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Suriname Trade Summary

2008

Suriname exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SURINAME 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Suriname 2008

Exports and imports of Suriname in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,743 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,304 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 773 products were exported to 86 countries and 1,687 products were imported from 101 countries.

Suriname top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

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

  1. Suriname exports to Unspecified worth US$ 755 million, with a partner share of 43.28 percent.
  2. Suriname exports to Canada worth US$ 251 million, with a partner share of 14.42 percent.
  3. Suriname exports to Belgium worth US$ 204 million, with a partner share of 11.71 percent.
  4. Suriname exports to Switzerland worth US$ 159 million, with a partner share of 9.11 percent.
  5. Suriname exports to Guyana worth US$ 106 million, with a partner share of 6.08 percent.

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

  1. Suriname imports from United States worth US$ 313 million, with a partner share of 24.00 percent.
  2. Suriname imports from Trinidad and Tobago worth US$ 268 million, with a partner share of 20.58 percent.
  3. Suriname imports from Netherlands worth US$ 260 million, with a partner share of 19.96 percent.
  4. Suriname imports from China worth US$ 104 million, with a partner share of 7.96 percent.
  5. Suriname imports from Japan worth US$ 58 million, with a partner share of 4.46 percent.

Suriname Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Suriname exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 187,693.17 million.
  2. Suriname exported Rice in the husk (paddy or rough) , worth US$ 16,637.53 million.
  3. Suriname exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth US$ 10,934.15 million.
  4. Suriname exported Whiskeys , worth US$ 8,208.32 million.
  5. Suriname exported Soya-bean oil (excl. crude) and fractions , worth US$ 6,470.48 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Suriname along with trade value are

  1. Suriname imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 190,419.48 million.
  2. Suriname imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 35,796.75 million.
  3. Suriname imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth US$ 26,851.62 million.
  4. Suriname imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW exceeding twen , worth US$ 23,903.25 million.
  5. Suriname imported Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper o , worth US$ 19,997.59 million.

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 Suriname 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 Suriname in 2008 are below

  • Suriname GDP in current US dollar was 3,533 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,130.00 .
  • Suriname Trade balance: as % of GDP was 4.65.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 164.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 109.17 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 19.57 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Suriname in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.15.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.48.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.43 and Suriname Country Growth was 8.48 .