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Jamaica Trade Summary

2018

Jamaica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAMAICA 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Jamaica 2018

Exports and imports of Jamaica in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,961 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,171 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,557 products were exported to 114 countries and 3,701 products were imported from 121 countries.

Jamaica top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Jamaica exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Jamaica exports to United States worth US$ 590 million, with a partner share of 30.07 percent.
  2. Jamaica exports to Norway worth US$ 284 million, with a partner share of 14.51 percent.
  3. Jamaica exports to Canada worth US$ 219 million, with a partner share of 11.17 percent.
  4. Jamaica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 212 million, with a partner share of 10.79 percent.
  5. Jamaica exports to Iceland worth US$ 123 million, with a partner share of 6.26 percent.

Top five countries from which Jamaica imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Jamaica imports from United States worth US$ 2,762 million, with a partner share of 44.76 percent.
  2. Jamaica imports from China worth US$ 401 million, with a partner share of 6.50 percent.
  3. Jamaica imports from Colombia worth US$ 357 million, with a partner share of 5.79 percent.
  4. Jamaica imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 351 million, with a partner share of 5.69 percent.
  5. Jamaica imports from Japan worth US$ 257 million, with a partner share of 4.16 percent.

Jamaica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 1,122,139.41 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Jamaica exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 277,878.88 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Jamaica exported Aluminium ores and concentrates , worth 100,289.32 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Jamaica exported Other fruit, etc, prepared or preserved, nes , worth 46,452.19 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Jamaica exported Rum and tafia , worth 45,798.91 (US$ Thousands).

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 981,820.30 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Jamaica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 516,498.99 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Jamaica imported Sodium hydroxide in aqueous solution (soda lye , worth 208,576.13 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Jamaica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 160,139.92 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Jamaica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 144,544.26 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Jamaica in 2018 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 2018

Key Development Indicators of Jamaica in 2018 are below

  • Jamaica GDP in current US dollar was 15,731 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 5,230.00 .
  • Jamaica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -12.85.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,021.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 89.98 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 39.64 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Jamaica in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.11.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.29.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.91 and Jamaica Country Growth was 12.85 .