This publication on CARICOM's Trade in Selected Agricultural Commodities 2000-2003, is the second publication of its kind, the first being published in 1998. The publication seeks to provide information to users on Trade in Agricultural Commodities by the Major Headings of the United Nations Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) as well as information on selected commodity details. Unlike the 1998 publication that provided information for a standard set of selected agricultural commodities across Member States, the current publication focuses on the top five agricultural commodities by Member States for the latest year, 2003. The significance of this approach is that the utilization of a standard set of commodities that are considered to be important at the CARICOM level may mask those commodities that are of importance in the individual Member States. The publication is a useful source of information for historical analysis of the agricultural sector of the CARICOM Region.

The data presented in this report were extracted from the Merchandise Trade Statistics submitted to the CARICOM Secretariat by the National Statistical Offices of Member States. It should be noted that data were not always available for all Member States for specific years of the period 2000 to 2003. The incomplete nature of the trade data therefore poses some limitations to the analysis and interpretation of the information presented as well as to the lack of timeliness in the production of this regional report. Further details or clarifications on this report are available from the Statistics Sub-Programme of the CARICOM Secretariat. The Secretariat welcomes comments on the data presented in this report as well as any suggestions for the improvement of future publications of this kind.

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