World Trade by blocks (Source: WTO)

World Trade by blocks, Million US$ - countriesEXPORTS (2008)
block 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 share 1950 share 2002 share 2008 Rank 2008

World 62,000 130,000 317,000 2,034,000 3,449,000 6,456,000 6,191,000 6,493,000 7,586,000 9,222,000 10,493,000 12,124,000 13,998,000 16,127,000 100.00 100.00 100.00 0

EUROPEAN UNION 17,592 45,054 118,836 689,825 1,392,043 2,317,209 2,320,460 2,466,501 2,927,384 3,463,496 3,718,042 4,166,003 4,789,598 5,263,400 28.37 37.99 32.64 1

CHINAS 1,276 3,435 6,292 58,877 213,427 605,782 585,364 664,960 819,815 1,044,113 1,254,980 1,518,213 1,817,241 2,056,356 2.06 10.24 12.75 2

NAFTA 13,834 27,183 61,430 311,331 561,932 1,224,920 1,147,505 1,106,179 1,162,906 1,323,262 1,478,971 1,674,687 1,854,994 2,048,758 22.31 17.04 12.70 3

NORTH-EAST ASIA 825 4,087 20,154 149,256 355,115 652,760 555,282 580,729 667,316 821,668 881,763 975,203 1,089,390 1,208,834 1.33 8.94 7.50 4

MIDDLE EAST 2,042 4,162 10,370 215,144 151,348 295,810 271,154 284,222 349,789 464,605 615,518 746,860 876,207 1,178,789 3.29 4.38 7.31 5

ASEAN 3,744 4,662 6,356 71,924 144,149 432,027 387,618 407,395 474,777 568,926 655,965 769,589 863,681 990,117 6.04 6.27 6.14 6

EASTERN EUROPE 155,231 154,915 165,294 210,273 284,737 368,391 460,935 555,696 748,901 0.00 2.55 4.64 7

CENTRAL EUROPE 965 3,538 9,720 47,420 34,540 131,981 145,294 165,887 214,707 289,290 334,919 410,950 527,295 625,125 1.56 2.55 3.88 8

EFTA & OTHER 1,315 2,824 7,705 49,960 101,426 145,659 145,958 156,457 178,717 211,725 241,180 277,233 317,475 377,804 2.12 2.41 2.34 9

MERCOSUR 3,107 2,993 6,056 34,227 54,791 103,801 106,088 107,004 127,762 168,331 205,257 248,734 291,371 346,702 5.01 1.65 2.15 10

SAARC 1,965 2,135 2,863 13,135 27,519 64,242 64,448 70,824 83,955 105,225 132,594 158,063 186,854 225,202 3.17 1.09 1.40 11

PACIFIC_CONTINENT 2,223 3,013 6,306 28,634 50,713 79,134 78,810 81,200 89,204 109,540 130,481 148,847 172,162 221,354 3.59 1.25 1.37 12

NORTH AFRICA 1,151 1,444 4,798 43,518 37,423 53,969 48,747 48,871 62,023 80,985 111,956 134,844 156,536 206,150 1.86 0.75 1.28 13

ANDEAN 1,680 3,401 5,324 30,466 31,133 59,754 51,933 52,747 57,221 78,599 107,165 130,033 145,817 187,578 2.71 0.81 1.16 14

WEST AFRICA 836 1,361 2,971 33,554 21,877 30,697 27,987 29,784 37,354 54,099 67,712 79,490 87,919 108,646 1.35 0.46 0.67 15

SADC 468 972 2,364 7,045 10,050 16,455 14,628 17,776 19,794 26,121 38,963 51,249 65,284 91,584 0.76 0.27 0.57 16

CENTRAL AFRICA 142 212 462 3,774 4,583 5,875 6,342 6,665 8,881 13,133 18,196 20,816 23,812 36,442 0.23 0.10 0.23 17

CENTRAL AMERICA 325 535 1,354 5,524 5,054 16,847 15,752 18,061 19,425 21,469 23,311 25,927 28,880 31,598 0.52 0.28 0.20 18

