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periods considered. For ASEAN cereals moved to the 6th place. For OIC crude rubber seems to
use its 5th place to the benefit of cereals.
Table 2. 2 Top 5 Export Products of Major Trade Blocs
2016
2014-2016
Average
2008-2016
Average
Share # Share
#
Share
#
NAFTA
Cereals
14.7
2
15.6
2
17.6
1
Vegetables, fruit
18.9
1
17.9
1
16.3
2
Oil-seeds
13.2
3
12.6
3
12.6
3
Meat
9.7
4
9.8
4
9.8
4
Feeding stuff for animals
5.9
6
6.4
6
5.9
5
Cork, wood
6.8
5
6.6
5
5.8
6
MERCOSUR
Oil-seeds
21.2
1
22.5
1
19.7
1
Meat
15.3
2
15.8
2
15.8
2
Feeding stuff for animals
14.7
3
15.4
3
14.3
3
Cereals
11.4
4
10.5
4
10.9
4
Sugars
9.7
5
8.2
5
9.5
5
ASEAN
Oils, fats, waxe
22.7
1
22.9
1
24.5
1
Crude rubber
10.1
4
10.3
4
14.0
2
Fish
12.9
2
13.1
2
13.6
3
Vegetables, fruit
11.5
3
11.1
3
9.3
4
Cereals
7.1
6
7.3
6
8.0
5
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices
8.6
5
8.4
5
7.6
6
EU-28
Beverages, tobacco
15.4
1
15.2
1
15.3
1
Vegetables, fruit
14.5
2
14.1
2
14.1
2
Meat
10.7
3
10.7
3
11.0
3
Cereals
10.0
4
10.3
4
10.3
4
Dairy
9.1
5
9.7
5
9.9
5
OIC
Oils, fats, waxe
23.6
1
24.2
1
25.5
1
Vegetables, fruit
17.6
2
17.4
2
15.9
2
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices
11.6
3
11.3
3
10.9
3
Fish
8.8
4
8.3
4
8.0
4
Crude rubber
4.6
7
5.1
6
7.9
5
Cereals
7.6
5
7.4
5
7.2
6
World
Vegetables, fruit
16.2
1
15.5
1
14.6
1
Cereals
10.4
2
10.9
2
11.4
2
Beverages, tobacco
9.5
3
9.3
3
9.3
3
Meat
8.8
5
8.9
4
8.9
4
Fish
8.9
4
8.6
5
8.3
5
Source: ITC Macmap, CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’
calculations.
Note: Colors represent the rankings. For OIC, NAFTA and ASEAN, 2016 ranking differs from the 2008-16
average and more than 5 product divisions appear in the table.