American Samoa
2020 Product Exports | Imports: $18.9M | $111M, 209 of 226 | 206 of 226
2020 Per Capita Product Exports | Imports: $343 | $2.02k, 167 of 219 | 107 of 219
Overview In 2020 American Samoa was the number 209 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 206 in total imports.
Exports The top exports of American Samoa are Animal Meal and Pellets ($11.9M), Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($1.02M), Refined Petroleum ($705k), Other Inorganic Acids ($294k), and Engine Parts ($285k), exporting mostly to Australia ($8.09M), Chinese Taipei ($2.25M), India ($1.56M), South Korea ($1.08M), and Ecuador ($935k).
Imports The top imports of American Samoa are N/A, importing mostly from New Zealand ($28.6M), Chinese Taipei ($19.5M), South Korea ($16.2M), Singapore ($16.2M), and Australia ($7.84M).
Latest Trends
#permalink to sectionLatest Trade
#permalink to sectionThe 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.
*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.
Latest Data
#permalink to sectionData is presented based on data availability. Only countries using the Harmonic System (HS) are selected. Every source is shown using their own latest twelve months of data.
*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.
Economic Complexity
#permalink to sectionMost Specialized Products by RCA Index
#permalink to sectionAmerican Samoa has a high level of specialization in Animal Meal and Pellets (1.52k), Other Inorganic Acids (53), Non-fillet Frozen Fish (39.3), Fish oil (35.6), and Woodworking machines (31.4). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between American Samoa observed and expected exports in each product.
Most Complex Products by PCI
#permalink to sectionThe highest complexity exports of American Samoa according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Electric (electrically heated gas) soldering, brazing, welding machines and apparatus, capable or not of cutting, electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or sintered carbides (1.78), Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers; with a three-membered ring and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (1.62), Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity of other mechanical properties of materials (e.g. metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics) (1.54), Transmission shafts (including cam and crank) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers; flywheels and pulleys; clutches and shaft couplings (1.47), and Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances (1.45). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.
Export Opportunities by Relatedness
#permalink to sectionThe top export opportunities for American Samoa according to the relatedness index, are Scrap Aluminium (0.057), Eyewear (0.055), Non-fillet Fresh Fish (0.055), Scrap Plastic (0.054), and Processed Fish (0.053). 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.
Diversification Frontier
#permalink to sectionThe 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.
