# Curacao: Tariffs, Trade & U.S. Exposure

Curacao: Curacao is not a significant U.S. goods-trade partner; it has no tracked U.S. tariff actions (as of 2026-02-07).

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## Facts
- Country code: UC
- Region: Central America N Caribbean
- Capital: Willemstad
- Government: parliamentary democracy
- Population: 153K
- GDP: $3.3B

## Minimal direct economic exposure

Curacao is not a significant U.S. goods-trade partner and has no tracked tariff actions. Policy changes here are unlikely to reach American prices directly.

## The country itself

The original Arawak Indian settlers who arrived on Curaçao from South America in about A.D. 1000 were largely enslaved by the Spanish early in the 16th century and forcibly relocated to other colonies where labor was needed. The Dutch seized Curaçao from the Spanish in 1634. Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, Curaçao was hard hit economically when the Dutch abolished slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of the Isla Refineria to service the newly discovered Venezuelan oilfields. In 1954, Curaçao and several other Dutch Caribbean colonies were reorganized as the Netherlands Antilles, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In referenda in 2005 and 2009, the citizens of Curaçao voted to become a self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The change in status became effective in 2010 with the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.

Geography
- Location: Caribbean, an island in the Caribbean Sea, 55 km off the coast of Venezuela
- Area: 444 sq km
- Climate: tropical marine climate, ameliorated by northeast trade winds, results in mild temperatures; semiarid with average rainfall of 60 cm/year
- Terrain: generally low, hilly terrain
- Natural resources: calcium phosphates, protected harbors, hot springs
- Coastline: 364 km
- Natural hazards: Curacao is south of the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened

People and society
- Population: 153,289 (2024 est.)
- Nationality: Curacaoan
- Ethnic groups: Curacaoan 75.4%, Dutch 6%, Dominican 3.6%, Colombian 3%, Bonairean, Sint Eustatian, Saban 1.5%, Haitian 1.2%, Surinamese 1.2%, Venezuelan 1.1%, Aruban 1.1%, other 5%, unspecified 0.9% (2011 est.)
- Languages: Papiamento (official) (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak) 80%, Dutch (official) 8.8%, Spanish 5.6%, English (official) 3.1%, other 2.3%, unspecified 0.3% (2011 est.)
- Religions: Roman Catholic 72.8%, Pentecostal 6.6%, Protestant 3.2%, Adventist 3%, Jehovah's Witness 2%, Evangelical 1.9%, other 3.8%, none 6%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)
- Median age: 38.1 years (2025 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth: 79.9 years (2024 est.)

Economy
- Economic overview: high-income island economy; developed infrastructure; tourism and financial services-based economy; investing in information technology incentives; oil refineries service Venezuela and China
- Industries: tourism, petroleum refining, petroleum transshipment, light manufacturing, financial and business services
- Agricultural products: aloe, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit
- Exports - partners: Armenia 57%, USA 15%, Guyana 5%, Dominican Republic 4%, Netherlands 2% (2023)
- Imports - partners: USA 39%, Netherlands 24%, China 6%, Colombia 5%, Brazil 3% (2023)

Government
- Government type: parliamentary democracy
- Capital: Willemstad
- Independence: none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- Constitution: previous 1947, 1955; latest adopted 5 September 2010, entered into force 10 October 2010 (regulates governance of Curacao but is subordinate to the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- Executive branch: King WILLEM-ALEXANDER of the Netherlands (since 30 April 2013); represented by Governor Lucille A. GEORGE-WOUT (since 4 November 2013)
- Legislative branch: Parliament of Curacao

## Sources
- [CIA World Factbook, Curacao](https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/countries/uc (as of 2026-02-07).