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Note that trade figures for "agriculture" do not correspond exactly with the activities under negotiation since they include fisheries products.

1. World trade in agricultural products, 1998

Value $bn	553
Annual change %
1980–85	-2
1985–90	9
1990–98	4
1996	3
1997	-2
1998	-5
Share in world merchandise trade %	10.5
Share in world exports of primary products %	52.4

Source: WTO Annual Report 1999, table IV.3, includes intra-EU trade

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