Sources of Imports (in %)
Region	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Arab	8.4	9.3	8.6	9.0	12.3	12.9	10.8	12.8	12.4	14.2	15.3
EU	49.9	47.5	46.4	46.4	44.1	42.0	43.5	42.7	38.5	38.5	36.0
Other Europe	11.1	13.2	13.0	13.5	14.9	14.8	12.9	11.5	15.1	17.0	12.1
NAFTA	11.7	10.1	9.9	8.8	8.0	7.6	7.7	6.5	6.4	6.3	11.2
Rest of the World	18.9	20.0	22.0	22.4	20.7	22.6	25.1	26.5	27.6	24.0	24.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total imports(mn $)	7,559	7,456	7,060	6,206	6,228	7,291	6,445	7,138	9,397	9,340	9,398
growth rate		-1.4%	-5.3%	-12.1%	0.4%	17.1%	-11.6%	11.2%	31.6%	-0.6%	0.6%
	Destination of Exports (in %)
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Arab	48.6	49.0	47.6	43.4	46.0	44.6	48.7	41.8	46.1	53.5	44.0
O/W GCC (Gulf)						23.0	24.0	19.0	18.8	23.5	21.7
EU	22.9	23.1	25.5	22.4	20.0	19.3	14.2	9.4	8.8	9.5	11.0
Other Europe	7.2	6.8	7.6	10.0	10.9	11.6	16.0	22.2	12.6	9.4	22.0
NAFTA	4.8	6.7	7.5	6.2	7.6	9.3	5.8	4.8	3.2	3.8	2.7
Rest of the World	16.6	14.3	11.8	18.0	15.6	15.2	15.3	21.8	29.3	23.8	20.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total exports (mn $)	733	642	661	677	714	889	1,045	1,524	1,747	1,880	2,283
growth rate		-12.4%	3.0%	2.4%	5.5%	24.5%	17.5%	45.8%	14.6%	7.6%	21.4%
Coverage ratio	9.7%	8.6%	9.4%	10.9%	11.5%	12.2%	16.2%	21.3%	18.6%	20.0%	24.3%