Table 14: Standardized Trade Balance* of Fruit in Developing Countries: Summary

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-0.09

		unit	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
1	North Africa	Trade Index	0.92	0.95	0.98	0.89	0.84	0.89	0.84	0.86	0.82	0.69	0.64
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Trade Index	0.44	0.45	0.42	0.37	0.31	0.37	45	0.42	0.37	0.31	0.37	0.38	0.41	0.31	0.43	0.50
3	Centr. America	Trade Index	0.90	0.91	0.91	0.92	0.91	0.89	0.89	0.85	0.78	0.70	0.82
4	South America	Trade Index	0.83	0.62	0.60	0.66	0.62	0.61	0.63	0.68	0.58	0.51	0.37
5	China	Trade Index	0.59	0.51 5	China	Trade Index	0.59	0.51	0.36	0.25	0.10	-0.08	0.07	-0.09	0.07	-0.05	-0.15
6	Near East in Asia	Trade Index	-0.19	-0.11	-0.17	-0.21	-0.14	-0.04	-0.04	-0.14	-0.17	-0.21	-0.20
7	East and S. East Asia	Trade Index	-0.34	0.03	0.02	0.01	-0.02	-0.03	-0.11	-0.09	-0.04	-0.03	0.00
-0.04	-0.03	0.00
8	South Asia	Trade Index	0.20	0.12	0.11	0.29	0.21	0.19	0.47	0.39	0.27	0.22	0.18
9	Oceania D.ing	Trade Index	-0.69	-0.70	-0.75	-0.75	-0.82	-0.78	-0.87	-0.88	-0.86	-0.69	-0.38

Source: World Tables on Fruit and Vegetable Development (derived from FAO database)
* = (Export in value - Import in value)/( Export in value + Import in value)

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