SUMMARY OF MERCHANDISE TRADE BY QUARTER, 1999 - 2004
	CIF VALUE OF MERCHANDISE IMPORTS (EC$) BY QUARTER, 1999-2004
		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% CHG. 2003/2004
	1st qtr	50,005,863	65,229,877	61,314,993	45,024,239	49,239,273	52,254,846	6.1
	2nd qtr	66,390,539	59,257,835	53,932,921	50,702,537	48,028,198	65,668,143	36.7
	3rd qtr	61,290,762	55,356,926	51,659,728	44,872,472	49,969,094	78,868,901	57.8
	4th qtr	70,396,473	75,343,880	42,895,150	48,113,177	60,060,600	79,792,474	32.9
	TOTAL	248,083,637	255,188,518	209,802,792	188,712,425	207,297,165	276,584,364	33.4
	FOB VALUE OF MERCHANDISE EXPORTS (EC$) BY QUARTER, 1999-2004
		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% CHG. 2003/2004
	1st qtr	802,977	2,545,440	1,903,239	2,403,621	2,504,765	2,315,732	(7.5)
	2nd qtr	1,878,189	1,931,086	1,478,362	3,727,525	2,432,604	1,868,187	(23.2)
	3rd qtr	1,661,969	1,575,769	2,679,679	3,794,582	5,014,831	3,703,239	(26.2)
	4th qtr	2,746,003	4,851,217	2,581,241	1,804,430	1,493,099	7,632,694	411.2
	TOTAL	7,089,138	10,903,512	8,642,521	11,730,158	11,445,299	15,519,852	35.6
	BALANCE OF MERCHANDISE TRADE (EC$) BY QUARTER, 1999-2004
		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% CHG. 2003/2004
	1st qtr	(49,202,886)	(62,684,437)	(59,411,754)	(42,620,618)	(46,734,508)	(49,939,114)	6.9
	2nd qtr	(64,512,350)	(57,326,749)	(52,454,559)	(46,975,012)	(45,595,594)	(63,799,956)	39.9
	3rd qtr	(59,628,793)	(53,781,157)	(48,980,049)	(41,077,890)	(44,954,263)	(75,165,662)	67.2
	4th qtr	(67,650,470)	(70,492,663)	(40,313,909)	(46,308,747)	(58,567,501)	(72,159,780)	23.2
	TOTAL	(240,994,499)	(244,285,006)	(201,160,271)	(176,982,267)	(195,851,866)	(261,064,512)	33.3