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Jamaica Trade Summary

1999

Jamaica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAMAICA 1999

Overall Exports and Imports for Jamaica 1999

Exports and imports of Jamaica in 1999 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,239 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,904 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,185 products were exported to 85 countries and 4,036 products were imported from 117 countries.

Jamaica top 5 Export and Import partners 1999

Top five countries to which Jamaica exported in 1999 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Jamaica exports to United States worth US$ 463 million, with a partner share of 37.34 percent.
  2. Jamaica exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 158 million, with a partner share of 12.74 percent.
  3. Jamaica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 145 million, with a partner share of 11.71 percent.
  4. Jamaica exports to Canada worth US$ 136 million, with a partner share of 10.93 percent.
  5. Jamaica exports to Norway worth US$ 85 million, with a partner share of 6.89 percent.

Top five countries from which Jamaica imported goods in 1999 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Jamaica imports from United States worth US$ 1,399 million, with a partner share of 48.18 percent.
  2. Jamaica imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 288 million, with a partner share of 9.93 percent.
  3. Jamaica imports from Japan worth US$ 179 million, with a partner share of 6.17 percent.
  4. Jamaica imports from Canada worth US$ 96 million, with a partner share of 3.32 percent.
  5. Jamaica imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 96 million, with a partner share of 3.30 percent.

Jamaica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1999

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 US$ 627,981.63 million.
  2. Jamaica exported Panty hose, etc, of synthetic fibres, <67decite , worth US$ 95,559.02 million.
  3. Jamaica exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth US$ 87,376.86 million.
  4. Jamaica exported Aluminium ores and concentrates , worth US$ 56,016.98 million.
  5. Jamaica exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth US$ 30,844.45 million.

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

  1. Jamaica imported Panty hose, etc, of synthetic fibres, <67decite , worth US$ 90,317.75 million.
  2. Jamaica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 73,080.13 million.
  3. Jamaica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 58,537.03 million.
  4. Jamaica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 54,923.11 million.
  5. Jamaica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 49,241.07 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1999

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1999 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1999

Tariffs imposed by Jamaica in 1999 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 40 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 18.19 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 16.67 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 150,769.09 and duty free tariff line items share was 4.95 percent.

Development Indicators 1999

Key Development Indicators of Jamaica in 1999 are below

  • Jamaica GDP in current US dollar was 8,887 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,160.00 .
  • Jamaica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -6.16.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -547.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 84.23 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 37.15 .

Trade Indicators 1999

Trade Indicators for Jamaica in 1999 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.21.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.32.
  • World Growth in percentage was 2.52 and Jamaica Country Growth was -5.57 .