Greenland Exports 2023
Complete list of Greenland's 76 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$1.66B
Total exports (2023)
#149
Global export rank
76
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Greenland exported $1.66 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #149 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 76 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 95.8% of total export value. The leading export was frozen, cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking, valued at $525.96 million — 31.7% of the country's export portfolio.
The two tables below list every destination country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All export destinations
76 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | $830.43M | 50.04% |
| 2 | China | $379.60M | 22.87% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | $89.71M | 5.41% |
| 4 | Japan | $79.58M | 4.80% |
| 5 | Germany | $49.62M | 2.99% |
| 6 | Norway | $41.15M | 2.48% |
| 7 | Iceland | $38.34M | 2.31% |
| 8 | Other Asia, nes | $36.40M | 2.19% |
| 9 | USA | $27.81M | 1.68% |
| 10 | Poland | $16.66M | 1.00% |
| 11 | Ukraine | $13.55M | 0.82% |
| 12 | Morocco | $12.88M | 0.78% |
| 13 | Spain | $8.19M | 0.49% |
| 14 | Thailand | $6.47M | 0.39% |
| 15 | Singapore | $4.00M | 0.24% |
| 16 | Netherlands | $3.77M | 0.23% |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | $2.54M | 0.15% |
| 18 | Albania | $2.26M | 0.14% |
| 19 | Switzerland | $2.12M | 0.13% |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | $2.04M | 0.12% |
| 21 | Estonia | $1.57M | 0.09% |
| 22 | Canada | $1.43M | 0.09% |
| 23 | Armenia | $1.28M | 0.08% |
| 24 | Ireland | $1.18M | 0.07% |
| 25 | France | $919,179 | 0.06% |
| 26 | Finland | $830,725 | 0.05% |
| 27 | Portugal | $794,965 | 0.05% |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | $715,539 | 0.04% |
| 29 | Austria | $673,879 | 0.04% |
| 30 | Indonesia | $579,375 | 0.03% |
| 31 | Luxembourg | $402,190 | 0.02% |
| 32 | Greece | $297,772 | 0.02% |
| 33 | China, Macao SAR | $287,175 | 0.02% |
| 34 | Cyprus | $215,805 | 0.01% |
| 35 | Czechia | $188,537 | 0.01% |
| 36 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $185,397 | 0.01% |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | $171,320 | 0.01% |
| 38 | New Zealand | $126,475 | 0.01% |
| 39 | Lithuania | $84,619 | 0.01% |
| 40 | Sweden | $82,086 | 0.00% |
| 41 | India | $65,046 | 0.00% |
| 42 | South Africa | $55,629 | 0.00% |
| 43 | Central African Rep. | $49,798 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Ghana | $48,496 | 0.00% |
| 45 | Guyana | $41,908 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Brazil | $34,917 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Angola | $27,407 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Oman | $26,031 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Slovenia | $24,725 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Slovakia | $20,652 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Latvia | $15,795 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Senegal | $14,162 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Philippines | $14,017 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Italy | $10,872 | 0.00% |
| 55 | North Macedonia | $7,255 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Belgium | $6,885 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Brunei Darussalam | $6,154 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Rep. of Moldova | $5,782 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Kuwait | $4,593 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Uruguay | $3,405 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | $3,134 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | $3,043 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Georgia | $2,472 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Gabon | $2,186 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Montenegro | $1,911 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Romania | $1,466 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Hungary | $1,424 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Mozambique | $1,000 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $890 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Belize | $837 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Lebanon | $682 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Colombia | $552 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Nigeria | $418 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $128 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Türkiye | $77 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Zambia | $18 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 030616 | Crustaceans: frozen, cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $525.96M | 31.69% |
| 2 | 030331 | Fish: frozen, halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $402.20M | 24.23% |
| 3 | 160529 | Crustacean preparations: shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers | $235.28M | 14.18% |
| 4 | 030363 | Fish: frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $100.84M | 6.08% |
| 5 | 030471 | Fish fillets: frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | $61.07M | 3.68% |
| 6 | 030483 | Fish fillets: frozen, flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae) | $48.69M | 2.93% |
| 7 | 030399 | Fish: frozen, fish fins (other than shark fins), heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal | $47.01M | 2.83% |
