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Saint Lucia: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

117 / 127

Importer Rank

121 / 127

Trade Balance Rank

51 / 127

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2019) $97,255,260
Total Imports (2019) $623,792,718
Trade Balance (2019) ($526,537,458)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2016) [2] 36.01%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2016) [2] 43.39%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
United States $32,951,070
Barbados $10,389,251
Trinidad and Tobago $8,085,572
United Kingdom $7,747,136
Dominica $7,145,325
France $5,994,088
Guyana $5,346,443
Antigua and Barbuda $3,010,455
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $2,762,581
Grenada $1,913,592

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $266,587,580
Trinidad and Tobago $100,021,491
China $33,795,025
United Kingdom $29,726,869
Japan $21,731,589
Barbados $13,252,260
France $11,826,927
Mexico $9,221,462
Canada $9,203,987
Jamaica $8,775,875

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(22) Beverages $21,025,090
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $9,701,961
(08) Fruit & Nuts $8,108,239
(85) Electrical Machinery $7,458,479
(84) Industrial Machinery $6,300,855
(91) Clocks & Watches $4,487,888
(25) Natural Minerals & Stone $3,675,584
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $3,411,935
(24) Tobacco $3,350,359
(48) Paper $3,121,550

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $104,715,749
(84) Industrial Machinery $49,102,282
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $43,685,595
(85) Electrical Machinery $40,551,697
(02) Meat $25,611,177
(39) Plastics $22,778,496
(22) Beverages $21,989,016
(04) Dairy Products $15,581,431
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $15,479,004
(19) Cereal, Flour & Starch $14,475,067

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2019) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/4/2021
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