During this period, the overall share of China’s exports to the region as percentage of its worldwide exports, although small, increased slightly from 2.71% in 1999 to 3.09% in 2004. China’s top five export destinations in Latin America
in 2004 were Mexico ($5 billion), Brazil ($3.7 billion), Panama ($2.2 billion), Chile ($1.7 billion), and Argentina ($852 million).