US trade (export - import) with Papua New Guinea in 2018
Published or Updated: Jun 14, 2019
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Papua New Guinea in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Papua New Guinea
In 2018, US trade with Papua New Guinea was $179.5 million, down 22.57% ($52.3 million) from 2017.
US exports to Papua New Guinea in 2018 were $86.7 million, down 18.05% ($19.1 million) from 2017.
US imports from Papua New Guinea in 2018 were $92.8 million, down 26.37% ($33.2 million) from 2017.
US trade deficit with Papua New Guinea in 2018 was $6.1 million, a 69.95% decrease ($14.1 million) over 2017.
Papua New Guinea was the US 148th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 141st in 2017), accounting for 0.0042% of US total trade (down from 0.0059% in 2017).
Papua New Guinea was the US 151st largest export market in 2018 (down from 140th in 2017), accounting for 0.0052% of US total exports (down from 0.0068% in 2017).
Papua New Guinea was the US 129th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 121st in 2017), accounting for 0.0035% of US total imports (down from 0.0052% in 2017).
US Exports to Papua New Guinea
The major share of US exports to Papua New Guinea in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 78.94% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (83.04% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.38% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (5.99% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.29% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (1.81% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.19% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (1.22% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.93% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (1.36% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.92% of US total exports to Papua New Guinea (1.18% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Papua New Guinea in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $22.3 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;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1.0 million;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $0.5 million;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $0.3 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Papua New Guinea in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $29.8 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $8.0 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2.6 million;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $1.7 million;
- 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 (HS code 86) - a decrease of $0.7 million;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $0.7 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $0.5 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $0.4 million;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $0.3 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,188.4 | 2.52 | 492.7 | 344.18 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 224.0 | 0.26 | 392.7 | -42.96 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.7 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 7.9 | 0.01 | 9.2 | -13.89 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 240.8 | 0.28 | 313.4 | -23.17 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.5 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 101.5 | 0.12 | 65.2 | 55.77 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 84.8 | 0.10 | 100.1 | -15.22 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 197.3 | 0.23 | 37.3 | 428.72 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 353.4 | 0.41 | 337.0 | 4.87 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4.8 | 0.01 | 17.9 | -73.13 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 122.4 | 0.14 | 42.8 | 185.85 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,199.3 | 2.54 | 3,921.1 | -43.91 |
| 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 | 10.4 | 0.01 | 41.0 | -74.73 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 22.3 | 0.03 | 33.8 | -33.97 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.5 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 978.5 | 1.13 | 753.8 | 29.81 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 565.4 | 0.65 | 589.6 | -4.11 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 213.7 | 0.25 | 560.9 | -61.91 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 59.2 | 0.07 | 185.6 | -68.10 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 14.4 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 368.0 | 0.42 | 1,082.9 | -66.01 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 425.0 | 0.49 | 361.0 | 17.72 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 12.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 9.7 | 0.01 | 76.5 | -87.32 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 37.1 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 18.4 | 0.02 | 10.6 | 73.24 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 257.4 | 0.30 | 699.1 | -63.18 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 398.9 | 0.46 | 416.5 | -4.23 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 55.2 | 0.06 | 49.3 | 12.06 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 6.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 74.9 | 0.09 | 133.0 | -43.66 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.8 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 44.0 | 0.05 | 25.9 | 69.96 |
| 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 | 5.2 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 25.1 | 0.03 | 7.6 | 229.61 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,578.9 | 1.82 | 541.3 | 191.68 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 14.8 | 0.02 | 30.8 | -52.01 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 66.9 | 0.08 | 17.4 | 283.43 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 542.3 | 0.63 | 708.1 | -23.41 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 178.3 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 177.8 | 0.21 | 64.9 | 173.89 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 192.3 | 0.22 | 264.4 | -27.26 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 255.9 | 0.30 | 104.2 | 145.56 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 28,458.1 | 32.82 | 58,272.8 | -51.16 |
| 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 | 26,443.5 | 30.49 | 4,119.9 | 541.84 |
| 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 | 14.6 | 0.02 | 732.9 | -98.01 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,696.5 | 1.96 | 2,203.4 | -23.01 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 9,095.6 | 10.49 | 17,092.3 | -46.79 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 215.9 | 0.25 | 338.3 | -36.19 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,534.8 | 2.92 | 5,113.3 | -50.43 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 62.3 | 0.07 | 34.7 | 79.65 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 19.2 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 478.0 | 0.55 | 187.0 | 155.65 |
| 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 | 122.3 | 0.14 | 91.3 | 33.94 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 226.7 | 0.26 | 38.8 | 484.82 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 65.6 | 0.08 | 66.9 | -1.95 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 621.4 | 0.72 | 150.7 | 312.44 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 4,537.0 | 5.23 | 4,666.1 | -2.77 |
US Imports from Papua New Guinea
The major share of US imports from Papua New Guinea in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 86.17% of US total imports from Papua New Guinea (61.58% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.11% of US total imports from Papua New Guinea (0.26% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.00% of US total imports from Papua New Guinea (31.35% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Papua New Guinea in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $6.6 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $5.0 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 $0.5 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Papua New Guinea in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $39.5 million;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $4.1 million;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $1.5 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 | 986.5 | 1.06 | 1,057.1 | -6.68 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 59,934.5 | 64.59 | 53,364.2 | 12.31 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 68.8 | 0.07 | 60.1 | 14.55 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 18,331.8 | 19.76 | 22,420.5 | -18.24 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 32.3 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 596.3 | 0.64 | 689.9 | -13.57 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 39,505.8 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.6 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1.1 | 0.00 | 2.3 | -53.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 248.5 | 0.27 | 463.9 | -46.43 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 8.6 | 0.01 | 31.5 | -72.84 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2.9 | 0.00 | 14.3 | -79.65 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0.5 | 0.00 | 6.9 | -92.24 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.3 | -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 | 26.0 | 0.03 | 4.5 | 483.48 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4.7 | 0.01 | 19.5 | -75.65 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 13.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 190.5 | 0.21 | 210.7 | -9.62 |
| 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 | 499.1 | 0.54 | 41.5 | 1,102.55 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 260.4 | 0.28 | 69.3 | 275.62 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 83.3 | 0.09 | 4.7 | 1,662.07 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 20.7 | 0.02 | 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 26.9 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,113.9 | 2.28 | 3,645.3 | -42.01 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 9,359.1 | 10.09 | 4,353.7 | 114.97 |