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Suriname: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

100 / 119

Importer Rank

107 / 119

Trade Balance Rank

35 / 119

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2018) $1,502,817,149
Total Imports (2018) $1,526,897,522
Trade Balance (2018) ($24,080,373)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2017) [2] 68.93%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2017) [2] 60.64%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Switzerland $389,445,774
United Arab Emirates $292,389,408
Hong Kong $216,498,687
Belgium $90,714,089
Singapore $27,385,705
China $19,732,840
Canada $15,331,000
India $12,859,984
Jamaica $12,758,689
Netherlands $7,014,684

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $276,299,120
Netherlands $148,109,831
China $102,744,906
Trinidad and Tobago $45,442,623
Japan $35,170,627
Brazil $25,523,927
Panama $18,391,712
Canada $13,824,361
Belgium $13,676,020
India $13,153,532

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

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $1,002,206,824
(26) Ores $140,904,832
(83) Base Metal Articles $79,533,329
(44) Wood $68,242,589
(21) Prepared Foods $44,927,121
(03) Seafood $41,673,383
(08) Fruit & Nuts $35,858,245
(10) Cereals $17,158,528
(86) Railway Equipment $15,332,076
(02) Meat $6,159,766

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(84) Industrial Machinery $393,848,259
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $120,752,234
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $103,778,130
(85) Electrical Machinery $96,879,183
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $69,952,633
(38) Chemical Products $66,017,820
(39) Plastics $59,727,508
(28) Inorganic Chemicals $37,921,493
(40) Rubber $31,468,800
(86) Railway Equipment $31,397,927

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2018) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 6/3/2020
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