A Dragon in Latin Lands

A DRAGON IN LATIN LANDS A. Duek & M. de Franceschi 80% 20% 141% 59% 32 % 0 18 % 3 13 % 7 0 33 % 75% 7 16 % 2 12 % 25% 91% 6.2 % 4.1 % 39% 34 % 6 61% 27 % 2 45% 21 % 0 55% 28 % 7 20 % 6. 6 42 % - 2.7 Million Sq.Km, 40 Million inhabitants - ARGENTINA 16 % 2 31 % 0 14 % 4.6 % 4.0 % inhabitants 2 27 % O 23 % 3 10 % 7.2 % 3.7 % 99% 1.2 Million Sq.Km, 29 Million inhabitants - PERU 82% PERU 1% 81% 18% 49% 86 % 3 25 % 6. 19% 51% 7 % 6 24 % 2 3 % 5 17 % 9 2 31 % 9 22 % 3 93 % O 15 % VENEZUELA 6 6.6 % 5 1 % 5.5 % -3.0 % 3.5 % 0.9 Million Sq.Km, 28 Million inhabitants VENEZUELA MEXICO 1.9 Million Sq.Km, 113 Million inhabitants - MEXICO 99% 1% 88% 12% 59 % 7 14 % 8 10 % 3 7 56 % 3 14 % 9 % 5.5 % 2.3 % World prices of commodities (1998-2012) [7] 400 Precious Metals Non-Energy Energy 350 300 250 200 150 100 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 How to read it The Latin American countries here presented are those defined as emergent economies by the International Monetary Fund. 2000 | 2010 Country X total trade in year Y [1] Each square represents the total of a Country's commodity trade in 2000 and 2010. 2000 | 2010 Within these squares, each of the smaller squares represent the total trade of a country with the largest extra-regional partners, i.e., China and USA. Selected partners' share of their total trade with Country X in year Y [2] Considering a country's total trade with China and the USA in 2000 and 2010, each square shows the share of both of these partners. All squares are equivalent to 100%. | USA All squares are comparable in scale. World USA+China China Exports of goods and services, annual average growth rate (2000-2010) [4] China's Emerging economies Country's R GDP, annual average growth rate (2000-2010) [3] China's Emerging economies * Country's Classification of goods, SITC codes - Rev. 3 [5] 0. Food and live animals 1. Beverages and tobacco 2. Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 3. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 4. Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 5. Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 6. Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 7. Machinery and transport equipment 8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9. Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC Size of a country X in 2010 [6] The diameter D represents a coun- try's surface area in square kilo- meters and the section of the circle's ring R represents a coun- try's total population. All circles are comparable in scale. (*) Based on International Monetary Fund list of 24 emerging economies (i.e., Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Estonia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela). SOURCES: [1], [2] and [5] United Nations Statistics Division, The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database; [3], [4] and [6] The World Bank, World Development Indicators; [7] The World Bank, Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheets). Visual Assessment © copyright 2013. All rights reserved www.visual-assessment.com - [email protected] CHILE - 0.7 Million Sq.Km, 17 Million inhabitants - CHILE ots - BRAZIL TI's visual presentation is a multi-layered composition that uses a different approach to content building and stor BRAZIL - 8.5 Million Sq.Km, 194 Milllon i ing. annual averages (2005=100) World Bank commodity price indices,