DATA BASE.

 U.S. Trade with the Caribbean Basin
July 2001, 2002
(millions of US$)
                                          U.S. exports   U.S. imports
                                              (F.A.S.)           (c.i.f.)
                                        2001       2002      2001     2002
Anguilla                           11.6       12.3         1.3        0.6
Antigua  & Barbuda         60.9       46.6         2.9       2.9
Aruba                              147.3    248.8     834.7    473.7
Bahamas                         588.2    547.6     155.6    230.8
Barbados                        166.2    152.5       23.9      19.9
Belize                               99.6      75.8       74.3      52.9
Bermuda                         242.6    194.1       54.9      13.9
British Virgin I                 47.6      39.9         7.0      20.8
Cayman Islands              160.2    130.4         1.8       5.7
Costa Rica                    1458.0  1741.7   1819.2  1885.3
Cuba                                   1.8      83.4           -         0.1
Dominica                         19.0      20.9         2.2        3.1
Dominican Republic    2669.6  2491.3   2452.1  2370.7
El Salvador                  1025.0    942.0   1107.7  1159.4
French Guiana               122.9     246.9         0.3        6.3
Grenada                           33.5       31.2       13.2        3.7
Guadeloupe                     36.7       23.1         4.3        7.2
Guatemala                   1088.1   1161.6   1696.4  1690.7
Guyana             .              84.5       70.1       89.4      76.7
Haiti                              340.8     328.9     164.8    148.2
Honduras                     1460.2  1422.7    1929.9  1890.1
Jamaica                         826.7    754.2      282.7     234.8
Martinique                      15.5      12.1          0.4         0.4
Montserrat                        3.5        3.5          0.2         0.1
Netherlands Antilles    546.8    423.3      314.9     228.3
Nicaragua                     268.2    239.6      380.3     399.1
Panama                         784.3    737.4      190.7    195.5
St. Kitts & Nevis            30.3      26.3        23.2      29.1
St. Lucia                         53.0      50.9        11.4      13.5
St. Vincent & Gren        20.9      22.4          5.9      13.3
Suriname                        94.2      74.5        92.6      81.5
Trinidad & Tobago      561.8    535.8     1750.7  1289.3
Turks & Caicos I            46.3     29.0           2.9       2.9
      Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce.  Details: Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246)
or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.

 Tourism Stop-Over Arrivals,  2002

Destination                       Period        Arrivals   %  Change
Anguilla                           Jan-Jun          25,448     -12.8
Antigua & Barbuda         Jan-Jun         103,939      -4.1
Aruba                               Jan-Jun       321,996      -11.3
Bahamas*                        Jan-Mar       380,480       -7.6
Barbados                          Jan-Aug      334.048       -6.9
Belize                               Jan-May        93,718       -1.3
Bermuda*                        Jan-Jun        137,341       -2.7
Cayman Islands               Jan-Jul         198,389      -13.5
Cuba                                Jan-Mar       497,580      -14.4
Curacao                           Jan-July       126,406       +6.6
Dominican Republic       Jan-Jul      1,682,742      -10.0
Grenada                           Jan-Mar        36,661        +2.5
Jamaica                            Jan-Jun       634,015      -10.6
Montserrat                       Jan-Feb           1,443     +12.4
Puerto Rico**                  Jan-Jun      686,842        -1.9
Saba                                 Jan-Jun           4,573       -4.4
St. Eustatius                     Jan-Jun           4,483       -5.9
St. Lucia                          Jan-Jul       161,442       -5.6
St. Maarten                      Jan-Mar        111,794     -16.5
St. Vincent & Gren.        Jan-Jun         36,369       +2.7
Trinidad & Tobago         Jan-Mar          89,748      -11.3
Turks & Caicos Is.          Jan-Mar           43,472     -17.4
U.S. Virgin Is.*               Jan-Jun         339,512        -5.9

Tourism Cruise Ship Arrivals, 2002

Destination                     Period        Arrivals   %Change
Antigua & Barbuda        Jan-May       200,635       -16.7
Aruba                             Jan-Jun         341,453       +18.5
Barbados                        Jan-Aug       352,647          -2.0
Belize                             Jan-Jun        123,901     +407.7
Bermuda                         Jan-Jun         72,662       +15.7
Cayman Islands              Jan-Jul        987,207       +37.3
Curacao                          Jan-Jul        223,376       +11.9
Grenada                          Jan-Apr         93,396         -7.0
Jamaica                          Jan-Jun        431,765        -11.0
Martinique                      Jan-Jun         94,262        -27.8
Puerto Rico                    Jan-Mar       453,352          -8.1
St. Lucia                         Jan-Jul        260,820        -19.5
St. Vincent & Gren.       Jan-Jun         50,519          -3.9
Trinidad & Tobago        Jan-Apr         40,939        -31.4
U.S. Virgin I.                 Jan-Jun     1,008,291          -8.4

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