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Latin America & Caribbean Trade Summary

2009

Latin America & Caribbean exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Latin America & Caribbean 2009

Exports and imports of Latin America & Caribbean in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 693,485 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 668,260 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,676 products were exported to 230 countries and 4,884 products were imported from 235 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Latin America & Caribbean exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Latin America & Caribbean exports to United States worth US$ 256,943 million, with a partner share of 37.05 percent.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Unspecified worth US$ 53,770 million, with a partner share of 7.75 percent.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean exports to China worth US$ 46,850 million, with a partner share of 6.76 percent.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Brazil worth US$ 23,195 million, with a partner share of 3.34 percent.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Netherlands worth US$ 16,891 million, with a partner share of 2.44 percent.

Top five countries from which Latin America & Caribbean imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Latin America & Caribbean imports from United States worth US$ 209,855 million, with a partner share of 31.40 percent.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean imports from China worth US$ 83,106 million, with a partner share of 12.44 percent.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Brazil worth US$ 32,208 million, with a partner share of 4.82 percent.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Germany worth US$ 28,999 million, with a partner share of 4.34 percent.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Japan worth US$ 25,533 million, with a partner share of 3.82 percent.

Latin America & Caribbean Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Latin America & Caribbean along with trade value are:

  1. Latin America & Caribbean exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 89,548,108.55 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Latin America & Caribbean exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 35,628,649.94 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Latin America & Caribbean exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth 19,217,596.49 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Latin America & Caribbean exported Television receivers including video monitors a , worth 18,285,252.74 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Latin America & Caribbean exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 16,060,373.28 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Latin America & Caribbean along with trade value are

  1. Latin America & Caribbean imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 36,785,847.54 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Latin America & Caribbean imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 20,539,474.60 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Latin America & Caribbean imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 11,521,753.89 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Latin America & Caribbean imported Parts suitable for use solely or princ with the , worth 11,412,596.52 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Latin America & Caribbean imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 9,715,684.20 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Latin America & Caribbean in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 542.27 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.84 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.41 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 338,456,658.86 and duty free tariff line items share was 39.04 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Latin America & Caribbean in 2009 are below

  • Latin America & Caribbean GDP in current US dollar was 4,314,362 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,269.29 .
  • Latin America & Caribbean Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.02.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 708.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 41.34 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.42 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Latin America & Caribbean in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was not available.
  • Index of export market penetration was not available.
  • World Growth in percentage was not available and Latin America & Caribbean Country Growth was not available .