Table III.1
	World merchandise exports by region, 2005
	(Billion dollars and percentage)
		Value		Share				Annual percentage change
		2005		1990	2000	2005		2000-05	2003	2004	2005
	World	10159		100.0	100.0	100.0		10	17	22	13
	North America	1478		16.6	19.5	14.5		4	5	14	12
	United States	904		11.6	12.5	8.9		3	5	13	10
	Canada	359		3.8	4.4	3.5		5	8	16	14
	Mexico	214		1.2	2.7	2.1		5	3	14	14
	South and Central America	355		3.1	3.1	3.5		13	15	30	25
	Brazil	118		0.9	0.9	1.2		17	21	32	23
	Argentina	40		0.4	0.4	0.4		9	15	17	16
	Europe	4372		49.6	42.0	43.0		11	19	20	8
	European Union (25)	4001		-	38.9	39.4		10	19	19	7
	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	340		1.7	2.3	3.3		18	27	36	28
	Russian Federation	244		-	1.7	2.4		18	27	35	33
	Africa	298		3.1	2.4	2.9		15	25	30	29
	South Africa	52		0.7	0.5	0.5		12	23	26	13
	Middle East	538		4.1	4.3	5.3		15	22	32	35
	Asia	2779		21.8	26.4	27.4		11	18	25	16
	China	762		1.8	4.0	7.5		25	35	35	28
	Japan	595		8.5	7.6	5.9		4	13	20	5
	India	95		0.5	0.7	0.9		18	16	32	26
	Six East Asian traders	983		7.8	10.4	9.7		8	15	24	12
	Memorandum items:
	WTO Members (149)	9590		95.6	95.8	94.4		10	17	21	13
	ASEAN	653		4.2	6.9	6.4		9	17	20	15
	MERCOSUR	163		1.4	1.3	1.6		14	19	28	21