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St. Lucia Trade Summary

2012

St. Lucia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ST. LUCIA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for St. Lucia 2012

Exports and imports of St. Lucia in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 76 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 656 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,293 products were exported to 60 countries and 3,063 products were imported from 102 countries.

St. Lucia top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which St. Lucia exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. St. Lucia exports to Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 28 million, with a partner share of 36.50 percent.
  2. St. Lucia exports to United States worth US$ 26 million, with a partner share of 34.71 percent.
  3. St. Lucia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 6 million, with a partner share of 7.87 percent.
  4. St. Lucia exports to Barbados worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 5.21 percent.
  5. St. Lucia exports to Guyana worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 4.14 percent.

Top five countries from which St. Lucia imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. St. Lucia imports from United States worth US$ 245 million, with a partner share of 37.36 percent.
  2. St. Lucia imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 170 million, with a partner share of 25.94 percent.
  3. St. Lucia imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 30 million, with a partner share of 4.51 percent.
  4. St. Lucia imports from Barbados worth US$ 22 million, with a partner share of 3.34 percent.
  5. St. Lucia imports from Finland worth US$ 18 million, with a partner share of 2.73 percent.

St. Lucia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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 21,189.04 (US$ Thousands).
  2. St. Lucia exported Beer made from malt , worth 9,108.78 (US$ Thousands).
  3. St. Lucia exported Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; par , worth 5,466.23 (US$ Thousands).
  4. St. Lucia exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 4,856.05 (US$ Thousands).
  5. St. Lucia exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 3,728.99 (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 99,531.56 (US$ Thousands).
  2. St. Lucia imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth 12,872.49 (US$ Thousands).
  3. St. Lucia imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 12,781.77 (US$ Thousands).
  4. St. Lucia imported Wheat or meslin flour , worth 9,531.85 (US$ Thousands).
  5. St. Lucia imported Propane, liquefied , worth 8,837.79 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by St. Lucia in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 70 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.06 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.75 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 53,404.10 and duty free tariff line items share was 18.77 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of St. Lucia in 2012 are below

  • St. Lucia GDP in current US dollar was 1,598 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,970.00 .
  • St. Lucia Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 36.40 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for St. Lucia in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.12.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.53.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.17 and St. Lucia Country Growth was -27.89 .