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Untitled Document Important dates - January 1 - New Year
- Good Friday-Change as the year
- Monday, Pascoa-Change as the year
- Corpus Christi-Change as the year
- May 30 - Day of cegada of Indio
- June 19 - Day of the worker
- August 1 - Emancipation Day
- August 31 - Independence Day
- September 25 - Republic Day
- October 12 - Day Race
- December 25 - Christmas
Economic Statistics | Trinidad & Tobago has a Gross Domestic Product of US$25,185MM. This is distributed by sectors in the following way: agriculture with 0.5%, having as main products cocoa, sugarcane, rice, citrus; industry with 60.2%, having as main products petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing; and the services sector with 39.3%. | National Accounts | National Accounts | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | est. 2009 | proj. 2010 | | | | | | | | 12.1% | 5.5% | 3.5% | -3.5% | 2.1% | | 19,339 | 21,721 | 24,192 | 25,185 | 27,511 | | 14,876 | 16,708 | 18,609 | 19,373 | 21,162 | | | | 100.0% | | | | Agriculture | | | 0.5% | | | | Industry | | | 60.2% | | | | Services | | | 39.3% | | | | 9.1% | 7.6% | 14.5% | 1.3% | 8.6% | | 1.6% | 0.2% | 2.0% | -5.9% | -5.3% | GPD Growth Trade Statistics | Regarding foreign trade, US represents its main commercial partner buying 44.5% of Trinitarian exports, whereas the main export products are constituted by fuels products. | | Foreign Trade (2008) | | | | See other countries | | | | | | | | | | | Exports | | | | Imports | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | US | | 44.5% | | US | | 26.1% | | Spain | | 7.8% | | Brazil | | 8.7% | | Jamaica | | 6.9% | | Venezuela | | 7.7% | | Netherlands | | 6.9% | | Colombia | | 6.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fuels | | 70.7% | | Capital goods | | 18.5% | | Chemicals | | 17.4% | | Consumer goods | | 15.8% | | Manufactures | | 4.6% | | Other commodities | | 13.2% | | Foods | | 1.1% | | Intermediate Goods, excl fuels | | 7.9% | | Balance of Payments (US$ mill.) | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | est. 2009 | proj. 2010 | | | | | | | 6.31 | 6.34 | 6.30 | 6.37 | 6.30 | | | | | | | | 14,217 | 13,391 | 16,408 | 9,538 | 11,826 | | 6,517 | 7,670 | 9,845 | 6,517 | 7,255 | | 8,151 | 6,268 | 7,172 | 3,739 | 5,367 | | % GDP | 42.1% | 28.9% | 29.6% | 14.8% | 19.5% | | -936 | -964 | -1,202 | -1,245 | -1,297 | | % GDP | -4.8% | -4.4% | -5.0% | -4.9% | -4.7% | | 56 | 60 | 46 | 51 | 60 | | % GDP | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | | 7,271 | 5,364 | 6,016 | 2,545 | 4,130 | % GDP | 37.6% | 24.7% | 24.9% | 10.1% | 15.0% | | 513 | 830 | 2,100 | 475 | 830 | | % GDP | 2.7% | 3.8% | 8.7% | 1.9% | 3.0% | | -200 | -1,022 | -650 | -1,200 | -250 | | % GDP | -1.0% | -4.7% | -2.7% | -4.8% | -0.9% | | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | est. 2009 | proj. 2010 | | | | | | | | 2,457 | 3,242 | 3,328 | 3,009 | 2,850 | | % GDP | 12.7% | 14.9% | 13.8% | 11.9% | 10.4% | | | | | | | | 458 | 381 | 448 | 656 | 401 | | 297 | 143 | 264 | 440 | 185 | | 161 | 238 | 184 | 216 | 216 | Country links Media Government and Financial Entities International Agreements
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