Tonga Exports 2023
Complete list of Tonga's 57 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$15.93M
Total exports (2023)
#213
Global export rank
57
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Tonga exported $15.93 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #213 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 57 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 92.7% of total export value. The leading export was preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals, valued at $2.74 million — 17.2% 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
57 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | $2.74M | 17.20% |
| 2 | USA | $2.73M | 17.11% |
| 3 | New Zealand | $2.37M | 14.88% |
| 4 | Australia | $2.33M | 14.64% |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | $1.96M | 12.32% |
| 6 | United Kingdom | $1.57M | 9.87% |
| 7 | Ireland | $385,167 | 2.42% |
| 8 | Germany | $281,590 | 1.77% |
| 9 | Canada | $200,158 | 1.26% |
| 10 | Fiji | $196,517 | 1.23% |
| 11 | Other Asia, nes | $178,340 | 1.12% |
| 12 | Japan | $168,379 | 1.06% |
| 13 | Singapore | $107,613 | 0.68% |
| 14 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $106,145 | 0.67% |
| 15 | France | $103,257 | 0.65% |
| 16 | Serbia | $73,248 | 0.46% |
| 17 | Samoa | $70,103 | 0.44% |
| 18 | Israel | $59,000 | 0.37% |
| 19 | Poland | $54,953 | 0.34% |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | $46,683 | 0.29% |
| 21 | Netherlands | $35,682 | 0.22% |
| 22 | South Africa | $34,325 | 0.22% |
| 23 | Spain | $24,273 | 0.15% |
| 24 | Malaysia | $16,398 | 0.10% |
| 25 | Sweden | $14,796 | 0.09% |
| 26 | Italy | $13,834 | 0.09% |
| 27 | Pakistan | $8,500 | 0.05% |
| 28 | Slovakia | $8,249 | 0.05% |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | $6,393 | 0.04% |
| 30 | Senegal | $4,863 | 0.03% |
| 31 | Czechia | $4,558 | 0.03% |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | $4,397 | 0.03% |
| 33 | Colombia | $4,121 | 0.03% |
| 34 | Thailand | $3,396 | 0.02% |
| 35 | Luxembourg | $2,358 | 0.01% |
| 36 | Chile | $1,506 | 0.01% |
| 37 | Denmark | $1,255 | 0.01% |
| 38 | China | $1,158 | 0.01% |
| 39 | Rep. of Moldova | $1,061 | 0.01% |
| 40 | Ghana | $944 | 0.01% |
| 41 | Belgium | $835 | 0.01% |
| 42 | Kenya | $443 | 0.00% |
| 43 | Philippines | $422 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Austria | $396 | 0.00% |
| 45 | Lebanon | $311 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Zambia | $231 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $219 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $210 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Türkiye | $127 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $108 | 0.00% |
| 51 | El Salvador | $71 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Andorra | $51 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Eswatini | $40 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Argentina | $31 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Hungary | $29 | 0.00% |
| 56 | North Macedonia | $22 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Portugal | $3 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | $2.74M | 17.20% |
| 2 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $1.96M | 12.30% |
| 3 | 071410 | Vegetable roots and tubers: manioc (cassava), with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | $1.07M | 6.69% |
| 4 | 070993 | Vegetables: pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.), fresh or chilled | $778,641 | 4.89% |
| 5 | 481039 | Kraft paper and paperboard: coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances only, for non-graphic purposes, n.e.c. in item no. 4810.31 and 4810.32, in rolls or sheets | $692,034 | 4.34% |
| 6 | 071440 | Vegetable roots and tubers: taro (Colocasia spp.) with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | $627,709 | 3.94% |
| 7 | 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 | $553,197 | 3.47% |
| 8 | 071430 | Vegetable roots and tubers: yams (Dioscorea spp.) with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | $499,754 | 3.14% |
| 9 | 847190 | Magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included | $481,071 | 3.02% |
| 10 | 050800 | Animal products: coral and similar materials, shells of molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof | $441,961 | 2.77% |
| 11 | 853710 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $369,267 | 2.32% |
| 12 | 030232 | Fish: fresh or chilled, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $346,661 | 2.18% |
| 13 | 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like | $334,336 | 2.10% |
| 14 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $316,417 | 1.99% |
| 15 | 121299 | Vegetable products: fit for human consumption, n.e.c. in heading no. 1212, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $284,883 | 1.79% |
