Exports - commodities:
alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum, coffee, yams, beverages,
chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels
Exports - partners:
US 25.8%, Canada 19.3%, UK 10.7%, Netherlands 8.6%, China 7%,
Norway 6.4%, Germany 5.6% (2005)
Imports:
$4.682 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and
accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment,
construction materials
Imports - partners:
US 41.4%, Trinidad and Tobago 14%, Venezuela 5.5%, Japan 4.6% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.15 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$7.384 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$18.5 million; note - US aid only (2004)
Currency (code):
Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Currency code:
JMD