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WORLD MERCHANDISE TRADE BY REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROUPING, 19980-96 ( % SHARE )
| Regions | Exports | Imports | ||||||
| 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1996* | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1996* | |
| NAFTA | 15.4 | 17.4 | 16.6 | 18 | 16.5 | 22.6 | 19.5 | 20.6 |
| EU | 37.2 | 36.6 | 44.6 | 41.2 | 41 | 36.3 | 44.7 | 39 |
| MERCOSUR | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| ASEAN | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 7.1 |
| SAARC | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Bangladesh | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| India | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Maldives | 0.0004 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.004 |
| Nepal | 0.003 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Pakistan | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Note : *= data for SAARC Countries for 1995.
Source: 1 WTO, "Annual Report , 1997 Vol. III 2 Based
on IMF, " Direction of Trade statistics Year book, " various
issues (For SAARC ).
" SAARC survey of Development and cooperation 1998/99 ".
RISNODC,New Delhi , 1999.