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Trade between Jamaica and the United States

In 2024, Jamaica exported $354 million to the United States and imported $2.5 billion. Jamaica ran a deficit of $2.2 billion with the United States, compared with a deficit of $2.3 billion in 2019. The United States was Jamaica’s largest trading partner (38% of its trade), and Jamaica was the United States’ 79th (0.1%).

Summary

Jamaica → United States
$354million
United States → Jamaica
$2.5billion
Jamaica’s balance
-$2.2billion

Balance

Jamaica’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Jamaica and the United States grew 30% since 1995

USD billions (current). Jamaica’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0.4
  • Imports 2.5
  • Balance -2.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$867 million$1.3 billion-$478 million
1996$847 million$1.7 billion-$860 million
1997$744 million$1.7 billion-$934 million
1998$742 million$1.7 billion-$997 million
1999$699 million$1.4 billion-$745 million
2000$639 million$1.5 billion-$830 million
2001$484 million$1.6 billion-$1.1 billion
2002$432 million$1.5 billion-$1.1 billion
2003$440 million$1.6 billion-$1.2 billion
2004$367 million$1.7 billion-$1.3 billion
2005$486 million$2.1 billion-$1.6 billion
2006$790 million$2.2 billion-$1.4 billion
2007$1.1 billion$2.7 billion-$1.6 billion
2008$1.1 billion$3.3 billion-$2.2 billion
2009$682 million$1.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2010$640 million$1.9 billion-$1.3 billion
2011$735 million$2.2 billion-$1.5 billion
2012$643 million$2.4 billion-$1.7 billion
2013$564 million$2.2 billion-$1.6 billion
2014$398 million$2.2 billion-$1.8 billion
2015$514 million$1.8 billion-$1.3 billion
2016$399 million$1.8 billion-$1.4 billion
2017$577 million$2.5 billion-$1.9 billion
2018$642 million$2.8 billion-$2.1 billion
2019$680 million$3 billion-$2.3 billion
2020$455 million$1.9 billion-$1.5 billion
2021$755 million$2.4 billion-$1.7 billion
2022$613 million$3.2 billion-$2.6 billion
2023$1 billion$3.2 billion-$2.1 billion
2024$354 million$2.5 billion-$2.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Jamaica sells to the United States

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Aluminum oxide and hydroxide$59 million · 16.5%
    154 thousand tonnes
  2. Preserved fruit and nuts$53 million · 15%
    16 thousand tonnes
  3. Bauxite (aluminum ore)$52 million · 14.6%
    2.1 million tonnes
  4. Sauces and condiments$27 million · 7.6%
    5 thousand tonnes
  5. Bread, biscuits and pastries$21 million · 5.9%
    5 thousand tonnes
  6. Beer$19 million · 5.3%
    11 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  7. Spirits$18 million · 5.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Refined petroleum$10 million · 2.8%
    19 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  9. Other food preparations$10 million · 2.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Gravel and crushed stone$8 million · 2.3%
    550 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to Jamaica

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$807 million · 32.1%
    1.3 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Natural gas and LPG$157 million · 6.2%
    217 thousand tonnes
  3. Caustic soda and potash$79 million · 3.1%
    389 thousand tonnes
  4. Corn$67 million · 2.7%
    313 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Ethyl alcohol (ethanol)$60 million · 2.4%
    82 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Soybean meal and pellets$56 million · 2.2%
    128 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  7. Eggs in shell$48 million · 1.9%
    9 thousand tonnes
  8. Wheat$48 million · 1.9%
    172 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Sawn wood$34 million · 1.4%
    69 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  10. Cars$32 million · 1.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Kingston to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Kingston and Los Angeles is 3,624 nautical miles (6,711 km) long: ≈ 8.5–11 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Panama Canal.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$2.6 billion · 91.5%
  2. Air$244 million · 8.5%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Jamaica’s largest trading partner (38% of its trade), and Jamaica was the United States’ 79th (0.1%).

The United States in Jamaica’s trade
37.9%
The United States’ rank among Jamaica’s partners
1st
Jamaica in the United States’ trade
0.1%
Jamaica’s rank among the United States’ partners
79th

Compare with

Other partners of the United States

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.