UCLA Center for East Asian Studies 


World Trade and the Los Angeles Region
Los Angeles Customs District

1996

This chart shows the importance of Asia in share of world trade passing through Los Angeles.
 
Region
  Exports 
(thousands)
Imports 
(thousands)
Total 
(thousands)
         
  Canada 478,494 679,458 1,157,952
  Mexico 356,901 508,428 865,329
  Greenland, etc. 59 1,325 1,384
North America   835,454 1,189,211 2,024,665
         
  Central America 232,412 337,519 569,931
  Caribbean 40,223 71,835 112,058
  South America 1,246,608 1,619,965 2,866,573
Latin America   1,519,243 2,029,318 3,548,561
         
  Western Europe 9,774,737 8,738,212 18,512,949
  Eastern Europe 285,905 161,138 447,043
Europe   10,060,642 8,899,350 18,959,992
         
  Middle East 908,779 1,017,337 1,926,116
  South and Southeast Asia 13,149,781 23,079,599 36,229,380
  East Asia 36,202,600 63,584,287 99,786,887
Asia   50,261,160 87,681,224 137,942,384
         
  Australia 5,022,304 591,763 5,614,067
  Oceania 935,392 462,382 1,397,774
Australia-Oceania   5,957,697 1,054,145 7,011,842
         
Africa   289,054 331,568 620,622
         
Total   $68,923,249 $101,184,818 $170,108,067
         
 
 Source: United States Customs Service, Los Angeles Customs District.
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