Nation: Area size in sq. km (actual)

Estimated population (in millions)

GDP (in billions)

GDP per capita (actual)

Exports (in billions)

Main export trading partners

Imports (in billions)

Main import trading partners

United States: 9,629,091

275.56

$9,255

$33,900

$663: capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products

Canada 23%, Mexico 12%, Japan 8%, U.K. 6%, Germany 4%, France 3%, Netherlands 3%

$912: crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, good and beverages

Canada 19%, Japan 13%, Mexico 10%, China 8%, Germany 5%, U.K. 4%, Taiwan 4%

Brazil: 8,511,965

172.86

$1,057

$6,150

$46.9: manufactures, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee

U.S. 18%, Argentina 13%, Germany 5%, Netherlands 5%, Japan 4%

$48.7: machinery and equipment, chemical products, oil, electricity

U.S. 23%, Argentina 12%, Germany 10%, Japan 5%, Italy 5%

Mexico: 1,972,550

100.35

$865.50

$8,500

$136.8 (includes assembly plant operations with links to U.S. companies): manufactured goods, oils and oil products, silver, coffee, cotton

U.S. 89.3%, Canada 1.7%, Spain 0.6%, Japan 0.5%, Venezuela 0.3%, Chile 0.3%, Brazil 0.3%

$142.1 (includes assembly plant operations with links to U.S. companies): metal-working machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electronical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft and aircraft parts

U.S. 74.8%, Germany 3.8%, Japan 3.5%, Canada 1.9%, South Korea 2%, Italy 1.3%, France 1%

Canada: 9,976,140

31.28

$722.30

$23,300

$277.0: motor vehicles and parts, newsprint, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, machinery, natural gas, aluminum, telecommunications equipment, electricity

U.S. 48%, Japan 3%, U.K., Germany, South Korea, Netherlands, China

$259.3: machinery and equipment, crude oil, chemicals, motor vehicles and parts, durable consumer goods, electricity

U.S. 77%, Japan 3%, U.K., Germany, France, Mexico, Taiwan, South Korea

Argentina: 2,766,890

36.95

$367

$10,000

$23: edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles

Brazil 24%, EU 21%, U.S.11%

$25: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics

EU 23%, U.S. 22%, Brazil 21%

Colombia: 1,138,910

39.68

$245.10

$6,200

$11.5: petroleum, coffee, coal, gold, banana, cut flowers

U.S. 39%, EU 24%, Andean Community 15%, Japan 2%

$10.0: industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity

U.S. 35%, EU 20%, Andean Community 15%, Japan 7%

Chile: 756,950

15.15

$185.1

$12,400

$15.6: copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals

EU 27%, U.S. 16%, Japan 14%, Brazil 6%, Argentina 5%

$13.9: consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical machinery, heavy industrial machinery

U.S. 24%, EU 23%, Argentina 11%, Brazil 6%, Japan 6%, Mexico 5%

Venezuela: 912,050

23.54

$182.8

$8,000

$20.9: petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals, agricultural products, basic manufactures

U.S. and Puerto Rico 57%, Colombia, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Italy

$11.8: raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials

U.S. 53%, Japan, Columbia, Italy, Germany, France, Brazil, Canada

Peru: 1,285,220

27.01

$116.00

$4,400

$5.9: fish and fish products, copper, zinc, gold, crude petroleum and byproducts, lead, coffee, sugar, cotton

U.S. 25%, China 8%, Japan 7%, Switzerland, Germany, UK, Brazil

$8.4: machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum, iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals

U.S. 19%, Colombia 6%, Venezuela 5% Chile 4%, Brazil 4%

Ecuador: 283,560

12.92

$54.50

$4,300

$4.1: petroleum, bananas, shrimp, coffee, cocoa, cut flowers, fish

U.S. 39%, Columbia 7%, Italy 6%, Peru 5%, Chile 3%

$2.8: machinery and equipment, raw materials, fuels, consumer goods

U.S. 39%, Colombia 11%, Japan 9%, Venezuela 5%, Mexico 3%

Guatemala: 108,890

12.64

$47.90

$3,900

$2.4: coffee, sugar, bananas, fruits and vegetables, meat, apparel, petroleum, electricity

