Trinidad & Tobago — Trade & Compliance
Trinidad & Tobago'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.
Memberships & standing
Trade Flow
- 1USA31.2%
- 2Netherlands7.8%
- 3Chile4.7%
- 4China4.7%
- 5Barbados4.1%
- 1USA44.1%
- 2China10.6%
- 3United Kingdom6.4%
- 4Brazil5.8%
- 5Japan3.6%
- 1Mineral fuels & oils54.1%
- 2Organic chemicals17.0%
- 3Inorganic chemicals14.6%
- 4Iron & steel6.3%
- 5Fertilizers4.2%
- 1Mineral fuels & oils23.6%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances11.4%
- 3Vehicles8.0%
- 4Electrical machinery5.5%
- 5Ores, slag, ash4.5%
- 1Barbados+4.14pp
- 2Dominican Rep.+3.60pp
- 3India+1.99pp
- 1Organic chemicals+4.51pp
- 2Mineral fuels & oils+2.35pp
- 3Iron & steel+0.99pp
- 1Inorganic chemicals−8.00pp
- 2Fertilizers−0.90pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
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
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
- ✓Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. New York, 4 August 1995
- ✓Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Geneva, 29 April 1958
- ✓International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising Material. Geneva, 7 November 1952
- ✓Customs Convention on Containers. Geneva, 18 May 1956
- ✓Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. Geneva, 2 December 1972
- ✓Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats. Geneva, 18 May 1956
Fiscal & Tariffs
Sanctions & restrictive measures
2 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures lists — full lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List
Key commodities
Top item per category of 77 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA