Countries
St Lucia: trade by HS code
- US$22.7mExports 2024
- US$1.2bnImports 2024
- 520HS6 · Exports
In 2024, exports from St Lucia came to US$22.7m and imports to US$1.2bn.
Its main exports were beer (2203.00), corrugated cardboard boxes (4819.10) and copper scrap (7404.00).
Its largest customer was Barbados and its largest supplier the United States.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £1.4m from St Lucia (-18% on the year before), above all rum, other sauces, condiments and seasonings and cocoa beans, and exported £60.8m to it.
Under CARIFORUM, 98% of the UK tariff lines are duty-free for goods from St Lucia that meet the rules of origin.
St Lucia and the UK
Agreement or scheme: CARIFORUM
What the UK imports from St Lucia
- 2208.40Rum
- 2103.90Other sauces, condiments and seasonings
- 1801.00Cocoa beans
- 1212.21Fit for human consumption
- 0813.40Other dried fruit
- 3302.10Flavouring mixtures for food and drink industry
- 0804.50Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens
- 0810.90Other fresh fruit
- 0803.10Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried: plantains
- 0714.90Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet: other
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC
St Lucia and the EU
Agreement or scheme: CARIFORUM
What the EU imports from St Lucia
- 2710.19Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals: other
- 2710.12Light oils and preparations
- 9030.90Parts of electrical measuring instruments
- 2208.40Rum
- 2208.90Other spirits and liqueurs
- 4819.20Folding cartons (non-corrugated board)
- 8705.90Other special purpose vehicles
- 2103.90Other sauces, condiments and seasonings
- 2203.00Beer
- 7326.90Other articles of iron or steel
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext
Top exports
- 2203.00Beer
- 4819.10Corrugated cardboard boxes
- 7404.00Copper scrap
- 2208.40Rum
- 1101.00Wheat flour
- 1212.21Fit for human consumption
- 2523.90Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement: other hydraulic cements
- 2103.90Other sauces, condiments and seasonings
- 7602.00Aluminium scrap
- 7204.49Other ferrous scrap
- 8411.91Turbojet and turboprop parts
- 7112.91Gold waste and scrap
- 0604.90Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without: other
- 2933.79Other lactams
- 2106.90Other food preparations
- 2939.79Other, of vegetal origin: other
- 1212.29Seaweeds and other algae: other
- 4819.20Folding cartons (non-corrugated board)
- 7802.00Lead waste and scrap
- 2208.90Other spirits and liqueurs
Top imports
- 2709.00Crude oil
- 8703.33Diesel cars over 2500 cc
- 8703.23Petrol cars, 1500-3000 cc
- 0207.14Frozen chicken cuts and offal
- 8703.40Hybrid cars, petrol (non-plug-in)
- 8903.22Sailboats 7.5-24 m
- 8703.22Petrol cars, 1000-1500 cc
- 8703.24Petrol cars over 3000 cc
- 8704.21Diesel trucks, GVW up to 5 t
- 2106.90Other food preparations
- 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail sale
- 8703.60Plug-in hybrid cars (petrol)
- 4407.11Sawn pine
- 8903.32Motorboats 7.5-24 m
- 7214.20Steel rebar (deformed bars)
- 7113.19Precious metal jewellery (other than silver)
- 0406.90Other cheese
- 0202.30Frozen boneless beef
- 8903.99Other pleasure and sports vessels
- 4412.39Softwood-faced plywood
Main buyers from St Lucia
Main suppliers of St Lucia
Questions and answers
What does St Lucia export most?
In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was beer (HS 2203.00), worth US$3.1m.
Does the UK have a trade agreement with St Lucia?
Yes: goods from St Lucia can enter at preferential rates under CARIFORUM, duty-free on 98% of tariff lines, provided they meet the rules of origin and come with proof of origin.