CARICOM 194 540 1,145 8,947 5,177 7,244 6,924 6,479 8,042 9,933 13,842 19,091 18,842 23,890 0.31 0.10 0.15 19

N-EAST AFRICA 280 533 1,068 2,707 2,065 4,658 4,730 5,209 6,157 8,093 10,395 11,657 16,233 21,497 0.45 0.08 0.13 20

CARRABIEAN 1,346 1,493 2,025 12,301 9,462 10,040 9,869 8,742 8,905 9,453 9,791 11,241 12,632 12,327 2.17 0.13 0.08 21

SACU 10 28 103 2,388 3,487 5,125 5,023 4,884 6,185 7,997 8,916 9,639 10,766 10,690 0.02 0.08 0.07 22

SOUTH MIDDLE ASIA 68 88 190 1,701 1,412 2,233 1,873 1,741 2,351 2,857 3,657 4,574 5,178 6,380 0.11 0.03 0.04 23

INDIAN OCEAN 71 78 149 410 337 838 945 505 883 1,010 867 995 1,250 1,360 0.12 0.01 0.01 24

World Trade by blocks, Million US$ - countriesIMPORTS (2008)
block 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 share 1950 share 2002 share 2008 Rank 2008

World 64,000 137,000 329,000 2,075,000 3,550,000 6,727,000 6,485,000 6,745,000 7,865,000 9,571,000 10,857,000 12,429,000 14,270,000 16,415,000 100.00 100.00 100.00 0

EUROPEAN UNION 21,474 49,477 129,331 776,340 1,440,901 2,339,744 2,290,789 2,383,969 2,858,208 3,411,248 3,737,122 4,247,212 4,870,442 5,395,939 33.55 35.34 32.87 1

NAFTA 13,288 23,641 59,136 341,672 683,779 1,686,788 1,582,656 1,604,336 1,726,574 2,011,671 2,287,362 2,543,821 2,705,515 2,907,468 20.76 23.79 17.71 2

CHINAS 1,394 4,002 6,777 63,233 194,391 582,033 555,891 619,000 776,894 1,006,850 1,146,640 1,334,478 1,550,699 1,771,816 2.18 9.18 10.79 3

NORTH-EAST ASIA 964 4,835 20,865 165,336 309,066 542,293 492,672 491,905 564,607 682,305 781,007 892,813 984,260 1,204,824 1.51 7.29 7.34 4

ASEAN 2,871 4,611 8,178 65,681 162,328 380,674 347,141 366,802 411,810 513,764 602,857 688,000 775,458 935,803 4.49 5.44 5.70 5

MIDDLE EAST 1,786 3,755 8,548 109,518 123,622 221,857 216,528 235,858 279,550 378,140 452,198 515,414 638,043 777,432 2.79 3.50 4.74 6

CENTRAL EUROPE 998 3,885 10,062 51,180 34,990 169,951 183,388 205,119 262,210 342,711 389,846 478,291 618,026 740,039 1.56 3.04 4.51 7

EASTERN EUROPE 95,264 109,529 121,577 155,278 200,794 250,093 324,019 432,585 556,019 0.00 1.80 3.39 8

SAARC 1,743 3,547 3,363 25,271 38,188 80,584 77,631 84,454 105,175 140,724 194,364 232,752 283,772 377,310 2.72 1.25 2.30 9

MERCOSUR 2,533 3,593 5,913 43,594 37,037 108,373 101,632 79,433 88,433 119,883 146,646 179,092 231,247 321,237 3.96 1.18 1.96 10

EFTA & OTHER 1,796 3,849 10,395 55,755 101,339 123,813 122,681 127,864 147,546 172,791 192,057 217,186 254,603 285,116 2.81 1.90 1.74 11

PACIFIC_CONTINENT 2,055 3,550 6,682 29,841 54,831 89,280 81,230 92,099 113,354 138,653 158,169 172,961 204,637 244,492 3.21 1.37 1.49 12

NORTH AFRICA 1,549 2,705 3,588 29,899 39,963 47,582 48,280 50,525 54,821 71,085 82,852 93,641 123,283 165,348 2.42 0.75 1.01 13

