Full trade & compliance profile
Suriname — Trade & Compliance
Suriname's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
3
trade agreements
2
cargo treaties
10.40%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
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Trade Flow
Top export markets
- 1Switzerland79.5%
- 2USA5.4%
- 3China3.7%
- 4Canada2.2%
- 5India2.0%
Top import sources
- 1China24.6%
- 2USA24.2%
- 3Netherlands16.1%
- 4Japan4.4%
- 5Brazil3.7%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals80.4%
- 2Wood5.7%
- 3Fish & seafood5.6%
- 4Ores, slag, ash3.6%
- 5Iron & steel0.7%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Machinery & mechanical appliances21.0%
- 2Vehicles12.7%
- 3Electrical machinery6.4%
- 4Iron/steel articles4.7%
- 5Plastics4.5%
Fastest-rising export markets
- 1Switzerland+27.23pp
- 2USA+2.66pp
- 3China+1.72pp
Declining export markets
- 1United Arab Emirates−26.42pp
- 2Belgium−7.60pp
- 3Jamaica−2.58pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Ores, slag, ash+3.16pp
- 2Wood+1.69pp
- 3Fish & seafood+0.45pp
Declining export goods
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals−4.36pp
- 2Mineral fuels & oils−1.94pp
- 3Cereals−0.60pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
United Kingdom - CARIFORUM States2021
EU - CARIFORUM States2008
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)1973
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
SRD
Surinam Dollar
MFN applied tariff
10.40%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Rice
225.9K t
Top mineral output
bauxite
1.9M tonnes (metric)
Energy production
Primary energy production
Top item per category of 63 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA
All Sources
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)↗