Comparative Export Values Across Economic Regions

'Mining of Nonmetallic minerals',(SIC-14)

for years 1989-1995

                                                                       
	Total Value and Percentage of World**                                                              
Region     1989       1990       1991       1992       1993       1994       1995

World      15063241   2224633    6332978    4630830    6504840    7296689    2642521 
							
APEC       14993409   2184149    6332978    4628182    6361999    7198633    2623432
% of World 99.54%     98.18%     100.00%    99.94%     97.80%     98.66%     99.28%
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ASEAN      0          0          0          0          303654     105697     390412
% of World 0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      4.67%      1.45%      14.77%
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CARIB      0          0          0          0          0          0          0
% of World 0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%
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EU         39475      40484      0          0          90927      67801      19089
% of World 0.26%      1.82%      0.00%      0.00%      1.40%      0.93%      0.72%
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EFTA       9738       0          0          0          7958       0          0
% of World 0.06%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.12%      0.00%      0.00%
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FSU        0          0          0          0          0          0          7975028
% of World 0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      301.80%
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LAFTA      0          0          0          0          0          13950      4799
% of World 0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.19%      0.18%
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ME-OIL     0          0          0          0          43956      0          0
% of World 0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.68%      0.00%      0.00%
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MENOIL     3319       0          0          0          0          0          0
% of World 0.02%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%
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NAFTA      515600     659110     576661     877727     1126994    889307     989626
% of World 3.42%      29.63%     9.11%      18.95%     17.33%     12.19%     37.45%
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PRC        14477809   1525039    5756317    3750455    5235005    6309326    1633806
% of World 96.11%     68.55%     90.89%     80.99%     80.48%     86.47%     61.83%
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SASIA      0          0          0          0          0          0          0
% of World 0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%
**Note:  Percentages will not add to 100% as some regions overlap