| 8 | 030614 | Crustaceans: frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $41.58M | 2.51% |
| 9 | 160521 | Crustacean preparations: shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers | $24.06M | 1.45% |
| 10 | 030354 | Fish: frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $21.88M | 1.32% |
| 11 | 890200 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels: for processing or preserving fishery products | $20.86M | 1.26% |
| 12 | 030499 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced: frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0304.9 | $14.77M | 0.89% |
| 13 | 030520 | Fish: livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine | $13.83M | 0.83% |
| 14 | 030722 | Molluscs: scallops, whether in shell or not, including queen scallops of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, frozen | $7.79M | 0.47% |
| 15 | 710391 | Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set | $7.45M | 0.45% |
| 16 | 890190 | Vessels: n.e.c. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | $6.64M | 0.40% |
| 17 | 030532 | Fish fillets: dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae | $6.60M | 0.40% |
| 18 | 030289 | Fish: fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in heading 0302, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $6.58M | 0.40% |
| 19 | 051191 | Animal products: of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates: dead animals of chapter 03, unfit for human consumption | $5.45M | 0.33% |
| 20 | 030562 | Fish: salted or in brine, not dried or smoked, other than edible fish offal, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | $4.82M | 0.29% |
| 21 | 030256 | Fish: fresh or chilled, blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis),excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $4.74M | 0.29% |
| 22 | 030389 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $4.20M | 0.25% |
| 23 | 030241 | Fish: fresh or chilled, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $3.83M | 0.23% |
| 24 | 030489 | Fish fillets: frozen, of fish n.e.c. in heading 0304.8 | $3.80M | 0.23% |
| 25 | 252910 | Feldspar | $2.48M | 0.15% |
| 26 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $2.32M | 0.14% |
| 27 | 030244 | Fish: fresh or chilled, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $2.06M | 0.12% |
| 28 | 710399 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, (other than rubies, sapphires and emeralds), worked other than simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $1.35M | 0.08% |
| 29 | 030249 | Fish: fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in item no. 0302.4, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $1.35M | 0.08% |
| 30 | 030364 | Fish: frozen, haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $1.06M | 0.06% |
| 31 | 820559 | Tools, hand: other hand tools (including glaziers diamonds), excluding household tools, drilling, threading or tapping tools, hammers and sledge hammers, planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood, and screwdrivers | $1.05M | 0.06% |
| 32 | 230120 | Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | $1.02M | 0.06% |
| 33 | 030472 | Fish fillets: frozen, haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) | $965,487 | 0.06% |
| 34 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $872,820 | 0.05% |
| 35 | 870840 | Vehicle parts: gear boxes and parts thereof | $849,235 | 0.05% |
| 36 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $785,336 | 0.05% |
| 37 | 510220 | Hair: coarse animal hair, not carded or combed | $706,669 | 0.04% |
| 38 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $678,487 | 0.04% |
| 39 | 251710 | Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone: of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated | $636,842 | 0.04% |
| 40 | 901819 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters), n.e.c. in item no. 9018.1 | $627,210 | 0.04% |
| 41 | 901580 | Surveying equipment: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 9015, including hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excluding compasses) | $626,853 | 0.04% |
| 42 | 030473 | Fish fillets: frozen, coalfish (Pollachius virens) | $619,346 | 0.04% |
| 43 | 030699 | Crustaceans: smoked, whole, cooked or not, n.e.c. in item no. 0306.9, in shell or not, including edible flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans | $611,052 | 0.04% |
| 44 | 150410 | Oils of fish: fish-liver oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $559,868 | 0.03% |
| 45 | 030365 | Fish: frozen, coalfish (Pollachius virens), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $484,785 | 0.03% |
| 46 | 731829 | Iron or steel: non-threaded articles, n.e.c. in item no. 7318.2 | $458,878 | 0.03% |
| 47 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $447,510 | 0.03% |
| 48 | 030391 | Fish: frozen, livers, roes and milt | $433,512 | 0.03% |
| 49 | 160432 | Fish preparations: caviar substitutes, prepared from fish eggs | $430,176 | 0.03% |
| 50 | 847330 | Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471 | $418,314 | 0.03% |
| 51 | 210500 | Ice cream and other edible ice: whether or not containing cocoa | $395,340 | 0.02% |
| 52 | 850213 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375kVA | $391,889 | 0.02% |
| 53 | 842890 | Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery: n.e.c. in heading no. 8425, 8426, 8427 or 8428 | $391,369 | 0.02% |
| 54 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $369,738 | 0.02% |
