Saint Helena Exports 2023
Complete list of Saint Helena's 70 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$38.01M
Total exports (2023)
#206
Global export rank
70
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Saint Helena exported $38.01 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #206 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 70 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 94.5% of total export value. The leading export was frozen, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99, valued at $13.82 million — 36.3% 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
70 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | $12.70M | 33.41% |
| 2 | USA | $6.23M | 16.39% |
| 3 | Japan | $3.76M | 9.90% |
| 4 | Türkiye | $3.64M | 9.58% |
| 5 | Senegal | $3.08M | 8.09% |
| 6 | Netherlands | $2.81M | 7.39% |
| 7 | United Kingdom | $1.45M | 3.82% |
| 8 | Australia | $818,828 | 2.15% |
| 9 | Malaysia | $791,213 | 2.08% |
| 10 | Germany | $644,960 | 1.70% |
| 11 | Thailand | $221,543 | 0.58% |
| 12 | Fiji | $181,552 | 0.48% |
| 13 | Switzerland | $180,982 | 0.48% |
| 14 | Hungary | $161,807 | 0.43% |
| 15 | Spain | $152,129 | 0.40% |
| 16 | South Africa | $142,503 | 0.37% |
| 17 | New Zealand | $111,942 | 0.29% |
| 18 | Belgium | $109,086 | 0.29% |
| 19 | France | $94,385 | 0.25% |
| 20 | Poland | $72,526 | 0.19% |
| 21 | Romania | $69,294 | 0.18% |
| 22 | Sweden | $69,272 | 0.18% |
| 23 | Bahrain | $60,154 | 0.16% |
| 24 | Indonesia | $54,546 | 0.14% |
| 25 | Canada | $52,251 | 0.14% |
| 26 | Slovakia | $49,459 | 0.13% |
| 27 | Other Asia, nes | $42,499 | 0.11% |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | $37,092 | 0.10% |
| 29 | Czechia | $27,962 | 0.07% |
| 30 | Brazil | $26,458 | 0.07% |
| 31 | Gambia | $22,503 | 0.06% |
| 32 | Italy | $15,831 | 0.04% |
| 33 | Ukraine | $15,247 | 0.04% |
| 34 | Gabon | $13,581 | 0.04% |
| 35 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $12,640 | 0.03% |
| 36 | Austria | $12,223 | 0.03% |
| 37 | Armenia | $9,464 | 0.02% |
| 38 | Central African Rep. | $8,845 | 0.02% |
| 39 | India | $8,206 | 0.02% |
| 40 | Samoa | $5,916 | 0.02% |
| 41 | Morocco | $5,116 | 0.01% |
| 42 | Luxembourg | $4,182 | 0.01% |
| 43 | Seychelles | $3,302 | 0.01% |
| 44 | Peru | $3,290 | 0.01% |
| 45 | Kuwait | $3,236 | 0.01% |
| 46 | El Salvador | $2,845 | 0.01% |
| 47 | Ireland | $2,482 | 0.01% |
| 48 | Uganda | $2,254 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Israel | $2,000 | 0.01% |
| 50 | Dominica | $1,903 | 0.01% |
| 51 | Serbia | $1,539 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Angola | $1,457 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $1,167 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Colombia | $1,015 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Norway | $891 | 0.00% |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | $852 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Slovenia | $846 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Denmark | $672 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Philippines | $657 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Brunei Darussalam | $482 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Finland | $292 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Mauritius | $226 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | $185 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Ecuador | $180 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Botswana | $156 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Namibia | $132 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Costa Rica | $100 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Iceland | $100 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | $77 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Uruguay | $38 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 030383 | Fish: frozen, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $13.82M | 36.35% |
| 2 | 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 | $8.73M | 22.96% |
| 3 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $2.73M | 7.17% |
| 4 | 870422 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $1.90M | 4.99% |
| 5 | 890790 | Floating structures: tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons | $859,609 | 2.26% |
| 6 | 870590 | Vehicles: break-down lorries, road-sweepers, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units, and other special purpose vehicles n.e.c. in heading no. 8705 | $846,741 | 2.23% |
| 7 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $843,390 | 2.22% |
| 8 | 030485 | Fish fillets: frozen, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) | $698,037 | 1.84% |
| 9 | 030399 | Fish: frozen, fish fins (other than shark fins), heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal | $679,167 | 1.79% |
| 10 | 870332 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc | $638,106 | 1.68% |
