US trade (export - import) with Fiji in 2018
Published or Updated: Jun 14, 2019
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Fiji in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Fiji
In 2018, US trade with Fiji totaled $379.5 million, up 11.89% ($40.3 million) from 2017.
US exports to Fiji in 2018 totaled $104.6 million, up 58.10% ($38.4 million) from 2017.
US imports from Fiji in 2018 totaled $274.9 million, up 0.70% ($1.9 million) from 2017.
US trade deficit with Fiji in 2018 was $170.4 million, a 17.65% decrease ($36.5 million) over 2017.
Fiji was the US 134th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 126th in 2017), accounting for 0.0089% of US total trade (up from 0.0086% in 2017).
Fiji was the US 147th largest export market in 2018 (up from 157th in 2017), accounting for 0.0063% of US total exports (up from 0.0043% in 2017).
Fiji was the US 108th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 106th in 2017), accounting for 0.0105% of US total imports (down from 0.0113% in 2017).
US Exports to Fiji
The major share of US exports to Fiji in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 69.23% of US total exports to Fiji (49.40% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.37% of US total exports to Fiji (12.88% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.11% of US total exports to Fiji (11.16% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.06% of US total exports to Fiji (1.49% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.78% of US total exports to Fiji (1.20% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Fiji in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $38.1 million;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $1.7 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) - an increase of $1.2 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 $0.7 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $0.7 million;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $0.3 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Fiji in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $2.5 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1.3 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $0.7 million.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 145.5 | 0.14 | 122.0 | 19.28 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 260.4 | 0.25 | 141.4 | 84.12 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 51.4 | 0.05 | 72.0 | -28.64 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 304.8 | 0.29 | 120.5 | 152.96 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,266.9 | 1.21 | 1,012.5 | 25.13 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 21.2 | 0.02 | 51.0 | -58.46 |
| 10 | Cereals | 2.7 | 0.00 | 3.0 | -10.34 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3.1 | 0.00 | 3.2 | -0.48 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,586.5 | 6.30 | 4,891.8 | 34.64 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 21.9 | 0.02 | 20.1 | 9.25 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 142.4 | 0.14 | 33.6 | 323.86 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 89.3 | 0.09 | 110.7 | -19.27 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 449.9 | 0.43 | 434.0 | 3.66 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 305.3 | 0.29 | 249.6 | 22.35 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,003.5 | 0.96 | 1,098.9 | -8.68 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 192.7 | 0.18 | 152.7 | 26.20 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.4 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 18.7 | 0.02 | 19.1 | -1.92 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 48.7 | 0.05 | 23.0 | 111.43 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 192.9 | 0.18 | 130.2 | 48.10 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,259.9 | 1.20 | 1,556.5 | -19.05 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 10.2 | 0.01 | 20.8 | -50.81 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 28.6 | 0.03 | 73.3 | -60.96 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,664.4 | 1.59 | 1,593.1 | 4.47 |
| 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 | 159.9 | 0.15 | 330.5 | -51.61 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 56.0 | 0.05 | 30.4 | 84.21 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.0 | -100.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 19.0 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 323.0 | 0.31 | 591.9 | -45.43 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,448.2 | 1.39 | 2,792.5 | -48.14 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 151.9 | 0.15 | 203.6 | -25.38 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 145.5 | 0.14 | 170.7 | -14.76 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 70.5 | 0.07 | 104.6 | -32.60 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 202.9 | 0.19 | 164.1 | 23.65 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 143.4 | 0.14 | 124.1 | 15.50 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.1 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 21.4 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.5 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 240.0 | 0.23 | 127.6 | 88.09 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 3.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 14.5 | 0.01 | 7.7 | 87.72 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 21.2 | 0.02 | 60.7 | -65.02 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 13.7 | 0.01 | 9.9 | 37.47 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 200.2 | 0.19 | 101.4 | 97.48 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 267.6 | 0.26 | 296.5 | -9.75 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 176.2 | 0.17 | 165.1 | 6.70 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 122.1 | 0.12 | 182.3 | -33.04 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 29.5 | 0.03 | 18.7 | 57.86 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 3.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 89.5 | 0.09 | 167.6 | -46.62 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 153.4 | 0.15 | 133.4 | 14.97 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 244.0 | 0.23 | 130.9 | 86.36 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 141.4 | 0.14 | 296.9 | -52.38 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 3.1 | 0.00 | 7.6 | -59.52 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 444.4 | 0.43 | 424.4 | 4.71 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3.3 | 0.00 | 36.4 | -90.96 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 9.0 | 0.01 | 3.8 | 137.63 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 120.1 | 0.11 | 57.7 | 108.16 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 177.2 | 0.17 | 227.0 | -21.94 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 62.1 | 0.06 | 39.2 | 58.22 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,990.5 | 5.73 | 6,098.9 | -1.78 |
