| 2.3 | DIRECTION OF TRADE | |||||||||
| for the periods indicated | ||||||||||
| in million U.S. dollars | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 p/ | |||||||||
| Country | Export | Import | BOT | Export | Import | BOT | ||||
| T O T A L | 51496 | 54932 | -3436 | 48042 | 60142 | -12100 | ||||
| NORTH AMERICA | 8162 | 6342 | 1820 | 7847 | 6926 | 921 | ||||
| Canada | 334 | 410 | -76 | 418 | 380 | 38 | ||||
| USA (Inc. Hawaii & Alaska) | 7559 | 5887 | 1672 | 7092 | 6502 | 590 | ||||
| Others | 269 | 45 | 224 | 337 | 44 | 293 | ||||
| EUROPE | 7631 | 4862 | 2769 | 6361 | 6422 | -61 | ||||
| European Union | 7401 | 3972 | 3429 | 5949 | 4446 | 1503 | ||||
| France | 413 | 630 | -217 | 430 | 713 | -283 | ||||
| Fed. Rep of Germany | 2657 | 1112 | 1545 | 1729 | 1419 | 310 | ||||
| Finland | 85 | 134 | -49 | 131 | 128 | 3 | ||||
| Italy | 349 | 210 | 139 | 289 | 298 | -9 | ||||
| Netherlands | 2430 | 277 | 2153 | 1745 | 312 | 1433 | ||||
| Sweden | 39 | 119 | -80 | 57 | 117 | -60 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 395 | 285 | 110 | 401 | 288 | 113 | ||||
| Others 1/ | 1033 | 1205 | -172 | 1167 | 1171 | -4 | ||||
| Switzerland | 96 | 281 | -185 | 267 | 277 | -10 | ||||
| Russian Federation | 35 | 452 | -417 | 44 | 1531 | -1487 | ||||
| Others | 99 | 157 | -58 | 101 | 168 | -67 | ||||
| ASIA | 34009 | 36616 | -2607 | 32054 | 37650 | -5596 | ||||
| Japan | 7840 | 6744 | 1096 | 8865 | 6510 | 2355 | ||||
| China People's Rep. | 5724 | 4628 | 1096 | 6102 | 6059 | 43 | ||||
| NIES | 15650 | 14166 | 1484 | 12176 | 14965 | -2789 | ||||
| Hongkong | 4336 | 1470 | 2866 | 3699 | 1511 | 2188 | ||||
| Korea, South | 2243 | 3833 | -1590 | 2196 | 4392 | -2196 | ||||
| Singapore | 7319 | 5187 | 2132 | 4278 | 4893 | -615 | ||||
| China, Rep of (Taiwan) | 1752 | 3676 | -1924 | 2003 | 4169 | -2166 | ||||
| South East Asia | 4217 | 10303 | -6086 | 4348 | 9342 | -4994 | ||||
| Indonesia | 449 | 2295 | -1846 | 606 | 2372 | -1766 | ||||
| Malaysia | 1396 | 2515 | -1119 | 1099 | 2635 | -1536 | ||||
| Thailand | 1783 | 3871 | -2088 | 1904 | 3462 | -1558 | ||||
| Brunei Darussalam | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Vietnam | 572 | 1608 | -1036 | 718 | 849 | -131 | ||||
| Myanmar | 11 | 12 | -1 | 14 | 19 | -5 | ||||
| Laos | -- | -- | - | 1 | -- | - | ||||
| South Asia 2/ | 536 | 750 | -214 | 504 | 766 | -262 | ||||
| India | 410 | 541 | -131 | 388 | 666 | -278 | ||||
| Others | 42 | 25 | 17 | 59 | 8 | 51 | ||||
| OCEANIA | 616 | 1563 | -947 | 613 | 1838 | -1225 | ||||
| Australia | 350 | 839 | -489 | 385 | 1064 | -679 | ||||
| New Zealand | 33 | 409 | -376 | 45 | 524 | -479 | ||||
| Pacific Island 3/ | 15 | 312 | -297 | 27 | 245 | -218 | ||||
| Others | 218 | 3 | 215 | 156 | 5 | 151 | ||||
| MIDDLE EAST | 569 | 4655 | -4086 | 538 | 6338 | -5800 | ||||
| Iran | 60 | 110 | -50 | 47 | 781 | -734 | ||||
| Iraq | 2 | -- | - | -- | -- | - | ||||
| Kuwait | 27 | 72 | -45 | 34 | 36 | -2 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 70 | 2408 | -2338 | 63 | 3223 | -3160 | ||||
| UAE (Incl.Abu Dhabi) | 229 | 1377 | -1148 | 218 | 1729 | -1511 | ||||
| Others | 181 | 688 | -507 | 176 | 569 | -393 | ||||
| OTHERS | 510 | 894 | -384 | 629 | 970 | -341 | ||||
| Central America | 47 | 45 | 2 | 130 | 23 | 107 | ||||
| South America | 247 | 743 | -496 | 284 | 786 | -502 | ||||
| Brazil | 144 | 188 | -44 | 145 | 246 | -101 | ||||
| Africa | 202 | 106 | 96 | 200 | 160 | 40 | ||||
| Others | 14 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Note: Based on concept and coverage of Foreign Trade Statistics generated by the National Statistics Office . | ||||||||||
| 1/ Comprising Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, | ||||||||||
| Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, and Romania | ||||||||||
| 2/ Comprising Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka | ||||||||||
| 3/ Comprising Fiji Island, Papua Territory (New Guinea), Solomon Island, Tonga Island, Vanuatu (New Hebrides) & Western Samoa | ||||||||||
| p/ Preliminary | ||||||||||
| Source: National Statistics Office (NSO) | ||||||||||