Anguilla

Imports: CIF, by origin

Exports: FOB, by last known destination

Trade System: General

Overview:
From 2004 to 2008, Anguilla's exports increased on average by 18.9 percent each year and amounted to 11.5 mln US$ in 2008 (see table 1).
Imports increased on average by 27.6 percent each year and reached 271.7 mln US$ (see table 2). This resulted in a trade deficit of 260.3 mln
US$ (see graph 1). By MDG regions, trade with Developed North America accounted for a large part of this deficit (-165.2 mln US$) (see
graph 2). Significant deficits were also recorded with Latin America and the Caribbean (-69.3 mln US$) and Developed Europe (-16.3 mln
US$). Anguilla's trade was highly concentrated among a few partners: in 2008, 3 major partners accounted for 80 percent of exports and
imports (see graph 3).

Graph 1: Total imports, exports and trade balance

(Mln US$ by year)
Exports

50

Imports

Table 1: Exports by SITC sections

Trade Balance

(na)

(na)

(na)

(na)

(Value in million US$, growth and shares in percentage)

SITC
Total
0+1
2+4
3
5
6
7
8
9

0
50
100
150
200

2008

11.5
4.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
2.3
0.3
2.5

Avg. Growth rates (%)

2004-2008 2007-2008

18.9
86.4
26.1
-51.1
8.7
47.8
-1.9
-34.3
86.5

2008
share

24.9
10.2
11.5
-67.7
37.6
133.5
-26.5
-27.7
377.0

100.0
41.5
0.1
0.3
0.3
13.9
19.7
2.8
21.4

250

08

07

Table 2: Imports by SITC sections

(Value in million US$, growth and shares in percentage)

20

06

20

05

20

04

20

03

20

02

20

01

20

00

20

99

20

98

19

97

19

96

19

95

19

19

19

94

300

Exports Profile:
In 2008, food, live animals, beverages and tobacco (SITC sections 0+1) accounted for
41.5 percent of exported goods (see table 1). Commodities and transactions not
classified elsewhere (SITC section 9) and machinery and transport equipment (SITC
section 7) accounted respectively for 21.4 and 19.7 percent of exports. Guyana, the
major partner for exports, was the destination of 38.3 percent of exports in 2008 (see
table 4). Other major markets included Netherlands Antilles and USA. From 2006 to
2008, top exported products were liqueur, spirits and undenatured ethyl alcohol <80%
(HS code 2208), solid cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose (HS code 1701)
and motor vehicles for transport of persons (except buses) (HS code 8703) (see
table 3).

SITC
Total
0+1
2+4
3
5
6
7
8
9

2008

271.7
28.4
2.0
38.8
9.1
49.7
45.3
25.1
73.4

Avg. Growth rates (%)

2004-2008 2007-2008

27.6
15.6
16.9
41.0
25.4
47.3
11.8
33.7
31.4

2008
share

9.6
-2.5
17.2
53.1
-0.2
22.7
-22.1
20.3
16.2

100.0
10.4
0.7
14.3
3.3
18.3
16.7
9.2
27.0

Table 3: Top 10 export commodities 2006 to 2008

(Value in million US$)
HS
code

4-digit heading of Harmonized System 1992

All Commodities............................................................................................................
2208 Liqueur, spirits and undenatured ethyl alcohol <80%..................................................
1701 Solid cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose.................................................
9999 Commodities not specified according to kind...............................................................
8703 Motor vehicles for transport of persons (except buses)...............................................
8429 Self-propelled earth moving, road making, etc machine..............................................
7308 Structures, parts of structures of iron or steel, nes......................................................
7007 Safety glass (toughened, tempered, laminated)...........................................................
9405 Lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, etc.......................................................
8426 Derricks, cranes, straddle carriers, crane trucks...........................................................
8705 Special purpose motor vehicles....................................................................................

