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Suriname: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

118 / 146

Importer Rank

129 / 145

Trade Balance Rank

39 / 145

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2016) $1,235,283,176
Total Imports (2016) $1,174,215,974
Trade Balance (2016) $61,067,202
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$
United Arab Emirates $407,779,397
Switzerland $369,829,754
Belgium $100,126,843
Guyana $66,943,747
Trinidad and Tobago $60,639,689
France $42,571,789
United States $28,025,914
Jamaica $27,057,579
Netherlands $22,044,433
Singapore $14,795,697

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $311,475,103
Trinidad and Tobago $185,251,812
Netherlands $173,167,595
China $76,313,857
Saint Lucia $45,062,949
Brazil $28,335,982
Canada $27,808,254
Japan $26,007,260
Panama $21,844,759
Colombia $21,311,316

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

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(99) Items nesoi $934,965,015
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $115,303,331
(10) Cereals $40,457,109
(44) Wood $37,808,982
(84) Industrial Machinery $19,434,669
(22) Beverages $18,492,656
(90) Precision Instruments $13,765,461
(39) Plastics $4,480,475
(25) Natural Minerals & Stone $4,264,080
(85) Electrical Machinery $3,629,364

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $222,484,482
(84) Industrial Machinery $195,400,544
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $79,478,295
(85) Electrical Machinery $61,324,726
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $53,603,493
(39) Plastics $46,634,209
(25) Natural Minerals & Stone $25,443,180
(48) Paper $25,072,301
(21) Prepared Foods $24,642,167
(72) Iron & Steel $23,952,687

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2016) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 9/22/2018
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