Dynamics of US trade with Bahamas from 2013 to 2018

Published or Updated: Dec 19, 2019

The dynamics of US trade in goods with Bahamas from 2013 to 2018: turnover, exports, imports, balance, rank, share, products.

Dynamics of US foreign trade with Bahamas from 2013 to 2018 (in million US dollars)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Turnover 4,069 3,880 2,859 2,487 3,553 3,526
Exports 3,450 3,324 2,389 2,180 3,019 3,138
Imports 619 555 471 307 535 388
Balance 2,831 2,769 1,918 1,873 2,484 2,749
Dynamics of the rank and share of Bahamas in US foreign trade from 2013 to 2018
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Rank in US trade 63 65 70 72 66 70
Share in US trade, % 0.104 0.096 0.075 0.067 0.090 0.082
Rank in US exports 51 52 54 55 52 51
Share in US exports, % 0.219 0.205 0.159 0.150 0.195 0.189
Rank in US import 87 87 89 100 89 104
Share in US imports, % 0.027 0.023 0.020 0.014 0.022 0.015
Dynamics of the structure of US exports to Bahamas by product types from 2013 to 2018 (percent of total exports)
Рroduct type 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) 7.6 8.3 11.8 12.8 9.7 9.5
Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) 45.7 43.4 30.4 29.8 41.5 41.8
Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) 8.2 8.1 9.2 9.7 6.8 6.7
Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) 2.7 2.6 3.4 4.1 3.1 3.0
Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.2
Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) 0.9 0.8 1.5 1.8 1.8 2.1
Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) 4.4 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.1
Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) 13.2 15.0 19.5 19.2 15.1 16.0
Dynamics of the structure of US imports from Bahamas by product types from 2013 to 2018 (percent of total imports)
Рroduct type 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) 8.2 8.3 10.8 14.0 12.3 15.2
Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) 23.4 27.7 18.9 18.2 27.6 29.4
Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) 24.9 30.0 20.3 23.5 15.6 17.2
Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.5
Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) 2.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.0
Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.5
Dynamics of US exports to Bahamas from 2013 to 2018 by product groups (in million US dollars)
HS
code		 Name of product group 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
01 Live animals 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4
02 Meat and edible meat offal 55.5 60.2 60.3 58.9 63.8 63.3
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates​ 4.3 5.9 7.1 6.9 5.9 8.4
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 16.4 20.3 19.2 16.8 19.8 21.2
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 6.0 6.0 5.1 5.7 8.6 8.4
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 11.2 12.8 12.4 11.4 12.2 12.4
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 12.6 13.8 12.1 11.4 13.6 14.3
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 3.5 4.0 5.7 4.8 5.5 4.4
10 Cereals 8.8 7.9 7.1 6.6 6.4 7.3
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 4.6 4.6 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.0
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.5
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 9.2 8.1 7.7 7.9 8.2 9.0
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 10.2 10.8 10.8 11.6 10.1 10.2
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 3.0 1.9 2.2 2.8 3.0 3.0
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 3.5 2.6 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.9
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 34.4 32.6 33.4 34.7 33.9 33.8
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 16.4 17.0 19.5 18.9 17.9 17.5
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 24.6 25.6 27.1 28.9 27.3 30.4
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 26.9 31.4 34.9 34.9 38.8 36.2
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 8.7 7.5 8.3 6.7 6.3 6.3
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.5 2.1
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 18.5 12.5 11.8 13.4 13.0 21.7
26 Ores, slag and ash 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1558.3 1428.8 715.2 636.1 1238.7 1289.5
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 5.8 6.9 6.3 5.2 6.9 7.2
29 Organic chemicals 131.1 121.7 84.5 58.6 63.9 65.3
30 Pharmaceutical products 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.2 7.9 8.2
31 Fertilizers 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 19.8 21.9 18.1 19.8 18.8 19.0
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 38.1 22.0 16.0 15.3 18.7 17.3
34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster 16.7 18.9 18.1 37.8 16.1 16.9
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.0 1.5 1.6
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.7
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 12.4 15.9 11.8 12.5 12.5 14.8
39 Plastics and articles thereof 35.6 39.4 40.4 40.8 43.0 42.8
40 Rubber and articles thereof 11.3 12.4 12.1 10.4 13.9 13.7
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 3.4 3.2 3.3 2.9 4.4 6.0
