US trade (export - import) with Bahamas in 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Bahamas in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Bahamas
In 2018, US trade with Bahamas was $3,526.3 million, down 0.76% ($27.2 million) from 2017.
US exports to Bahamas in 2018 totaled $3,137.9 million, up 3.94% ($119.0 million) from 2017.
US imports from Bahamas in 2018 were $388.5 million, down 27.34% ($146.2 million) from 2017.
US trade surplus with Bahamas in 2018 was $2,749.4 million, a 10.67% increase ($265.2 million) over 2017.
Bahamas was the US 70th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 66th in 2017), accounting for 0.0824% of US total trade (down from 0.0899% in 2017).
Bahamas was the US 51st largest export market in 2018 (up from 52nd in 2017), accounting for 0.1885% of US total exports (down from 0.1953% in 2017).
Bahamas was the US 104th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 89th in 2017), accounting for 0.0148% of US total imports (down from 0.0222% in 2017).
US Exports to Bahamas
The major share of US exports to Bahamas in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 41.79% of US total exports to Bahamas (41.46% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.03% of US total exports to Bahamas (15.11% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.46% of US total exports to Bahamas (9.65% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.68% of US total exports to Bahamas (6.83% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.08% of US total exports to Bahamas (4.34% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.04% of US total exports to Bahamas (3.09% in 2017);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 2.12% of US total exports to Bahamas (1.80% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.23% of US total exports to Bahamas (1.24% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Bahamas in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $50.8 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $36.5 million;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $12.2 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $11.7 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Bahamas in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $13.8 million.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
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01 | Live animals | 403.2 | 0.01 | 266.4 | 51.34 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 63,321.3 | 2.02 | 63,766.0 | -0.70 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 8,397.2 | 0.27 | 5,924.0 | 41.75 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 21,201.6 | 0.68 | 19,762.0 | 7.28 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 131.3 | 0.00 | 140.4 | -6.46 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 8,447.5 | 0.27 | 8,612.5 | -1.92 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 12,351.4 | 0.39 | 12,169.3 | 1.50 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 14,338.0 | 0.46 | 13,625.1 | 5.23 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4,415.3 | 0.14 | 5,516.3 | -19.96 |
10 | Cereals | 7,307.8 | 0.23 | 6,374.6 | 14.64 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,997.5 | 0.13 | 3,994.4 | 0.08 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 616.7 | 0.02 | 480.7 | 28.30 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 41.9 | 0.00 | 175.7 | -76.16 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 489.5 | 0.02 | 785.0 | -37.64 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,018.7 | 0.29 | 8,173.2 | 10.35 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 10,249.1 | 0.33 | 10,131.6 | 1.16 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,977.0 | 0.09 | 3,043.8 | -2.19 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,850.3 | 0.09 | 2,779.7 | 2.54 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 33,782.7 | 1.08 | 33,935.4 | -0.45 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 17,525.9 | 0.56 | 17,867.5 | -1.91 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 30,397.3 | 0.97 | 27,283.2 | 11.41 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 36,197.0 | 1.15 | 38,807.8 | -6.73 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,261.7 | 0.20 | 6,257.3 | 0.07 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 2,125.2 | 0.07 | 1,455.5 | 46.01 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 21,689.1 | 0.69 | 12,979.5 | 67.10 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 141.1 | 0.00 | 77.9 | 81.12 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,289,482.1 | 41.09 | 1,238,687.2 | 4.10 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 7,215.9 | 0.23 | 6,915.9 | 4.34 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 65,346.6 | 2.08 | 63,873.0 | 2.31 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,159.3 | 0.26 | 7,929.3 | 2.90 |
31 | Fertilizers | 2,022.0 | 0.06 | 2,127.3 | -4.95 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 19,000.1 | 0.61 | 18,775.8 | 1.19 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 17,349.9 | 0.55 | 18,709.3 | -7.27 |
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 | 16,873.6 | 0.54 | 16,134.8 | 4.58 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,580.7 | 0.05 | 1,524.7 | 3.67 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 718.6 | 0.02 | 549.9 | 30.67 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 97.7 | 0.00 | 168.4 | -42.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 14,751.6 | 0.47 | 12,490.7 | 18.10 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 42,787.5 | 1.36 | 43,049.1 | -0.61 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13,662.1 | 0.44 | 13,866.4 | -1.47 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 26.8 | 0.00 | 45.7 | -41.46 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 5,993.8 | 0.19 | 4,371.5 | 37.11 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 2.7 | 0.00 | 27.6 | -90.41 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 67,135.8 | 2.14 | 67,420.4 | -0.42 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 68.1 | 0.00 | 64.7 | 5.28 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 28.5 | 0.00 | 37.1 | -23.25 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 22,813.5 | 0.73 | 20,272.7 | 12.53 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,390.4 | 0.17 | 5,384.6 | 0.11 |
50 | Silk | 16.2 | 0.00 | 49.5 | -67.21 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 8.5 | 0.00 | 14.7 | -41.94 |
52 | Cotton | 136.7 | 0.00 | 237.6 | -42.47 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 29.4 | 0.00 | 79.1 | -62.87 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 182.0 | 0.01 | 181.8 | 0.10 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 394.0 | 0.01 | 544.1 | -27.58 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,503.6 | 0.05 | 1,206.6 | 24.61 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 4,452.5 | 0.14 | 4,369.7 | 1.89 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 416.1 | 0.01 | 281.5 | 47.81 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 622.7 | 0.02 | 746.0 | -16.53 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 343.8 | 0.01 | 426.1 | -19.32 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,319.3 | 0.20 | 5,327.3 | 18.62 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,413.1 | 0.17 | 4,735.3 | 14.31 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 8,990.4 | 0.29 | 9,677.2 | -7.10 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 7,506.7 | 0.24 | 7,143.2 | 5.09 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 572.1 | 0.02 | 444.3 | 28.77 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 981.1 | 0.03 | 1,263.8 | -22.36 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 759.9 | 0.02 | 705.2 | 7.75 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 32,051.4 | 1.02 | 29,455.7 | 8.81 |
