# United States exports to Jamaica: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from United States to Jamaica, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/USA-JAM/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, United States reported $1.8B in goods exports to Jamaica. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $1.8B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 85.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 4 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 35 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 24.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271019 | Not reported | $538.5M | 40.6% | High attention |
| 2 | 271012 | Not reported | $373.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $258.0M | 12.7% | High attention |
| 4 | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | $67.5M | 61.9% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $64.9M | 20.8% | High attention |
| 6 | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $60.5M | 9.5% | High attention |
| 7 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $58.6M | 23.4% | High attention |
| 8 | 040711 | Birds' eggs, in shell: fresh, fertilised eggs for incubation, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (domestic hens) | $43.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $125.2M | 0% | Stable |
| 10 | 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $41.1M | 37.5% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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