384&5 TOTAL MEDICAL AND OPHTHALMIC: U.S. Imports
for Consumption
Annual 1994 - 1999
| Country |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
| In 1,000 Dollars |
| Canada |
160,676 |
193,522 |
209,034 |
262,728 |
289,622 |
328,839 |
| LATIN
AMERICA |
781,343 |
1,047,450 |
1,188,646 |
1,351,400 |
1,451,824 |
1,617,848 |
| Mexico |
569,272 |
716,948 |
826,083 |
974,141 |
1,045,657 |
1,158,988 |
| Argentina |
2,183 |
3,659 |
2,478 |
2,505 |
3,034 |
2,259 |
| Brazil |
7,120 |
6,164 |
9,786 |
9,013 |
9,905 |
11,718 |
| Colombia |
892 |
868 |
1,402 |
1,785 |
1,317 |
1,686 |
| Dominican Rep |
159,985 |
279,620 |
296,600 |
301,827 |
321,217 |
352,428 |
| EUROPEAN
UNION |
2,517,244 |
2,844,412 |
2,987,219 |
3,119,272 |
3,576,495 |
4,197,467 |
| Belgium |
27,280 |
26,765 |
22,071 |
37,256 |
35,979 |
32,123 |
| France |
325,599 |
328,583 |
338,269 |
361,771 |
367,376 |
398,541 |
| Germany |
1,024,268 |
1,165,256 |
1,136,455 |
1,105,158 |
1,293,642 |
1,465,208 |
| Italy |
343,669 |
409,963 |
493,157 |
484,147 |
502,681 |
497,993 |
| Netherlands |
188,017 |
194,193 |
201,615 |
242,832 |
280,393 |
325,321 |
| United Kingdom |
273,238 |
308,390 |
327,189 |
344,978 |
387,641 |
418,448 |
| Turkey |
316 |
299 |
296 |
337 |
460 |
509 |
| N.I.S. |
837 |
1,812 |
2,120 |
1,689 |
1,084 |
1,154 |
| Russia |
822 |
1,712 |
1,904 |
1,175 |
970 |
940 |
| NEAR EAST |
82,354 |
87,273 |
113,123 |
155,466 |
387,672 |
394,681 |
| Egypt |
7 |
5 |
80 |
36 |
182 |
465 |
| Israel |
76,857 |
81,338 |
107,762 |
150,397 |
383,550 |
388,511 |
| Kuwait |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
6 |
0 |
13 |
24 |
6 |
32 |
| United Arab Em |
2 |
0 |
0 |
496 |
438 |
1,069 |
| EAST ASIA |
2,297,367 |
2,465,351 |
2,605,930 |
2,883,422 |
3,210,212 |
3,435,527 |
| China |
233,911 |
336,728 |
464,682 |
579,302 |
658,774 |
745,040 |
| Hong Kong |
106,787 |
137,929 |
140,665 |
150,452 |
153,235 |
164,063 |
| Taiwan |
254,753 |
235,473 |
246,129 |
256,964 |
257,400 |
268,552 |
| Japan |
1,253,048 |
1,256,321 |
1,249,351 |
1,323,478 |
1,444,663 |
1,538,649 |
| Australia |
41,804 |
43,173 |
55,235 |
65,090 |
88,344 |
103,691 |
| WORLD |
6,108,258 |
6,924,190 |
7,433,039 |
8,130,446 |
9,356,652 |
10,485,548 |
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.