Trinidad and Tobago - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 1.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 35.66 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1995.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 19.84
1962 23.16
1963 18.17
1964 18.00
1965 16.42
1966 13.22
1967 0.56
1968 2.81
1969 5.85
1970 9.42
1971 14.99
1972 11.35
1973 23.65
1974 35.66
1975 26.21
1976 26.62
1977 24.07
1978 23.43
1979 20.85
1980 30.63
1981 25.97
1982 13.98
1983 0.05
1984 0.10
1985 0.19
1986 0.27
1987 0.69
1988 1.21
1989 0.46
1990 0.21
1991 0.26
1992 0.09
1993 0.02
1994 0.13
1995 0.02
1996 0.03
1997 0.02
1998 0.04
1999 0.39
2000 0.10
2001 0.04
2002 0.26
2003 0.88
2004 0.64
2005 0.64
2006 0.13
2007 0.09
2008 0.12
2009 0.06
2010 0.13
2011 0.07
2012 0.08
2013 0.13
2014 0.40
2015 0.26
2016 0.26
2017 0.26
2018 0.43
2019 3.82
2020 1.36

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Trinidad and Tobago was 4,671,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,629,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 294,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 294,000,000
1961 341,000,000
1962 353,000,000
1963 377,000,000
1964 426,000,000
1965 471,000,000
1966 454,000,000
1967 417,000,000
1968 420,000,000
1969 483,000,000
1970 544,000,000
1971 666,000,000
1972 766,000,000
1973 797,000,000
1974 1,846,000,000
1975 1,469,000,000
1976 2,010,000,000
1977 1,819,000,000
1978 1,967,000,000
1979 2,105,000,000
1980 3,178,000,000
1981 3,125,000,000
1982 3,697,000,000
1983 2,582,000,000
1984 1,919,000,000
1985 1,534,000,000
1986 1,350,000,000
1987 1,219,000,000
1988 1,127,000,000
1989 1,221,000,000
1990 1,109,000,000
1991 1,667,000,000
1992 1,104,000,000
1993 1,463,000,000
1994 1,134,000,000
1995 1,714,000,000
1996 2,146,000,000
1997 2,988,000,000
1998 2,999,000,000
1999 2,741,000,000
2000 3,308,000,000
2001 3,569,000,000
2002 3,643,000,000
2003 3,892,000,000
2004 4,858,000,000
2005 5,694,000,000
2006 6,484,000,000
2007 7,663,000,000
2008 9,591,000,000
2009 6,955,000,000
2010 6,480,000,000
2011 9,511,000,000
2012 9,065,000,000
2013 12,629,000,000
2014 11,249,000,000
2015 9,233,000,000
2016 8,052,000,000
2017 6,893,000,000
2018 7,710,000,000
2019 6,327,000,000
2020 4,671,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 67.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.87 in 1980, while its lowest value was 34.46 in 2016.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 60.53
1961 68.90
1962 72.23
1963 67.05
1964 63.03
1965 62.73
1966 58.65
1967 46.16
1968 45.69
1969 48.85
1970 54.16
1971 59.94
1972 58.80
1973 67.31
1974 60.09
1975 70.56
1976 65.12
1977 71.12
1978 75.62
1979 84.17
1980 87.87
1981 82.08
1982 79.75
1983 87.33
1984 86.45
1985 80.94
1986 87.77
1987 84.45
1988 77.04
1989 80.25
1990 72.88
1991 71.91
1992 77.14
1993 73.70
1994 78.56
1995 74.52
1996 68.25
1997 77.87
1998 74.61
1999 69.15
2000 56.57
2001 67.15
2002 62.52
2003 60.33
2004 67.98
2005 51.77
2006 47.90
2007 47.65
2008 46.50
2009 50.08
2010 48.23
2011 44.55
2012 50.68
2013 38.36
2014 40.84
2015 35.41
2016 34.46
2017 34.46
2018 48.77
2019 72.49
2020 67.36

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 32.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.51 in 2016, while its lowest value was 3.31 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.10
1961 5.39
1962 5.97
1963 10.34
1964 10.86
1965 8.43
1966 7.21
1967 7.61
1968 3.31
1969 5.60
1970 8.17
1971 12.19
1972 19.14
1973 23.00
1974 35.86
1975 27.50
1976 32.20
1977 24.35
1978 20.80
1979 11.90
1980 10.44
1981 16.43
1982 18.52
1983 10.10
1984 10.46
1985 14.69
1986 7.32
1987 11.39
1988 16.32
1989 13.05
1990 17.10
1991 11.76
1992 11.02
1993 8.05
1994 13.53
1995 16.34
1996 18.89
1997 13.04
1998 17.98
1999 18.52
2000 23.67
2001 20.32
2002 26.49
2003 32.04
2004 28.04
2005 41.46
2006 47.11
2007 47.88
2008 50.36
2009 48.48
2010 51.02
2011 55.01
2012 48.89
2013 61.03
2014 58.75
2015 64.18
2016 65.51
2017 65.50
2018 51.18
2019 27.46
2020 32.61