| 11 | 030492 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced: frozen, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) | $599,778 | 1.58% |
| 12 | 180400 | Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $579,536 | 1.52% |
| 13 | 890690 | Vessels: other, including lifeboats other than rowing boats, other than warships | $378,444 | 1.00% |
| 14 | 842951 | Front-end shovel loaders | $317,893 | 0.84% |
| 15 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $309,376 | 0.81% |
| 16 | 871640 | Trailers and semi-trailers: n.e.c. in item no. 8716.3 | $184,791 | 0.49% |
| 17 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $180,494 | 0.47% |
| 18 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $178,297 | 0.47% |
| 19 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $177,006 | 0.47% |
| 20 | 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 | $169,795 | 0.45% |
| 21 | 030342 | Fish: frozen, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $156,409 | 0.41% |
| 22 | 870510 | Vehicles: crane lorries | $155,306 | 0.41% |
| 23 | 847170 | Units of automatic data processing machines: storage units | $143,519 | 0.38% |
| 24 | 480459 | Kraft paper and paperboard: uncoated, weight 225g/m2 or more, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in item no. 4804.5, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803 | $116,999 | 0.31% |
| 25 | 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 | $101,909 | 0.27% |
| 26 | 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $80,983 | 0.21% |
| 27 | 853890 | Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | $79,563 | 0.21% |
| 28 | 844399 | Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91 | $77,400 | 0.20% |
| 29 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $76,124 | 0.20% |
| 30 | 870540 | Vehicles: concrete-mixer lorries | $75,286 | 0.20% |
| 31 | 030612 | Crustaceans: frozen, lobsters (Homarus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $73,950 | 0.19% |
| 32 | 030615 | Crustaceans: frozen, Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $72,933 | 0.19% |
| 33 | 854129 | Electrical apparatus: transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of 1W or more | $68,547 | 0.18% |
| 34 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $67,984 | 0.18% |
| 35 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $66,762 | 0.18% |
| 36 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $63,166 | 0.17% |
| 37 | 382200 | Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material | $51,112 | 0.13% |
| 38 | 040291 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | $49,075 | 0.13% |
| 39 | 903040 | Instruments and apparatus: specially designed for telecommunications (e.g. cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) | $46,162 | 0.12% |
| 40 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $44,159 | 0.12% |
| 41 | 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like | $40,468 | 0.11% |
| 42 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $40,208 | 0.11% |
| 43 | 901210 | Microscopes (excluding optical microscopes): diffraction apparatus | $39,983 | 0.11% |
| 44 | 392051 | Plastics: of acrylic polymers, polymethyl methacrylate, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | $36,044 | 0.09% |
| 45 | 901310 | Optical appliances and instruments: telescopic sights for fitting to arms: periscopes: telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter | $35,140 | 0.09% |
| 46 | 902610 | Instruments and apparatus: for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids | $33,990 | 0.09% |
| 47 | 901580 | Surveying equipment: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 9015, including hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excluding compasses) | $32,562 | 0.09% |
| 48 | 910111 | Wrist-watches: electrically operated, with or without a stop-watch, with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, with mechanical display only | $32,412 | 0.09% |
| 49 | 870829 | Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts | $27,837 | 0.07% |
| 50 | 350691 | Adhesives: prepared, based on polymers of heading 3901 to 3913 or on rubber | $27,649 | 0.07% |
| 51 | 220600 | Beverages, fermented: (e.g. cider, perry, mead, sake) | $26,966 | 0.07% |
| 52 | 901590 | Surveying equipment: parts and accessories for articles of heading no. 9015 | $24,497 | 0.06% |
| 53 | 846722 | Tools: for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor: saws | $24,440 | 0.06% |
| 54 | 630533 | Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers | $24,288 | 0.06% |
| 55 | 902110 | Orthopaedic or fracture appliances | $24,001 | 0.06% |
| 56 | 391732 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, other than those of item no. 3917.31, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings | $22,818 | 0.06% |
| 57 | 040210 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $22,503 | 0.06% |
