Jamaica | Imports and Exports | World | Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" from Jamaica totalled $ 24 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 25 from Jamaica went up by 118% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" went up by $ 13 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 25 from Jamaica amounted $11 million in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" amounted to 1.2% of total exports from Jamaica (cumulative merchandise exports from Jamaica totalled $ 2 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 25 in total exports from Jamaica increased by 0.624 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.579% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Jamaica were equal to $ 1.9 billion).
Where does Jamaica export Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement?
Top export destinations of "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" from Jamaica in 2023:
- USA with a share of 55% (13.4 million US$)
- Cayman Islands with a share of 15% (3.62 million US$)
- Guyana with a share of 11.9% (2.87 million US$)
- The Bahamas with a share of 7.1% (1.71 million US$)
- Turks and Caicos Islands with a share of 5.29% (1.27 million US$)
- Trinidad and Tobago - 219 thousand US$
- Anguilla - 191 thousand US$
- Bermuda - 189 thousand US$
- Cuba - 176 thousand US$
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - 176 thousand US$
Exports structure of 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement - from Jamaica in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 47% (11.4 million US$): 2521 - Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
- 33% (8.06 million US$): 2517 - Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated; macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in the first part of the heading; tarred macadam; granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated
- 13% (3.15 million US$): 2505 - Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metalbearing sands of Chapter 26.
- 3.3% (796 thousand US$): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
- 2.54% (613 thousand US$): 2501 - Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water
- 0.051% (12.3 thousand US$): 2515 - Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 0.024% (5.94 thousand US$): 2507 - Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined
- 0.01% (2.62 thousand US$): 2504 - Natural graphite.
- 0.002% (501 US$): 2530 - Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included.
The value of imports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" to Jamaica totalled $ 30 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 25 to Jamaica decreased by 11.8% in value terms compared to 2022. imports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" decreased by $ 4.05 million (the value of imports of commodity group 25 to Jamaica was equal to $34 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" accounted for 0.398% of total import flow to Jamaica (in 2023, total imports to Jamaica amounted to $ 7.59 billion). The share of commodity group 25 in total imports to Jamaica decreased by 0.045 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.444% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Jamaica were equal to $ 7.73 billion).
Where does Jamaica import Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement from?
Top trading partners (import of "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement") of Jamaica in 2023:
- Dominican Republic with a share of 47% (14.2 million US$)
- Turkey with a share of 17.2% (5.21 million US$)
- USA with a share of 12.2% (3.7 million US$)
- Panama with a share of 12.1% (3.67 million US$)
- Colombia with a share of 3.97% (1.2 million US$)
- The Bahamas with a share of 2.86% (866 thousand US$)
- China with a share of 1.32% (400 thousand US$)
- Egypt - 302 thousand US$
- Hong Kong - 149 thousand US$
- Honduras - 133 thousand US$
Imports structure of 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement - to Jamaica in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 77% (23 million US$): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
- 5.37% (1.62 million US$): 2501 - Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water
- 5.18% (1.56 million US$): 2505 - Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metalbearing sands of Chapter 26.
- 4.34% (1.31 million US$): 2522 - Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 28.25.
- 2.12% (644 thousand US$): 2507 - Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined
- 1.99% (605 thousand US$): 2526 - Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc
- 0.69% (209 thousand US$): 2512 - Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less
- 0.675% (204 thousand US$): 2508 - Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 68.06), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths
- 0.627% (190 thousand US$): 2506 - Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 0.4% (121 thousand US$): 2517 - Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated; macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in the first part of the heading; tarred macadam; granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated
