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Jamaica Trade Summary

2006

Jamaica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAMAICA 2006

Overall Exports and Imports for Jamaica 2006

Exports and imports of Jamaica in 2006 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,989 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 5,041 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,390 products were exported to 94 countries and 3,913 products were imported from 112 countries.

Jamaica top 5 Export and Import partners 2006

Top five countries to which Jamaica exported in 2006 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Jamaica exports to United States worth US$ 605 million, with a partner share of 30.44 percent.
  2. Jamaica exports to Canada worth US$ 309 million, with a partner share of 15.56 percent.
  3. Jamaica exports to China worth US$ 301 million, with a partner share of 15.11 percent.
  4. Jamaica exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 205 million, with a partner share of 10.29 percent.
  5. Jamaica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 139 million, with a partner share of 6.98 percent.

Top five countries from which Jamaica imported goods in 2006 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Jamaica imports from United States worth US$ 1,854 million, with a partner share of 36.77 percent.
  2. Jamaica imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 581 million, with a partner share of 11.52 percent.
  3. Jamaica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 540 million, with a partner share of 10.70 percent.
  4. Jamaica imports from Japan worth US$ 212 million, with a partner share of 4.20 percent.
  5. Jamaica imports from China worth US$ 207 million, with a partner share of 4.10 percent.

Jamaica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2006

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$ 1,040,541.36 million.
  2. Jamaica exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 268,005.80 million.
  3. Jamaica exported Aluminium ores and concentrates , worth US$ 113,566.33 million.
  4. Jamaica exported Ferrous waste and scrap, iron or steel, nes , worth US$ 97,044.23 million.
  5. Jamaica exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth US$ 89,691.28 million.

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

  1. Jamaica imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 742,840.97 million.
  2. Jamaica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 447,072.43 million.
  3. Jamaica imported Saturated monohydric alcohols, nes , worth US$ 110,964.25 million.
  4. Jamaica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 101,839.36 million.
  5. Jamaica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 91,271.16 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2006

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2006 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2006

Tariffs imposed by Jamaica in 2006 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.14 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.91 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 2,170,672.04 and duty free tariff line items share was 44.66 percent.

Development Indicators 2006

Key Development Indicators of Jamaica in 2006 are below

  • Jamaica GDP in current US dollar was 11,930 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,180.00 .
  • Jamaica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -20.48.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,444.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 100.75 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 39.14 .

Trade Indicators 2006

Trade Indicators for Jamaica in 2006 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.25.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.64 and Jamaica Country Growth was 10.96 .