What do we import from USA?

What do we import from USA?

What Are the Major U.S. Imports?

• Machinery (including computers and hardware) – $386.4 billion.
• Electrical machinery – $367.1 billion.
• Vehicles and automobiles – $306.7 billion.
• Minerals, fuels, and oil – $241.4 billion.
• Pharmaceuticals – $116.3 billion.
• Medical equipment and supplies – $93.4 billion.

What do they import in Jamaica?

Jamaica’s main imports are food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment and construction materials. The main import partners are the USA, CARICOM, Germany, Venezuela, France and Japan.

What are the major imports in Jamaica?

The main imports are food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, construction materials machinery, and transport equipment. The average ad valorem tariff for imported goods is 7.5% (2008).

Does Jamaica trade with the US?

Bilateral Economic Relations The United States is Jamaica’s most important trading partner. Under the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act and other trade measures, more than 80 percent of Jamaican exports enter the U.S. market duty-free.

What is the US #1 Export?

Searchable List of America’s Most Valuable Export Products

Rank	US Export Product	YOY
1	Processed petroleum oils	-30.6%
2	Crude oil	-23%
3	Cars	-18.7%
4	Integrated circuits/microassemblies	+10.3%

What are the top 10 imports of the US and from what country?

Imports The top imports of United States are Cars ($178B), Crude Petroleum ($123B), Computers ($81.9B), Broadcasting Equipment ($81.8B), and Packaged Medicaments ($79.5B), importing mostly from China ($429B), Mexico ($361B), Canada ($314B), Japan ($134B), and Germany ($131B).

What products are in high demand in Jamaica?

Products present in the market with good sales potential include fruits and vegetables, lamb, special beef and veal cuts, cheeses and other dairy products, French fries, potatoes, snack products, sauces, and wines are high in demand.

What items are manufactured in Jamaica?

Jamaican companies contribute many manufactures such as food processing; oil refining; produced chemicals, construction materials, plastic goods, paints, pharmaceuticals, cartons, leather goods and cigars & assembled electronics, textiles and apparel.

What is Jamaica’s number one import?

Imports The top imports of Jamaica are Refined Petroleum ($836M), Cars ($332M), Crude Petroleum ($238M), Petroleum Gas ($195M), and Packaged Medicaments ($103M), importing mostly from United States ($2.56B), China ($630M), Japan ($260M), Trinidad and Tobago ($166M), and Turkey ($164M).

What is Jamaica’s main export?

The principal exports are aluminum and bauxite, which account for approximately one-third of export earnings; sugar, bananas, coffee, and other agricultural products, beverages and tobacco, and chemicals constitute most of the remainder. The United States is, by far, Jamaica’s main trading partner.

Who owns Jamaica?

Jamaica was an English colony from 1655 (when it was captured by the English from Spain), and a British Colony from 1707 until 1962, when it became independent. Jamaica became a Crown colony in 1866….Colony of Jamaica.

Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies
Common languages	English, Jamaican Patois, Spanish

Do you clear US customs in Jamaica?

Thing. Ever.! When leaving Jamaica you do not go thru any customs check in Jamaica. However, you do need to go thru Jamaican immigration as you leave the country (as well as when you enter Jamaica).