Figure 13. Ecological Footprint and biocapacity components, by region, 2005. [Note that the graphs are not drawn to the same scale.] At the national level, Footprint trade data tracks physical as opposed to the more familiar financial trade flows between countries. Figure W shows the per-person Footprint of imports and exports for each nation. For the European Union and for China, Table 4 shows the Footprint of imports and exports with their major trading partners in greater detail. In 2005, the European Union’s imports were equivalent to 5.4 percent
of the total global Footprint, or 827 million global hectares, from nations outside the EU. That same year, the Footprint of its exports was 629 million global. China’s Footprints of imports and exports in 2005 were, respectively, 541 million gha, equivalent to 3.6 percent of the total global Footprint, and 375 million gha.
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