| 58 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $21,171 | 0.06% |
| 59 | 710692 | Metals: silver, semi-manufactured | $20,434 | 0.05% |
| 60 | 852852 | Monitors: other than cathode-ray tube: capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 84.71 | $20,368 | 0.05% |
| 61 | 830140 | Locks: (other than those for motor vehicles or furniture), (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal | $19,596 | 0.05% |
| 62 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $19,508 | 0.05% |
| 63 | 711810 | Coin (other than gold coin), not being legal tender | $18,993 | 0.05% |
| 64 | 854442 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors | $18,613 | 0.05% |
| 65 | 853224 | Electrical capacitors: fixed, ceramic dielectric, multilayer | $18,153 | 0.05% |
| 66 | 903082 | Instruments and apparatus: for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices | $17,604 | 0.05% |
| 67 | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter | $17,507 | 0.05% |
| 68 | 846789 | Tools: for working in the hand, (other than chain saws), hydraulic or with self-contained non-electric motor, (not pneumatic) | $17,149 | 0.05% |
| 69 | 842131 | Machinery: intake air filters for internal combustion engines | $16,859 | 0.04% |
| 70 | 820590 | Tools, hand: n.e.c. in heading 8205, including anvils, portable forges, hand or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks, and sets of articles of two or more of the subheadings in heading 8205 | $16,301 | 0.04% |
| 71 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $16,106 | 0.04% |
| 72 | 903010 | Instruments and apparatus: for measuring or detecting ionising radiations | $15,723 | 0.04% |
| 73 | 420310 | Apparel: articles of apparel, of leather or of composition leather | $15,140 | 0.04% |
| 74 | 851690 | Electro-thermic appliances: parts, of heating resistors, of water, space and soil heaters, hair-dressing apparatus, hand dryers, smoothing irons and other domestic appliances of heading no. 8516 | $15,071 | 0.04% |
| 75 | 901920 | Therapeutic respiration apparatus: ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy apparatus: artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus | $14,116 | 0.04% |
| 76 | 090412 | Spices: pepper (of the genus piper), crushed or ground | $13,904 | 0.04% |
| 77 | 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $13,686 | 0.04% |
| 78 | 850610 | Cells and batteries: primary, manganese dioxide | $13,667 | 0.04% |
| 79 | 842940 | Tamping machines and road rollers: self-propelled | $13,390 | 0.04% |
| 80 | 722300 | Steel, stainless: wire | $13,292 | 0.03% |
| 81 | 853650 | Electrical apparatus: switches n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $12,777 | 0.03% |
| 82 | 391740 | Plastics: tube, pipe and hose fittings (e.g. joints, elbows, flanges) | $12,759 | 0.03% |
| 83 | 848690 | Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $12,447 | 0.03% |
| 84 | 843141 | Machinery parts: buckets, shovels, grabs and grips, for the machinery of heading no. 8426 and 8430 | $12,194 | 0.03% |
| 85 | 851671 | Electro-thermic appliances: coffee or tea makers, of a kind used for domestic purposes | $11,916 | 0.03% |
| 86 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $11,520 | 0.03% |
| 87 | 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 | $11,052 | 0.03% |
| 88 | 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.c. in heading no. 9405 | $10,471 | 0.03% |
| 89 | 841989 | Machinery, plant and laboratory equipment: for treating materials by change of temperature, other than for making hot drinks or cooking or heating food | $9,899 | 0.03% |
| 90 | 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers: (other than tanker type) | $9,809 | 0.03% |
| 91 | 401693 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), gaskets, washers and other seals, of non-cellular rubber | $9,489 | 0.02% |
| 92 | 391739 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 3917.30 | $9,145 | 0.02% |
| 93 | 401699 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4016, of non-cellular rubber | $8,977 | 0.02% |
| 94 | 853949 | Lamps: ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, (excluding arc-lamps) | $8,907 | 0.02% |
| 95 | 843120 | Machinery: parts of the machinery of heading no. 8427 | $8,845 | 0.02% |
| 96 | 841440 | Compressors: air compressors mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing | $8,754 | 0.02% |
| 97 | 853620 | Electrical apparatus: automatic circuit breakers, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $8,751 | 0.02% |
| 98 | 850450 | Electrical inductors: n.e.c. in heading no. 8504 | $8,611 | 0.02% |
| 99 | 902000 | Breathing appliances and gas masks: excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters and excluding apparatus of item no. 9019.20 | $8,568 | 0.02% |
| 100 | 180620 | Chocolate & other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, content exceeding 2kg | $8,133 | 0.02% |