Loading..

Barbados Trade Summary

2018

Barbados exports, imports, tariff by year.
Barbados monthly trade data
Barbados quarterly trade data

Country and Region
Year
For at a glance i.e. latest available trade, tariff, trade barriers and other trade related data Click Here.
Please note the exports, imports and tariff data are based on reported data and not gap filled. Please check the Data Availability for coverage.

Imports/Exports


Products

TRADE SUMMARY FOR BARBADOS 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Barbados 2018

Exports and imports of Barbados in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 458 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,600 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,693 products were exported to 138 countries and 3,740 products were imported from 172 countries.

Barbados top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Barbados exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Barbados exports to Unspecified worth US$ 109 million, with a partner share of 23.85 percent.
  2. Barbados exports to United States worth US$ 104 million, with a partner share of 22.65 percent.
  3. Barbados exports to Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 32 million, with a partner share of 6.92 percent.
  4. Barbados exports to Guyana worth US$ 27 million, with a partner share of 5.88 percent.
  5. Barbados exports to Jamaica worth US$ 23 million, with a partner share of 4.99 percent.

Top five countries from which Barbados imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Barbados imports from United States worth US$ 632 million, with a partner share of 39.49 percent.
  2. Barbados imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 286 million, with a partner share of 17.86 percent.
  3. Barbados imports from China worth US$ 94 million, with a partner share of 5.90 percent.
  4. Barbados imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 66 million, with a partner share of 4.12 percent.
  5. Barbados imports from Japan worth US$ 41 million, with a partner share of 2.57 percent.

Barbados Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 109,154.83 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Barbados exported Rum and tafia , worth 40,752.91 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Barbados exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 23,714.74 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Barbados exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 21,642.37 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Barbados exported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 20,283.54 (US$ Thousands).

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 354,400.23 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Barbados imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 39,123.32 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Barbados imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 23,166.55 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Barbados imported Other food preparations, nes , worth 21,750.52 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Barbados imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 18,401.16 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Barbados in 2018 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 2018

Key Development Indicators of Barbados in 2018 are below

  • Barbados GDP in current US dollar was 5,097 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 17,020.00 .
  • Barbados Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.41.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -225.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 75.46 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was not available .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Barbados in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.00.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.91 and Barbados Country Growth was 0.36 .