Caribbean Export OUTLOOK 2016 - 2017

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Barbados
Population 283,400
GDP (USD) $4.348 billion
GDP Per Capita (USD) $15,343.40
GDP Contribution by
sector
Agriculture – 3.1%
Industry – 12%
Services – 85% (2014 est)
Official Exchange rate
(per US Dollar)
$1.98
Merchandise Trade
Export Value (USD
thousand)
$480,753
Top 5 Exports (2014) 1. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation
products, etc
2. Beverages, spirits and vinegar
3. Pharmaceutical products
4. Optical, photo, technical, medical,
etc apparatus
5. Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster,
lime and cement
Top 5 Export Partners
and (%) share in total
exports
1. United States of America – 17%
2. Trinidad and Tobago – 12.4%
3. Guyana – 5.2%
4. St Lucia – 4.2%
5. Jamaica – 4%
Merchandise Trade
Import Value (USD
thousand)
$1,740,471
Top 5 Imports (2014) 1. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation
products, etc
2. Electrical, electronic equipment
3. Machinery, nuclear reactors,
boilers, etc
4. Vehicles
5. Pharmaceutical products
Top 5 Import Partners
and (%) share in total
imports
1. United States of America – 35%
2. Trinidad and Tobago – 20.5%
3. China – 5.3%
4. United Kingdom – 4%
5. Suriname – 3.8%
Ease of Doing Business
Rank (out of 189
economies)
106
Belize
Population 351,700
GDP (USD) $1.624 billion
GDP Per Capita (USD) $4,719.1 (2013 figure)
GDP Contribution by
sector
Agriculture – 13.1%
Industry – 16%
Services – 70.9% (2014 estimate)
Official Exchange rate
(per US Dollar)
$1.98
Merchandise Trade
Export Value (USD
thousand)
$423,802
Top 5 Exports (2014) 1. Edible fruit, nuts, peel of citrus
fruit, melons
2. Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic
invertebrates nes
3. Sugars and sugar confectionery
4. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation
products etc
5. Vegetable, fruit, nut, etc food
preparations
Top 5 Export Partners
and (%) share in total
exports
1. UnitedStatesofAmerica–22.9%
2. UnitedKingdom–22.7%
3. Mexico–6.1%
4. Italy–4.3%
5. Ireland–4%
Merchandise Trade
Import Value (USD
thousand)
$925,188
Top 5 Imports (2014) 1. Ships, boats and other floating
structures
2. Machinery, nuclear reactors,
boilers etc
3. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation
products etc
4. Commodities not elsewhere
specified
5. Electrical, electronic equipment
Top 5 Import Partners
and (%) share in total
imports
1. United States of America –25.6%
2. Mexico–12.7%
3. China –10.4%
4. Guatemala –9.9%
5. Spain–5.3%
Ease of Doing Business
Rank (out of 189
economies)
118