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 15.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 17.98 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.22 in 1969.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1969 0.22
1971 2.34
1972 9.89
1973 9.73
1974 17.98
1975 17.37
1976 16.67
1977 10.82
1978 14.34
1979 4.78
1980 4.58
1981 10.79
1982 6.43
1983 0.68
1984 0.57
1985 0.62
1986 0.51
1987 0.74
1988 0.83
1989 0.64
1990 1.08
1991 1.50
1992 1.56
1993 1.63
1994 2.53
1995 1.77
1996 2.03
1997 1.62
1998 2.10
1999 2.82
2000 2.60
2001 2.72
2002 2.81
2003 3.38
2004 3.52
2005 4.03
2006 5.23
2007 6.33
2008 6.85
2009 6.93
2010 8.14
2011 9.47
2012 6.19
2013 6.12
2014 7.71
2015 15.55
2016 15.98
2017 15.98
2018 12.25
2019 11.53
2020 15.34

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 2.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 15.68 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1976.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.01
1979 0.00
1980 0.02
1981 0.02
1982 0.02
1983 0.11
1984 0.08
1985 0.02
1986 0.04
1987 0.07
1988 0.10
1989 0.07
1990 0.17
1991 0.15
1992 0.19
1993 0.11
1994 0.13
1995 0.16
1996 0.14
1997 0.18
1998 0.34
1999 0.29
2000 0.27
2001 0.37
2002 0.36
2003 0.31
2004 0.51
2005 0.44
2006 1.37
2007 0.84
2008 5.90
2009 8.04
2010 3.87
2011 8.75
2012 7.29
2013 11.10
2014 10.18
2015 13.37
2016 13.89
2017 13.89
2018 15.68
2019 2.48
2020 2.28

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 13.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.55 in 2013, while its lowest value was 3.00 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4.51
1961 5.03
1962 5.63
1963 10.07
1964 10.55
1965 8.20
1966 6.84
1967 7.37
1968 3.00
1969 4.29
1970 3.68
1971 3.13
1972 5.90
1973 10.57
1974 8.65
1975 3.49
1976 4.02
1977 4.09
1978 4.08
1979 5.49
1980 4.71
1981 5.42
1982 8.00
1983 9.00
1984 9.33
1985 13.14
1986 6.24
1987 10.16
1988 10.73
1989 9.26
1990 11.89
1991 8.69
1992 8.87
1993 5.98
1994 10.31
1995 13.14
1996 15.51
1997 10.54
1998 14.67
1999 13.88
2000 16.17
2001 14.35
2002 11.48
2003 16.32
2004 15.67
2005 23.35
2006 23.52
2007 23.04
2008 24.31
2009 19.73
2010 21.21
2011 21.52
2012 21.45
2013 26.55
2014 19.42
2015 20.60
2016 20.93
2017 20.93
2018 17.58
2019 11.67
2020 13.05

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 10.74 in 1976, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1971 3.50
1972 0.34
1973 1.57
1974 8.93
1975 5.37
1976 10.74
1977 9.17
1978 2.20
1979 0.55
1980 0.08
1981 0.01
1982 1.95
1983 0.05
1984 0.10
1985 0.19
1986 0.26
1987 0.14
1988 0.28
1989 0.45
1990 0.21
1991 0.27
1992 0.09
1993 0.02
1994 0.12
1995 0.02
1996 0.02
1997 0.02
1998 0.05
1999 0.29
2000 0.09
2001 0.04
2002 0.25
2003 0.86
2004 0.63
2005 0.62
2006 0.08
2007 0.06
2008 0.09
2009 0.03
2010 0.06
2011 0.03
2012 0.04
2013 0.05
2014 0.33
2015 0.02
2016 0.01
2017 0.01
2018 0.12
2019 0.15
2020 0.18

