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St. Lucia Trade Summary

1996

St. Lucia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ST. LUCIA 1996

Overall Exports and Imports for St. Lucia 1996

Exports and imports of St. Lucia in 1996 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 80 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 314 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 447 products were exported to 40 countries and 2,362 products were imported from 95 countries.

St. Lucia top 5 Export and Import partners 1996

Top five countries to which St. Lucia exported in 1996 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. St. Lucia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 54 million, with a partner share of 67.66 percent.
  2. St. Lucia exports to United States worth US$ 12 million, with a partner share of 14.89 percent.
  3. St. Lucia exports to Dominica worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 3.82 percent.
  4. St. Lucia exports to Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 2.90 percent.
  5. St. Lucia exports to Barbados worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 2.32 percent.

Top five countries from which St. Lucia imported goods in 1996 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. St. Lucia imports from United States worth US$ 125 million, with a partner share of 39.86 percent.
  2. St. Lucia imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 40 million, with a partner share of 12.77 percent.
  3. St. Lucia imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 33 million, with a partner share of 10.37 percent.
  4. St. Lucia imports from Japan worth US$ 15 million, with a partner share of 4.84 percent.
  5. St. Lucia imports from Barbados worth US$ 11 million, with a partner share of 3.59 percent.

St. Lucia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1996

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by St. Lucia along with trade value are:

  1. St. Lucia exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 52,815.78 (US$ Thousands).
  2. St. Lucia exported Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper o , worth 5,153.48 (US$ Thousands).
  3. St. Lucia exported Women's or girls' ensembles, of wool..., knitte , worth 5,081.39 (US$ Thousands).
  4. St. Lucia exported Beer made from malt , worth 3,292.94 (US$ Thousands).
  5. St. Lucia exported Wirewound variable resistors, including rheosta , worth 1,512.92 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. St. Lucia imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth 9,603.46 (US$ Thousands).
  2. St. Lucia imported Kraft paper..., weighing >=225g/m2, nes , worth 6,545.70 (US$ Thousands).
  3. St. Lucia imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 5,417.89 (US$ Thousands).
  4. St. Lucia imported Coniferous wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sli , worth 4,238.42 (US$ Thousands).
  5. St. Lucia imported Insecticides, put up for retail sale , worth 3,914.84 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1996

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1996 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1996

Tariffs imposed by St. Lucia in 1996 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 70 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 21.95 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 18.52 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 38,857.89 and duty free tariff line items share was 6.89 percent.

Development Indicators 1996

Key Development Indicators of St. Lucia in 1996 are below

  • St. Lucia GDP in current US dollar was 789 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,690.00 .
  • St. Lucia Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 49.34 .

Trade Indicators 1996

Trade Indicators for St. Lucia in 1996 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.50.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.49.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.55 and St. Lucia Country Growth was -4.50 .