US trade (export - import) with Fiji in 2015
Published or Updated: Feb 18, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Fiji in 2015: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Fiji
In 2015, US trade with Fiji totaled $301.7 million, up 1.02% ($3.0 million) from 2014.
US exports to Fiji in 2015 were $57.4 million, down 27.78% ($22.1 million) from 2014.
US imports from Fiji in 2015 totaled $244.2 million, up 11.47% ($25.1 million) from 2014.
US trade deficit with Fiji in 2015 was $186.8 million, a 33.83% increase ($47.2 million) over 2014.
Fiji was the US 126th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 133rd in 2014), accounting for 0.0079% of US total trade (up from 0.0074% in 2014).
Fiji was the US 157th largest export market in 2015 (down from 150th in 2014), accounting for 0.0038% of US total exports (down from 0.0049% in 2014).
Fiji was the US 105th largest supplier in 2015 (up from 109th in 2014), accounting for 0.0106% of US total imports (up from 0.0091% in 2014).
US Exports to Fiji
The major share of US exports to Fiji in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 35.44% of US total exports to Fiji (36.54% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 18.26% of US total exports to Fiji (13.72% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.38% of US total exports to Fiji (8.03% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 5.49% of US total exports to Fiji (2.01% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.71% of US total exports to Fiji (1.19% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.54% of US total exports to Fiji (0.85% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.07% of US total exports to Fiji (8.71% in 2014).
The largest gains in US exports to Fiji in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $1.7 million;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $0.9 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $0.8 million;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $0.5 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $0.4 million;
- 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) - an increase of $0.3 million;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $0.3 million;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $0.2 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Fiji in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $9.2 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $6.9 million;
- 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) - a decrease of $5.0 million;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $2.3 million;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $1.3 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1.0 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $0.9 million;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - a decrease of $0.4 million;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $0.3 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $0.3 million;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $0.2 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 34.6 | 0.06 | 45.5 | -23.80 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 19.9 | 0.03 | 1,270.6 | -98.44 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 12.6 | 0.02 | 11.4 | 9.89 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 401.8 | 0.70 | 271.9 | 47.80 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,057.7 | 1.84 | 1,104.1 | -4.20 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 30.7 | 0.05 | 30.5 | 0.79 |
| 10 | Cereals | 28.9 | 0.05 | 16.7 | 73.53 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.8 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,434.1 | 11.20 | 5,572.9 | 15.45 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 3.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 53.6 | 0.09 | 38.6 | 38.82 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 42.3 | 0.07 | 45.8 | -7.58 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 32.6 | 0.06 | 46.2 | -29.50 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 74.7 | 0.13 | 54.9 | 35.98 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 436.0 | 0.76 | 506.5 | -13.91 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 110.1 | 0.19 | 192.6 | -42.85 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,437.6 | 2.50 | 1,306.5 | 10.03 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 273.3 | 0.48 | 387.0 | -29.38 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 7.2 | 0.01 | 13.9 | -47.94 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 34.8 | 0.06 | 6,908.7 | -99.50 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 96.4 | 0.17 | 73.1 | 31.96 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 180.4 | 0.31 | 213.8 | -15.62 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,835.8 | 3.20 | 1,699.1 | 8.04 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 45.0 | 0.08 | 56.1 | -19.77 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 231.8 | 0.40 | 570.9 | -59.39 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,138.5 | 1.98 | 1,092.8 | 4.19 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 235.3 | 0.41 | 181.0 | 30.04 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 13.7 | 0.02 | 2.7 | 407.78 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.6 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 240.9 | 0.42 | 289.6 | -16.83 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,754.2 | 4.80 | 1,931.9 | 42.56 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 338.0 | 0.59 | 268.2 | 26.01 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 764.7 | 1.33 | 302.6 | 152.75 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 383.3 | 0.67 | 611.8 | -37.35 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | -100.00 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 13.2 | 0.02 | 3.9 | 235.59 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 417.8 | 0.73 | 136.1 | 206.86 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 169.0 | 0.29 | 192.1 | -12.03 |
