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Samoa: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

134 / 138

Importer Rank

137 / 138

Trade Balance Rank

49 / 138

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2021) $28,836,585
Total Imports (2021) $368,240,215
Trade Balance (2021) ($339,403,630)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 12.27%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 52.75%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
New Zealand $6,705,652
United States $5,371,587
Australia $2,479,478
Japan $1,042,970
South Korea $710,018
Fiji $504,502
Singapore $335,231
China $143,389
Papua New Guinea $133,118
Switzerland $108,468

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
New Zealand $85,582,030
Singapore $59,044,378
China $49,558,775
Australia $40,465,707
United States $36,696,933
Fiji $29,796,098
Thailand $14,703,483
Japan $13,287,272
Hong Kong $11,491,339
Indonesia $6,055,749

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(03) Seafood $4,899,661
(15) Fats & Oils $4,450,762
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $3,138,626
(07) Vegetables $2,969,789
(85) Electrical Machinery $2,956,557
(22) Beverages $2,236,383
(08) Fruit & Nuts $1,219,443
(24) Tobacco $1,196,338
(20) Preserved Fruits & Vegetables $1,160,294
(18) Cocoa $500,277

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $59,727,288
(02) Meat $30,135,913
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $24,133,933
(84) Industrial Machinery $20,023,112
(85) Electrical Machinery $18,635,007
(44) Wood $14,200,581
(04) Dairy Products $13,522,601
(19) Cereal, Flour & Starch $12,669,003
(16) Prepared Meats $10,196,097
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $9,776,106

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2021) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/8/2023
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