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Samoa: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

116 / 121

Importer Rank

117 / 121

Trade Balance Rank

42 / 121

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2017) $44,401,814
Total Imports (2017) $356,189,844
Trade Balance (2017) ($311,788,030)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2018) [2] 31.02%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2018) [2] 45.54%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Australia $9,516,657
New Zealand $8,735,118
United States $2,513,397
Fiji $1,779,079
Japan $1,593,651
China $506,999
Singapore $386,796
Cayman Islands $367,338
United Arab Emirates $263,212
Malaysia $166,525

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
New Zealand $94,074,842
Singapore $58,975,099
United States $39,693,663
Australia $37,395,168
China $32,261,765
Fiji $20,729,673
Japan $15,209,974
Hong Kong $13,260,965
Thailand $8,654,776
South Korea $6,755,566

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

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(03) Seafood $13,160,247
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $12,906,154
(07) Vegetables $4,298,299
(85) Electrical Machinery $3,488,318
(22) Beverages $2,103,636
(20) Preserved Fruits & Vegetables $1,722,063
(15) Fats & Oils $866,411
(08) Fruit & Nuts $753,565
(99) Items nesoi $464,708
(39) Plastics $439,993

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $57,009,637
(02) Meat $26,971,218
(85) Electrical Machinery $26,091,102
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $23,218,865
(84) Industrial Machinery $19,440,317
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $15,122,670
(44) Wood $11,969,850
(39) Plastics $11,398,639
(04) Dairy Products $10,896,839
(19) Cereal, Flour & Starch $10,404,488

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2017) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 9/30/2019
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