2006

Source: UN Comtrade

Value (million US$)

2007
2008

12.2
4.4
5.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3
...
0.1

9.2
4.1
0.2
0.5
1.6
0.1
0.5
...
0.1
0.0
0.2

Unit value
2006 2007 2008
Unit

SITC
code

11.5
4.7
0.0 0.5 0.5 1.2 US$/kg
2.5
0.6 12.8 16.5 15.9 thsd US$/unit
0.3 48.9
69.4 thsd US$/unit
0.0 4.5 8.1 6.6 US$/kg
0.5
0.2 25.0 61.7 62.4 US$/kg
0.4
0.1
93.8 thsd US$/unit

112
061
931
781
723
691
664
813
744
782

Anguilla
Graph 2: Trade Balance by MDG Regions in 2008

Graph 3: Partner concentration of trade in 2008

(Mln US$)

(Cumulative share by ranked partners)

Developed AsiaPacific

Imports
(Herfindahl Index = 0.382)

Developed Europe

Exports
(Herfindahl Index = 0.317)

Top
partner

Developed N. America
Southeastern Europe

Top
partner

5 th

5 th

10 th

10 th

15 th

15 th

20 th

20 th

25 th

25 th

CIS
Northern Africa
SubSaharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Southeastern Asia

Table 4: Exports by principal countries and SITC sections in 2008

Total

11.5
4.4
4.3
2.0
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0

Shares by SITC sections (%)

5
6
7
8

0+1 2+4

41.5
100.0
0.1
5.1
98.1
3.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
22.2
95.5

0.3 0.3 13.9 19.7 2.8 21.4

...
...
...
...
...
...
0.7 0.4 33.2 17.2 4.5 43.9
0.2 0.7 6.7 55.9 3.8 27.5
...
...
... 1.9
...
...
...
... 2.6 85.0
... 8.7
...
...
... 100.0
...
...
...
...
... 100.0
...
...
...
...
...
... 100.0
...
... 13.4 1.7 48.9 1.7 12.0
...
... 1.8
...
... 2.8

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0

0%
10

80

60

40

%
20

0%

Imports Profile:
In 2008, commodities and transactions not
classified elsewhere (SITC section 9)
accounted for 27.0 percent of imports (see
table 2). Other major commodity groups
included manufactured goods classified
chiefly by material (SITC section 6) and
machinery and transport equipment (SITC
section 7), respectively with 18.3 and 16.7
percent of imports. From 2006 to 2008, top
imported products included oils petroleum,
bituminous, distillates, except crude (HS
code 2710), motor vehicles for transport of
persons (except buses) (HS code 8703) and
aluminium structures, parts nes, for
construction (HS code 7610) (see table 5).

(Value in million US$, percentages of country total)

Country
World...............................
Guyana.............................
Neth. Antilles..................
USA..................................
United Kingdom...............
France..............................
Israel................................
Canada.............................
Switzerland......................
Br. Virgin Isds..................
Netherlands.....................

20

40

60

80

10

0%

0
2

0
4

0
6

0
8

00

20

40
1

60
1

80

Western Asia

Total

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

Table 5: Top 10 import commodities 2006 to 2008

(Value in million US$)
HS
code

4-digit heading of Harmonized System 1992

All Commodities............................................................................................................
9999 Commodities not specified according to kind...............................................................
2710 Oils petroleum, bituminous, distillates, except crude...................................................
8703 Motor vehicles for transport of persons (except buses)...............................................
7610 Aluminium structures, parts nes, for construction........................................................
2208 Liqueur, spirits and undenatured ethyl alcohol <80%..................................................
9403 Other furniture and parts thereof..................................................................................
7228 Bar, rod, angle etc nes, hollow steel drill bars.............................................................
2202 Waters, non-alcoholic sweetened or flavoured beverages..........................................
7308 Structures, parts of structures of iron or steel, nes......................................................
6810 Articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone.............................................................

2006

Value (million US$)

2007
2008

174.9
37.3
23.1
16.7
2.6
7.2
4.1
1.7
2.5
0.8
1.5

Source: UN Comtrade

247.9
63.2
23.9
20.1
6.7
7.7
7.1
5.3
3.1
5.1
2.8

Unit value
2006 2007 2008
Unit

271.7
73.4
36.8
11.3 14.9 15.3 15.9 thsd US$/unit
15.7 6.7 8.5 11.0 US$/kg
6.9
9.3
3.5 1.0 0.6 2.1 US$/kg
2.9 1.3 1.4 0.8 US$/litre
2.6 4.6 4.7 3.2 US$/kg
3.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 US$/kg

SITC
code
931
334
781
691
112
821
676
111
691
663