| 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 | 5,848.9 | 5.59 | 4,599.1 | 27.18 |
| 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 | 119.0 | 0.11 | 4.1 | 2,836.13 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 379.8 | 0.36 | 1,088.8 | -65.12 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 57,830.1 | 55.31 | 19,682.8 | 193.81 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 470.8 | 0.45 | 126.2 | 273.11 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,745.2 | 1.67 | 1,072.8 | 62.68 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 14.7 | 0.01 | 13.8 | 6.57 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 46.5 | 0.04 | 42.6 | 9.08 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 31.8 | 0.03 | 2.6 | 1,142.19 |
| 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 | 1,705.1 | 1.63 | 1,027.0 | 66.03 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 670.4 | 0.64 | 579.5 | 15.69 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 160.0 | 0.15 | 92.7 | 72.58 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 25.0 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 10,217.1 | 9.77 | 12,671.6 | -19.37 |
US Imports from Fiji
The major share of US imports from Fiji in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 97.41% of US total imports from Fiji (96.39% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Fiji in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $14.4 million;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $4.7 million;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $3.3 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Fiji in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $8.7 million;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $8.5 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $2.3 million.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 14,672.4 | 5.34 | 23,417.7 | -37.34 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 150.8 | 0.05 | 24.7 | 509.57 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 31.5 | 0.01 | 423.7 | -92.55 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3,383.0 | 1.23 | 3,367.3 | 0.47 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 40.8 | 0.01 | 51.0 | -20.07 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,544.6 | 0.93 | 2,417.8 | 5.24 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 51.2 | 0.02 | 28.5 | 79.64 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 11,362.5 | 4.13 | 8,012.8 | 41.80 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 58.9 | 0.02 | 47.5 | 23.99 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.2 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 31.9 | 0.01 | 102.3 | -68.82 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 70,527.8 | 25.65 | 65,833.8 | 7.13 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 4,571.1 | 1.66 | 13,052.9 | -64.98 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 31.0 | 0.01 | 39.0 | -20.30 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,531.4 | 0.56 | 1,565.0 | -2.15 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,195.7 | 1.16 | 3,635.7 | -12.10 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 272.9 | 0.10 | 220.1 | 23.96 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 155,362.1 | 56.51 | 140,923.6 | 10.25 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.4 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2.3 | 0.00 | 6.0 | -60.62 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.1 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,164.6 | 0.42 | 1,225.8 | -4.99 |
| 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 | 108.8 | 0.04 | 150.4 | -27.61 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 15.7 | 0.01 | 16.2 | -3.07 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 69.6 | 0.03 | 42.8 | 62.50 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,508.0 | 0.55 | 2,190.6 | -31.16 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 2.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 18.3 | 0.01 | 43.2 | -57.75 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 99.46 |
| 50 | Silk | 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.7 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.8 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 74.0 | 0.03 | 86.9 | -14.89 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 214.2 | 0.08 | 150.2 | 42.59 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 222.1 | 0.08 | 178.2 | 24.63 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.8 | 0.00 | 0.4 | 115.34 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 35.7 | 0.01 | 209.0 | -82.92 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 488.2 | 0.18 | 46.3 | 955.21 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.4 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 17.6 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 25.2 | 0.01 | 25.7 | -2.14 |
| 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 | 214.7 | 0.08 | 172.9 | 24.21 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.1 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 45.2 | -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 | 78.7 | 0.03 | 8.7 | 802.69 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 209.9 | 0.08 | 166.7 | 25.93 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 123.4 | 0.04 | 300.4 | -58.91 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 253.7 | 0.09 | 182.7 | 38.84 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2,273.9 | 0.83 | 4,538.7 | -49.90 |