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Bahamas, The Trade Summary

2008

Bahamas, The exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BAHAMAS, THE 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Bahamas, The 2008

Exports and imports of Bahamas, The in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 702 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,230 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,225 products were exported to 82 countries and 3,998 products were imported from 64 countries.

Bahamas, The top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Bahamas, The exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Bahamas, The exports to United States worth US$ 490 million, with a partner share of 69.91 percent.
  2. Bahamas, The exports to Canada worth US$ 36 million, with a partner share of 5.18 percent.
  3. Bahamas, The exports to Germany worth US$ 31 million, with a partner share of 4.40 percent.
  4. Bahamas, The exports to France worth US$ 25 million, with a partner share of 3.60 percent.
  5. Bahamas, The exports to Netherlands worth US$ 21 million, with a partner share of 3.04 percent.

Top five countries from which Bahamas, The imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Bahamas, The imports from United States worth US$ 2,818 million, with a partner share of 87.24 percent.
  2. Bahamas, The imports from Venezuela worth US$ 168 million, with a partner share of 5.21 percent.
  3. Bahamas, The imports from Netherlands Antilles worth US$ 65 million, with a partner share of 2.03 percent.
  4. Bahamas, The imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 36 million, with a partner share of 1.13 percent.
  5. Bahamas, The imports from Japan worth US$ 26 million, with a partner share of 0.81 percent.

Bahamas, The Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Bahamas, The along with trade value are:

  1. Bahamas, The exported Expansible polystyrene, in primary forms , worth US$ 151,428.85 million.
  2. Bahamas, The exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 141,522.74 million.
  3. Bahamas, The exported Compounds with pyrimidine or piperazine ring; n , worth US$ 67,448.47 million.
  4. Bahamas, The exported Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish , worth US$ 64,957.50 million.
  5. Bahamas, The exported Rum and tafia , worth US$ 43,001.01 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Bahamas, The along with trade value are

  1. Bahamas, The imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 821,078.20 million.
  2. Bahamas, The imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 49,363.57 million.
  3. Bahamas, The imported Articles, iron or steel, nes , worth US$ 30,726.18 million.
  4. Bahamas, The imported Other food preparations, nes , worth US$ 29,238.87 million.
  5. Bahamas, The imported Polystyrene (excl. expansible), in primary form , worth US$ 28,924.08 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Bahamas, The in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Bahamas, The in 2008 are below

  • Bahamas, The GDP in current US dollar was 10,526 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 29,270.00 .
  • Bahamas, The Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.44.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -889.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 87.43 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 37.40 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Bahamas, The in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.12.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.52.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.43 and Bahamas, The Country Growth was 11.75 .