44 47 48 53 55 42 47China 3,121 3,977 874 869 1,076 1,491 2,195China, Hong Kong SAR 68 68 52 52 56 67 140Colombia 254 253 359 386 498 667 714Congo 5 3 4 - - - -Costa Rica 41 36 32 27 51 69 58Côte d’Ivoire 2 2 2 3 3 3 -Ecuador 86 92 98 106 116 126 137Egypt 14 15 15 22 39 29 80El Salvador 2 2 3 3 4 3 4Ethiopia 18 28 28 27 14 17 42Fiji 4 4 5 5 8 5 6French Polynesia 8 7 10 10 9 6 11Guatemala 7 5 3 3 9 8 7Guinea 1 0 1 - - 1 11Guinea-Bissau - - - - - - -Guyana - - 5 5 5 6 6Honduras 9 4 5 6 6 8 10India - - 1,194 2,013 3,443 5,572 5,434Indonesia - - 184 166 124 107 126Iraq - - - 151 118 27 -Jamaica 54 47 30 36 38 33 33Kenya 4 2 1 1 2 1 1Korea, Republic of 283 261 376 477 4,497 5,221 6,257Lebanon 0 - - 0 - - 0Madagascar 0 50 19 15 - - -Statistical Annex Part 2CREATIVE ECONOMY REPORT 2010321