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Latin America & Caribbean Trade Summary

2013

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2013

Overall Exports and Imports for Latin America & Caribbean 2013

Exports and imports of Latin America & Caribbean in 2013 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,091,952 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,124,751 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,620 products were exported to 234 countries and 4,814 products were imported from 237 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean top 5 Export and Import partners 2013

Top five countries to which Latin America & Caribbean exported in 2013 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Latin America & Caribbean exports to United States worth US$ 409,220 million, with a partner share of 37.48 percent.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean exports to China worth US$ 92,963 million, with a partner share of 8.51 percent.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Unspecified worth US$ 64,332 million, with a partner share of 5.89 percent.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Brazil worth US$ 38,944 million, with a partner share of 3.57 percent.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean exports to Other Asia, nes worth US$ 33,496 million, with a partner share of 3.07 percent.

Top five countries from which Latin America & Caribbean imported goods in 2013 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Latin America & Caribbean imports from United States worth US$ 338,834 million, with a partner share of 30.13 percent.
  2. Latin America & Caribbean imports from China worth US$ 179,043 million, with a partner share of 15.92 percent.
  3. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Brazil worth US$ 48,671 million, with a partner share of 4.33 percent.
  4. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Germany worth US$ 44,634 million, with a partner share of 3.97 percent.
  5. Latin America & Caribbean imports from Japan worth US$ 36,089 million, with a partner share of 3.21 percent.

Latin America & Caribbean Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2013

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 175,983,380.58 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Latin America & Caribbean exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 38,735,721.65 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Latin America & Caribbean exported Soya beans , worth 31,569,806.48 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Latin America & Caribbean exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 28,930,173.32 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Latin America & Caribbean exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 28,670,624.26 (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 89,949,404.15 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Latin America & Caribbean imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 36,753,028.48 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Latin America & Caribbean imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 22,888,598.64 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Latin America & Caribbean imported Monolithic integrated circuits, nes , worth 20,423,521.75 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Latin America & Caribbean imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 15,387,358.35 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2013

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2013 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2013

Tariffs imposed by Latin America & Caribbean in 2013 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 845.23 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.37 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.23 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 413,490,888.81 and duty free tariff line items share was 37.12 percent.

Development Indicators 2013

Key Development Indicators of Latin America & Caribbean in 2013 are below

  • Latin America & Caribbean GDP in current US dollar was 6,307,751 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 10,225.81 .
  • Latin America & Caribbean Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.87.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -117,876.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 45.20 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.83 .

Trade Indicators 2013

Trade Indicators for Latin America & Caribbean in 2013 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 .