| 16 | 030890 | Aquatic invertebrates: other than crustaceans, molluscs, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and jellyfish, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking, includes edible flours, meals, and pellets | $238,598 | 1.50% |
| 17 | 940530 | Lighting sets: of a kind used for Christmas trees | $228,617 | 1.44% |
| 18 | 950510 | Christmas festivity articles | $193,018 | 1.21% |
| 19 | 030119 | Fish: live, ornamental, other than freshwater | $188,427 | 1.18% |
| 20 | 080711 | Fruit, edible: watermelons, fresh | $182,238 | 1.14% |
| 21 | 870830 | Vehicle parts: brakes, servo-brakes and parts thereof | $157,968 | 0.99% |
| 22 | 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 | $147,328 | 0.92% |
| 23 | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors: optical fibre cables | $143,945 | 0.90% |
| 24 | 080112 | Nuts, edible: coconuts, in the inner shell (endocarp) | $136,554 | 0.86% |
| 25 | 090510 | Spices: vanilla, neither crushed nor ground | $114,055 | 0.72% |
| 26 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $112,375 | 0.71% |
| 27 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $111,378 | 0.70% |
| 28 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $107,601 | 0.68% |
| 29 | 030341 | Fish: frozen, albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $99,155 | 0.62% |
| 30 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $97,260 | 0.61% |
| 31 | 291614 | Acids: unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids: esters of methacrylic acid | $93,480 | 0.59% |
| 32 | 381512 | Catalysts, supported: reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included | $85,651 | 0.54% |
| 33 | 071420 | Vegetable roots and tubers: sweet potatoes, with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | $82,456 | 0.52% |
| 34 | 110620 | Flour, meal and powder: of sago or of roots or tubers of heading no. 0714 | $76,038 | 0.48% |
| 35 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $73,189 | 0.46% |
| 36 | 080119 | Nuts, edible: coconuts, fresh or dried, other than desiccated or in the inner shell (endocarp) | $72,638 | 0.46% |
| 37 | 810295 | Molybdenum: bars and rods, other than those obtained simply by sintering, profiles, plates, sheets, strip and foil | $63,136 | 0.40% |
| 38 | 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $61,741 | 0.39% |
| 39 | 841221 | Engines: hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting (cylinders) | $53,000 | 0.33% |
| 40 | 903040 | Instruments and apparatus: specially designed for telecommunications (e.g. cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) | $51,366 | 0.32% |
| 41 | 330510 | Hair preparations: shampoos | $46,683 | 0.29% |
| 42 | 850140 | Electric motors: AC motors, single-phase | $45,396 | 0.28% |
| 43 | 853225 | Electrical capacitors: fixed, dielectric of paper or plastics | $43,499 | 0.27% |
| 44 | 890200 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels: for processing or preserving fishery products | $42,596 | 0.27% |
| 45 | 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $41,335 | 0.26% |
| 46 | 121221 | Seaweeds and other algae: fit for human consumption, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $39,552 | 0.25% |
| 47 | 901580 | Surveying equipment: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 9015, including hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excluding compasses) | $38,454 | 0.24% |
| 48 | 852691 | Radio navigational aid apparatus | $37,733 | 0.24% |
| 49 | 392321 | Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | $37,488 | 0.24% |
| 50 | 701932 | Glass fibres: non-woven products, thin sheets (voiles) | $35,182 | 0.22% |
| 51 | 490199 | Printed matter: books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter n.e.c. in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 | $33,106 | 0.21% |
| 52 | 851590 | Welding, brazing or soldering machines: parts of the machines of heading no. 8515 | $31,831 | 0.20% |
| 53 | 890391 | Sailboats: with or without auxiliary motor, for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $30,695 | 0.19% |
| 54 | 110814 | Starch: manioc (cassava) | $29,489 | 0.19% |
| 55 | 281520 | Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) | $28,500 | 0.18% |
| 56 | 970600 | Antiques: of an age exceeding one hundred years | $27,907 | 0.18% |
| 57 | 081190 | Fruit, edible: fruit and nuts n.e.c. in heading no. 0811, uncooked or cooked, frozen whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $27,551 | 0.17% |
| 58 | 160561 | Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers, prepared or preserved | $26,537 | 0.17% |
| 59 | 071490 | Vegetable roots and tubers: arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers (not manioc, sweet potatoes, yams, taro or yautia), high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, sliced or not, or in pellet form: sago pith | $26,409 | 0.17% |
