Jle !fgur::.for the Unired Srates were 9107,400 mitlion and for Japan$69,900 million. , ?/ The third too,5 convention between the European connunity and the African,Caribbean and Pacific States ras signed on 8 Decenber 1984. The 66 African,Caribbean and Pacific countries that have signed the Convention are: Africa:Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Caneroon, Cape Verde, CenElAfrican Republic, Chad, Co,morog, Congo, Djibouti, gquatorial Guinea, Ethiopia,Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,!['adagascar, lrialawir t'lauritania, Mauritius, l,[ozambigue, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda,sao Tom and Principe, senegal, seychelles, sierra Leone, somalia, sudan,Swazilandr To9o, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe;9aribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Baharnas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada,Guyana, Jamaica, saint chrisEopher and Nevis, saint Lucia, saint vincent andthe Grenadines, Surinane, Trinidad and Tobago; pacific: Fiji, Kiribati, papua New Guinea, solomon rslands, ifestern samoa, tonG, ruvaru, vanuatu. 9/ - The aims of lhe STABEX systero are set out in article l4Z, paragraph 1, ofthe Lom6 Convention: "t{ith the ain of renedying the harnful effects of the instability ofexport earnings anil to help the ACP States overcome one of the main obstaclesto the stability, profitabiltty and sustained growth of their econonies, tosuPPort their development efforts and to enable them in this way to ensureeconomic and social progress for their peoples by helping to safeguard theirpurchasing pooer, a systen shall be operated to guarantee the stabilisation ofearnings derived fron the AcP statesr exports to the Cornmunity or otherdestinations of products on shich their'economies are dependent and which areaffected by fhrctuaEions in price or quant,ity or both these factors.,,
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing economic and trade-related agreements between the European Community and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) states. The mention of export earnings, stabilization of earnings, and safeguarding purchasing power suggests a focus on economic development and international trade. Additionally, the text mentions the STABEX system, which is likely related to the stabilization of export earnings.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development