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Latin America & Caribbean Trade Summary

2011

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2011

Overall Exports and Imports for Latin America & Caribbean 2011

Exports and imports of Latin America & Caribbean in 2011 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,085,180 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,063,829 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,670 products were exported to 233 countries and 4,870 products were imported from 237 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean top 5 Export and Import partners 2011

Top five countries to which Latin America & Caribbean exported in 2011 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Latin America & Caribbean exports to United States worth US$ 382,891 million, with a partner share of 35.28 percent.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean exports to China worth US$ 86,328 million, with a partner share of 7.96 percent.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Unspecified worth US$ 80,040 million, with a partner share of 7.38 percent.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Brazil worth US$ 37,583 million, with a partner share of 3.46 percent.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Argentina worth US$ 29,487 million, with a partner share of 2.72 percent.

Top five countries from which Latin America & Caribbean imported goods in 2011 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Latin America & Caribbean imports from United States worth US$ 320,410 million, with a partner share of 30.12 percent.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean imports from China worth US$ 154,421 million, with a partner share of 14.52 percent.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Brazil worth US$ 53,828 million, with a partner share of 5.06 percent.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Germany worth US$ 43,116 million, with a partner share of 4.05 percent.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Japan worth US$ 37,396 million, with a partner share of 3.52 percent.

Latin America & Caribbean Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2011

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 171,726,275.65 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Latin America & Caribbean exported Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 34,867,710.57 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Latin America & Caribbean exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth 29,694,932.05 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Latin America & Caribbean exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 26,550,221.68 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Latin America & Caribbean exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 26,213,182.62 (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 88,113,933.96 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Latin America & Caribbean imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 32,195,135.17 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Latin America & Caribbean imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 22,630,424.76 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Latin America & Caribbean imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 14,720,813.35 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Latin America & Caribbean imported Parts suitable for use solely or princ with the , worth 13,961,908.52 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2011

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2011 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2011

Tariffs imposed by Latin America & Caribbean in 2011 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 908.05 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.39 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.65 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 438,148,895.90 and duty free tariff line items share was 37.61 percent.

Development Indicators 2011

Key Development Indicators of Latin America & Caribbean in 2011 are below

  • Latin America & Caribbean GDP in current US dollar was 6,088,731 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,878.59 .
  • Latin America & Caribbean Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.06.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 3,528.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 46.43 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.28 .

Trade Indicators 2011

Trade Indicators for Latin America & Caribbean in 2011 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 .