ANDEAN 1,267 2,270 3,768 22,057 18,107 40,718 45,544 41,368 39,877 53,596 70,362 90,018 116,838 142,957 1.98 0.61 0.87 14

WEST AFRICA 760 1,633 2,796 25,978 14,760 21,344 24,029 20,168 26,398 33,596 44,220 47,832 60,914 80,371 1.19 0.30 0.49 15

CENTRAL AMERICA 325 704 1,726 7,814 8,328 25,855 26,678 29,711 31,860 36,356 41,149 47,174 55,321 64,320 0.51 0.44 0.39 16

SADC 531 1,010 2,120 7,894 9,550 12,010 12,684 13,917 17,034 20,118 25,237 28,809 37,746 50,300 0.83 0.21 0.31 17

CARRABIEAN 1,361 1,617 2,507 15,001 11,591 20,326 19,562 18,510 18,377 19,000 24,067 29,237 31,974 39,733 2.13 0.27 0.24 18

N-EAST AFRICA 278 627 1,156 5,334 4,944 8,493 9,598 9,478 11,188 14,642 20,251 24,479 29,046 35,297 0.43 0.14 0.22 19

CARICOM 240 724 1,762 11,225 6,820 11,893 11,840 11,874 12,778 14,464 17,401 19,591 22,282 27,038 0.37 0.18 0.16 20

SACU 12 43 149 2,935 4,444 5,486 5,228 5,085 7,068 8,992 9,048 9,333 11,329 13,930 0.02 0.08 0.08 21

CENTRAL AFRICA 157 182 451 2,476 2,839 3,354 4,482 5,305 5,226 5,991 6,691 8,519 10,538 12,259 0.25 0.08 0.07 22

SOUTH MIDDLE ASIA 83 147 416 2,017 2,129 2,327 2,767 3,589 3,468 3,857 4,200 4,842 5,809 6,900 0.13 0.05 0.04 23

INDIAN OCEAN 87 115 179 629 703 1,140 1,169 680 1,374 1,766 1,805 1,919 2,776 4,230 0.14 0.01 0.03 24

World Trade by blocks (Source: WTO)

