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About

Papua New Guinea-United States Trade: In 2023, Papua New Guinea exported $80.3M to United States. The main products that Papua New Guinea exported to United States were Coffee ($45.7M), Cocoa Beans ($26.6M), and Vanilla ($3.25M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Papua New Guinea to United States have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.8%, from $83.6M in 2018 to $80.3M in 2023.

In 2023, Papua New Guinea did not export any services to United States.

United States-Papua New Guinea Trade: In 2023, United States exported $110M to Papua New Guinea. The main products that United States exported to Papua New Guinea were Delivery Trucks ($18.3M), Tractors ($14.5M), and Excavation Machinery ($11.2M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Papua New Guinea have increased at an annualized rate of 8.35%,  from $73.6M in 2018 to $110M in 2023.

In 2023, United States did not export any services to Papua New Guinea.

Comparison: In 2023,  Papua New Guinea ranked 127 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.63), and 93 in total exports ($12.5B). That same year, United States ranked 10 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.5), and 2 in total exports ($1.86T).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2023, Papua New Guinea exported $80.3M to United States. The main products exported from Papua New Guinea to United States were Coffee ($45.7M), Cocoa Beans ($26.6M), and Vanilla ($3.25M). During the last 5 years the exports of Papua New Guinea to United States have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.8%, from $83.6M in 2018 to $80.3M in 2023.

In 2018, United States exported $110M to Papua New Guinea. The main products exported from United States to Papua New Guinea were Delivery Trucks ($18.3M), Tractors ($14.5M), and Excavation Machinery ($11.2M). During the last 5 years the exports of United States to Papua New Guinea have increased at an annualized rate of 8.35%, from $73.6M in 2023 to $110M in 2018.

Exports from Papua New Guinea (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2023)

Exports from United States (Flag) to Papua New Guinea (Flag) (2023)

Latest Data

Trade between Papua New Guinea (Flag) and United States (Flag)

United States Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Papua New Guinea
Top Destination
China$3.55B
United States
Top Destination
Canada$269B

This map shows whether countries import more from Papua New Guinea or United States. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Papua New Guinea and United States or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2023, no countries were registered that imported more from Papua New Guinea than from United States.

In 2023, countries that imported more from United States than Papua New Guinea included Canada ($269B), Mexico ($243B), and China ($154B).

Difference in imports from United States (Flag) and Papua New Guinea (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage Papua New Guinea - United States

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Papua New Guinea and United States by product, considering products traded by both, Papua New Guinea and United States.

During 2023, Papua New Guinea had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Vegetable Products ($49M), Foodstuffs ($26.9M), and Wood Products ($1.85M).

During 2018, United States had a large net trade with Papua New Guinea in the exports of Machines ($49.4M), Transportation ($34.9M), and Chemical Products ($6.09M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Papua New Guinea United States+$30MCoffee
Top Product Potential United States Papua New Guinea+$4.33MTelephones

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Papua New Guinea and United States. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Papua New Guinea indicates it has a comparative advantage over United States. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of United States indicates it has a comparative advantage over Papua New Guinea.

Product Space of Papua New Guinea (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2023)

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