Table 1: Exports of Agricultural Products of selected Economies in 2000 and 2004
(Value in Million Dollars)  Percentage share of agriculture in economy's total merchandise trade
  2000 2004 2000 2004**
World 552185 783103   8.8
Major Developed Nations
Australia 16446 22101 26.6 22.8
  (2.98) (2.82)    
Canada 34789 40100 12.6 12.7
  (6.30) (5.12)    
European Union 229313 344523 9.4 9.3
  (41.53) (43.99)    
Intra-EU 173280 266113 10.5 10.6
  (31.38) (33.98)    
Extra-EU 56033 78410 7.1 6.5
  (10.15) (10.01)    
United States 59404 79567 9.1 9.7
  (10.76) (10.16)    
Major Developing Countries
Brazil 15467 30853 28.1 32.0
  (2.80) (3.94)    
China 16384 24121 6.6 4.1
  (2.97) (3.08)    
India* 6401 8964 14.1 11.6
  (1.16) (1.14)    
Indonesia 7761 12366 11.9 17.1
  (1.41) (1.58)    
Korea 4298 4984 2.5 2.0
  (0.78) (0.64)    
Malysia 8015 13127 8.2 10.4
  (1.45) (1.68)    
Sri Lanka* 1093 1199 20.1 20.8
  (0.20) (0.15)    
Thailand* 12242 16266 17.7 16.7
  (2.22) (2.08)    
Viet Nam* 3954 - 27.4 28.0
  (0.72) -    
Least Developed Countries
Bangladesh 426 571 6.7 7.0
  (0.08) (0.07)    
Ethiopia# 406 - 83.5 88.0
  (0.07) -    
Madagascar 298 - 36.5 59.2
  (0.05) -    
Sudan 395 - 21.9 16.0
  (0.07) -    
Tanzania 432 618 65.9 42.2
  (0.08) (0.08)    
Figures in the round bracket are the percentage share of the respective countries in the world ariculture  export.
 * : Includes Secretariate estimates, ** : Or nearest year, # : Land locked developing country
Source: International Trade Statistics 2005, World Trade Organisation