Papua New Guinea Exports 2023
Complete list of Papua New Guinea's 92 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$12.53B
Total exports (2023)
#93
Global export rank
92
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Papua New Guinea exported $12.53 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #93 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 92 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 92.6% of total export value. The leading export was liquefied, natural gas, valued at $5.59 billion — 44.6% 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
92 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $3.55B | 28.32% |
| 2 | Japan | $3.19B | 25.48% |
| 3 | Australia | $2.07B | 16.55% |
| 4 | Other Asia, nes | $998.52M | 7.97% |
| 5 | India | $482.59M | 3.85% |
| 6 | Netherlands | $394.37M | 3.15% |
| 7 | Germany | $264.19M | 2.11% |
| 8 | Philippines | $253.16M | 2.02% |
| 9 | United Kingdom | $217.34M | 1.73% |
| 10 | Singapore | $181.44M | 1.45% |
| 11 | Malaysia | $176.20M | 1.41% |
| 12 | Thailand | $173.75M | 1.39% |
| 13 | Italy | $96.39M | 0.77% |
| 14 | Finland | $85.13M | 0.68% |
| 15 | USA | $80.29M | 0.64% |
| 16 | Spain | $55.54M | 0.44% |
| 17 | Indonesia | $50.74M | 0.40% |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | $35.79M | 0.29% |
| 19 | France | $31.84M | 0.25% |
| 20 | Belgium | $30.16M | 0.24% |
| 21 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $27.85M | 0.22% |
| 22 | Brunei Darussalam | $23.05M | 0.18% |
| 23 | New Zealand | $15.05M | 0.12% |
| 24 | Portugal | $7.60M | 0.06% |
| 25 | Austria | $6.30M | 0.05% |
| 26 | Switzerland | $3.91M | 0.03% |
| 27 | Bulgaria | $3.76M | 0.03% |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | $3.70M | 0.03% |
| 29 | Fiji | $3.46M | 0.03% |
| 30 | Canada | $3.41M | 0.03% |
| 31 | Greece | $2.36M | 0.02% |
| 32 | Sweden | $2.26M | 0.02% |
| 33 | Senegal | $884,941 | 0.01% |
| 34 | Türkiye | $623,607 | 0.00% |
| 35 | Czechia | $520,856 | 0.00% |
| 36 | Samoa | $452,767 | 0.00% |
| 37 | Ireland | $395,352 | 0.00% |
| 38 | Costa Rica | $382,650 | 0.00% |
| 39 | Israel | $370,000 | 0.00% |
| 40 | Serbia | $297,624 | 0.00% |
| 41 | Slovenia | $267,066 | 0.00% |
| 42 | Ukraine | $248,383 | 0.00% |
| 43 | China, Macao SAR | $230,492 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Morocco | $191,748 | 0.00% |
| 45 | Dominican Rep. | $187,906 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Myanmar | $168,000 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Poland | $149,294 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Jordan | $122,707 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Lithuania | $121,648 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Brazil | $120,410 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Armenia | $114,553 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Slovakia | $99,900 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Luxembourg | $93,363 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Croatia | $90,415 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | $75,304 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Chile | $62,327 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Colombia | $61,936 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Estonia | $54,497 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Egypt | $50,711 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Argentina | $47,413 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Romania | $42,917 | 0.00% |
| 62 | South Africa | $25,924 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Honduras | $20,000 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Denmark | $18,101 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Ghana | $9,771 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Norway | $8,965 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Nigeria | $7,412 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Bahrain | $6,875 | 0.00% |
| 69 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $4,364 | 0.00% |
| 70 | North Macedonia | $4,012 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Rep. of Moldova | $3,916 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Montenegro | $3,661 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Iceland | $3,421 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Zambia | $2,513 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | $2,413 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Kenya | $2,238 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | $2,114 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | $1,535 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Lebanon | $1,154 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Kuwait | $879 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | $796 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Hungary | $775 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Mauritius | $677 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Cambodia | $625 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Angola | $607 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Cyprus | $571 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Gabon | $467 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $336 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Côte d'Ivoire | $298 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Peru | $250 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Namibia | $117 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Andorra | $116 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $5.59B | 44.61% |
