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About

United States-Papua New Guinea Trade: In 2022, United States exported $97.1M to Papua New Guinea. The main products that United States exported to Papua New Guinea were Crude Petroleum ($42.3M), Excavation Machinery ($11.8M), and Broadcasting Equipment ($3.54M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Papua New Guinea have increased at an annualized rate of 2.9%, from $84.2M in 2017 to $97.1M in 2022.

In 2022, United States did not export any services to Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea-United States Trade: In 2022, Papua New Guinea exported $75.8M to United States. The main products that Papua New Guinea exported to United States were Coffee ($52.3M), Cocoa Beans ($15.1M), and Vanilla ($4.54M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Papua New Guinea to United States have decreased at an annualized rate of 9.05%,  from $122M in 2017 to $75.8M in 2022.

In 2022, Papua New Guinea did not export any services to United States.

Comparison: In 2022,  United States ranked 10 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.47), and 2 in total exports ($1.95T). That same year, Papua New Guinea ranked 125 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.53), and 87 in total exports ($15.4B).

Company data: In 2023, leading companies such as Sucafina (40), Rothfos (28), and CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC (9) were at the forefront of exporting goods from Papua New Guinea to the United States. Conversely, Other (49), Colbran Coffeelands Limited (21), and Colbran Coffee Lands Ltd (7) were notable for importing products to Papua New Guinea from the United States.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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Value

In 2022, United States exported $97.1M to Papua New Guinea. The main products exported from United States to Papua New Guinea were Crude Petroleum ($42.3M), Excavation Machinery ($11.8M), and Broadcasting Equipment ($3.54M). During the last 5 years the exports of United States to Papua New Guinea have increased at an annualized rate of 2.9%, from $84.2M in 2017 to $97.1M in 2022.

In 2017, Papua New Guinea exported $75.8M to United States. The main products exported from Papua New Guinea to United States were Coffee ($52.3M), Cocoa Beans ($15.1M), and Vanilla ($4.54M). During the last 5 years the exports of Papua New Guinea to United States have decreased at an annualized rate of 9.05%, from $122M in 2022 to $75.8M in 2017.

Exports from United States (Flag) to Papua New Guinea (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Papua New Guinea (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B
Papua New Guinea
Top Destination
Japan$4.03B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from United States than Papua New Guinea included Canada ($308B), Mexico ($294B), and China ($151B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Papua New Guinea than United States included Brunei ($321M).

Difference in imports from Papua New Guinea (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage United States - Papua New Guinea

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, United States had a large net trade with Papua New Guinea in the exports of Mineral Products ($42.5M), Machines ($31.4M), and Transportation ($5.69M).

During 2017, Papua New Guinea had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Vegetable Products ($56.9M), Foodstuffs ($15.5M), and Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($1.38M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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

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 United States and Papua New Guinea. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United States indicates it has a comparative advantage over Papua New Guinea. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Papua New Guinea indicates it has a comparative advantage over United States.

Product Space of United States (Flag) and Papua New Guinea (Flag) (2022)

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