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2022
Product
Exports | Imports $19M | $229M213 of 226 |  205 of 226
2022
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Exports | Imports $429 | $5.18k205 of 220 |  81 of 220

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Overview In 2022 American Samoa was the number 213 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 205 in total imports.

Exports The top exports of American Samoa are Animal Meal and Pellets ($7.38M), Packaged Medicaments ($2M), Machinery Having Individual Functions ($1.41M), Refined Petroleum ($850k), and Insulated Wire ($642k), exporting mostly to Australia ($6.29M), South Korea ($2.96M), Chinese Taipei ($1.54M), Kuwait ($1.46M), and Senegal ($872k).

Imports The top imports of American Samoa are Refined Petroleum ($117M), Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($48M), Cars ($5.14M), Paper Containers ($3.54M), and Sawn Wood ($3.32M), importing mostly from Malaysia ($62.4M), Singapore ($54.7M), Fiji ($27.3M), South Korea ($21.5M), and Chinese Taipei ($20.7M).

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The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of American Samoa.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

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Top Export (2022)Animal Meal and Pellets$7.38M
Top Destination (2022)Australia$6.29M

In 2022, American Samoa exported a total of $19M, making it the number 213 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of American Samoa have changed by -$19.2M from $38.2M in 2017 to $19M in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Animal Meal and Pellets ($7.38M), Packaged Medicaments ($2M), Machinery Having Individual Functions ($1.41M), Refined Petroleum ($850k), and Insulated Wire ($642k). The most common destination for the exports of American Samoa are Australia ($6.29M), South Korea ($2.96M), Chinese Taipei ($1.54M), Kuwait ($1.46M), and Senegal ($872k).

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2021 - 2022)
South Korea$1.71M (+ 137%)
Kuwait$1.36M (+ 1.43k%)
South Africa$824k (+ 7.34k%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2021 - 2022)
Malaysia$43.8M (+ 235%)
Singapore$28M (+ 105%)
Fiji$11.5M (+ 72.7%)

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Economic Complexity

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

American Samoa has a high level of specialization in Animal Meal and Pellets (1k), Other Nitrogen Compounds (63.8), Fish Oil (51.8), Cutting Blades (29.3), and Tool Sets (20.1). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between American Samoa observed and expected exports in each product.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for American Samoa according to the relatedness index, were Scrap Aluminium (0.081), Collector's Items (0.08), Hard Liquor (0.079), Flavored Water (0.077), and Scrap Plastic (0.076). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that American Samoa is not specialized in.

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of American Samoa. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that American Samoa exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Relatedness Space (2022)

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

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