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Jamaica Trade Summary

2009

Jamaica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAMAICA 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Jamaica 2009

Exports and imports of Jamaica in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,316 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 5,064 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,764 products were exported to 109 countries and 3,610 products were imported from 117 countries.

Jamaica top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Jamaica exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Jamaica exports to United States worth US$ 649 million, with a partner share of 49.32 percent.
  2. Jamaica exports to Canada worth US$ 132 million, with a partner share of 10.00 percent.
  3. Jamaica exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 130 million, with a partner share of 9.85 percent.
  4. Jamaica exports to Norway worth US$ 51 million, with a partner share of 3.86 percent.
  5. Jamaica exports to Iceland worth US$ 41 million, with a partner share of 3.10 percent.

Top five countries from which Jamaica imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Jamaica imports from United States worth US$ 1,863 million, with a partner share of 36.78 percent.
  2. Jamaica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 648 million, with a partner share of 12.80 percent.
  3. Jamaica imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 547 million, with a partner share of 10.81 percent.
  4. Jamaica imports from China worth US$ 228 million, with a partner share of 4.51 percent.
  5. Jamaica imports from Brazil worth US$ 127 million, with a partner share of 2.51 percent.

Jamaica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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$ 364,310.02 million.
  2. Jamaica exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 213,812.48 million.
  3. Jamaica exported Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of alcoholic strengt , worth US$ 170,416.19 million.
  4. Jamaica exported Aluminium ores and concentrates , worth US$ 84,922.12 million.
  5. Jamaica exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth US$ 72,331.01 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$ 851,212.39 million.
  2. Jamaica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 498,370.22 million.
  3. Jamaica imported Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of alcoholic strengt , worth US$ 140,936.49 million.
  4. Jamaica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 134,445.43 million.
  5. Jamaica imported Sodium hydroxide in aqueous solution (soda lye , worth US$ 78,347.73 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Jamaica in 2009 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 2009

Key Development Indicators of Jamaica in 2009 are below

  • Jamaica GDP in current US dollar was 12,120 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,440.00 .
  • Jamaica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -17.93.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,173.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 86.89 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 37.38 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Jamaica in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.16.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.25.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.19 and Jamaica Country Growth was -27.85 .