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St. Lucia Trade Summary

1998

St. Lucia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ST. LUCIA 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for St. Lucia 1998

Exports and imports of St. Lucia in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 54 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 328 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 438 products were exported to 41 countries and 2,468 products were imported from 92 countries.

St. Lucia top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which St. Lucia exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. St. Lucia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 33 million, with a partner share of 61.64 percent.
  2. St. Lucia exports to United States worth US$ 8 million, with a partner share of 15.63 percent.
  3. St. Lucia exports to Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 5.78 percent.
  4. St. Lucia exports to Barbados worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 4.10 percent.
  5. St. Lucia exports to Dominica worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 2.50 percent.

Top five countries from which St. Lucia imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. St. Lucia imports from United States worth US$ 132 million, with a partner share of 40.13 percent.
  2. St. Lucia imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 42 million, with a partner share of 12.82 percent.
  3. St. Lucia imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 31 million, with a partner share of 9.34 percent.
  4. St. Lucia imports from Japan worth US$ 17 million, with a partner share of 5.28 percent.
  5. St. Lucia imports from Canada worth US$ 11 million, with a partner share of 3.41 percent.

St. Lucia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

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 32,496.69 (US$ Thousands).
  2. St. Lucia exported Beer made from malt , worth 4,515.14 (US$ Thousands).
  3. St. Lucia exported Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper o , worth 3,764.16 (US$ Thousands).
  4. St. Lucia exported Women's or girls' ensembles, of wool..., knitte , worth 3,146.95 (US$ Thousands).
  5. St. Lucia exported Wirewound variable resistors, including rheosta , worth 1,810.85 (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 7,991.00 (US$ Thousands).
  2. St. Lucia imported Wheat or meslin flour , worth 5,802.38 (US$ Thousands).
  3. St. Lucia imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 5,645.31 (US$ Thousands).
  4. St. Lucia imported Coniferous wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sli , worth 5,462.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. St. Lucia imported Kraft paper..., weighing >=225g/m2, nes , worth 5,384.11 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by St. Lucia in 1998 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 1998

Key Development Indicators of St. Lucia in 1998 are below

  • St. Lucia GDP in current US dollar was 877 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,810.00 .
  • St. Lucia Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 51.48 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for St. Lucia in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.44.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.44.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and St. Lucia Country Growth was -3.25 .