Statistical Bulletin Latin America - Asia Pacific Number 1 (First half 2012)

Abstract

Bilateral trade flows between Latin America and Asia-Pacific have increased steadily during the past six years, rising threefold over this period: in the first half of 2012 average monthly exports from the Asia-Pacific region exceeded USD$15 billion, compared with USD$5 billion in the first half of 2006. Similarly, imports increased by a factor of 2.3.