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Suriname: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

101 / 121

Importer Rank

108 / 121

Trade Balance Rank

35 / 121

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2017) $1,441,019,448
Total Imports (2017) $1,208,805,023
Trade Balance (2017) $232,214,425
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 $461,702,404
Hong Kong $324,607,902
Belgium $155,514,163
Guyana $114,805,912
United Arab Emirates $106,959,442
Trinidad and Tobago $37,243,657
United States $27,531,282
Singapore $23,876,891
Jamaica $18,023,241
India $16,955,174

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $384,162,210
Netherlands $167,002,329
Trinidad and Tobago $117,342,785
China $103,428,110
Japan $34,012,238
Saint Lucia $31,558,913
Brazil $29,023,660
Germany $26,243,261
Canada $21,123,041
Colombia $20,376,045

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

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $1,054,568,344
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $139,601,501
(99) Items nesoi $61,595,272
(44) Wood $58,001,478
(10) Cereals $30,363,153
(22) Beverages $26,372,325
(84) Industrial Machinery $14,397,854
(90) Precision Instruments $5,802,556
(21) Prepared Foods $4,121,406
(39) Plastics $3,785,595

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(84) Industrial Machinery $237,318,067
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $132,259,430
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $94,518,272
(85) Electrical Machinery $82,686,085
(39) Plastics $58,440,255
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $55,412,129
(28) Inorganic Chemicals $34,454,349
(48) Paper $27,078,236
(38) Chemical Products $26,055,406
(21) Prepared Foods $25,471,750

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2017) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 12/1/2018
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