Caribbean Netherlands; import and export values per island

Caribbean Netherlands; import and export values per island

Caribbean Netherlands Periods Import value (1000 USD) Export value (1000 USD) Balance of trade (1000 USD) Year-on-year changes in imports/exports Import value (%) Year-on-year changes in imports/exports Export value (%)
Bonaire 2022 3rd quarter* 102,853 2,290 -100,563 43.5 -10.9
St. Eustatius 2022 3rd quarter* 9,846 69 -9,777 7.5 -73.0
Saba 2022 3rd quarter* 6,256 41 -6,215 4.7 -14.6
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table shows the values of imports and exports, changes therein and the trade balances of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius. On October 10, 2010, Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius became a public body of the Netherlands.

Data available from: the third quarter of 2011 for imports and exports of Bonaire, the fourth quarter of 2011 for imports of St. Eustatius, the first quarter of 2012 for imports of Saba and the second quarter of 2012 for exports of Saba and St. Eustatius. The different starting dates are the result of differences in the start of the observation on the islands.

Status of the figures:
The figures on international trade of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius are subject to adjustment when new or updated sources become available. The figures are therefore provisional when they are first published.
These provisional figures are adjusted approximately five months after the quarter under review. In the second quarter of the current year, the definite figure of the previous year becomes available on StatLine.

Changes as of November 8, 2022:
The provisional figures of the third quarter 2022 are added. The figures of the second quarter 2022 are now final.

When will new figures be published?
The figures become available approximately six weeks after the quarter under review.

Description topics

Import value
The value of foreign-supplied goods to residents of Bonaire, Saba or St. Eustatius according to the international trade statistics, including freight and insurance costs to the border of Bonaire, Saba or St. Eustatius.
Export value
The value of the goods supplied to residents outside Bonaire, Saba or St. Eustatius according to the international trade statistics, including freight and insurance costs to the border of Bonaire, Saba or St. Eustatius.
Balance of trade
Export value minus import value.
Year-on-year changes in imports/exports
Import value
Percentage change on the same period of the previous year.
Export value
Percentage change on the same period of the previous year.