U.S. 48%, El Salvador 10%, Honduras 6%, Germany 5%, Costa Rica 4%

$4.5: fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity

U.S. 46%, Mexico 13%, El Salvador 5%, Venezuela 5%, Japan 4%

Dominican Republic: 48,730

8.40

$43.7

$5,400

$5.1: ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, tobacco, meats

U.S. 61.6%, Belgium 11.1%, Asia 5.9%, Canada 2.9%

$8.2 : foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals

U.S. 56%, Venezuela 23%, Mexico 9%, Japan 4%

Uruguay: 176,220

3.30

$28

$8,500

$2.1: meat, rice, leather products, vehicles, dairy products, wool, electricity

Mercosur partners 45%, EU 20%, U.S. 7%

$3.4: road vehicles, electrical machinery, metal manufactures, heavy industrial machinery, crude petroleum

Mercosur partners 43%, EU 20%, U.S. 11%

Costa Rica: 51,100

3.71

$26.00

$7,100

$6.4: coffee, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes, beef, timber

U.S. 49%, EU 22%, Central America 10%

$6.5: raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum, electricity

U.S. 41%, Japan 8.1%, Mexico 7.3%, Venezuela 4%

Bolivia: 1,098, 580

8.15

$24.20

$3,000

$1.1: soybeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, wood

U.K. 16%, U.S. 12%, Peru 11%, Argentina 10%, Colombia 7%

$1.6: capital goods, raw materials and semi-manufactures, chemicals, petroleum, food

U.S. 32%, Japan 24%, Brazil 12%, Argentina 12%, Chile 7%, Peru 4%, Germany 3%

Panama: 78,200

2.80

$21.00

$7,600

$4.7: bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee

U.S. 40%, Sweden, Costa Rica, Spain, Benelux, Honduras

$6.4: capital goods, crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals

U.S. 40%, Central American and Caribbean, Japan

Paraguay: 406,750

5.58

$19.90

$3,650

$3.1: soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils

Brazil, Argentina, EU

$3.2: road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery

Brazil 34%, U.S., Argentina, EU, Uruguay, Hong Kong

Cuba: 110,860

11.14

$18.60

$1,700

$1.4: sugar, nickel, tobacco, shellfish, medical products, citrus, coffee

Russia 25%, Netherlands 23%, Canada 16%

$3.2: petroleum, food, machinery, chemicals

Spain 16%, Venezuela 15%, Mexico 7%

El Salvador: 21,040

6.12

$18.10

$3,100

$2.5: offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles, chemicals, electricity

U.S. 59%, Guatemala 12%, Germany 6%, Costa Rica 4%, Honduras

$4.15: raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity

U.S. 51%, Guatemala 9%, Mexico 6%, Japan 3%, Costa Rica

Honduras: 112,090

6.25

$14.10

$2,050

$1.6: coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat, zinc, lumber

U.S. 73%, Japan 4%, Germany 4%, Belgium, Spain

$2.7: machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs

U.S. 60%, Guatemala 5%, Netherlands Antilles, Japan, Germany, Mexico, El Salvador

Nicaragua: 129,494

4.81

$12.50

$2,650

$0.57: coffee, shrimp and lobster, cotton, tobacco, beef, sugar, bananas, gold

U.S. 35%, Germany 13%, El Salvador 10%, Spain 4%, Costa Rica 4%, France 2%

$1.50: machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products, consumer goods

U.S. 31%, Costa Rica 11%, Guatemala 8%, Venezuela 6%, El Salvador 5%, Mexico 4%

Trinidad and Tobago: 5,128

1.17

$9.41

$8,500

$2.4: petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, steel products, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus, flowers

