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Who does Trinidad and Tobago rely on?

The largest supplier of Trinidad and Tobago in 2024 is the United States, with 30.5% of what Trinidad and Tobago buys. Its share was 39.8% in 2019 and 45% in 1995. 252 of the 490 products Trinidad and Tobago buys for more than $1 million have a supplier selling more than 50% of what Trinidad and Tobago buys of that product; in 70, more than 75%. In those products, purchases from each one’s dominant supplier add up to 37.2% of what Trinidad and Tobago buys.

Summary

Largest supplier: United States
30.5%
Concentration (HHI)
1,250
Products with a supplier above 50%
252
Products with a supplier above 75%
70

Concentration index (HHI): 1,250 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 8 suppliers of the same size

Trend

Trend in shares

The United States went from 45% to 30.5% of what Trinidad and Tobago buys

Share (%)

  • United States 30.5%
  • China 13.7%
  • United Kingdom 5.6%
  • Brazil 5.5%
  • Japan 3.8%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearLargest supplierShare
1995United States45%
1996United States38.2%
1997United States49.6%
1998United States43.1%
1999United States37%
2000United States33.9%
2001United States31.7%
2002United States32.4%
2003United States28.7%
2004United States30.7%
2005United States25.7%
2006United States25.4%
2007United States25.5%
2008United States23.2%
2009United States27.9%
2010United States26.2%
2011United States25.4%
2012United States35%
2013United States22.7%
2014United States27.2%
2015United States30.2%
2016United States30.2%
2017United States24.1%
2018United States25%
2019United States39.8%
2020United States35.8%
2021United States33.8%
2022United States37.9%
2023United States40.6%
2024United States30.5%

Its suppliers

  1. United States$2.4 billion · 30.5%
  2. China$1.1 billion · 13.7%
  3. United Kingdom$443 million · 5.6%
  4. Brazil$435 million · 5.5%
  5. Japan$301 million · 3.8%
  6. Italy$217 million · 2.8%
  7. Canada$208 million · 2.7%
  8. Guyana$190 million · 2.4%
  9. Germany$181 million · 2.3%
  10. Mexico$169 million · 2.2%

Products with a dominant supplier

Of the 490 products Trinidad and Tobago buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Refined petroleumUnited States57%Italy · 10.3%$1.1 billion
Iron oreBrazil79.6%over 75%Canada · 20.4%$356 million
Flexible metal tubingUnited Kingdom99.3%over 75%United States · 0.46%$227 million
Dredgers and floating cranesChina70.4%United States · 24.6%$214 million
TrucksThailand63.8%Japan · 18.3%$127 million
Shipping containersGuyana93.7%over 75%United States · 3.1%$115 million
Turbojets and gas turbinesUnited States64.4%Canada · 13.7%$96 million
Pet and animal feedUnited States74.4%Netherlands · 11.1%$56 million
CheeseNew Zealand66.1%United States · 26.3%$52 million
Air conditionersChina77.7%over 75%United States · 14%$49 million
Other industrial machinesUnited States53.3%China · 11.1%$48 million
Steel structuresChina63.6%United States · 22.3%$47 million
Liquid pumpsUnited States52.5%Guyana · 10.3%$46 million
Centrifuges and filtersUnited States56.5%China · 13.5%$37 million
Toilet paper and tissuesUnited States67.7%China · 9.6%$34 million
WheatUnited States82%over 75%Canada · 18%$32 million
Cameras and broadcast equipmentUnited States58.5%China · 23.7%$30 million
Industrial fatty acids and oilsUnited States79.1%over 75%China · 8.1%$30 million
Monitors and projectorsChina55.8%Mexico · 21.9%$30 million
Alloy steel bars and sectionsTurkey96.3%over 75%China · 1.5%$30 million
Frozen beefUruguay63.8%United States · 28.1%$30 million
RiceGuyana61.9%Brazil · 24.3%$29 million
New tiresChina67.3%United States · 5.9%$29 million
Diodes, transistors and solar cellsChina97.1%over 75%United States · 2.2%$29 million
Airplanes and helicoptersUnited States98.7%over 75%China · 1.2%$28 million

and 227 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%.

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: United States
27.7%
Concentration (HHI)
943

Concentration index (HHI): 943 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 11 customers of the same size

Trend in shares

The United States went from 42.7% to 27.7% of what Trinidad and Tobago sells

Share (%)

  • United States 27.7%
  • Netherlands 5.2%
  • Chile 4.2%
  • Barbados 3.7%
  • Morocco 3.6%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearLargest customerShare
1995United States42.7%
1996United States46.8%
1997United States43.6%
1998United States41.6%
1999United States42%
2000United States49.2%
2001United States47%
2002United States53.1%
2003United States64.3%
2004United States68.1%
2005United States63%
2006United States59%
2007United States57.3%
2008United States44.3%
2009United States46%
2010United States44.8%
2011United States39.3%
2012United States40.8%
2013United States35.5%
2014United States32.6%
2015United States37.3%
2016United States32.2%
2017United States33%
2018United States26.1%
2019United States30.7%
2020United States33.4%
2021United States35.3%
2022United States29.6%
2023United States25.4%
2024United States27.7%

53 of the 162 products Trinidad and Tobago sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Trinidad and Tobago sells of that product; in 29, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 21% of what Trinidad and Tobago sells.

ProductCustomerShareSecondValue
Crude petroleumUnited States83.8%over 75%Peru · 12.1%$1.7 billion
Direct-reduced ironUnited States97.3%over 75%Germany · 2.7%$635 million
Asphalt mixturesChina99.2%over 75%Grenada · 0.39%$141 million
Welded steel pipesUnited States99.6%over 75%Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 0.13%$127 million
Petroleum coke and bitumenIndia100%over 75%Grenada · 0%$39 million
Iron oreChina82.2%over 75%United Kingdom · 17.8%$29 million
Preserved fruit and nutsJamaica56.7%Barbados · 9.3%$27 million
Fruit and vegetable juicesGuyana51%Saint Lucia · 8.2%$25 million
Other food preparationsUnited States73.2%Venezuela · 5.4%$25 million
BeerGuyana59.7%France · 8.6%$19 million
Fresh fishUnited States82.9%over 75%Canada · 16.4%$15 million
TugboatsUnited Kingdom97.1%over 75%France · 2.9%$14 million
Precious metal scrapUnited States68.3%Canada · 31.7%$13 million
Turbojets and gas turbinesIndonesia73.3%United States · 18.4%$13 million
Other oresNetherlands81.3%over 75%United Kingdom · 18.7%$12 million

and 38 more

Concentration compared

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

RankCountryHHI
109Fiji1,259
110El Salvador1,251
111Trinidad and Tobago1,250
112Gibraltar1,239
113Central African Republic1,214
114Uruguay1,206

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.