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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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72 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation reachedUSD16.8billionandimportsUSD20billion up53percentand59per cent respectively incomparisonto2007 .Argentina ontheotherhand exportedUSD2.2billionandimportedUSD2.7billion fallsof58percentand 47percent respectively incomparisonto2007 .Argentinasdeclinecanbe explainedbyseveralchangesinimportpolicy suchasnonautomaticlicensing procedures implementedinthesecondsemesterof2008. WithregardtoMERCOSURstradebalance asonemightexpect thedifference betweenthelowergrowthratesofexportsin comparisontoimportscaused MERCOSURtoregisterthefirstdeficitinitstradebalancein2006 USD875 million .Thatyearrepresentstheinflectionpointofthecurveaftermanyyearsof positivesurplus:subsequently thedeficitreachedroughlyUSD3billionin2007and USD5billionin2008.AcontributoryfactorinthisreversalisthatimportsfromChina areconcentratedinproductsofhigheraggregatevalue whilebasicproductsrepresent mostof MERCOSURsexports.Inthe wakeofthe worldfinancialcrisis basic productssufferedmorefromthefallininternationalpricesformineralandagricultural commodities especiallyinthesecondsemesterof2008. Ingeneral thetwosmallerMERCOSURpartners UruguayandParaguay donotsignificantlyaffectMERCOSURexportfigures.Intheperiod20022008 Uruguaysaverageexportsto Chinaamountedto USD 126 millionayear approximately1to2percentofMERCOSURsexports .Paraguaysaverage wasevenlowerin20022008:USD23million accountingforlessthan0.5per cent of MERCOSURs exports. The impact of the two partners on MERCOSURsimportsismoresignificant however.Asshownbelow Uruguay andParaguayareresponsibleforanenduringdeficitin MERCOSURstrade balance withapeakof14.1percentoftotalimportsin2006 USD1.6billion 犜犪犫犾犲4 犆狅狀狊狅犾犻犱犪狋犲犱犜狉犪犱犲犫犲狋狑犲犲狀犝狉狌犵狌犪狔 犘犪狉犪犵狌犪狔犪狀犱犆犺犻狀犪 20022008 Exports Imports Surplus 2002 111 304 3.0 286 679 12.0 -175 375 2003 112 108 1.6 361 660 10.6 -249 552 2004 157 407 1.9 661 181 10.8 -503 774 2005 189 222 1.9 958 451 10.6 -769 229 2006 184 794 1.5 825 514 13.5 -1 640 720 2007 214 119 1.3 163 477 10.3 -1 949 358 2008 264 590 1.1 379 310 10.5 -3 114 720 Source:SICOEX.