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Jamaica Trade Summary

1996

Jamaica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAMAICA 1996

Overall Exports and Imports for Jamaica 1996

Exports and imports of Jamaica in 1996 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,387 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,916 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 991 products were exported to 88 countries and 2,770 products were imported from 126 countries.

Jamaica top 5 Export and Import partners 1996

Top five countries to which Jamaica exported in 1996 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Jamaica exports to United States worth US$ 514 million, with a partner share of 37.09 percent.
  2. Jamaica exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 184 million, with a partner share of 13.24 percent.
  3. Jamaica exports to Canada worth US$ 164 million, with a partner share of 11.79 percent.
  4. Jamaica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 124 million, with a partner share of 8.91 percent.
  5. Jamaica exports to Norway worth US$ 91 million, with a partner share of 6.54 percent.

Top five countries from which Jamaica imported goods in 1996 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Jamaica imports from United States worth US$ 1,526 million, with a partner share of 52.34 percent.
  2. Jamaica imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 243 million, with a partner share of 8.33 percent.
  3. Jamaica imports from Japan worth US$ 164 million, with a partner share of 5.61 percent.
  4. Jamaica imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 116 million, with a partner share of 3.98 percent.
  5. Jamaica imports from Canada worth US$ 88 million, with a partner share of 3.01 percent.

Jamaica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1996

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

  1. Jamaica exported Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum , worth 607,013.25 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Jamaica exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 110,355.09 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Jamaica exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth 109,228.83 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Jamaica exported Aluminium ores and concentrates , worth 78,350.14 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Jamaica exported Panty hose, etc, of synthetic fibres, <67decite , worth 74,578.58 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Jamaica imported Parts of garments or clothing accessories, nes , worth 142,296.36 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Jamaica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 89,631.06 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Jamaica imported Panty hose, etc, of synthetic fibres, <67decite , worth 66,061.73 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Jamaica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 63,979.66 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Jamaica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 62,054.87 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1996

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1996 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1996

Tariffs imposed by Jamaica in 1996 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 40 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 21.07 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 17.85 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 158,929.45 and duty free tariff line items share was 5.58 percent.

Development Indicators 1996

Key Development Indicators of Jamaica in 1996 are below

  • Jamaica GDP in current US dollar was 7,394 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,550.00 .
  • Jamaica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.22.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -534.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 97.72 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 37.21 .

Trade Indicators 1996

Trade Indicators for Jamaica in 1996 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.22.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.04.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.55 and Jamaica Country Growth was 5.21 .