69 | Ceramic products | 7,080.3 | 0.23 | 7,982.6 | -11.30 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 9,469.4 | 0.30 | 9,764.2 | -3.02 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 66,430.5 | 2.12 | 54,253.1 | 22.45 |
72 | Iron and steel | 18,064.0 | 0.58 | 17,691.1 | 2.11 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 52,965.9 | 1.69 | 50,431.7 | 5.03 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,862.5 | 0.22 | 5,949.0 | 15.36 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 135.1 | 0.00 | 249.0 | -45.75 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 27,371.1 | 0.87 | 31,206.6 | -12.29 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 128.8 | 0.00 | 68.1 | 89.21 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 166.6 | 0.01 | 96.6 | 72.49 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 247.9 | 0.01 | 213.3 | 16.27 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 62.0 | 0.00 | 111.4 | -44.34 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 6,351.5 | 0.20 | 4,420.4 | 43.68 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 15,780.4 | 0.50 | 20,499.8 | -23.02 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 219,491.6 | 6.99 | 182,957.2 | 19.97 |
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 | 137,365.3 | 4.38 | 135,493.0 | 1.38 |
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 | 1,918.5 | 0.06 | 2,694.2 | -28.79 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 77,169.6 | 2.46 | 82,996.6 | -7.02 |
88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 17,682.1 | 0.56 | 5,975.4 | 195.92 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 21,958.7 | 0.70 | 21,046.7 | 4.33 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 27,493.9 | 0.88 | 24,867.1 | 10.56 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 4,692.8 | 0.15 | 4,370.4 | 7.38 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 377.9 | 0.01 | 821.0 | -53.97 |
93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 363.1 | 0.01 | 402.0 | -9.69 |
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 | 75,144.4 | 2.39 | 88,932.5 | -15.50 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 25,002.3 | 0.80 | 31,119.5 | -19.66 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4,249.2 | 0.14 | 4,469.9 | -4.94 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 4,371.8 | 0.14 | 2,726.2 | 60.37 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 319,564.8 | 10.18 | 313,356.2 | 1.98 |
US Imports from Bahamas
The major share of US imports from Bahamas in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 29.38% of US total imports from Bahamas (27.60% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 17.20% of US total imports from Bahamas (15.63% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 15.18% of US total imports from Bahamas (12.34% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.04% of US total imports from Bahamas (0.71% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Bahamas in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $22.7 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Bahamas in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $85.4 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $56.1 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $16.8 million;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $7.9 million;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $3.7 million.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2017 USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
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01 | Live animals | 7.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 56,522.4 | 14.55 | 64,394.8 | -12.23 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 235.3 | 0.06 | 211.5 | 11.23 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 94.4 | 0.02 | 629.8 | -85.01 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 2.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 72.0 | 0.02 | 36.3 | 98.25 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 22.3 | 0.01 | 18.0 | 23.74 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 22.8 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,075.1 | 0.28 | 647.6 | 66.02 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 934.9 | 0.24 | 36.8 | 2,443.48 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 62,722.7 | 16.15 | 40,066.4 | 56.55 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 51,422.7 | 13.24 | 107,513.2 | -52.17 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 18.6 | 0.00 | 8.0 | 133.04 |
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 | 45.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 57.2 | 0.01 | 15.7 | 263.89 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 66,691.7 | 17.17 | 83,513.6 | -20.14 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4.6 | 0.00 | 7.2 | -35.86 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 10.6 | 0.00 | 4.9 | 114.99 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 13.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.7 | -100.00 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 21.6 | 0.01 | 19.1 | 13.15 |
52 | Cotton | 1.6 | 0.00 | 1.2 | 35.80 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 17.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.6 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 135.0 | 0.03 | 3.6 | 3,687.32 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6.1 | 0.00 | 26.1 | -76.61 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2.6 | 0.00 | 8.2 | -67.86 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.6 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 3.7 | 0.00 | 2.3 | 61.69 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 27.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,767.3 | 0.45 | 1,699.1 | 4.01 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,114.9 | 0.29 | 1,184.3 | -5.86 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 80.3 | 0.02 | 88.6 | -9.42 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,829.8 | 0.47 | 1,383.8 | 32.23 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 2.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 839.4 | 0.22 | 1,041.4 | -19.40 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 99.1 | 0.03 | 66.5 | 48.92 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 3.2 | 0.00 | 11.0 | -71.10 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 56.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,310.5 | 0.34 | 1,488.6 | -11.96 |
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 | 409.4 | 0.11 | 507.2 | -19.30 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 16.2 | 0.00 | 6.4 | 153.69 |
88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 8.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 94.8 | 0.02 | 164.8 | -42.49 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 113.3 | 0.03 | 123.2 | -8.06 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 10.5 | 0.00 | 3.6 | 188.19 |
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 | 7.3 | 0.00 | 15.5 | -52.78 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 56.0 | 0.01 | 59.8 | -6.35 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 26.5 | -100.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 649.1 | 0.17 | 4,299.6 | -84.90 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 139,823.1 | 35.99 | 225,244.0 | -37.92 |