U.S. 36.9%, Caricom countries 29.4%, Central and South America 9.7%, EU 6.3%

$3: machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals

U.S. 44%, Latin America 18.9%, EU 13.7%, Japan 4.8%

Haiti: 27,750

6.87

$9.20

$1,340

0.32: manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes

U.S. 86%, EU 11%

$0.76: food, machinery and transport equipment, fuels

U.S. 60%, EU 12%

Jamaica: 10,990

2.65

$8.80

$3,350

$1.4: alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum

U.S. 39.5%, EU 15.6, U.K. 12.1%, Canada 11.5%

$2.7: machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, fuel, food, chemicals, fertilizers

U.S. 50.9%, EU 9.5%, Caricom nations 10.4%, Latin America 6%

The Bahamas: 13,940

0.29

$5.58

$20,000

$0.36: pharmaceuticals, cement, rum, crawfish, refined petroleum products

U.S. 22.3%, Switzerland 15.6%, U.K. 15%, Denmark 7.4%

$1.74: foodstuffs, manufactured goods, crude oil, vehicles, electronics

U.S. 27.3%, Italy 26.5%, Japan 10%, Denmark 4.2%

Barbados: 430

0.27

$2.90

$11,200

$0.21: sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components, clothing

U.K. 14.8%, U.S. 11.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 7.6%, Venezuela 6.1%, Jamaica 5.8%

$1.01: consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components

U.S. 30.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 10.2%, Japan 8.3%, U.K. 7.7%, Canada 2.2%

Guyana: 214,970

0.69

$1.86

$2,500

$0.57: sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber

U.S. 25%, Canada 24%, U.K. 19%, Netherlands Antilles 11%, Jamaica 5%

$0.62: manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food

U.S. 28%, Trinidad and Tobago 21%, Netherlands Antilles 14%, U.K. 7%, Japan 5%

Suriname: 163,270

0.43

$1.48

$3,400

$0.40: alumina, aluminum, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas

Norway 24%, Netherlands 23.8%, U.S. 21%, France 7.3%, Japan 4.9%, U.K.

$0.46: capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods

U.S. 31.2%, Netherlands 17.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 16.1%, Japan 4.3%, U.K. 4%, Brazil

French Guiana: 91,000

0.17

$1

$6,000

$0.15: shrimp, timber, gold, rum, rosewood essence, clothing

France 62%, Switzerland 7%, U.S. 2%

$0.62: food, machinery and transportation equipment, fuels and chemicals

France 52%, U.S. 14%, Trinidad and Tobago 6%

Belize: 22,960

0.25

$0.74

$3,100

$0.15: sugar, bananas, citrus fruits, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood

U.S. 45.5%, U.K, 30%, EU 10%, Caricom nations 4.2%, Mexico 3.4%, Canada 3.3%

$0.32: machinery and transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals

U.S. 52%, Mexico 13%, U.K. 5%

Saint Lucia: 620

0.16

$0.66

$4,300

$0.75: bananas, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits, coconut oil

U.K. 50%, U.S. 24%, Caricom nations 16%

$2.90: food, manufactured goods, machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, fuels

U.S. 36%, Caricom nations 22%, U.K. 11%, Japan 5%, Canada 4%

Antigua and Barbuda: 442

0.07

$0.52

$8,200

$0.04: petroleum products, manufactures, machinery and transport equipment, and food and live animals

OECS 26%, Barbados 15%, Guyana 4%, Trinidad and Tobago 2%, U.S. 0.3%

$0.33: food and live animals, machinery and transportation equipment, manufactures, chemicals and oil

U.S. 27%, U.K. 16%, Canada 4%, OECS 3%

Grenada: 340

0.09

$0.36

$3,700

$0.03: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace

Caricom nations 32%, U.K. 20%, U.S. 13%, Netherlands 8.8%

$0.20: food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel

U.S. 31.2%, U.K. 20%, U.S. 13%, Japan 7.1%

Dominica: 754

0.07

$0.22

$3,400

$0.06: bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges

Caricom nations 47%, U.K. 36%, U.S. 7%

$0.12: manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals

U.S. 41%, Caricom nations 25%, U.K. 13%, Netherlands, Canada

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