Caribbean Export OUTLOOK 2016 - 2017

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St Vincent and the Grenadines
Population 109,400
GDP (USD) $728.7 million
GDP Per Capita (USD) $6,663.3
GDP Contribution by
sector
Agriculture – 8.5%
Industry – 20.9%
Services – 70.6% (2014 est)
Official Exchange rate
(per US Dollar)
$2.70
Merchandise Trade
Export Value (USD
thousand)
$71,609
Top 5 Exports (2014) 1. Ships, boats and other floating
structures
2. Milling products, malt, starches,
inulin, wheat gluten
3. Beverages, spirits and vinegar
4. Works of art, collectors pieces and
antiques
5. Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic
invertebrates nes
Top 5 Export Partners
and (%) share in total
exports
1. Poland – 42.8%
2. Turkey – 12.2%
3. Barbados – 12%
4. Antigua and Barbuda – 7.9%
5. Italy – 5.1%
Merchandise Trade
Import Value (USD
thousand)
$409,947
Top 5 Imports (2014) 1. Commoditiesnotelsewherespecified
2. Ships,boatsandotherfloating
structures
3. Mineralfuels,oils,distillation
products,etc
4. Cereals
5. Machinery,nuclearreactors,boilers
Top 5 Import Partners
and (%) share in total
imports
1. UnitedStatesofAmerica–25.3%
2. Singapore–22.9%
3. China–9.1%
4. Turkey–5.8%
5. France–5.3%
Ease of Doing Business
Rank (out of 189
economies)
103
Suriname
Population 538,200
GDP (USD) $5.299 billion
GDP Per Capita (USD) $9,933.1 (2013 figure)
GDP Contribution by
sector
Agriculture – 8.6%
Industry – 37.3%
Services – 54.1%
Official Exchange rate
(per US Dollar)
$3.25
Merchandise Trade
Export Value (USD
thousand)
$1,917,671
Top 5 Exports (2014) 1. Commodities not elsewhere
specified
2. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation
products, etc
3. Cereals
4. Wood and articles of wood, wood
charcoal
5. Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Top 5 Export Partners
and (%) share in total
exports
1. United States of America – 24.3%
2. United Arab Emirates – 22%
3. Switzerland – 13.6%
4. Belgium – 8.5%
5. Guyana – 7.3%
Merchandise Trade
Import Value (USD
thousand)
$1,826,728
Top 5 Imports (2014) 1. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation
products, etc
2. Machinery, nuclear reactors,
boilers etc
3. Vehicles
4. Electrical, electronic equipment
5. Articles of iron or steel
Top 5 Import Partners
and (%) share in total
imports
1. United States of America – 27.5%
2. Netherlands – 14.4%
3. Trinidad and Tobago – 10.6%
4. China – 6.7%
5. Netherlands Antilles – 6.4%
Ease of Doing Business
Rank (out of 189
economies)
162