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Guyana Trade Summary

2008

Guyana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GUYANA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Guyana 2008

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

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 830 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,346 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,378 products were exported to 95 countries and 3,120 products were imported from 117 countries.

Guyana top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

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

  1. Guyana exports to Canada worth US$ 215 million, with a partner share of 25.94 percent.
  2. Guyana exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 140 million, with a partner share of 16.91 percent.
  3. Guyana exports to United States worth US$ 116 million, with a partner share of 13.99 percent.
  4. Guyana exports to Jamaica worth US$ 44 million, with a partner share of 5.34 percent.
  5. Guyana exports to Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 32 million, with a partner share of 3.91 percent.

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

  1. Guyana imports from United States worth US$ 377 million, with a partner share of 27.99 percent.
  2. Guyana imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 297 million, with a partner share of 22.07 percent.
  3. Guyana imports from Venezuela worth US$ 167 million, with a partner share of 12.44 percent.
  4. Guyana imports from Suriname worth US$ 81 million, with a partner share of 6.02 percent.
  5. Guyana imports from China worth US$ 76 million, with a partner share of 5.66 percent.

Guyana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Guyana exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 205,515.75 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Guyana exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth 147,534.71 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Guyana exported Aluminium ores and concentrates , worth 129,378.09 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Guyana exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 53,907.29 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Guyana exported Husked (brown) rice , worth 50,316.68 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Guyana imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 398,770.96 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Guyana imported Self-propelled excavating machinery nes , worth 26,842.20 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Guyana imported Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar , worth 23,409.86 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Guyana imported Butanes, liquefied , worth 22,795.55 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Guyana imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 21,870.81 (US$ Thousands).

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 Guyana in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.35 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.31 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 632,068.84 and duty free tariff line items share was 20.38 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Guyana in 2008 are below

  • Guyana GDP in current US dollar was 3,025 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,820.00 .
  • Guyana Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 17.75 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Guyana in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.81.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Guyana Country Growth was 10.76 .