World Trade by blocks, Million US$ - countriesEXPORTS (2008)
block	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	share 1950	share 2002	share 2008	Rank 2008
World	62,000	130,000	317,000	2,034,000	3,449,000	6,456,000	6,191,000	6,493,000	7,586,000	9,222,000	10,493,000	12,124,000	13,998,000	16,127,000	100.00	100.00	100.00	0
EUROPEAN UNION	17,592	45,054	118,836	689,825	1,392,043	2,317,209	2,320,460	2,466,501	2,927,384	3,463,496	3,718,042	4,166,003	4,789,598	5,263,400	28.37	37.99	32.64	1
CHINAS	1,276	3,435	6,292	58,877	213,427	605,782	585,364	664,960	819,815	1,044,113	1,254,980	1,518,213	1,817,241	2,056,356	2.06	10.24	12.75	2
NAFTA	13,834	27,183	61,430	311,331	561,932	1,224,920	1,147,505	1,106,179	1,162,906	1,323,262	1,478,971	1,674,687	1,854,994	2,048,758	22.31	17.04	12.70	3
NORTH-EAST ASIA	825	4,087	20,154	149,256	355,115	652,760	555,282	580,729	667,316	821,668	881,763	975,203	1,089,390	1,208,834	1.33	8.94	7.50	4
MIDDLE EAST	2,042	4,162	10,370	215,144	151,348	295,810	271,154	284,222	349,789	464,605	615,518	746,860	876,207	1,178,789	3.29	4.38	7.31	5
ASEAN	3,744	4,662	6,356	71,924	144,149	432,027	387,618	407,395	474,777	568,926	655,965	769,589	863,681	990,117	6.04	6.27	6.14	6
EASTERN EUROPE						155,231	154,915	165,294	210,273	284,737	368,391	460,935	555,696	748,901	0.00	2.55	4.64	7
CENTRAL EUROPE	965	3,538	9,720	47,420	34,540	131,981	145,294	165,887	214,707	289,290	334,919	410,950	527,295	625,125	1.56	2.55	3.88	8
EFTA & OTHER	1,315	2,824	7,705	49,960	101,426	145,659	145,958	156,457	178,717	211,725	241,180	277,233	317,475	377,804	2.12	2.41	2.34	9
MERCOSUR	3,107	2,993	6,056	34,227	54,791	103,801	106,088	107,004	127,762	168,331	205,257	248,734	291,371	346,702	5.01	1.65	2.15	10
SAARC	1,965	2,135	2,863	13,135	27,519	64,242	64,448	70,824	83,955	105,225	132,594	158,063	186,854	225,202	3.17	1.09	1.40	11
PACIFIC_CONTINENT	2,223	3,013	6,306	28,634	50,713	79,134	78,810	81,200	89,204	109,540	130,481	148,847	172,162	221,354	3.59	1.25	1.37	12
NORTH AFRICA	1,151	1,444	4,798	43,518	37,423	53,969	48,747	48,871	62,023	80,985	111,956	134,844	156,536	206,150	1.86	0.75	1.28	13
ANDEAN	1,680	3,401	5,324	30,466	31,133	59,754	51,933	52,747	57,221	78,599	107,165	130,033	145,817	187,578	2.71	0.81	1.16	14
WEST AFRICA	836	1,361	2,971	33,554	21,877	30,697	27,987	29,784	37,354	54,099	67,712	79,490	87,919	108,646	1.35	0.46	0.67	15
SADC	468	972	2,364	7,045	10,050	16,455	14,628	17,776	19,794	26,121	38,963	51,249	65,284	91,584	0.76	0.27	0.57	16
CENTRAL AFRICA	142	212	462	3,774	4,583	5,875	6,342	6,665	8,881	13,133	18,196	20,816	23,812	36,442	0.23	0.10	0.23	17
CENTRAL AMERICA	325	535	1,354	5,524	5,054	16,847	15,752	18,061	19,425	21,469	23,311	25,927	28,880	31,598	0.52	0.28	0.20	18
CARICOM	194	540	1,145	8,947	5,177	7,244	6,924	6,479	8,042	9,933	13,842	19,091	18,842	23,890	0.31	0.10	0.15	19
N-EAST AFRICA	280	533	1,068	2,707	2,065	4,658	4,730	5,209	6,157	8,093	10,395	11,657	16,233	21,497	0.45	0.08	0.13	20
CARRABIEAN	1,346	1,493	2,025	12,301	9,462	10,040	9,869	8,742	8,905	9,453	9,791	11,241	12,632	12,327	2.17	0.13	0.08	21
SACU	10	28	103	2,388	3,487	5,125	5,023	4,884	6,185	7,997	8,916	9,639	10,766	10,690	0.02	0.08	0.07	22
SOUTH MIDDLE ASIA	68	88	190	1,701	1,412	2,233	1,873	1,741	2,351	2,857	3,657	4,574	5,178	6,380	0.11	0.03	0.04	23
INDIAN OCEAN	71	78	149	410	337	838	945	505	883	1,010	867	995	1,250	1,360	0.12	0.01	0.01	24
