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Estimated Gross Domestic Product:
3.8%, Jan - Mar 2022 / Jan - Mar 2021
Gross Domestic Product Actual:
4.0%, Dec 2021
Average Consumer Price Index (CPI):
9.5%, Dec 2022 / Dec 2021
Census Population:
71,105, as of Oct 2021
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82.1
2021 Life Expectancy at birth - Male:
80.4
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83.7
Estimated Population:
81,546, Year-End December 2022
Unemployment Rate:
2.1%, as at December 2022
Merchandise Imports ($):
17.8% Jul - Sep 2022 / Jul - Sep 2021
Balance of Payments Current Account Deficit % GDP:
13.6% of GDP, Dec 2021
Home / News / Merchandise Imports Continued to trend upwards

Merchandise Imports Continued to trend upwards

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods stood at $271.34 million, recording an increase of 11.2 percent for the first quarter of 2019.  This increase resulted from the growth in both non-petroleum and petroleum-related imports.

Non-petroleum imports amounted to $239.65 million, an increase of 12.7 percent.  Among the items that grew, were machinery and transport equipment such as electrical machinery and road vehicles, as well as manufactured goods such as iron and steel. There were also increased imports of miscellaneous manufactured articles such as furniture and parts and prefabricated buildings. Food imports also grew by 4.4 percent.

Petroleum and petroleum-related imports recorded a marginal increase of 1.2 percent to reach $31.31 million. This growth was driven by the increased volume of imported fuel, primarily diesel fuel. However, there was a reduction in the average price of mineral fuel imported for the first quarter.

More information on the The Cayman Islands’ Quarterly Trade Statistics Bulletin: January to March 2019,” are available at www.eso.ky