US trade (export - import) with Christmas Island in 2018
Published or Updated: Jul 10, 2019
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Christmas Island in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Christmas Island
In 2018, US trade with Christmas Island was $1.8 million, down 1.79% ($0.0 million) from 2017.
US exports to Christmas Island in 2018 totaled $0.8 million, up 77.86% ($0.4 million) from 2017.
US imports from Christmas Island in 2018 were $0.9 million, down 30.12% ($0.4 million) from 2017.
US trade deficit with Christmas Island in 2018 was $0.1 million, a 89.71% decrease ($0.8 million) over 2017.
Christmas Island was the US 213th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 214th in 2017), accounting for 0.0000% of US total trade (just as in 2017).
Christmas Island was the US 212th largest export market in 2018 (up from 214th in 2017), accounting for 0.0001% of US total exports (up from 0.0000% in 2017).
Christmas Island was the US 203rd largest supplier in 2018 (down from 199th in 2017), accounting for 0.0000% of US total imports (down from 0.0001% in 2017).
US Exports to Christmas Island
The major share of US exports to Christmas Island in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 56.10% of US total exports to Christmas Island (23.10% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 26.82% of US total exports to Christmas Island (20.89% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.07% of US total exports to Christmas Island (3.36% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.13% of US total exports to Christmas Island (11.38% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.00% of US total exports to Christmas Island (33.40% in 2017).
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.00% of US total exports to Christmas Island (2.17% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Christmas Island in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $365.9 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $153.0 thousand;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $62.4 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $24.0 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $20.9 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $12.2 thousand;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $11.0 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Christmas Island in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $159.2 thousand;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $54.3 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $22.8 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $10.5 thousand;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - a decrease of $10.3 thousand;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $10.0 thousand;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $4.2 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $2.9 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $2.5 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 159.2 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 189.8 | 22.39 | 36.9 | 414.99 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 37.6 | 4.43 | 39.9 | -5.92 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 22.8 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 68.4 | 8.07 | 6.0 | 1,040.63 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.3 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.2 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 11.0 | 1.30 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 54.3 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 24.0 | 2.83 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 31.2 | 3.68 | 41.7 | -25.20 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 12.2 | 1.44 | 11.4 | 7.10 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 21.8 | 2.57 | 9.6 | 127.29 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 410.4 | 48.40 | 44.5 | 821.33 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 41.4 | 4.88 | 20.5 | 102.06 |
US Imports from Christmas Island
The major share of US imports from Christmas Island in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 44.50% of US total imports from Christmas Island (0.00% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.77% of US total imports from Christmas Island (46.42% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.36% of US total imports from Christmas Island (6.43% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.62% of US total imports from Christmas Island (5.47% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.00% of US total imports from Christmas Island (11.80% in 2017).
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.00% of US total imports from Christmas Island (10.31% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Christmas Island in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $416.8 thousand;
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - an increase of $116.3 thousand;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $86.4 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $23.3 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $18.1 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $13.3 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $11.9 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Christmas Island in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $470.3 thousand;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $154.7 thousand;
- Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings (HS code 94) - a decrease of $125.9 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $117.1 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $65.2 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $65.2 thousand;
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - a decrease of $36.3 thousand;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - a decrease of $21.2 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $14.4 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $12.5 thousand;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $3.5 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $3.4 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2017 USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | -100.00 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0.0 | 0.00 | 154.7 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 21.2 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 117.1 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1.5 | 0.16 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 20.6 | 2.20 | 2.5 | 729.19 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4.0 | 0.42 | 69.1 | -94.27 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.7 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 416.8 | 44.50 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 27.4 | 2.92 | 4.1 | 569.36 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 13.5 | 1.44 | 78.7 | -82.89 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 92.9 | 9.92 | 563.2 | -83.51 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 135.3 | 14.44 | 19.0 | 611.70 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.5 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 13.2 | 1.41 | 27.6 | -52.17 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 36.3 | -100.00 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 37.1 | 3.96 | 163.0 | -77.25 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 24.0 | 2.56 | 10.7 | 124.33 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 86.4 | 9.22 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 64.2 | 6.86 | 52.4 | 22.63 |