| 2 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $1.85B | 14.79% |
| 3 | 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $903.62M | 7.21% |
| 4 | 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $811.38M | 6.47% |
| 5 | 750120 | Nickel: oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy | $578.32M | 4.61% |
| 6 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $532.32M | 4.25% |
| 7 | 440349 | Wood, tropical: other than dark red meranti, light red meranti and meranti bakau, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated | $416.44M | 3.32% |
| 8 | 261690 | Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver) | $245.73M | 1.96% |
| 9 | 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $236.44M | 1.89% |
| 10 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $230.72M | 1.84% |
| 11 | 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 | $216.09M | 1.72% |
| 12 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $116.68M | 0.93% |
| 13 | 440399 | Wood: in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403 | $98.80M | 0.79% |
| 14 | 030343 | Fish: frozen, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $90.79M | 0.72% |
| 15 | 151321 | Vegetable oils: palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $90.23M | 0.72% |
| 16 | 710692 | Metals: silver, semi-manufactured | $81.38M | 0.65% |
| 17 | 030342 | Fish: frozen, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $62.11M | 0.50% |
| 18 | 261000 | Chromium ores and concentrates | $46.33M | 0.37% |
| 19 | 151311 | Vegetable oils: coconut (copra) oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $33.50M | 0.27% |
| 20 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $31.76M | 0.25% |
| 21 | 440722 | Wood, tropical: virola, imbuia and balsa, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $28.58M | 0.23% |
| 22 | 711100 | Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum: not further worked than semi-manufactured | $23.88M | 0.19% |
| 23 | 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids: acid oils from refining: (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | $12.24M | 0.10% |
| 24 | 090510 | Spices: vanilla, neither crushed nor ground | $10.08M | 0.08% |
| 25 | 120300 | Copra | $9.11M | 0.07% |
| 26 | 230120 | Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | $8.26M | 0.07% |
| 27 | 160420 | Fish preparations: fish minced or in forms n.e.c. in heading no. 1604, prepared or preserved | $7.48M | 0.06% |
| 28 | 442199 | Wood: not of bamboo, articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4414 to 4420 (excluding clothes hangers) | $7.00M | 0.06% |
| 29 | 441239 | Plywood: consisting only of sheets of wood (not bamboo), each ply 6mm or thinner, with both outer plies of coniferous wood | $5.93M | 0.05% |
| 30 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $5.77M | 0.05% |
| 31 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $5.71M | 0.05% |
| 32 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $5.67M | 0.05% |
| 33 | 230650 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of coconut or copra seed oils | $5.37M | 0.04% |
| 34 | 030633 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | $5.27M | 0.04% |
| 35 | 440398 | Wood: of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated | $4.87M | 0.04% |
| 36 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $4.21M | 0.03% |
| 37 | 030572 | Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | $3.91M | 0.03% |
| 38 | 901420 | Navigational instruments and appliances: for aeronautical or space navigation (excluding compasses) | $3.71M | 0.03% |
| 39 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $3.69M | 0.03% |
| 40 | 711291 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | $3.54M | 0.03% |
| 41 | 400122 | Rubber: technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excluding latex and smoked sheets) | $3.11M | 0.02% |
| 42 | 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 | $2.96M | 0.02% |
| 43 | 030631 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not | $2.94M | 0.02% |
| 44 | 440729 | Wood, tropical, n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $2.92M | 0.02% |
| 45 | 843049 | Boring and sinking machinery: not self-propelled | $2.89M | 0.02% |
| 46 | 030611 | Crustaceans: frozen, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $2.65M | 0.02% |
| 47 | 440712 | Wood: coniferous species, of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $2.48M | 0.02% |
| 48 | 151800 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils | $2.47M | 0.02% |
| 49 | 440890 | Wood: n.e.c. in heading no. 4408, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not exceeding 6mm in thickness | $2.37M | 0.02% |
