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St. Lucia Trade Summary

2008

St. Lucia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ST. LUCIA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for St. Lucia 2008

Exports and imports of St. Lucia in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 164 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 656 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,438 products were exported to 84 countries and 3,225 products were imported from 109 countries.

St. Lucia top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which St. Lucia exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. St. Lucia exports to United States worth US$ 56 million, with a partner share of 34.04 percent.
  2. St. Lucia exports to Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 38 million, with a partner share of 23.24 percent.
  3. St. Lucia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 25 million, with a partner share of 15.13 percent.
  4. St. Lucia exports to Barbados worth US$ 14 million, with a partner share of 8.47 percent.
  5. St. Lucia exports to St. Vincent and the Grenadines worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 2.97 percent.

Top five countries from which St. Lucia imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. St. Lucia imports from United States worth US$ 279 million, with a partner share of 42.56 percent.
  2. St. Lucia imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 156 million, with a partner share of 23.79 percent.
  3. St. Lucia imports from Japan worth US$ 28 million, with a partner share of 4.30 percent.
  4. St. Lucia imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 27 million, with a partner share of 4.09 percent.
  5. St. Lucia imports from Barbados worth US$ 23 million, with a partner share of 3.53 percent.

St. Lucia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. St. Lucia exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 31,221.87 (US$ Thousands).
  2. St. Lucia exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 21,768.60 (US$ Thousands).
  3. St. Lucia exported Beer made from malt , worth 13,438.23 (US$ Thousands).
  4. St. Lucia exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 9,669.15 (US$ Thousands).
  5. St. Lucia exported Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper o , worth 5,384.23 (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 Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 157,572.76 (US$ Thousands).
  2. St. Lucia imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 14,259.88 (US$ Thousands).
  3. St. Lucia imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 14,030.51 (US$ Thousands).
  4. St. Lucia imported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 10,601.88 (US$ Thousands).
  5. St. Lucia imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 10,327.72 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by St. Lucia in 2008 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 2008

Key Development Indicators of St. Lucia in 2008 are below

  • St. Lucia GDP in current US dollar was 1,438 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,160.00 .
  • St. Lucia Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 40.28 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for St. Lucia in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.17.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.46.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and St. Lucia Country Growth was -6.76 .