US trade (export - import) with Barbados in 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Barbados in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Barbados
In 2017, US trade with Barbados totaled $569.9 million, up 6.73% ($35.9 million) from 2016.
US exports to Barbados in 2017 totaled $519.6 million, up 7.69% ($37.1 million) from 2016.
US imports from Barbados in 2017 were $50.3 million, down 2.22% ($1.1 million) from 2016.
US trade surplus with Barbados in 2017 was $469.3 million, a 8.87% increase ($38.2 million) over 2016.
Barbados was the US 114th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 109th in 2016), accounting for 0.0144% of US total trade (just as in 2016).
Barbados was the US 94th largest export market in 2017 (down from 93rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0336% of US total exports (up from 0.0332% in 2016).
Barbados was the US 141st largest supplier in 2017 (down from 138th in 2016), accounting for 0.0021% of US total imports (down from 0.0023% in 2016).
US Exports to Barbados
The major share of US exports to Barbados in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.65% of US total exports to Barbados (25.68% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 19.01% of US total exports to Barbados (21.21% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 15.19% of US total exports to Barbados (10.47% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.21% of US total exports to Barbados (12.95% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.18% of US total exports to Barbados (4.49% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.01% of US total exports to Barbados (4.29% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 2.85% of US total exports to Barbados (2.75% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.21% of US total exports to Barbados (2.24% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Barbados in 2017 over 2016 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 $29.0 million;
- 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 (HS code 85) - an increase of $8.1 million;
- 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) - an increase of $5.9 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3.4 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $1.8 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1.8 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Barbados in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $2.9 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2.5 million;
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - a decrease of $2.0 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $1.9 million;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $1.6 million.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 175.3 | 0.03 | 1,148.3 | -84.74 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 11,067.6 | 2.13 | 9,226.5 | 19.95 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,894.3 | 0.56 | 2,573.8 | 12.45 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 10,246.2 | 1.97 | 9,113.7 | 12.43 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 60.0 | 0.01 | 87.5 | -31.46 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 172.8 | 0.03 | 155.7 | 11.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 4,315.6 | 0.83 | 3,683.3 | 17.17 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 5,437.7 | 1.05 | 5,678.2 | -4.24 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,677.8 | 0.32 | 1,734.0 | -3.24 |
10 | Cereals | 10,469.4 | 2.01 | 11,975.4 | -12.58 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 818.1 | 0.16 | 725.4 | 12.77 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 10,655.0 | 2.05 | 12,063.1 | -11.67 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 196.3 | 0.04 | 191.7 | 2.40 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 29.2 | 0.01 | 43.3 | -32.54 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,309.9 | 0.25 | 1,396.0 | -6.17 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2,086.1 | 0.40 | 2,775.0 | -24.82 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,639.6 | 0.32 | 1,374.0 | 19.33 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,035.7 | 0.39 | 2,229.4 | -8.69 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 6,455.7 | 1.24 | 6,967.1 | -7.34 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 4,702.8 | 0.91 | 4,943.0 | -4.86 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,918.0 | 1.72 | 10,550.0 | -15.47 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 8,548.9 | 1.65 | 8,353.7 | 2.34 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 4,186.2 | 0.81 | 4,672.2 | -10.40 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 658.5 | 0.13 | 664.7 | -0.93 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 771.2 | 0.15 | 1,437.5 | -46.35 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 45.9 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 78,116.8 | 15.03 | 49,087.7 | 59.14 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,036.7 | 0.39 | 2,030.3 | 0.32 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,304.0 | 0.44 | 2,184.1 | 5.49 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,542.7 | 0.87 | 5,600.1 | -18.88 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,277.8 | 0.25 | 1,106.2 | 15.51 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,008.9 | 1.16 | 6,134.5 | -2.05 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7,963.5 | 1.53 | 10,850.1 | -26.60 |
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 | 5,963.0 | 1.15 | 6,062.8 | -1.65 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 607.4 | 0.12 | 565.1 | 7.49 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 178.3 | 0.03 | 276.7 | -35.56 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 328.4 | 0.06 | 826.1 | -60.25 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 7,166.3 | 1.38 | 7,351.3 | -2.52 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 17,521.8 | 3.37 | 17,267.5 | 1.47 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,368.2 | 0.46 | 2,223.8 | 6.50 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 18.4 | 0.00 | 12.2 | 50.88 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,517.4 | 0.29 | 666.4 | 127.72 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 141.5 | 0.03 | 60.7 | 133.27 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 12,321.5 | 2.37 | 12,227.7 | 0.77 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 97.1 | 0.02 | 27.6 | 252.39 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 31.0 | 0.01 | 62.7 | -50.52 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 18.2 | 0.00 | 2.9 | 537.60 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,910.6 | 1.52 | 7,985.2 | -0.93 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,324.5 | 0.25 | 1,367.4 | -3.14 |
50 | Silk | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.2 | -100.00 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 5.7 | 0.00 | 28.1 | -79.75 |
