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Barbados

All products

Applied tariffs

Simple average MFN applied 2022
* 14.3 %
Trade-weighted MFN average 2022
* 18.9 %
Share of MFN duty-free 2022
5.4 %

Source of data: WTO IDB

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Bound tariffs

Simple average bound
78.9 %
Binding coverage
95.2 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %

Source of data: CTS

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Imports

Total imports: 2,164.2 million USD in 2024

Imports by partner

United States of America
38.5 % 833.7 million USD
Trinidad and Tobago
21.1 % 457.0 million USD
European Union
10.9 % 235.8 million USD
United Kingdom
4.6 % 100.6 million USD
China
4.2 % 90.6 million USD
Japan
2.8 % 60.8 million USD
Panama
2.3 % 49.7 million USD
Canada
2.1 % 45.4 million USD
Jamaica
1.5 % 32.6 million USD
Other Countries, n.e.s.
1.1 % 24.0 million USD
Rest of the World
10.8 % 234.0 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Imports by products HS 2017

271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
17.8 % 385.0 million USD
271012 Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
3.8 % 82.8 million USD
870340 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow, other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10 and plug-in hybrids)
2.0 % 43.7 million USD
999999 Unspecified products
1.9 % 41.0 million USD
300490 Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
1.8 % 38.2 million USD
870380 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only electric motor for propulsion (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)
1.5 % 33.5 million USD
210690 Food preparations, n.e.s.
1.3 % 28.0 million USD
080610 Fresh grapes
0.7 % 15.0 million USD
847130 Data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units)
0.7 % 14.9 million USD
870421 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel", of a gross vehicle weight <= 5 t (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10 and special purpose motor vehicles of heading 8705)
0.7 % 14.1 million USD
Rest of the products
67.8 % 1,468.1 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports

Total exports: 494.0 million USD in 2024

Exports by destination

Other Countries, n.e.s.
30.1 % 148.7 million USD
United States of America
20.7 % 102.5 million USD
Jamaica
6.9 % 34.2 million USD
Trinidad and Tobago
6.0 % 29.8 million USD
United Kingdom
5.4 % 26.5 million USD
Saint Lucia
4.4 % 21.6 million USD
Guyana
4.0 % 19.9 million USD
Canada
4.0 % 19.8 million USD
European Union
3.1 % 15.5 million USD
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2.7 % 13.3 million USD
Rest of the World
12.6 % 62.3 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports by products HS 2017

271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
35.9 % 177.5 million USD
220840 Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products
8.1 % 40.2 million USD
300490 Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
5.0 % 24.6 million USD
190531 Sweet biscuits
2.9 % 14.2 million USD
270900 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
2.8 % 13.6 million USD
151710 Margarine (excl. liquid)
2.7 % 13.6 million USD
711319 Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)
2.1 % 10.4 million USD
720410 Waste and scrap, of cast iron (excl. radioactive)
2.0 % 9.7 million USD
380891 Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69)
1.8 % 9.0 million USD
482110 Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, printed
1.8 % 8.7 million USD
Rest of the products
34.9 % 172.5 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Preferential regimes provided by Barbados

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Barbados as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes

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