| 60 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $26,023 | 0.16% |
| 61 | 030111 | Fish: live, ornamental, freshwater | $25,490 | 0.16% |
| 62 | 460199 | Plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials: products of non-vegetable materials | $24,154 | 0.15% |
| 63 | 290949 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: n.e.c. in item no. 2909.4 | $22,071 | 0.14% |
| 64 | 630790 | Textiles: made up articles (including dress patterns), n.e.c. in chapter 63, n.e.c. in heading no. 6307 | $21,505 | 0.14% |
| 65 | 844399 | Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91 | $20,809 | 0.13% |
| 66 | 071080 | Vegetables: uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, n.e.c. in heading no. 0710, frozen | $18,875 | 0.12% |
| 67 | 071450 | Vegetable roots and tubers: yautia (Xanthosoma spp.) with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | $18,026 | 0.11% |
| 68 | 481490 | Wallpaper and similar wall coverings and window transparencies of paper: n.e.c. in heading 4814 | $17,802 | 0.11% |
| 69 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $17,229 | 0.11% |
| 70 | 841459 | Fans: n.e.c. in item no. 8414.51 | $16,900 | 0.11% |
| 71 | 460129 | Plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials: mats, matting and screens, of vegetable materials other than bamboo or rattan | $16,628 | 0.10% |
| 72 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $15,596 | 0.10% |
| 73 | 903180 | Instruments, appliances and machines: for measuring or checking n.e.c. in chapter 90 | $15,549 | 0.10% |
| 74 | 842010 | Machines: calendering or other rolling machines, for other than metal or glass | $14,453 | 0.09% |
| 75 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $13,117 | 0.08% |
| 76 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $12,268 | 0.08% |
| 77 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $12,243 | 0.08% |
| 78 | 830400 | Office equipment: filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, office-stamp stands and similar office or desk equipment, of base metal, other than office furniture of heading no. 9403 | $11,781 | 0.07% |
| 79 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $11,516 | 0.07% |
| 80 | 080390 | Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | $11,425 | 0.07% |
| 81 | 730840 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering or pit-propping | $11,070 | 0.07% |
| 82 | 442010 | Wood: statuettes and other ornaments of wood | $10,866 | 0.07% |
| 83 | 570220 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings: woven, (not tufted or flocked), whether or not made up, of coconut fibres (coir) | $10,714 | 0.07% |
| 84 | 902519 | Thermometers and pyrometers: (other than liquid filled, for direct reading), not combined with other instruments | $10,334 | 0.06% |
| 85 | 960820 | Pens: felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers | $10,010 | 0.06% |
| 86 | 030234 | Fish: fresh or chilled, bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $9,679 | 0.06% |
| 87 | 780200 | Lead: waste and scrap | $9,234 | 0.06% |
| 88 | 691310 | Ceramic statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles, of porcelain or china | $8,893 | 0.06% |
| 89 | 081090 | Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $8,755 | 0.05% |
| 90 | 880390 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts thereof n.e.c. in chapter 88 | $8,500 | 0.05% |
| 91 | 482010 | Paper and paperboard: registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles | $8,382 | 0.05% |
| 92 | 902710 | Instruments and apparatus: gas or smoke analysis apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis | $7,740 | 0.05% |
| 93 | 853650 | Electrical apparatus: switches n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $7,513 | 0.05% |
| 94 | 010620 | Reptiles: live (including snakes and turtles) | $7,422 | 0.05% |
| 95 | 846620 | Parts & accessories suited for use solely/principally with machines of headings 8456-8465: work holders | $7,240 | 0.05% |
| 96 | 910211 | Wrist-watches: electrically operated, with or without a stop-watch, (other than those of heading no. 9101) with mechanical display only | $7,117 | 0.04% |
| 97 | 460219 | Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles: of vegetable materials (not bamboo or rattan), made directly to shape from plaiting materials or made up from goods of heading no. 4601: articles of loofah | $7,015 | 0.04% |
| 98 | 851679 | Electro-thermic appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 8516, used for domestic purposes | $6,597 | 0.04% |
| 99 | 570190 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings: knotted, of textile materials (other than wool or fine animal hair), whether or not made up | $6,533 | 0.04% |
| 100 | 940169 | Seats: with wooden frames, not upholstered, (excluding medical, surgical, dental, veterinary or barber furniture) | $6,423 | 0.04% |