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Suriname: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

106 / 127

Importer Rank

113 / 127

Trade Balance Rank

45 / 127

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2019) $1,460,965,557
Total Imports (2019) $1,711,449,892
Trade Balance (2019) ($250,484,335)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2020) [2] 64.3%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2020) [2] 37.3%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
United Arab Emirates $535,498,759
Belgium $120,238,301
Brazil $35,209,734
Switzerland $26,868,846
China $24,487,304
Jamaica $18,818,876
United States $17,232,100
Netherlands $16,829,253
Singapore $16,779,303
Vietnam $14,287,712

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $370,950,081
Netherlands $205,465,381
China $145,427,069
Trinidad and Tobago $120,778,031
Antigua and Barbuda $98,893,739
Japan $59,913,371
Saint Lucia $45,771,033
Brazil $33,219,050
Chile $25,584,445
Belgium $22,852,043

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

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $1,058,127,103
(26) Ores $98,029,993
(44) Wood $70,818,219
(24) Tobacco $41,679,775
(03) Seafood $38,124,459
(10) Cereals $23,035,233
(08) Fruit & Nuts $22,696,305
(88) Aircraft $18,057,678
(22) Beverages $15,760,037
(84) Industrial Machinery $15,241,652

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(84) Industrial Machinery $336,445,599
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $224,312,415
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $182,011,424
(85) Electrical Machinery $105,257,761
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $95,798,835
(39) Plastics $74,172,792
(90) Precision Instruments $41,989,388
(28) Inorganic Chemicals $37,264,717
(38) Chemical Products $33,266,587
(40) Rubber $30,385,259

Sources:

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