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Overview In 2022 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was the number 197 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 201 in total imports.

Exports The top exports of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are Refined Petroleum ($28M), Recreational Boats ($13.4M), Molluscs ($5.5M), Tug Boats ($5.16M), and Wheat Flours ($4.82M), exporting mostly to Malaysia ($27.8M), United States ($8.14M), Greece ($7.79M), Barbados ($6.84M), and Spain ($5.19M).

Imports The top imports of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are Refined Petroleum ($59.2M), Poultry Meat ($17.1M), Passenger and Cargo Ships ($12.7M), Raw Sugar ($10.8M), and Wheat ($8.65M), importing mostly from United States ($133M), Trinidad and Tobago ($32.1M), China ($21.6M), United Kingdom ($19.5M), and Turkey ($16.4M).

Location Saint Vincent and the Grenadines borders Barbados, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela by sea.

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The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

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Top Export (2022)Refined Petroleum$28M
Top Destination (2022)Malaysia$27.8M

In 2022, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines exported a total of $82.5M, making it the number 197 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have changed by -$214M from $296M in 2017 to $82.5M in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Refined Petroleum ($28M), Recreational Boats ($13.4M), Molluscs ($5.5M), Tug Boats ($5.16M), and Wheat Flours ($4.82M). The most common destination for the exports of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are Malaysia ($27.8M), United States ($8.14M), Greece ($7.79M), Barbados ($6.84M), and Spain ($5.19M).

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Market Growth

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2021 - 2022)
Spain$5.17M (+ 28.1k%)
Greece$4.92M (+ 171%)
Poland$4.03M (+ 14.3k%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2021 - 2022)
Turkey$9.38M (+ 133%)
Guatemala$8.19M (+ 1.57k%)
Poland$3.91M (+ 1.36k%)

Total Export Growth by Market (2021 - 2022)

Service Trade

Service Trade

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exports Services (2013)$138M
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Imports Services (2013)$82.9M

In 2013, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines exported $138M worth of services. The top services exported by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2013 were Travel ($92.3M), Other business services ($25.4M), Communications services ($9.93M), Air transport ($5.31M), and Sea transport ($2.66M).

The top services imported by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2013 were Sea transport ($37.8M), Travel ($14.2M), Air transport ($10.7M), Other business services ($7.78M), and Government services, n.i.e. ($5.63M).

Service Exports (2013)

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Economic Complexity

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a high level of specialization in Tug Boats (534), Recreational Boats (231), Wheat Flours (205), Molluscs (123), and Cassava (79.9). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines observed and expected exports in each product.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines according to the relatedness index, were Hard Liquor (0.09), Gold (0.088), Scrap Iron (0.086), Coconut Oil (0.085), and Cement (0.084). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is not specialized in.

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Saint Vincent And The Grenadines exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Diversification Frontier

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

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