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Samoa: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

141 / 146

Importer Rank

141 / 145

Trade Balance Rank

47 / 145

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2016) $56,040,486
Total Imports (2016) $349,840,565
Trade Balance (2016) ($293,800,079)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2016) [2] 29.34%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2016) [2] 49.85%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Australia $20,124,170
New Zealand $6,697,724
United States $3,740,933
Fiji $1,783,579
Japan $1,652,192
China $798,996
Malaysia $786,232
Singapore $631,101
Germany $307,185
United Kingdom $56,563

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
New Zealand $83,676,385
Singapore $51,104,068
China $49,231,830
United States $37,173,157
Australia $36,129,464
Fiji $22,867,685
Japan $18,244,991
Thailand $11,499,592
Malaysia $8,471,308
Hong Kong $6,568,403

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

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(03) Seafood $16,971,945
(85) Electrical Machinery $15,548,553
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $12,041,453
(20) Preserved Fruits & Vegetables $3,343,774
(07) Vegetables $2,467,794
(22) Beverages $1,570,921
(15) Fats & Oils $878,865
(12) Oil Seeds $395,956
(08) Fruit & Nuts $320,524
(23) Animal Feeds $299,755

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $48,220,326
(85) Electrical Machinery $26,755,144
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $24,864,938
(02) Meat $24,542,492
(84) Industrial Machinery $19,876,294
(39) Plastics $16,760,573
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $13,708,009
(44) Wood $11,790,176
(19) Cereal, Flour & Starch $10,676,461
(03) Seafood $10,073,506

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2016) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 6/29/2018
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