Creative Economy: A Feasible Development Option

TABLE3.1IMPORTS (c.i.f., in millions of $)Growth rate (1)2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2003-2008Economic group andcountry/territory- - 43 - - - 56 - Cambodia3,503 3,368 5,365 5,992 6,347 6,694 7,301 14.01 Malaysia- - - - - 1,155 1,103 - Philippines9,971 12,292 15,498 17,842 19,330 17,896 16,450 5.79 Singapore4,715 5,014 5,197 6,911 7,304 7,719 8,461 11.65 Thailand- - 2 2 - - - - Timor-Leste- - 1,288 1,099 1,570 2,494 3,309 - Viet Nam3,781 5,142 6,682 18,104 10,119 23,821 24,862 37.36 Developing economies: Western Asia99 129 119 127 96 116 - - Bahrain139 208 323 471 620 969 947 37.54 Jordan- - - - 496 850 - - Kuwait243 265 359 327 319 426 575 13.23 Lebanon- - - - - 60 62 - Occupied Palestinian territory83 39 153 157 178 334 425 50.81 Oman- - - 275 371 508 793 - Qatar1,123 1,316 1,621 2,782 3,221 3,767 - - Saudi Arabia- - - 128 108 85 - - Syrian Arab Republic2,093 3,185 4,107 4,228 4,670 5,226 4,871 8.78 Turkey- - - 9,609 - 11,411 17,113 - United Arab Emirates- - - - 41 69 77 - Yemen34 97 157 147 148 143 140 4.62 Developing economies: Oceania- - - 2 - - - - Cook Islands16 22 24 33 37 29 - - Fiji- - 56 59 58 54 68 - French Polynesia- - - 0 - - - - Kiribati- 45 53 53 54 55 72 7.44 New Caledonia18 30 24 - - - - - Papua New Guinea- - - - - 4 - - Vanuatu0 381 713 957 1,276 1,617 1,403 30.28 Transition economies: Asia- 362 316 384 398 408 424 4.64 Armenia- - 71 111 162 152 130 - Azerbaijan- - - 75 154 241 308 - Georgia- - 300 354 471 736 540 - Kazakhstan- 19 25 33 92 79 - - Kyrgyzstan- - - - - - - - Turkmenistan2,274 2,828 3,925 6,560 10,715 14,275 17,328 46.77 Transition economies: Europe- 63 64 83 98 115 151 19.78 Albania132 153 183 228 383 416 459 27.39 Belarus- 97 127 178 183 242 277 22.92 Bosnia and Herzegovina503 644 696 824 944 1,012 1,037 10.97 Croatia1,639 1,871 2,854 4,927 8,692 11,828 13,586 52.39 Russian Federation- - - 320 416 661 - - Serbia and Montenegro- - - - - - 1,818 - UkraineSOURCE: UNCTAD secretariat calculations based on United Nations Comtrade database data.Data extraction date: 31 May 2010.NOTES: (1) Annual average growth rate only available for countries that reported consistently in 2003-2008.- Data not available or not separately reported.Statistical Annex Part 3CREATIVE ECONOMY REPORT 2010353