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How dependent is Aruba on the United States?

In 2024, the United States sold $683 million to Aruba, 52.8% of its imports, ranking 1st among its suppliers. Its share was 50.8% in 2019 and 41.2% in 1995. In 84 products it sells more than 50% of what Aruba buys of them (in 36, more than 75%); what Aruba buys from the United States in those products (dominated value) adds up to $488 million, 37.7% of its imports.

Summary

Share of its imports
52.8%
Value imported
$683million
Rank among its suppliers
1st
Products where it sells over 50%
84
Products where it sells over 75%
36
Dominated value
$488million
Share of total imports
37.7%

Trend

Trend in shares

The United States went from 41.2% to 52.8% of what Aruba buys

Share (%)

  • United States 52.8%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearValue (USD millions)ShareRank
199523041.2%1
199620926.7%2
199722325.7%2
199833239.3%1
199928647.3%1
200027132%2
200125848.7%1
200243851.4%1
200333423.6%2
200436215.3%2
200568621.4%2
200647915.4%2
200748618.2%2
200864524.3%2
200954639.8%1
201054940.1%1
201162220%2
201260625.6%2
201370022.5%2
20141,07431.3%2
201590537.6%1
201676046%1
201790952.7%1
201869347.9%1
201968550.8%1
202048449.7%1
202171548.7%1
202273342.7%1
202374852.3%1
202468352.8%1

Products where the United States sells more than half

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Refined petroleumUnited States91.7%over 75%Colombia · 7.1%$199 million
JewelryUnited States79.4%over 75%Switzerland · 11.1%$38 million
Frozen beefUnited States62.8%Brazil · 33.7%$17 million
Monitors and projectorsUnited States95.8%over 75%China · 3.9%$16 million
Other wristwatchesUnited States76.6%over 75%Switzerland · 21.7%$13 million
Cameras and broadcast equipmentUnited States79.8%over 75%Netherlands · 12.9%$11 million
ComputersUnited States84.1%over 75%Netherlands · 8.5%$10 million
SpiritsUnited States50.9%United Kingdom · 31.2%$8 million
Yachts and pleasure boatsUnited States98.4%over 75%China · 0.99%$7 million
Video game consoles and gamesUnited States93.4%over 75%Slovenia · 2.8%$7 million
Soft drinksUnited States63.4%Netherlands · 9.2%$7 million
Bread, biscuits and pastriesUnited States57.4%Netherlands · 26.5%$7 million
Turbojets and gas turbinesUnited States91.9%over 75%Switzerland · 6.9%$6 million
Computer and office machine partsUnited States88.6%over 75%Netherlands · 5.1%$6 million
Precious metal watchesUnited States78.9%over 75%Switzerland · 20.6%$5 million
PerfumesUnited States72.2%France · 13.6%$5 million
Sawn woodUnited States89.2%over 75%Netherlands · 3.2%$5 million
Seats and chairsUnited States52.6%China · 15.4%$5 million
Artists' colorsUnited States99.3%over 75%Netherlands · 0.35%$5 million
Sauces and condimentsUnited States67.9%Netherlands · 23%$4 million
Makeup and skin careUnited States60.9%Netherlands · 29.2%$4 million
Eggs in shellUnited States99.4%over 75%Colombia · 0.64%$4 million
Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumpsUnited States57.7%China · 16.2%$4 million
Other plastic articlesUnited States53.1%Netherlands · 24.1%$3 million
Bed, table and kitchen linenUnited States67.4%Spain · 11.1%$3 million
Detergents and surfactantsUnited States52.9%Netherlands · 16.6%$3 million
Industrial fatty acids and oilsUnited States71.4%Netherlands · 11.8%$3 million
X-ray and radiation equipmentUnited States90.2%over 75%Netherlands · 6.3%$3 million
Natural gas and LPGUnited States100%over 75%China · 0.02%$3 million
Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)United States66.1%India · 17.6%$3 million

and 54 more

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

Are there other suppliers in the world?

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Seen from the United States

Aruba is the United States’ 99th-largest customer, with 0.04% of its exports.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.