Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Jamaica
Jamaica
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
13 948 5 536 -0.8 2 252 40.7
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
147 121 94 68
Imports
128 102 109 83
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 1 219 4 712
2010-2020 -1 -1
2020 0.01
Share in world total imports (%)
Share in world total exports (%)
2019 -16 3
2020 -23 -26 2020 0.03
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 22.1
Fuels and mining products: 71.9
Agricultural products: 19.1
Fuels and mining products: 26.6
Manufactures: 5.7
Other: 0.3
Manufactures: 54.2
Other: 0.1
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
United States of America: 38.8 Canada: 8.8 Russian Federation: 4.4
European Union: 16.2 Iceland: 7.4 Other: 24.4
United States of America: 45.2 European Union: 7.2 Japan: 4.7
China: 7.8 Colombia: 5.2 Other: 29.9
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2208 HS0714 HS2203 HS2103 HS1905
2019 . 64 36 25 24 22
Alcohol of less than 80% volume Manioc, arrowroot, salep Beer made from malt Sauces and preparations therefor Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2106 HS1005 HS1001 HS2304 HS2202
2019
Other food preparations Maize (corn) Wheat and meslin Solid residues from soya-bean oil Waters containing added sugar
128 62 55 51 43
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
Imports
10%
20%
0%
HS2208
HS2106
HS0714
HS1005
HS2203
HS1001
HS2103
HS2304
HS1905
HS2202
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 340 1 064
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 -1 1
2018 -2 2
2019 6 13
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2818 HS2710 HS2606 HS7204 HS0306
Artificial corundum Petroleum oils, other than crude Aluminium ores and concentrates Ferrous waste and scrap Crustaceans whether in shell or not
2019
Top imported products (Million US$)
749 295 90 10 7
HS2710 HS2709 HS8703 HS3004 HS2711
Value 2019
Petroleum oils, other than crude Petroleum oils, crude Motor cars for transport of persons Medicaments in measured doses Petroleum gases
898 635 374 154 126
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
184
20%
40%
Imports 60%
80%
0%
HS2818
HS2710
HS2710
HS2709
HS2606
HS8703
HS7204
HS3004
HS0306
HS2711
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 1 241 5 275
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 3 3
2018 59 6
2019 -20 2
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Jamaica TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
2 114 1 678 2020 0.04
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
13 9
-51 -35
-2 -1
2020 0.04
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 7.9 Other commercial services: 25.5
Travel: 66.7 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 43 Other commercial services: 49.2
By main destination
Travel: 7.8 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Jamaica
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 167 721
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value 151 17 na
2010-2020 -6 0
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 2 2
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
89.7 10.3 na
2020 -28 -23
Value
Share (%)
551 169 1
76.4 23.4 0.1
Travel Jamaica
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 1 409 131
2010-2020 -3 -4
Annual percentage change 2019 16 -1
2020 -61 -54
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 4.0
Other commercial services Exports Imports
Other business services ICTs
17.8 23.7
54.5
Value
Personal & cultural
2020
2010-2020
538 826
6 0
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
1 17
13 -39
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
14
Non-residents
51
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
65
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
1 232
Non-residents
1 612
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
2 844
Residents
204
Non-residents
3
Total
207
185