World Trade by blocks, Million US$ - countriesIMPORTS (2008)
block	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	share 1950	share 2002	share 2008	Rank 2008
World	64,000	137,000	329,000	2,075,000	3,550,000	6,727,000	6,485,000	6,745,000	7,865,000	9,571,000	10,857,000	12,429,000	14,270,000	16,415,000	100.00	100.00	100.00	0
EUROPEAN UNION	21,474	49,477	129,331	776,340	1,440,901	2,339,744	2,290,789	2,383,969	2,858,208	3,411,248	3,737,122	4,247,212	4,870,442	5,395,939	33.55	35.34	32.87	1
NAFTA	13,288	23,641	59,136	341,672	683,779	1,686,788	1,582,656	1,604,336	1,726,574	2,011,671	2,287,362	2,543,821	2,705,515	2,907,468	20.76	23.79	17.71	2
CHINAS	1,394	4,002	6,777	63,233	194,391	582,033	555,891	619,000	776,894	1,006,850	1,146,640	1,334,478	1,550,699	1,771,816	2.18	9.18	10.79	3
NORTH-EAST ASIA	964	4,835	20,865	165,336	309,066	542,293	492,672	491,905	564,607	682,305	781,007	892,813	984,260	1,204,824	1.51	7.29	7.34	4
ASEAN	2,871	4,611	8,178	65,681	162,328	380,674	347,141	366,802	411,810	513,764	602,857	688,000	775,458	935,803	4.49	5.44	5.70	5
MIDDLE EAST	1,786	3,755	8,548	109,518	123,622	221,857	216,528	235,858	279,550	378,140	452,198	515,414	638,043	777,432	2.79	3.50	4.74	6
CENTRAL EUROPE	998	3,885	10,062	51,180	34,990	169,951	183,388	205,119	262,210	342,711	389,846	478,291	618,026	740,039	1.56	3.04	4.51	7
EASTERN EUROPE						95,264	109,529	121,577	155,278	200,794	250,093	324,019	432,585	556,019	0.00	1.80	3.39	8
SAARC	1,743	3,547	3,363	25,271	38,188	80,584	77,631	84,454	105,175	140,724	194,364	232,752	283,772	377,310	2.72	1.25	2.30	9
MERCOSUR	2,533	3,593	5,913	43,594	37,037	108,373	101,632	79,433	88,433	119,883	146,646	179,092	231,247	321,237	3.96	1.18	1.96	10
EFTA & OTHER	1,796	3,849	10,395	55,755	101,339	123,813	122,681	127,864	147,546	172,791	192,057	217,186	254,603	285,116	2.81	1.90	1.74	11
PACIFIC_CONTINENT	2,055	3,550	6,682	29,841	54,831	89,280	81,230	92,099	113,354	138,653	158,169	172,961	204,637	244,492	3.21	1.37	1.49	12
NORTH AFRICA	1,549	2,705	3,588	29,899	39,963	47,582	48,280	50,525	54,821	71,085	82,852	93,641	123,283	165,348	2.42	0.75	1.01	13
ANDEAN	1,267	2,270	3,768	22,057	18,107	40,718	45,544	41,368	39,877	53,596	70,362	90,018	116,838	142,957	1.98	0.61	0.87	14
WEST AFRICA	760	1,633	2,796	25,978	14,760	21,344	24,029	20,168	26,398	33,596	44,220	47,832	60,914	80,371	1.19	0.30	0.49	15
CENTRAL AMERICA	325	704	1,726	7,814	8,328	25,855	26,678	29,711	31,860	36,356	41,149	47,174	55,321	64,320	0.51	0.44	0.39	16
SADC	531	1,010	2,120	7,894	9,550	12,010	12,684	13,917	17,034	20,118	25,237	28,809	37,746	50,300	0.83	0.21	0.31	17
CARRABIEAN	1,361	1,617	2,507	15,001	11,591	20,326	19,562	18,510	18,377	19,000	24,067	29,237	31,974	39,733	2.13	0.27	0.24	18
N-EAST AFRICA	278	627	1,156	5,334	4,944	8,493	9,598	9,478	11,188	14,642	20,251	24,479	29,046	35,297	0.43	0.14	0.22	19
CARICOM	240	724	1,762	11,225	6,820	11,893	11,840	11,874	12,778	14,464	17,401	19,591	22,282	27,038	0.37	0.18	0.16	20
SACU	12	43	149	2,935	4,444	5,486	5,228	5,085	7,068	8,992	9,048	9,333	11,329	13,930	0.02	0.08	0.08	21
CENTRAL AFRICA	157	182	451	2,476	2,839	3,354	4,482	5,305	5,226	5,991	6,691	8,519	10,538	12,259	0.25	0.08	0.07	22
SOUTH MIDDLE ASIA	83	147	416	2,017	2,129	2,327	2,767	3,589	3,468	3,857	4,200	4,842	5,809	6,900	0.13	0.05	0.04	23
INDIAN OCEAN	87	115	179	629	703	1,140	1,169	680	1,374	1,766	1,805	1,919	2,776	4,230	0.14	0.01	0.03	24