Today, APEC has 21 members, including all the major economies of the region and the most dynamic, fastest growing economies in the world. APEC members have a combined Gross Domestic Product of over $16 trillion and carry out 42% of world trade. Over the past decade, APEC has become the primary vehicle in the region to promote open trade and economic cooperation. APEC’s role has grown in recent years in both depth and scope and now encompasses trade liberalization, business facilitation, economic and technical cooperation, youth and women.
WWW site includes reports/documents from ministerial meetings, contact list of government procurement agencies for each member government, economic statistics on member economies, reports on working groups (including groups on trade data, trade promotion, telecommunications, energy, transportation, human resources development), publications list.