| 50 | 441299 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood (other than blockboard, laminboard and battenboard, other than of bamboo, and other than plywood consisting only of sheets of wood each ply 6mm or thinner) | $2.28M | 0.02% |
| 51 | 848340 | Gears and gearing: (not toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately): ball or roller screws: gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters | $2.15M | 0.02% |
| 52 | 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $2.14M | 0.02% |
| 53 | 901490 | Navigational instruments and appliances: parts and accessories | $1.93M | 0.02% |
| 54 | 411330 | Leather: further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of reptiles, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14 | $1.75M | 0.01% |
| 55 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $1.72M | 0.01% |
| 56 | 030344 | Fish: frozen, bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $1.66M | 0.01% |
| 57 | 410320 | Hides and skins: raw, of reptiles (fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split | $1.65M | 0.01% |
| 58 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $1.51M | 0.01% |
| 59 | 760320 | Aluminium: powders of lamellar structure, flakes | $1.50M | 0.01% |
| 60 | 440799 | Wood: sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, n.e.c. in heading no. 4407 | $1.43M | 0.01% |
| 61 | 400129 | Rubber: natural (excluding latex, technically specified natural rubber and smoked sheets), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $1.31M | 0.01% |
| 62 | 701090 | Glass: carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | $1.30M | 0.01% |
| 63 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $1.28M | 0.01% |
| 64 | 731100 | Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel | $1.26M | 0.01% |
| 65 | 841221 | Engines: hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting (cylinders) | $1.22M | 0.01% |
| 66 | 970300 | Sculptures and statuary: original, in any material | $1.14M | 0.01% |
| 67 | 880320 | Aircraft and spacecraft: under-carriages and parts thereof | $1.11M | 0.01% |
| 68 | 850161 | Generators: AC generators, (alternators), of an output not exceeding 75kVA | $1.08M | 0.01% |
| 69 | 121190 | Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) n.e.c. in heading no. 1211, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | $1.02M | 0.01% |
| 70 | 800300 | Tin: bars, rods, profiles and wire | $1.01M | 0.01% |
| 71 | 854810 | Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators | $995,872 | 0.01% |
| 72 | 880211 | Helicopters: of an unladen weight not exceeding 2000kg | $991,305 | 0.01% |
| 73 | 841381 | Pumps and liquid elevators: n.e.c. in heading no. 8413 | $941,333 | 0.01% |
| 74 | 848120 | Valves: for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions | $919,297 | 0.01% |
| 75 | 840820 | Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87 | $874,365 | 0.01% |
| 76 | 030571 | Fish: edible offal, shark fins | $854,898 | 0.01% |
| 77 | 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 | $836,633 | 0.01% |
| 78 | 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $819,487 | 0.01% |
| 79 | 840890 | Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for other than marine propulsion or the vehicles of chapter 87 | $799,745 | 0.01% |
| 80 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $787,295 | 0.01% |
| 81 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $733,809 | 0.01% |
| 82 | 720429 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of alloy steel (excluding stainless) | $709,245 | 0.01% |
| 83 | 030487 | Fish fillets: frozen, tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) | $695,184 | 0.01% |
| 84 | 850300 | Electric motors and generators: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502 | $694,854 | 0.01% |
| 85 | 970600 | Antiques: of an age exceeding one hundred years | $672,100 | 0.01% |
| 86 | 841181 | Turbines: gas-turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers), of a power not exceeding 5000kW | $643,776 | 0.01% |
| 87 | 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 | $641,110 | 0.01% |
| 88 | 120710 | Oil seeds: palm nuts and kernels, whether or not broken | $588,283 | 0.00% |
| 89 | 870870 | Vehicle parts: road wheels and parts and accessories thereof | $583,949 | 0.00% |
| 90 | 720430 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of tinned iron or steel | $582,261 | 0.00% |
| 91 | 841290 | Engines: parts, for engines and motors of heading no. 8412 | $568,533 | 0.00% |
| 92 | 841950 | Heat exchange units: not used for domestic purposes | $566,407 | 0.00% |
| 93 | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $533,435 | 0.00% |
| 94 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $502,026 | 0.00% |
| 95 | 710691 | Metals: silver, unwrought, (but not powder) | $482,120 | 0.00% |
| 96 | 870850 | Vehicle parts: drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles: parts thereof | $469,586 | 0.00% |
| 97 | 851769 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), n.e.c. in item no. 8517.6 | $450,364 | 0.00% |
| 98 | 842539 | Winches: capstans: not powered by an electric motor | $450,210 | 0.00% |
| 99 | 090122 | Coffee: roasted, decaffeinated | $406,511 | 0.00% |
| 100 | 841370 | Pumps: centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $401,242 | 0.00% |