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 1.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.51 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.07 in 1974.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.51
1961 0.36
1962 0.34
1963 0.27
1964 0.31
1965 0.23
1966 0.28
1967 0.24
1968 0.29
1969 0.24
1970 0.24
1971 0.20
1972 0.18
1973 0.13
1974 0.07
1975 0.19
1976 0.14
1977 0.22
1978 0.16
1979 0.18
1980 0.11
1981 0.12
1982 0.13
1983 0.20
1984 0.36
1985 0.28
1986 0.25
1987 0.27
1988 0.17
1989 0.24
1990 0.58
1991 0.22
1992 0.23
1993 0.27
1994 0.38
1995 0.37
1996 0.40
1997 0.42
1998 0.63
1999 0.65
2000 0.68
2001 0.66
2002 0.68
2003 0.72
2004 0.69
2005 0.75
2006 0.88
2007 0.71
2008 0.72
2009 2.16
2010 2.19
2011 0.73
2012 2.51
2013 1.56
2014 1.01
2015 0.96
2016 0.95
2017 0.95
2018 1.38
2019 1.43
2020 1.62

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.10 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1986.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.07
1966 0.09
1968 0.02
1969 0.85
1970 4.24
1971 3.02
1972 2.83
1973 0.99
1974 0.23
1975 1.07
1976 0.63
1977 0.04
1978 0.02
1979 0.89
1980 0.94
1981 0.07
1982 1.99
1983 0.06
1984 0.02
1985 0.44
1986 0.02
1987 0.02
1988 4.20
1989 2.39
1990 3.18
1991 0.93
1992 0.08
1993 0.04
1994 0.06
1995 0.88
1996 0.79
1997 0.25
1998 0.19
1999 0.59
2000 3.85
2001 2.18
2002 10.90
2003 10.45
2004 7.03
2005 12.26
2006 16.02
2007 16.92
2008 12.49
2009 11.59
2010 15.55
2011 14.50
2012 11.42
2013 15.66
2014 20.10
2015 13.68
2016 13.75
2017 13.74
2018 4.17
2019 0.20
2020 0.13

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 51.00 in 1968, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 34.37
1961 25.71
1962 21.80
1963 22.62
1964 26.11
1965 28.84
1966 34.13
1967 46.23
1968 51.00
1969 45.55
1970 37.67
1971 27.87
1972 22.06
1973 9.69
1974 4.05
1975 1.94
1976 2.67
1977 4.53
1978 3.58
1979 3.93
1980 1.70
1981 1.49
1982 1.73
1983 2.57
1984 3.08
1985 4.37
1986 4.91
1987 4.16
1988 6.63
1989 6.69
1990 10.02
1991 16.34
1992 11.84
1993 18.25
1994 7.91
1995 9.15
1996 12.86
1997 9.10
1998 7.41
1999 12.33
2000 19.77
2001 12.54
2002 11.00
2003 7.62
2004 3.98
2005 6.78
2006 4.99
2007 4.47
2008 3.14
2009 1.44
2010 0.75
2011 0.44
2012 0.44
2013 0.61
2014 0.41
2015 0.41
2016 0.04
2017 0.04
2018 0.04
2019 0.05
2020 0.03

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Trinidad and Tobago was $4,947,973,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $13,526,650,000 in 2015 and $292,400,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $292,400,000
1961 $335,700,000
1962 $353,200,000
1963 $375,400,000
1964 $422,800,000
1965 $474,400,000
1966 $457,600,000
1967 $411,200,000
1968 $420,000,000
1969 $484,370,000
1970 $543,710,000
1971 $657,120,000
1972 $764,690,000
1973 $788,390,000
1974 $1,847,250,000
1975 $1,471,800,000
1976 $1,967,930,000
1977 $1,788,790,000
1978 $1,960,730,000
1979 $2,082,570,000
1980 $3,158,280,000
1981 $3,101,020,000
1982 $3,563,860,000
1983 $2,502,450,000
1984 $1,901,570,000
1985 $1,588,090,000
1986 $1,331,950,000
1987 $1,165,810,000
1988 $1,127,860,000
1989 $1,244,225,000
1990 $1,229,490,000
1991 $1,647,034,000
1992 $1,430,190,000
1993 $1,386,838,000
1994 $1,211,671,000
1995 $1,967,397,000
1996 $2,147,124,000
1997 $3,028,102,000
1998 $3,009,174,000
1999 $2,742,994,000
2000 $2,347,161,000
2001 $3,557,718,000
2002 $3,666,618,000
2003 $3,959,673,000
2004 $4,891,406,000
2005 $5,719,654,000
2006 $6,506,826,000
2007 $7,697,137,000
2008 $9,634,414,000
2009 $6,986,632,000
2010 $6,508,306,000
2011 $9,598,124,000
2012 $11,668,910,000
2013 $12,447,840,000
2014 $11,462,680,000
2015 $13,526,650,000
2016 $12,406,700,000
2017 $10,752,530,000
2018 $6,966,863,000
2019 $3,702,166,000
2020 $4,947,973,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports