Overview This page contains the latest international trade data for Puerto Rico. In March 2023 Puerto Rico was the number 25 in total exports and the number 27 in total imports in United States.

Exports In 2022, United States' Puerto Rico exported $20.7B, making it the 25th largest exporter out of the 53 exporters in United States. In 2022 the top exports of Puerto Rico were Medicaments nes, in dosage ($8.03B), Immunological products packings for retail sale ($5.73B), Polypeptide hormones, protein hormones and glycoprotein... ($604M), Orthopaedic appliances, nes ($378M), and Polypeptide hormones, protein hormones and glycoprotein... ($372M).

Imports In 2022, United States' Puerto Rico imported $26.2B, making it the 27th largest importer out of the 53 importers in United States. In 2022 top imports of Puerto Rico were Hetercyclic compounds with pyrimidine ring nes ($4.7B), Lactams other than 6-hexanelactam ($3.82B), Petroleum spirit for motor vehicles ($1.79B), Sulphonamides; n.e.c. in heading no. 2935 ($1.73B), and Light petroleum distillates nes ($1.06B).

Economic Complexity In 2022, the highest complexity exports of Puerto Rico according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Hydrides and other anions (1.72), Sulfonamides (1.32), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures (1.2), Optical Fibers and optical fibre bundles (0.94), Antibiotics (0.89), Orthopedic Appliances (0.88), Packaged Medicaments (0.64), Hormones (0.58), Unpackaged Medicaments (0.36), and Other Precious Metal Products (-0.0016). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Historical Data

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Yearly Exports

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Top Destination (2022): Netherlands, $4.09B

Top Product (2022): Medicaments nes, in dosage, $8.03B

In 2022 the top export destinations of Puerto Rico were Netherlands ($4.09B), Spain ($3.54B), Japan ($1.56B), China ($1.53B), and Italy ($1.34B).

In 2022 the top exports of Puerto Rico were Medicaments nes, in dosage ($8.03B), Immunological products packings for retail sale ($5.73B), Polypeptide hormones, protein hormones and glycoprotein... ($604M), Orthopaedic appliances, nes ($378M), and Polypeptide hormones, protein hormones and glycoprotein... ($372M).

Exports Dynamics

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Fastest Growing Exports Destination (Mar 2022 - Mar 2023)

Rapidly Declining Export Origins (Mar 2022 - Mar 2023)

Yearly Imports

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Top Origin (2022): Ireland, $10B

Top Import (2022): Hetercyclic compounds with pyrimidine ring nes, $4.7B

In 2022 the top import origins of Puerto Rico were Ireland ($10B), Singapore ($1.24B), Mexico ($1.12B), Switzerland ($1.1B), and China ($1.1B).

In 2022 the top imports of Puerto Rico were Hetercyclic compounds with pyrimidine ring nes ($4.7B), Lactams other than 6-hexanelactam ($3.82B), Petroleum spirit for motor vehicles ($1.79B), Sulphonamides; n.e.c. in heading no. 2935 ($1.73B), and Light petroleum distillates nes ($1.06B).

Imports Dynamics

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Fastest Growing Import Origins (Mar 2022 - Mar 2023)

Rapidly Declining Import Origins (Mar 2022 - Mar 2023)

Economic Complexity

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Economic Complexity of Puerto Rico

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Economic Complexity (2022): 0.36

Puerto Rico ranks 18th out of the 53 states and territories in United States according to ECI.

The Economic Complexity Index, or ECI, is a measure of an economy’s capacity which can be inferred from data connecting locations to the activities that are present in them. For more info about Economic Complexity, visit the Economic Complexity page.

Estimated using exports data.

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Export Opportunities by Relatedness

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The top export opportunities according to the relatedness level, without considering those products were Puerto Rico already has a comparative advantage, are led by Scented Mixtures (0.058), Nucleic Acids (0.057), Precious Metal Watches (0.056), Chemical Analysis Instruments (0.055), and Scrap Lead (0.055).

Most Complex Products by PCI

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The highest complexity exports of Puerto Rico according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Hydrides and other anions (1.72), Sulfonamides (1.32), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures (1.2), Optical Fibers and optical fibre bundles (0.94), Antibiotics (0.89), Orthopedic Appliances (0.88), Packaged Medicaments (0.64), Hormones (0.58), Unpackaged Medicaments (0.36), and Other Precious Metal Products (-0.0016). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

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The most specialized products according to the RCA index are led by Hormones (51.1), Sulfonamides (26.6), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures (22.4), Packaged Medicaments (18.6), and Hydrides and other anions (15.0).

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 Puerto Rico is more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products it is currently specialized in.

Relatedness Space

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

Diversification Frontier

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk and the strategic value of a territory's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is a 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 emissions. Bubble size corresponds to exports value by year 2020.