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IMPORTS  BY SECTIONS (PRELIMINARY DATA) US $ Click to Print This Page
SITC
CODE
2007 Jan-Dec 2008 Jan-Dec 2009 Jan-March
 2009
Jan-March
2010
S.I.T.C. SECTIONS
  TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE 6,892,971 8,360,981 5,065,699 1,225,088 1,177,545
Of which Jamaica Free Zone* - - - - 42,011
             
  TOTAL TRADE
(incl. Single Entity Free Zone)
6,892,971 8,360,981 5,065,699 1,225,088 1,165,549
0 Food 730,660 886,313 802,332 225,780 181,504
1 Beverages and Tobacco 93,163 93,485 79,863 19,802 18,236
2 Crude Materials (excl. Fuel) 67,564 73,429 54,868 11,598 14,615
3 Mineral Fuels, etcetera 2,428,935 3,354,794 1,396,603 304,742 393,125
4 Animal & Vegetable Oils & Fats 31,634 53,945 33,855 10,606 3,905
5 Chemicals 848,998 950,984 740,260 174,925 132,421
6 Manufactured Goods 753,363 883,556 555,823 133,836 130,476
7 Machinery and Transport Equipment 1,252,368 1,264,254 820,222 216,364 158,644
8 Misc. Manufactured Articles 591,206 681,969 461,562 101,428 113,355
9 Other 95,080 118,251 120,312 26,005 19,289
  Preliminary Data for the years 2007 -2009        
  * The Jamaica Free Zone includes Montego Bay Free Zone, Ingston Free Zone and Single Entry Free Zone Companies.
IMPORTS BY SECTIONS (PRELIMINARY DATA) IN J$"
SITC
CODE
2007 2008 Jan-Dec
 2009
Jan- March
 2009
Jan-March
  2010
S.I.T.C. SECTIONS
       
  TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE 474,491,562 632,043,973 443,061,787 102,521,952 105,336,842
  Of which Jamaica Free Zone*       n/a 3,750,572
             
  TOTAL TRADE (incl. Single Entity Free Zone) 474,491,562 632,043,973 443,061,787 102,521,952 104,264,210
0 Food 50,314,568 64,089,715 70,024,495 18,827,337 16,242,532
1 Beverages and Tobacco 6,410,254 6,759,729 7,007,694 1,670,666 1,632,035
2 Crude Materials (excl. Fuel) 4,642,237 5,286,410   4,833,198 987,224 1,307,755
3 Mineral Fuels, etcetera 168,022,630 258,963,725 122,957,384 25,890,741 35,173,328
4 Animal & Vegetable Oils & Fats 2,160,541 3,896,020 2,972,243 905,853 349,546
5 Chemicals 58,248,865 80,530,809 64,157,237 14,319,590 11,838,314
6 Manufactured Goods 51,755,107 63,656,496 48,681,231 11,241,948 11,673,762
7 Machinery and Transport Equipment 85,744,580 91,025,290 71,259,765 17,884,647 14,185,104
8 Misc. Manufactured Articles 40,618,370 49,159,014 40,517,873 8,531,265 10,137,143
9 Other 6,574,409 8,676,764 10,650,666 2,262,680 1,725,691
  Preliminary Data for the years 2007-2009      
  * The Jamaica Free Zone includes Montego Bay Free Zone, Ingston Free Zone and Single Entry Free Zone Companies.
Note: The Jamaica Free Zone includes Montego Bay Free Zone, Kingston Free Zone as well as Single Entry Free Zone Companies are now fully captured in the International Merchandise Trade Statistics with effect from January 2010. Prior to this only single entity free zone companies were included. Data for Jamaica Free Zone is only available for January 2010.
Last Updated: July 28, 2010
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