| 55 | 903300 | Machines and appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90: parts and accessories n.e.c. in chapter 90 | $367,138 | 0.02% |
| 56 | 160510 | Crustacean preparations: crab, prepared or preserved | $358,299 | 0.02% |
| 57 | 852862 | Projectors: capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 84.71 | $357,582 | 0.02% |
| 58 | 720410 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of cast iron | $353,335 | 0.02% |
| 59 | 903180 | Instruments, appliances and machines: for measuring or checking n.e.c. in chapter 90 | $345,250 | 0.02% |
| 60 | 030359 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.5, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $342,868 | 0.02% |
| 61 | 030251 | Fish: fresh or chilled, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $330,745 | 0.02% |
| 62 | 030221 | Fish: fresh or chilled, halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $327,010 | 0.02% |
| 63 | 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $326,693 | 0.02% |
| 64 | 430219 | Furskins: tanned or dressed, whole, with or without head, tail or paws, not assembled, n.e.c. in heading no. 4302, excluding goods or heading no. 4303 | $301,792 | 0.02% |
| 65 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $298,383 | 0.02% |
| 66 | 030339 | Fish: frozen, flat fish, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.3, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $276,770 | 0.02% |
| 67 | 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $254,299 | 0.02% |
| 68 | 920999 | Musical instruments: parts and accessories for musical instruments n.e.c. in heading no. 9209: metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes | $243,457 | 0.01% |
| 69 | 710310 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $219,627 | 0.01% |
| 70 | 902300 | Instruments, apparatus and models: designed for demonstrational purposes (in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses | $213,300 | 0.01% |
| 71 | 848110 | Valves: pressure reducing, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like | $210,015 | 0.01% |
| 72 | 870891 | Vehicle parts: radiators and parts thereof | $205,459 | 0.01% |
| 73 | 030549 | Fish: smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.4, includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal | $200,048 | 0.01% |
| 74 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $196,862 | 0.01% |
| 75 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $195,718 | 0.01% |
| 76 | 030792 | Molluscs: n.e.c. in heading 0307, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen | $194,748 | 0.01% |
| 77 | 481920 | Paper and paperboard: folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard | $186,604 | 0.01% |
| 78 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $178,495 | 0.01% |
| 79 | 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system" | $175,929 | 0.01% |
| 80 | 841122 | Turbo-propellers: of a power exceeding 1100kW | $162,551 | 0.01% |
| 81 | 900659 | Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic): n.e.c. in heading no 9006 | $146,160 | 0.01% |
| 82 | 853630 | Electrical apparatus: for protecting electrical circuits, n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $145,217 | 0.01% |
| 83 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $142,420 | 0.01% |
| 84 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $140,395 | 0.01% |
| 85 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $136,557 | 0.01% |
| 86 | 050790 | Animal products: tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, waste and powder of these products | $131,531 | 0.01% |
| 87 | 220190 | Waters: other than mineral and aerated, (not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured), ice and snow | $116,910 | 0.01% |
| 88 | 970400 | Stamps, postage or revenue: stamp-postmarks, first-day covers, postal stationery (stamped paper) and like, used or unused, other than those of heading 4907 | $111,894 | 0.01% |
| 89 | 902710 | Instruments and apparatus: gas or smoke analysis apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis | $103,411 | 0.01% |
| 90 | 901320 | Lasers: other than laser diodes | $99,092 | 0.01% |
| 91 | 846729 | Tools: for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor: other than saws and drills | $92,483 | 0.01% |
| 92 | 842790 | Fork-lift and other works trucks: fitted with lifting or handling equipment, not self-propelled | $87,086 | 0.01% |
| 93 | 841899 | Refrigerating or freezing equipment: parts thereof, other than furniture | $86,360 | 0.01% |
| 94 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $84,233 | 0.01% |
| 95 | 902680 | Instruments and apparatus: for measuring or checking variables of liquids or gases (excluding pressure or the flow and level of liquids and those of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 and 9032) | $84,067 | 0.01% |
| 96 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $83,148 | 0.01% |
| 97 | 902780 | Instruments and apparatus: for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.c. in heading no. 9027 | $81,598 | 0.00% |
| 98 | 441520 | Wood: pallets, box pallets and other load boards: pallet collars | $79,437 | 0.00% |
| 99 | 030495 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced: frozen, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) | $79,048 | 0.00% |
| 100 | 030369 | Fish: frozen, of Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, Muraenolepididae, other than cod, haddock, coalfish, hake, Alaska pollack, blue whitings, not fillets, meat of 0304, and edible offal of 0303.9 | $78,952 | 0.00% |