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Who does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rely on?

The largest supplier of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2024 is the United States, with 28.2% of what Saint Vincent and the Grenadines buys. Its share was 31.6% in 2019 and 27.5% in 1995. 50 of the 92 products Saint Vincent and the Grenadines buys for more than $1 million have a supplier selling more than 50% of what Saint Vincent and the Grenadines buys of that product; in 24, more than 75%. In those products, purchases from each one’s dominant supplier add up to 29.4% of what Saint Vincent and the Grenadines buys.

Summary

Largest supplier: United States
28.2%
Concentration (HHI)
1,345
Products with a supplier above 50%
50
Products with a supplier above 75%
24

Concentration index (HHI): 1,345 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 7 suppliers of the same size

Trend

Trend in shares

Trinidad and Tobago went from 8.9% to 17.8% of what Saint Vincent and the Grenadines buys

Share (%)

  • United States 28.2%
  • Trinidad and Tobago 17.8%
  • United Kingdom 8.7%
  • China 7.5%
  • Germany 5.6%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearLargest supplierShare
1995United States27.5%
1996United States24.7%
1997United States31.5%
1998United States27.5%
1999United States25.3%
2000United States22.5%
2001United States21.4%
2002United States24%
2003United States25.5%
2004United States19%
2005United States15.7%
2006United States18.2%
2007United States23.2%
2008United States23.9%
2009United States20.2%
2010United States24%
2011United States25.2%
2012United States30.4%
2013United States26.3%
2014United States27.5%
2015United States28.9%
2016United States33.7%
2017United States30.4%
2018United States26.9%
2019United States31.6%
2020United States35.9%
2021United States32.3%
2022United States42.5%
2023United States37%
2024United States28.2%

Its suppliers

  1. United States$126 million · 28.2%
  2. Trinidad and Tobago$79 million · 17.8%
  3. United Kingdom$39 million · 8.7%
  4. China$33 million · 7.5%
  5. Germany$25 million · 5.6%
  6. Italy$23 million · 5.3%
  7. Barbados$13 million · 2.9%
  8. Japan$12 million · 2.8%
  9. Turkey$11 million · 2.4%
  10. Netherlands$10 million · 2.3%

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Products with a dominant supplier

Of the 92 products Saint Vincent and the Grenadines buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Yachts and pleasure boatsItaly69.6%Croatia · 17.6%$29 million
Poultry meatUnited States60.6%United Kingdom · 29.8%$17 million
CarsJapan55.5%United States · 14.2%$13 million
TugboatsChina97.7%over 75%Greece · 2.3%$9 million
CornUnited States99.5%over 75%Trinidad and Tobago · 0.48%$6 million
WheatUnited States100%over 75%—$6 million
Bulldozers and excavatorsNetherlands64.2%United Kingdom · 11.1%$6 million
Sawn woodUnited States80.1%over 75%United Kingdom · 9.4%$6 million
Bread, biscuits and pastriesTrinidad and Tobago67.3%United States · 19.8%$5 million
Soft drinksTrinidad and Tobago81.4%over 75%Barbados · 5.9%$5 million
Generating setsUnited States63.9%Germany · 11.6%$4 million
Control panelsUnited Kingdom79.4%over 75%Brazil · 5.7%$3 million
Sauces and condimentsTrinidad and Tobago76.6%over 75%United States · 21.6%$3 million
Sorting and crushing machinesUnited Kingdom69.3%United States · 13.7%$3 million
Cameras and broadcast equipmentUnited States83.2%over 75%China · 6.2%$3 million
CheeseUnited Kingdom55.7%New Zealand · 23.1%$3 million
Plastic packagingTrinidad and Tobago62.6%United States · 23.5%$3 million
RiceGuyana86.8%over 75%Taiwan · 9%$3 million
Other industrial machinesChina62.9%United Kingdom · 13.7%$2 million
MargarineBarbados55.4%Trinidad and Tobago · 28.1%$2 million
Toilet paper and tissuesTrinidad and Tobago59.7%United States · 21.5%$2 million
Breakfast cerealsTrinidad and Tobago86%over 75%United States · 6.4%$2 million
Low-voltage switches and connectorsUnited Kingdom59.4%United States · 18.7%$2 million
Transformers and power suppliesUnited States50.2%China · 19.5%$2 million
Air conditionersChina51.1%United States · 26.7%$2 million

and 25 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%.

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Countries that sell more than 50% of some product; the darker, the higher the value of those products.

Selling: who it relies on

Largest customer: Trinidad and Tobago
40.1%
Concentration (HHI)
2,267

Concentration index (HHI): 2,267 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 4 customers of the same size

Trend in shares

Trinidad and Tobago went from 4.4% to 40.1% of what Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sells

Share (%)

  • Trinidad and Tobago 40.1%
  • Greece 17.9%
  • Barbados 12%
  • United States 10.8%
  • Antigua and Barbuda 6%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearLargest customerShare
1995United Kingdom23.4%
1996United Kingdom23.4%
1997France31%
1998United Kingdom17%
1999Norway24.1%
2000United Kingdom19.1%
2001France19.5%
2002Greece25%
2003United Kingdom16.6%
2004Spain21.5%
2005Italy41.1%
2006India27.8%
2007Greece27.8%
2008Greece32.7%
2009Greece32.4%
2010France35.9%
2011Cameroon15.8%
2012Saint Lucia12.8%
2013Trinidad and Tobago11.3%
2014Republic of the Congo33.1%
2015Jordan23.2%
2016France30.4%
2017France33.3%
2018Jordan42.3%
2019Jordan38.5%
2020Gabon48.5%
2021Gabon30.3%
2022Gabon29.6%
2023Croatia15.3%
2024Trinidad and Tobago40.1%

6 of the 7 products Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sells of that product; in 6, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 55.6% of what Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sells.

ProductCustomerShareSecondValue
Cargo and cruise shipsTrinidad and Tobago77%over 75%Greece · 23%$27 million
Yachts and pleasure boatsGreece93.8%over 75%Italy · 5.4%$4 million
Precious metal scrapUnited States100%over 75%—$3 million
Pet and animal feedBarbados76.6%over 75%Antigua and Barbuda · 18.3%$2 million
Mollusks (squid, mussels, oysters)United States99.4%over 75%Barbados · 0.31%$2 million
Cassava and other rootsTrinidad and Tobago88.8%over 75%Barbados · 4.7%$1 million

Concentration compared

The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).

RankCountryHHI
99Brunei1,373
100Portugal1,359
101Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,345
102Austria1,328
103Peru1,327
104Gabon1,317

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.