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How dependent is Saint Kitts and Nevis on the United States?

In 2024, the United States sold $141 million to Saint Kitts and Nevis, 41.6% of its imports, ranking 1st among its suppliers. Its share was 54.4% in 2019 and 52.7% in 1995. In 35 products it sells more than 50% of what Saint Kitts and Nevis buys of them (in 21, more than 75%); what Saint Kitts and Nevis buys from the United States in those products (dominated value) adds up to $60 million, 17.7% of its imports.

Summary

Share of its imports
41.6%
Value imported
$141million
Rank among its suppliers
1st
Products where it sells over 50%
35
Products where it sells over 75%
21
Dominated value
$60million
Share of total imports
17.7%

Trend

The United States went from 52.7% to 41.6% of what Saint Kitts and Nevis buys

Trend in shares

The United States went from 52.7% to 41.6% of what Saint Kitts and Nevis buys

Share (%)

  • United States 41.6%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearValue (USD millions)ShareRank
19958152.7%1
19969054.4%1
19979053.7%1
19983936.2%1
19999353.1%1
200011853.2%1
20019646.5%1
200210545.2%1
200311342.6%1
200410928.7%2
200512548.7%1
200615144.4%1
200716347.6%1
200820352.9%1
200919750.2%1
201019551.5%1
201117418.5%2
201215146.1%1
201317135.3%1
201418041.5%1
201518347.3%1
201623451.7%1
201721051.5%1
201818151.7%1
201918554.4%1
202012042.6%1
202113048.1%1
202215246.3%1
202315945.7%1
202414141.6%1

Products where the United States sells more than half

35 products, 17.7% of what it buys
ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
JewelryUnited States92.5%over 75%Italy · 2.8%$6 million
Sawn woodUnited States94.9%over 75%Guyana · 4.7%$3 million
ComputersUnited States81.9%over 75%Canada · 12.3%$3 million
Other plastic articlesUnited States89.3%over 75%China · 3.5%$3 million
Other wristwatchesUnited States73.9%Switzerland · 24.8%$3 million
Pearl and gemstone articlesUnited States100%over 75%—$2 million
Cables and wireUnited States73.6%United Kingdom · 14.3%$2 million
Detergents and surfactantsUnited States80%over 75%Trinidad and Tobago · 9%$2 million
Cameras and broadcast equipmentUnited States84.1%over 75%United Kingdom · 7.8%$2 million
Air conditionersUnited States70.2%China · 29.5%$2 million
Bread, biscuits and pastriesUnited States61.3%Trinidad and Tobago · 18.5%$2 million
FurnitureUnited States55.8%Canada · 12.6%$2 million
Low-voltage switches and connectorsUnited States58.4%United Kingdom · 37%$2 million
Generating setsUnited States80%over 75%Germany · 10.4%$1 million
PorkUnited States89.3%over 75%United Kingdom · 9.3%$1 million
PlywoodUnited States70.5%Brazil · 27%$1 million
Frozen beefUnited States95.4%over 75%Turkey · 3.3%$1 million
Other industrial machinesUnited States77.1%over 75%China · 9.9%$1 million
Medical and dental instrumentsUnited States76.1%over 75%Barbados · 14.2%$1 million
Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumpsUnited States84.5%over 75%China · 10.9%$1 million
Lamps and light fittingsUnited States82.5%over 75%China · 8.1%$1 million
Sauces and condimentsUnited States60%Trinidad and Tobago · 34.2%$1 million
Diodes, transistors and solar cellsUnited States84.5%over 75%France · 7.2%$1 million
Plastic tableware and household itemsUnited States76.3%over 75%Dominican Republic · 14.3%$1 million
Frozen fishUnited States84.5%over 75%Trinidad and Tobago · 15.1%$1 million
Computer and office machine partsUnited States88.8%over 75%Canada · 4.1%$1 million
CheeseUnited States64.1%United Kingdom · 35.4%$1 million
Pet and animal feedUnited States69.1%Barbados · 23.8%$1 million
Plastic pipes and hosesUnited States58.5%Canada · 16%$1 million
Precious metal watchesUnited States90.8%over 75%Switzerland · 9.2%$1 million

and 5 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

The United States’ 143rd customer, 0.01% of its sales

Saint Kitts and Nevis is the United States’ 143rd-largest customer, with 0.01% of its exports.

Sources and method

CEPII BACI and 1 more

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.