| 50 | Silk | 0.0 | 0.00 | 38.0 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 78.0 | 0.14 | 83.5 | -6.58 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 128.0 | 0.22 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,986.2 | 3.46 | 258.9 | 667.29 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 41.0 | 0.07 | 12.2 | 236.65 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 44.0 | 0.08 | 8.1 | 441.03 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 21.2 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 16.5 | 0.03 | 21.7 | -23.96 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 153.7 | 0.27 | 58.1 | 164.49 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 169.9 | 0.30 | 162.6 | 4.49 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 144.3 | 0.25 | 454.6 | -68.25 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 19.3 | 0.03 | 97.7 | -80.20 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 322.8 | 0.56 | 323.8 | -0.30 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 16.9 | 0.03 | 71.9 | -76.50 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 12.0 | 0.02 | 3.9 | 205.13 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 85.1 | 0.15 | 28.4 | 199.28 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 266.2 | 0.46 | 684.3 | -61.11 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 76.7 | 0.13 | 55.7 | 37.55 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 274.1 | 0.48 | 432.0 | -36.54 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 13.9 | 0.02 | 43.3 | -67.93 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 200.9 | 0.35 | 321.3 | -37.47 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 63.6 | 0.11 | 22.6 | 181.52 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 144.5 | 0.25 | 61.7 | 134.14 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 202.8 | 0.35 | 122.9 | 65.10 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 260.9 | 0.45 | 100.3 | 160.11 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,303.5 | 10.98 | 6,341.5 | -0.60 |
| 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 | 2,615.1 | 4.55 | 7,575.4 | -65.48 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 3.2 | 0.01 | 2.9 | 11.72 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,303.7 | 2.27 | 904.3 | 44.17 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 7,387.4 | 12.87 | 8,272.3 | -10.70 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,490.1 | 2.60 | 3,750.8 | -60.27 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,248.5 | 2.17 | 2,207.5 | -43.44 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 28.3 | 0.05 | 35.4 | -20.09 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 3.4 | 0.01 | 50.4 | -93.22 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 70.0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 1,321.4 | 2.30 | 1,026.3 | 28.75 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 520.1 | 0.91 | 271.6 | 91.50 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 91.7 | 0.16 | 91.6 | 0.10 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 34.5 | 0.06 | 7.3 | 370.59 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 10,874.3 | 18.94 | 20,037.2 | -45.73 |
US Imports from Fiji
The major share of US imports from Fiji in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 92.65% of US total imports from Fiji (91.68% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.53% of US total imports from Fiji (5.47% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.46% of US total imports from Fiji (1.04% in 2014).
The largest gains in US imports from Fiji in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $11.3 million;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $8.7 million;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $2.7 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $1.6 million;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1.1 million;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $1.0 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Fiji in 2015 over the 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $0.9 million;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $0.9 million;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $0.8 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2014 USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 16,012.6 | 6.56 | 16,842.6 | -4.93 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 138.2 | 0.06 | 89.3 | 54.75 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 484.9 | 0.20 | 694.9 | -30.22 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3,075.1 | 1.26 | 2,112.3 | 45.58 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 20.3 | 0.01 | 4.1 | 394.65 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,375.3 | 0.97 | 1,265.4 | 87.70 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 17.5 | 0.01 | 16.0 | 9.40 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,955.8 | 0.80 | 1,492.0 | 31.08 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 95.3 | 0.04 | 75.7 | 25.92 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 428.1 | 0.18 | 343.1 | 24.78 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 66,959.7 | 27.41 | 58,221.2 | 15.01 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 15,369.1 | 6.29 | 12,619.1 | 21.79 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 9.7 | 0.00 | 27.2 | -64.43 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,313.7 | 0.54 | 1,092.7 | 20.23 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,901.0 | 0.78 | 1,270.6 | 49.61 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 218.1 | 0.09 | 79.0 | 176.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 115,927.4 | 47.46 | 104,631.1 | 10.80 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 191.9 | 0.08 | 85.6 | 124.08 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,012.4 | 0.41 | 1,918.6 | -47.23 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 102.0 | 0.04 | 341.4 | -70.13 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.1 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5.8 | 0.00 | 3.1 | 88.88 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.4 | 0.00 | 7.1 | -94.43 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,000.3 | 4.50 | 11,859.1 | -7.24 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 8.3 | 0.00 | 6.3 | 31.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 45.4 | 0.02 | 88.9 | -48.89 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2.6 | 0.00 | 25.2 | -89.70 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 11.5 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1,033.79 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 199.3 | 0.08 | 74.2 | 168.50 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 70.3 | 0.03 | 197.8 | -64.48 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 332.1 | 0.14 | 277.0 | 19.90 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 8.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.2 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 629.5 | 0.26 | 69.7 | 803.45 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0.0 | 0.00 | 75.5 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 8.4 | 0.00 | 2.9 | 192.74 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.8 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 63.5 | 0.03 | 28.7 | 121.53 |
| 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 | 247.3 | 0.10 | 104.3 | 137.04 |
| 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 | 37.9 | 0.02 | 29.1 | 30.51 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 16.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 22.9 | 0.01 | 657.3 | -96.52 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 3,928.1 | 1.61 | 2,375.1 | 65.39 |