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal​ 61.6 59.1 55.2 63.3 67.4 67.1
45 Cork and articles of cork 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard​ 23.2 22.9 20.9 20.1 20.3 22.8
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 6.8 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.4
52 Cotton 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
54 Man-made filaments 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2
55 Man-made staple fibers 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 4.9 3.1 6.4 3.5 4.4 4.5
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 0.9 1.4 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.6
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted​​ 5.0 3.5 4.0 4.8 5.3 6.3
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 3.7 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.7 5.4
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 8.1 9.6 11.2 9.3 9.7 9.0
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 4.2 4.0 7.1 6.4 7.1 7.5
65 Headgear and parts thereof 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.8
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 35.7 26.6 24.0 25.7 29.5 32.1
69 Ceramic products 5.4 8.4 6.2 5.5 8.0 7.1
70 Glass and glassware​ 8.9 9.6 7.5 7.9 9.8 9.5
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 30.2 28.2 35.9 38.2 54.3 66.4
72 Iron and steel 21.3 19.9 15.9 16.3 17.7 18.1
73 Articles of iron or steel 71.7 90.3 48.6 34.4 50.4 53.0
74 Copper and articles thereof 8.1 9.7 7.8 6.4 5.9 6.9
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 37.3 33.5 22.8 23.7 31.2 27.4
78 Lead and articles thereof 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
79 Zinc and articles thereof 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
80 Tin and articles thereof 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 3.8 4.6 3.8 4.8 4.4 6.4
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 8.5 17.7 19.0 14.9 20.5 15.8
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof​ 209.4 202.9 186.2 152.2 183.0 219.5
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles 123.6 131.1 138.3 129.4 135.5 137.4
86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds 1.6 0.6 2.1 0.8 2.7 1.9
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 65.2 70.5 69.0 95.4 83.0 77.2
88 Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof​ 5.5 32.2 4.9 7.0 6.0 17.7
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 26.1 18.9 26.7 13.6 21.0 22.0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 25.5 41.1 38.2 19.7 24.9 27.5
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof​ 9.9 9.0 8.2 4.7 4.4 4.7
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 0.6 2.4 3.7 1.5 0.8 0.4
93 Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4
94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings 83.5 78.3 87.6 58.9 88.9 75.1
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 13.9 24.9 23.9 12.6 31.1 25.0
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 5.1 5.3 5.0 3.8 4.5 4.2
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0.8 1.1 2.2 2.2 2.7 4.4
99 Commodities not specified according to kind 398.7 348.2 247.2 234.5 313.4 319.6
Dynamics of US imports from Bahamas from 2013 to 2018 by product groups (in million US dollars)
HS
code		 Name of product group 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates​ 47.4 43.6 47.9 40.8 64.4 56.5
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0.9 1.3 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 0 0 0.4 1.1 0.6 0.1
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.1
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 51.5 63.8 54.5 33.2 40.1 62.7
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 93.5 90.2 34.6 22.8 107.5 51.4
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 0 0.2 0.5 0.3 0 0
29 Organic chemicals 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1.4 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
39 Plastics and articles thereof 152.8 165.8 93.9 71.6 83.5 66.7
40 Rubber and articles thereof 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard​ 0.0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted​​ 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 8.4 5.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8
72 Iron and steel 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.3 1.2 1.1
73 Articles of iron or steel 6.5 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.1
74 Copper and articles thereof 3.3 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.4 1.8
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 1.8 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8
78 Lead and articles thereof 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0.1
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof​ 5.2 1.4 1.6 1.1 1.5 1.3
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles 2.0 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.1
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof​ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0.2 0.5 4.3 0.3 4.3 0.6
99 Commodities not specified according to kind 239.4 175.3 222.6 128.7 225.2 139.8
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Compiled by «US-EXPORT–IMPORT» based on the statistics of the US Department of Commerce