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Samoa: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

120 / 127

Importer Rank

124 / 127

Trade Balance Rank

47 / 127

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2019) $49,272,482
Total Imports (2019) $390,681,506
Trade Balance (2019) ($341,409,024)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2021) [2] 12.51%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2021) [2] 52.44%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
New Zealand $7,864,785
United States $6,308,834
Australia $4,039,212
Japan $2,136,401
Fiji $1,258,828
Thailand $907,962
Singapore $781,749
Vanuatu $723,051
China $669,449
South Korea $416,415

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
New Zealand $103,080,643
Singapore $65,781,680
China $47,681,955
Australia $35,584,116
United States $34,424,317
Fiji $24,881,613
Hong Kong $19,778,071
Japan $15,126,155
Thailand $10,737,011
South Korea $7,873,815

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

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(03) Seafood $17,581,712
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $12,184,073
(20) Preserved Fruits & Vegetables $4,635,466
(07) Vegetables $2,998,349
(22) Beverages $1,983,886
(85) Electrical Machinery $1,848,258
(15) Fats & Oils $1,795,575
(08) Fruit & Nuts $766,660
(24) Tobacco $506,411
(34) Soaps and Waxes $386,419

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $69,107,841
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $35,915,527
(02) Meat $26,302,635
(85) Electrical Machinery $26,139,607
(84) Industrial Machinery $24,792,793
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $13,370,546
(44) Wood $13,235,820
(04) Dairy Products $11,980,499
(39) Plastics $11,235,821
(19) Cereal, Flour & Starch $11,143,925

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2019) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 11/6/2022
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