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The following table (Table 5) presents the top items of import for the top importing countries of the CARIFORUM region viz Dominican Republic, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Haiti.

Table 5: CARIFORUM’S Countrywise Top Import Items

Total Imports 2019 (US$)

Share in 2019 (%)

HS Code

Top 5 Import Items

Importer

17.8

71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones 85 Electrical machinery and equipment 84 Machinery, mechanical appliances 87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock

8.1 8.1

Dominican Republic

22,202.3

7.5

39 Plastics and articles thereof

7

89 Ships, boats and floating structures

44.4

24.5

27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation

84 Machinery, mechanical appliances 85 Electrical machinery and equipment

3.7 2.1

Bahamas

10,680.6

1.5

87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock

84 Machinery, mechanical appliances

17.1

16

27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation 87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock

Trinidad and Tobago

6,973.7

5.8

85 Electrical machinery and equipment

5.1 5.1

26 Ores, slag and ash

26.3

27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation

84 Machinery, mechanical appliances

8.6

Jamaica

6,339.2

8.6

87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock

85 Electrical machinery and equipment

5.4 3.5

39 Plastics and articles thereof

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