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integration into the global economy. Where the change is positive, it suggests an increasing concentration of imports for these countries, making them more vulnerable to shocks.

Table 5: CI in 2020

Product Group (2020)

CI (2020)

Antigua and Barbuda

19 91 68

0.42 0.36 0.33 0.16 0.41 0.21 0.23 0.39 0.44 0.27 0.23 0.47 0.80 0.31 0.10

Bahamas Barbados

Belize

122

Dominica

24

Dominican Republic

231

Grenada Guyana Jamaica

32

103 129

St. Kitts and Nevis

35 59 21

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

105 157 258

Trinidad and Tobago

UK

Source: UNCTAD

It should be noted, however, that the intervening trends suggest some amount of variation for some countries. This may be indicative of the fact that, for these countries, there was some amount of experimentation into different product lines, and changes consumption patterns. Countries exhibiting the highest levels of variability in product concentration over the PoA were Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Jamaica, Suriname, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Lucia.

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