Table III.3
	Intra- and inter-regional merchandise trade, 2005
	(Billion dollars and percentage)
	Destination
	Origin	North America	South and Central America	Europe	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	Africa	Middle East	Asia	World
	Value
	North America	824	87	238	7	18	34	270	1478
	South and Central America	118	86	68	6	10	6	48	355
	Europe	398	58	3201	109	112	122	332	4372
	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	19	7	178	62	5	11	40	340
	Africa	60	8	128	1	26	5	49	298
	Middle East	66	3	87	3	15	54	281	538
	Asia	608	51	498	37	54	89	1424	2779
	World	2093	301	4398	224	240	321	2443	10159
	Share of inter-regional trade flows in each region's total merchandise exports
	North America	55.8	5.9	16.1	0.5	1.2	2.3	18.3	100.0
	South and Central America	33.2	24.3	19.1	1.6	2.7	1.8	13.4	100.0
	Europe	9.1	1.3	73.2	2.5	2.6	2.8	7.6	100.0
	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	5.7	2.0	52.3	18.1	1.4	3.1	11.8	100.0
	Africa	20.2	2.8	42.9	0.3	8.9	1.7	16.3	100.0
	Middle East	12.3	0.6	16.1	0.6	2.9	10.1	52.2	100.0
	Asia	21.9	1.9	17.9	1.3	1.9	3.2	51.2	100.0
	World	20.6	3.0	43.3	2.2	2.4	3.2	24.0	100.0
	Share of regional trade flows in world merchandise exports
	North America	8.1	0.9	2.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	2.7	14.5
	South and Central America	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	3.5
	Europe	3.9	0.6	31.5	1.1	1.1	1.2	3.3	43.0
	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	0.2	0.1	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.4	3.3
	Africa	0.6	0.1	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.5	2.9
	Middle East	0.7	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.2	0.5	2.8	5.3
	Asia	6.0	0.5	4.9	0.4	0.5	0.9	14.0	27.4
	World	20.6	3.0	43.3	2.2	2.4	3.2	24.0	100.0