US trade (export - import) with Suriname in 2018
Published or Updated: Jun 06, 2019
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Suriname in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Suriname
In 2018, US trade with Suriname totaled $477.0 million, up 10.43% ($45.1 million) from 2017.
US exports to Suriname in 2018 totaled $387.3 million, up 7.76% ($27.9 million) from 2017.
US imports from Suriname in 2018 totaled $89.7 million, up 23.67% ($17.2 million) from 2017.
US trade surplus with Suriname in 2018 was $297.7 million, a 3.75% increase ($10.7 million) over 2017.
Suriname was the US 125th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 121st in 2017), accounting for 0.0111% of US total trade (up from 0.0109% in 2017).
Suriname was the US 107th largest export market in 2018 (up from 110th in 2017), accounting for 0.0233% of US total exports (up from 0.0232% in 2017).
Suriname was the US 130th largest supplier in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.0034% of US total imports (up from 0.0030% in 2017).
US Exports to Suriname
The major share of US exports to Suriname in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 49.05% of US total exports to Suriname (46.90% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 18.97% of US total exports to Suriname (20.21% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.77% of US total exports to Suriname (13.60% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.74% of US total exports to Suriname (4.30% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.63% of US total exports to Suriname (4.35% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.19% of US total exports to Suriname (1.28% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Suriname in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $19.2 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $8.4 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 $5.8 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $2.1 million;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $2.0 million;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $1.4 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Suriname in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $11.1 million;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $1.4 million;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $1.4 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 249.0 | 0.06 | 223.2 | 11.55 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 19,482.8 | 5.03 | 18,891.4 | 3.13 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,307.1 | 0.34 | 348.4 | 275.17 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,828.4 | 0.47 | 1,865.7 | -2.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5.0 | 0.00 | 8.2 | -39.99 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 10.6 | 0.00 | 5.6 | 88.29 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 554.4 | 0.14 | 775.7 | -28.53 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,301.8 | 0.34 | 1,144.7 | 13.72 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 339.6 | 0.09 | 368.4 | -7.82 |
| 10 | Cereals | 1,555.6 | 0.40 | 1,847.9 | -15.82 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 47.0 | 0.01 | 49.3 | -4.60 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 397.1 | 0.10 | 89.0 | 346.12 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 75.4 | 0.02 | 29.9 | 151.86 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 552.2 | 0.14 | 588.8 | -6.22 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 387.2 | 0.10 | 263.0 | 47.22 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 243.7 | 0.06 | 258.4 | -5.69 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 34.8 | 0.01 | 49.9 | -30.32 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 13,499.0 | 3.49 | 12,146.3 | 11.14 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,683.1 | 0.43 | 1,391.4 | 20.97 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,776.2 | 1.49 | 5,516.0 | 4.72 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3,215.8 | 0.83 | 2,437.5 | 31.93 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 512.3 | 0.13 | 445.1 | 15.11 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 249.1 | 0.06 | 147.6 | 68.79 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 387.0 | 0.10 | 1,822.5 | -78.76 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13,664.1 | 3.53 | 13,826.3 | -1.17 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 25,479.0 | 6.58 | 24,674.9 | 3.26 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 538.4 | 0.14 | 1,257.4 | -57.18 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,943.5 | 0.50 | 2,478.3 | -21.58 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 3.2 | 0.00 | 367.5 | -99.13 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,165.8 | 0.30 | 1,331.3 | -12.44 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,457.4 | 1.41 | 5,447.4 | 0.18 |
| 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 | 1,539.8 | 0.40 | 1,456.0 | 5.76 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 281.0 | 0.07 | 232.6 | 20.81 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 156.8 | 0.04 | 162.4 | -3.46 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 252.6 | 0.07 | 166.4 | 51.83 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,238.6 | 1.09 | 4,516.8 | -6.16 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 19,833.8 | 5.12 | 19,928.0 | -0.47 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 12,601.7 | 3.25 | 10,635.4 | 18.49 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 534.5 | 0.14 | 282.6 | 89.10 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 10.0 | 0.00 | 2.7 | 267.91 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 97.8 | 0.03 | 80.1 | 22.10 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 105.6 | 0.03 | 212.7 | -50.35 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,091.3 | 0.28 | 897.7 | 21.56 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 334.4 | 0.09 | 340.5 | -1.79 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 21.