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Jamaica Trade Summary

2013

Jamaica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAMAICA 2013

Overall Exports and Imports for Jamaica 2013

Exports and imports of Jamaica in 2013 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,569 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,216 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,520 products were exported to 116 countries and 3,619 products were imported from 123 countries.

Jamaica top 5 Export and Import partners 2013

Top five countries to which Jamaica exported in 2013 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Jamaica exports to United States worth US$ 771 million, with a partner share of 49.12 percent.
  2. Jamaica exports to Canada worth US$ 225 million, with a partner share of 14.34 percent.
  3. Jamaica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 109 million, with a partner share of 6.91 percent.
  4. Jamaica exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 81 million, with a partner share of 5.18 percent.
  5. Jamaica exports to Slovenia worth US$ 63 million, with a partner share of 4.04 percent.

Top five countries from which Jamaica imported goods in 2013 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Jamaica imports from United States worth US$ 2,123 million, with a partner share of 34.15 percent.
  2. Jamaica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 928 million, with a partner share of 14.94 percent.
  3. Jamaica imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 765 million, with a partner share of 12.30 percent.
  4. Jamaica imports from China worth US$ 333 million, with a partner share of 5.35 percent.
  5. Jamaica imports from Mexico worth US$ 272 million, with a partner share of 4.38 percent.

Jamaica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2013

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$ 529,862.54 million.
  2. Jamaica exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 333,693.72 million.
  3. Jamaica exported Aluminium ores and concentrates , worth US$ 129,394.48 million.
  4. Jamaica exported Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of alcoholic strengt , worth US$ 85,249.97 million.
  5. Jamaica exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth US$ 52,603.71 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$ 1,265,744.20 million.
  2. Jamaica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 921,209.94 million.
  3. Jamaica imported Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of alcoholic strengt , worth US$ 149,733.35 million.
  4. Jamaica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 139,220.65 million.
  5. Jamaica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 114,385.54 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2013

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2013 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2013

Tariffs imposed by Jamaica in 2013 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 40 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.88 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.59 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,307,835.98 and duty free tariff line items share was 9.46 percent.

Development Indicators 2013

Key Development Indicators of Jamaica in 2013 are below

  • Jamaica GDP in current US dollar was 14,264 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 5,170.00 .
  • Jamaica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -22.11.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -3,154.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 83.26 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 33.75 .

Trade Indicators 2013

Trade Indicators for Jamaica in 2013 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.12.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.14.
  • World Growth in percentage was 1.18 and Jamaica Country Growth was 2.33 .