Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Economy > Spending on imports

DEFINITION: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Mexico	234.43 billion	2009
2	Brazil	121.56 billion	2009
3	Venezuela	44.61 billion	2009
4	Chile	44.14 billion	2009
5	Argentina	41.85 billion	2009
6	Colombia	33.52 billion	2009
7	Peru	18.68 billion	2009
8	Panama	12.65 billion	2009
9	Dominican Republic	11.86 billion	2009
10	Ecuador	10.4 billion	2009
11	Costa Rica	10.09 billion	2009
12	Cuba	9.43 billion	2008
13	Guatemala	6.27 billion	2009
14	El Salvador	6.24 billion	2009
15	Uruguay	6.09 billion	2009
16	Honduras	6.08 billion	2009
17	Trinidad and Tobago	6.07 billion	2005
18	Paraguay	4.74 billion	2009
19	The Bahamas	4.25 billion	2007
20	Bolivia	3.25 billion	2009
21	Nicaragua	2.77 billion	2009
22	Haiti	1.47 billion	2009
23	Barbados	1.33 billion	2003
24	Guyana	772.75 million	2002
25	Belize	714.85 million	2008
26	Antigua and Barbuda	479.43 million	2002
27	Saint Lucia	445.95 million	2000
28	Grenada	310.14 million	2000
29	Suriname	296.19 million	2000
30	Saint Kitts and Nevis	248.99 million	2000
31	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	219.93 million	2003
32	Dominica	185.17 million	2006

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