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 74.0 | 0.02 | 90.3 | -18.07 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.5 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 118.1 | 0.03 | 340.7 | -65.34 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 159.1 | 0.04 | 102.0 | 55.96 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 67.3 | 0.02 | 120.1 | -43.95 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 32.4 | 0.01 | 135.1 | -76.06 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 153.6 | 0.04 | 32.6 | 371.15 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 623.2 | 0.16 | 632.2 | -1.43 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 27.0 | 0.01 | 38.3 | -29.46 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 143.7 | 0.04 | 212.4 | -32.33 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 811.3 | 0.21 | 1,154.9 | -29.76 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 562.9 | 0.15 | 344.6 | 63.35 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,449.3 | 0.37 | 1,023.1 | 41.65 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 95.7 | 0.02 | 66.4 | 44.08 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 13.4 | 0.00 | 14.7 | -8.45 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 270.0 | 0.07 | 273.6 | -1.32 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 260.5 | 0.07 | 319.0 | -18.34 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 209.1 | 0.05 | 253.2 | -17.42 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 670.8 | 0.17 | 134.4 | 399.28 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 262.8 | 0.07 | 152.7 | 72.11 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,422.3 | 0.37 | 634.9 | 124.01 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 12,819.8 | 3.31 | 10,760.5 | 19.14 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 200.7 | 0.05 | 63.9 | 214.08 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 38.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,510.3 | 0.39 | 1,268.4 | 19.07 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 52.0 | 0.01 | 14.8 | 250.66 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 6.9 | 0.00 | 8.0 | -13.87 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 133.7 | 0.03 | 98.2 | 36.18 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 8.0 | 0.00 | 17.7 | -54.78 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,440.3 | 0.37 | 1,739.6 | -17.21 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 744.5 | 0.19 | 836.8 | -11.03 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 98,100.8 | 25.33 | 89,710.8 | 9.35 |
| 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 | 35,188.2 | 9.09 | 29,436.7 | 19.54 |
| 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 | 39.3 | 0.01 | 232.0 | -83.04 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 24,799.0 | 6.40 | 35,931.9 | -30.98 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 22,500.8 | 5.81 | 3,328.5 | 576.01 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,446.9 | 0.37 | 1,353.6 | 6.90 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,919.1 | 2.04 | 8,556.4 | -7.45 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 307.4 | 0.08 | 369.4 | -16.78 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 78.2 | 0.02 | 113.3 | -31.01 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 220.3 | 0.06 | 154.8 | 42.27 |
| 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 | 2,946.8 | 0.76 | 2,443.1 | 20.62 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2,289.3 | 0.59 | 3,659.5 | -37.44 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 639.9 | 0.17 | 571.9 | 11.89 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 7.4 | 0.00 | 90.0 | -91.73 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 23,395.9 | 6.04 | 23,557.7 | -0.69 |
US Imports from Suriname
The major share of US imports from Suriname in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 53.81% of US total imports from Suriname (59.36% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.50% of US total imports from Suriname (12.27% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 11.78% of US total imports from Suriname (11.67% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.36% of US total imports from Suriname (3.09% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.70% of US total imports from Suriname (1.14% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Suriname in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $5.9 million;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $5.3 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) - an increase of $3.0 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2.1 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1.0 million;
- Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - an increase of $0.6 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Suriname in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $0.6 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 385.3 | 0.43 | 265.5 | 45.08 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 47,724.2 | 53.23 | 42,428.2 | 12.48 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2.1 | 0.00 | 118.7 | -98.20 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 22.4 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 111.3 | 0.12 | 226.0 | -50.75 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.7 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 10,564.3 | 11.78 | 8,456.0 | 24.93 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 28.4 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 22.9 | 0.03 | 0.4 | 5,230.07 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5.4 | 0.01 | 12.4 | -56.18 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 630.1 | 0.70 | 824.2 | -23.55 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 83.2 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 11.1 | 0.01 | 17.0 | -34.56 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11.7 | 0.01 | 8.3 | 41.35 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 4.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 10.4 | 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 | 5.0 | 0.01 | 15.2 | -67.13 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 52.1 | 0.06 | 18.9 | 175.64 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,194.1 | 1.33 | 1,108.6 | 7.71 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 436.6 | 0.49 | 394.7 | 10.62 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1,317.6 | 1.47 | 721.7 | 82.57 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 14.1 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,918.7 | 3.26 | 3,525.7 | -17.22 |
| 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 | 7,207.0 | 8.04 | 4,228.0 | 70.46 |
| 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 | 165.1 | 0.18 | 336.2 | -50.89 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,759.7 | 1.96 | 757.4 | 132.33 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 54.9 | 0.06 | 48.3 | 13.62 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.0 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 5.0 | 0.01 | 2.7 | 86.58 |
| 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 | 109.4 | 0.12 | 48.5 | 125.86 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 40.2 | 0.04 | 29.4 | 36.68 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 3.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 14,786.8 | 16.49 | 8,865.4 | 66.79 |