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Barbados Trade Summary

2012

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BARBADOS 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Barbados 2012

Exports and imports of Barbados in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 566 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,768 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,756 products were exported to 125 countries and 3,764 products were imported from 164 countries.

Barbados top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Barbados exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Barbados exports to United States worth US$ 149 million, with a partner share of 26.32 percent.
  2. Barbados exports to Unspecified worth US$ 137 million, with a partner share of 24.12 percent.
  3. Barbados exports to Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 65 million, with a partner share of 11.47 percent.
  4. Barbados exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 31 million, with a partner share of 5.52 percent.
  5. Barbados exports to Jamaica worth US$ 20 million, with a partner share of 3.46 percent.

Top five countries from which Barbados imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Barbados imports from United States worth US$ 549 million, with a partner share of 31.03 percent.
  2. Barbados imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 511 million, with a partner share of 28.90 percent.
  3. Barbados imports from Suriname worth US$ 110 million, with a partner share of 6.21 percent.
  4. Barbados imports from China worth US$ 74 million, with a partner share of 4.21 percent.
  5. Barbados imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 66 million, with a partner share of 3.75 percent.

Barbados Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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

  1. Barbados exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 137,156.95 million.
  2. Barbados exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 63,048.53 million.
  3. Barbados exported Rum and tafia , worth US$ 41,545.41 million.
  4. Barbados exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth US$ 34,269.64 million.
  5. Barbados exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 31,978.64 million.

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

  1. Barbados imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 533,918.80 million.
  2. Barbados imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 50,189.37 million.
  3. Barbados imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 20,378.32 million.
  4. Barbados imported Other food preparations, nes , worth US$ 16,686.46 million.
  5. Barbados imported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth US$ 16,359.53 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Barbados in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 871.30 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.04 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.42 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 134,996.09 and duty free tariff line items share was 14.13 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Barbados in 2012 are below

  • Barbados GDP in current US dollar was 4,610 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 16,150.00 .
  • Barbados Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.65.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -399.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 87.23 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 38.99 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Barbados in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.25.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.06.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.02 and Barbados Country Growth was -23.92 .