US trade (export - import) with Papua New Guinea in 2014
Published or Updated: Feb 08, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Papua New Guinea in 2014: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Papua New Guinea
In 2014, US trade with Papua New Guinea was $246.4 million, down 17.55% ($52.4 million) from 2013.
US exports to Papua New Guinea in 2014 were $143.2 million, down 14.09% ($23.5 million) from 2013.
US imports from Papua New Guinea in 2014 were $103.2 million, down 21.91% ($28.9 million) from 2013.
US trade surplus with Papua New Guinea in 2014 was $40.1 million, a 15.75% increase ($5.5 million) over 2013.
Papua New Guinea was the US 138th largest trading partner in 2014 (down from 135th in 2013), accounting for 0.0061% of US total trade (down from 0.0077% in 2013).
Papua New Guinea was the US 139th largest export market in 2014 (down from 135th in 2013), accounting for 0.0088% of US total exports (down from 0.0106% in 2013).
Papua New Guinea was the US 120th largest supplier in 2014 (down from 118th in 2013), accounting for 0.0043% of US total imports (down from 0.0057% in 2013).
US Exports to Papua New Guinea
The major share of US exports to Papua New Guinea in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 71.44% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (64.93% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.71% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (5.62% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.58% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (13.44% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.84% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (5.54% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.77% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (1.13% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.64% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (2.41% in 2013).
The largest gains in US exports to Papua New Guinea in 2014 over 2013 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 $5.1 million;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $3.2 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $0.6 million;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $0.5 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Papua New Guinea in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $6.3 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 $5.7 million;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $5.0 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $3.5 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $3.2 million;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $3.1 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $1.1 million;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $0.9 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $0.9 million;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $0.7 million;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $0.6 million;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $0.6 million;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - a decrease of $0.5 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2013 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2014 over 2013 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 20.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 3,216.6 | 2.25 | 20.6 | 15,531.17 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,433.9 | 3.79 | 6,302.8 | -13.79 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 418.3 | 0.29 | 303.5 | 37.84 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 287.8 | 0.20 | 5.8 | 4,830.91 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 115.3 | 0.08 | 17.8 | 548.58 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 17.8 | 0.01 | 70.8 | -74.80 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 235.2 | 0.16 | 155.6 | 51.17 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 6.9 | 0.00 | 66.1 | -89.63 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,497.5 | 1.74 | 2,371.3 | 5.32 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 213.7 | 0.15 | 55.2 | 286.89 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 22.3 | 0.02 | 259.9 | -91.42 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 89.4 | 0.06 | 122.2 | -26.84 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10.0 | 0.01 | 374.5 | -97.32 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 822.9 | 0.57 | 399.2 | 106.11 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,292.5 | 0.90 | 1,271.8 | 1.63 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 99.4 | 0.07 | 219.9 | -54.80 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,357.3 | 2.34 | 2,814.9 | 19.27 |
| 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 | 196.9 | 0.14 | 130.4 | 50.96 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2.6 | 0.00 | 40.2 | -93.52 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 172.2 | 0.12 | 46.3 | 272.03 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2.6 | 0.00 | 3.3 | -22.04 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 524.5 | 0.37 | 6,871.1 | -92.37 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,809.8 | 3.36 | 4,189.3 | 14.81 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,000.6 | 0.70 | 6,046.9 | -83.45 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 18.5 | 0.01 | 70.2 | -73.69 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 9.4 | 0.01 | 19.8 | -52.65 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 43.1 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 335.0 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 651.4 | 0.45 | 732.7 | -11.09 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 436.0 | 0.30 | 746.8 | -41.62 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.6 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.8 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 10.0 | 0.01 | 3,124.4 | -99.68 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.2 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 22.9 | 0.02 | 23.0 | -0.68 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3.5 | 0.00 | 38.6 | -90.92 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 275.6 | 0.19 | 191.1 | 44.18 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 516.8 | 0.36 | 287.6 | 79.71 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 82.3 | 0.06 | 309.0 | -73.35 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.2 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.9 | -100.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.7 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 153.2 | 0.11 | 37.4 | 310.02 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 68.4 | 0.05 | 579.1 | -88.18 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 13.6 | 0.01 | 739.4 | -98.17 |
| 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 | 16.5 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 13.3 | 0.01 | 660.3 | -97.99 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,284.9 | 1.60 | 5,464.8 | -58.19 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 17.1 | 0.01 | 30.7 | -44.28 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 144.9 | 0.10 | 23.2 | 524.54 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 217.5 | 0.15 | 69.7 | 211.94 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 298.5 | 0.21 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 19.4 | 0.01 | 7.7 | 153.45 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 292.5 | 0.20 | 131.2 | 122.87 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,154.8 | 1.50 | 2,560.1 | -15.83 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 62.3 | 0.04 | 294.1 | -78.82 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 65,734.8 | 45.89 | 66,156.3 | -0.64 |
| 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 | 6,705.4 | 4.68 | 12,389.9 | -45.88 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 407.3 | 0.28 | 3,868.5 | -89.47 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 17,331.2 | 12.10 | 18,181.9 | -4.68 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 139.1 | 0.10 | 748.1 | -81.41 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 12,018.0 | 8.39 | 6,917.1 | 73.74 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3.4 | 0.00 | 54.6 | -93.77 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 22.1 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 51.8 | 0.04 | 74.5 | -30.47 |
| 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 | 674.9 | 0.47 | 631.2 | 6.93 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 62.7 | 0.04 | 268.0 | -76.59 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 42.9 | 0.03 | 187.8 | -77.14 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 35.0 | 0.02 | 37.8 | -7.49 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 7,395.5 | 5.16 | 8,456.3 | -12.55 |
US Imports from Papua New Guinea
The major share of US imports from Papua New Guinea in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 85.35% of US total imports from Papua New Guinea (57.84% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.29% of US total imports from Papua New Guinea (1.41% in 2013);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 1.27% of US total imports from Papua New Guinea (0.00% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.04% of US total imports from Papua New Guinea (1.39% in 2013).
The largest gains in US imports from Papua New Guinea in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $10.7 million;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $6.7 million;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $3.0 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $2.4 million;
- 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 $1.3 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Papua New Guinea in 2014 over the 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $44.8 million;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - a decrease of $5.3 million;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $1.8 million;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $0.6 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $0.5 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 $0.4 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2013 USD thousand) |
Change in 2014 over 2013 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 602.6 | 0.58 | 1,246.6 | -51.66 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 59,487.7 | 57.67 | 52,808.0 | 12.65 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 24.6 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 113.9 | 0.11 | 38.6 | 194.79 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 214.0 | 0.21 | 5,503.1 | -96.11 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 27,215.3 | 26.38 | 16,510.5 | 64.84 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 387.7 | 0.38 | 305.6 | 26.87 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.9 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 29.5 | 0.03 | 1,794.8 | -98.36 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 40.1 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 19.4 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 37.6 | 0.04 | 3.5 | 965.20 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 107.1 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 12.7 | 0.01 | 9.1 | 39.65 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,306.1 | 1.27 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.3 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,840.0 | 2.75 | 471.6 | 502.27 |
| 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 | 70.7 | 0.07 | 474.7 | -85.12 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 391.3 | 0.38 | 875.5 | -55.31 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 95.5 | 0.09 | 36.5 | 161.75 |
| 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 | 0.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 6,367.4 | 6.17 | 3,374.3 | 88.70 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 3,810.9 | 3.69 | 48,590.9 | -92.16 |