52 | Cotton | 185.6 | 0.04 | 305.9 | -39.34 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 23.0 | 0.00 | 22.3 | 3.41 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 279.8 | 0.05 | 189.2 | 47.87 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 407.7 | 0.08 | 328.1 | 24.27 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 245.2 | 0.05 | 349.9 | -29.92 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 964.2 | 0.19 | 488.6 | 97.32 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 101.0 | 0.02 | 80.0 | 26.25 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 362.2 | 0.07 | 327.5 | 10.58 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 243.2 | 0.05 | 221.9 | 9.59 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 733.4 | 0.14 | 526.9 | 39.18 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,460.0 | 0.28 | 1,827.9 | -20.12 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,472.4 | 0.67 | 3,137.8 | 10.66 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,237.6 | 0.43 | 2,187.8 | 2.28 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 124.2 | 0.02 | 108.1 | 14.96 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 417.1 | 0.08 | 335.0 | 24.53 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 238.9 | 0.05 | 315.9 | -24.38 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,455.3 | 0.47 | 2,001.3 | 22.68 |
69 | Ceramic products | 2,459.5 | 0.47 | 1,372.7 | 79.17 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 3,013.6 | 0.58 | 2,470.1 | 22.00 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 14,800.7 | 2.85 | 13,284.0 | 11.42 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,536.5 | 0.30 | 1,368.3 | 12.30 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,499.0 | 1.06 | 5,005.4 | 9.86 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,807.5 | 0.35 | 2,844.1 | -36.45 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 216.6 | 0.04 | 136.2 | 59.08 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,037.4 | 1.35 | 7,040.7 | -0.05 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 87.0 | 0.02 | 13.7 | 533.75 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 63.7 | 0.01 | 48.2 | 32.30 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 4.7 | 0.00 | 109.5 | -95.72 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 25.0 | 0.00 | 11.3 | 120.64 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,291.2 | 0.25 | 1,363.6 | -5.30 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,246.5 | 0.62 | 2,749.3 | 18.08 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 58,447.0 | 11.25 | 55,085.0 | 6.10 |
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 | 45,099.9 | 8.68 | 36,994.2 | 21.91 |
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 | 757.0 | 0.15 | 683.6 | 10.73 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 11,419.1 | 2.20 | 13,897.8 | -17.84 |
88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 736.4 | 0.14 | 2,231.2 | -66.99 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 666.2 | 0.13 | 652.5 | 2.09 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 16,138.2 | 3.11 | 14,349.5 | 12.46 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,016.2 | 0.58 | 5,030.8 | -40.04 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 168.1 | 0.03 | 183.0 | -8.14 |
93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 101.8 | 0.02 | 365.9 | -72.17 |
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 | 18,507.2 | 3.56 | 12,591.9 | 46.98 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,311.1 | 0.64 | 3,353.4 | -1.26 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,068.0 | 0.59 | 3,440.3 | -10.82 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 530.9 | 0.10 | 182.8 | 190.47 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 43,244.9 | 8.32 | 45,116.2 | -4.15 |
US Imports from Barbados
The major share of US imports from Barbados in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 53.74% of US total imports from Barbados (55.97% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 22.79% of US total imports from Barbados (18.80% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 3.14% of US total imports from Barbados (2.84% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.01% of US total imports from Barbados (1.60% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.56% of US total imports from Barbados (1.14% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Barbados in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $2.5 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2.1 million;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $0.2 million;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $0.2 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Barbados in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $3.3 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $1.2 million;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $0.6 million;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $0.3 million;
- 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 (HS code 85) - a decrease of $0.3 million.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2016 USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 16.8 | 0.03 | 49.8 | -66.19 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,210.3 | 4.39 | 2,848.1 | -22.39 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0.0 | 0.00 | 83.2 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 67.6 | 0.13 | 43.4 | 55.76 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2.3 | 0.00 | 3.0 | -21.58 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 23.0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3,309.5 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,697.8 | 3.37 | 2,010.5 | -15.55 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 141.4 | 0.28 | 114.0 | 24.05 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 87.3 | 0.17 | 83.8 | 4.24 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 22,798.1 | 45.30 | 20,261.3 | 12.52 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 2.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 22.7 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.7 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10.9 | 0.02 | 7.6 | 44.89 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 48.1 | 0.10 | 74.6 | -35.54 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 25.0 | 0.05 | 104.7 | -76.10 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.3 | 0.00 | 88.6 | -99.67 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.7 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 56.7 | 0.11 | 32.6 | 73.63 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 227.4 | 0.45 | 315.0 | -27.81 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 8.4 | 0.02 | 19.8 | -57.70 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.4 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,010.0 | 2.01 | 813.0 | 24.22 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 47.5 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 13.5 | 0.03 | 19.9 | -32.38 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.9 | -100.00 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,581.4 | 3.14 | 1,461.6 | 8.20 |
72 | Iron and steel | 45.4 | 0.09 | 24.3 | 87.04 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 18.1 | 0.04 | 5.8 | 211.94 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 158.4 | 0.31 | 170.9 | -7.27 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 557.9 | 1.11 | 384.0 | 45.27 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 7.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 138.7 | 0.28 | 37.1 | 273.84 |
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 | 4,596.6 | 9.13 | 4,882.5 | -5.86 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 10.8 | 0.02 | 85.7 | -87.42 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,723.3 | 13.36 | 4,669.1 | 43.99 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
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 | 9.7 | 0.02 | 103.0 | -90.63 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 49.6 | 0.10 | 102.5 | -51.61 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 7,975.9 | 15.85 | 9,149.9 | -12.83 |