MEDICAL, EXCEPT OPHTHALMIC: U.S. Imports for Consumption

Annual 1995 - 2000

Country	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	In 1,000 Dollars
Canada	183,773	196,006	244,859	253,200	299,350	325,246
LATIN AMERICA	1,003,677	1,153,187	1,315,887	1,403,157	1,556,623	2,009,340
Mexico	671,459	785,929	928,396	980,918	1,087,175	1,432,886
Argentina	2,726	2,355	2,495	3,031	2,218	2,563
Brazil	5,843	10,549	13,518	16,679	16,468	22,432
Colombia	973	1,575	1,912	1,367	1,678	2,050
Dominican Rep	282,641	301,171	307,788	330,852	359,021	360,316
EUROPEAN UNION	2,303,787	2,390,301	2,524,049	2,972,288	3,612,326	4,058,073
Belgium	25,413	20,537	34,906	34,229	30,252	29,273
France	239,910	256,840	275,583	289,860	326,387	327,266
Germany	1,127,104	1,106,855	1,077,759	1,260,467	1,447,169	1,555,097
Italy	109,177	113,220	111,117	122,870	134,790	133,074
Netherlands	191,373	200,771	242,368	279,730	324,126	380,373
United Kingdom	271,913	279,418	294,558	335,484	352,286	357,242
Turkey	257	256	252	440	504	2,255
N.I.S.	1,722	2,099	1,572	1,097	1,046	1,553
Russia	1,621	1,883	1,125	927	858	1,400
NEAR EAST	79,925	106,078	149,952	382,967	392,226	332,257
Egypt	5	60	36	182	463	116
Israel	109,177	105,903	149,001	382,094	390,632	331,543
Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	0	13	24	6	32	225
United Arab Em	0	0	496	438	1,069	72
EAST ASIA	2,266,882	2,485,477	2,613,427	2,908,850	2,923,170	3,274,665
China	206,792	331,527	342,000	326,739	329,025	329,002
Hong Kong	36,952	24,108	16,185	10,781	8,435	10,504
Taiwan	88,240	96,899	107,896	104,241	132,164	186,554
Japan	1,007,620	1,017,506	1,101,210	1,198,722	1,258,516	1,392,217
Australia	42,547	53,804	65,291	85,186	97,641	110,733
WORLD	6,127,028	6,675,806	7,201,050	8,358,409	9,288,861	10,589,765

Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S.International Trade Commission.