Tuvalu Exports 2023
Complete list of Tuvalu's 47 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$52.32M
Total exports (2023)
#202
Global export rank
47
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Tuvalu exported $52.32 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #202 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 47 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 99.5% of total export value. The leading export was frozen, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99, valued at $35.37 million — 67.6% 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
47 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | $45.90M | 87.73% |
| 2 | Japan | $2.95M | 5.64% |
| 3 | Philippines | $1.37M | 2.62% |
| 4 | Ireland | $587,633 | 1.12% |
| 5 | USA | $472,479 | 0.90% |
| 6 | Australia | $331,418 | 0.63% |
| 7 | Italy | $176,284 | 0.34% |
| 8 | Slovenia | $124,583 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Fiji | $74,656 | 0.14% |
| 10 | Czechia | $69,812 | 0.13% |
| 11 | Austria | $51,050 | 0.10% |
| 12 | Norway | $43,343 | 0.08% |
| 13 | Sweden | $34,022 | 0.07% |
| 14 | Ghana | $25,023 | 0.05% |
| 15 | Denmark | $23,655 | 0.05% |
| 16 | Poland | $15,775 | 0.03% |
| 17 | United Kingdom | $9,618 | 0.02% |
| 18 | Slovakia | $8,194 | 0.02% |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | $8,070 | 0.02% |
| 20 | Spain | $5,546 | 0.01% |
| 21 | South Africa | $4,863 | 0.01% |
| 22 | El Salvador | $4,584 | 0.01% |
| 23 | Netherlands | $4,019 | 0.01% |
| 24 | Singapore | $3,914 | 0.01% |
| 25 | Mozambique | $3,000 | 0.01% |
| 26 | France | $2,432 | 0.00% |
| 27 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $2,035 | 0.00% |
| 28 | New Zealand | $1,677 | 0.00% |
| 29 | Indonesia | $1,360 | 0.00% |
| 30 | Pakistan | $1,354 | 0.00% |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | $1,168 | 0.00% |
| 32 | Rep. of Moldova | $965 | 0.00% |
| 33 | Serbia | $657 | 0.00% |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | $514 | 0.00% |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | $494 | 0.00% |
| 36 | Chile | $477 | 0.00% |
| 37 | Montenegro | $426 | 0.00% |
| 38 | Ukraine | $418 | 0.00% |
| 39 | China | $278 | 0.00% |
| 40 | Brazil | $186 | 0.00% |
| 41 | Guyana | $173 | 0.00% |
| 42 | Portugal | $91 | 0.00% |
| 43 | Guatemala | $70 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Belgium | $58 | 0.00% |
| 45 | Luxembourg | $43 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Finland | $21 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Namibia | $12 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | $35.37M | 67.60% |
| 2 | 030342 | Fish: frozen, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $12.35M | 23.60% |
| 3 | 030344 | Fish: frozen, bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $1.69M | 3.22% |
| 4 | 030487 | Fish fillets: frozen, tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) | $800,859 | 1.53% |
| 5 | 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 | $632,124 | 1.21% |
| 6 | 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $255,257 | 0.49% |
| 7 | 283640 | Carbonates: potassium carbonate | $139,213 | 0.27% |
| 8 | 392112 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polymers of vinyl chloride, cellular | $105,743 | 0.20% |
| 9 | 711810 | Coin (other than gold coin), not being legal tender | $91,931 | 0.18% |
| 10 | 292690 | Nitrile-function compounds: n.e.c. heading no. 2926 | $86,269 | 0.16% |
| 11 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $67,698 | 0.13% |
| 12 | 680610 | Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls | $62,299 | 0.12% |
| 13 | 843390 | Harvesting machinery: parts, including parts of threshing machinery, straw or fodder balers and grass or hay mowers | $57,529 | 0.11% |
| 14 | 853810 | Electrical apparatus: parts (e.g. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, other bases), for goods of heading no. 8537, not equipped with their apparatus | $51,160 | 0.10% |
| 15 | 610910 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $41,367 | 0.08% |
| 16 | 853224 | Electrical capacitors: fixed, ceramic dielectric, multilayer | $34,256 | 0.07% |
| 17 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $33,458 | 0.06% |
| 18 | 731100 | Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel | $29,806 | 0.06% |
| 19 | 200210 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $28,717 | 0.05% |
| 20 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $28,534 | 0.05% |
| 21 | 940190 | Seat: parts | $25,405 | 0.05% |
| 22 | 050400 | Animal products: guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked | $25,023 | 0.05% |
| 23 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $22,049 | 0.04% |
| 24 | 853650 | Electrical apparatus: switches n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $20,055 | 0.04% |
| 25 | 844399 | Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91 | $18,578 | 0.04% |
| 26 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $16,787 | 0.03% |
| 27 | 870130 | Tractors: track-laying | $16,516 | 0.03% |
| 28 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $15,569 | 0.03% |
| 29 | 847180 | Units of automatic data processing machines: n.e.c. in item no. 8471.50, 8471.60 or 8471.70 | $14,594 | 0.03% |
| 30 | 731815 | Iron or steel: threaded screws and bolts n.e.c. in item no. 7318.1, whether or not with their nuts or washers | $13,467 | 0.03% |
| 31 | 620342 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $13,247 | 0.03% |
| 32 | 901580 | Surveying equipment: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 9015, including hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excluding compasses) | $11,555 | 0.02% |
| 33 | 852351 | Semiconductor media: solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 | $9,167 | 0.02% |
| 34 | 940290 | Furniture: for medical, surgical, veterinary use (e.g. operating tables, examination tables, hospital beds with mechanical fittings) and parts thereof | $7,782 | 0.01% |
| 35 | 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $7,291 | 0.01% |
| 36 | 854290 | Parts of electronic integrated circuits | $6,529 | 0.01% |
| 37 | 870332 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc | $6,080 | 0.01% |
| 38 | 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 | $5,813 | 0.01% |
| 39 | 846593 | Machine-tools: for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials: grinding, sanding or polishing machines | $5,127 | 0.01% |
| 40 | 030399 | Fish: frozen, fish fins (other than shark fins), heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal | $5,089 | 0.01% |
| 41 | 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 | $5,043 | 0.01% |
| 42 | 940390 | Furniture: parts | $4,116 | 0.01% |
| 43 | 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $4,019 | 0.01% |
| 44 | 902790 | Microtomes and parts and accessories thereof | $3,483 | 0.01% |
| 45 | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $3,355 | 0.01% |
| 46 | 842121 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying water | $3,154 | 0.01% |
| 47 | 620333 | Jackets and blazers: men's or boys', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $3,000 | 0.01% |
| 48 | 950890 | Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries, other fairground amusements: travelling theatres | $2,843 | 0.01% |
| 49 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $2,819 | 0.01% |
| 50 | 847330 | Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471 | $2,803 | 0.01% |
| 51 | 851110 | Ignition or starting equipment: spark plugs, of a kind used for spark or compression-ignition internal combustion engines | $2,737 | 0.01% |
| 52 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $2,647 | 0.01% |
| 53 | 491191 | Printed matter: pictures, designs and photographs, n.e.c. in item no. 4911.10 | $2,560 | 0.00% |
| 54 | 610510 | Shirts: men's or boys', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $2,456 | 0.00% |
| 55 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $2,413 | 0.00% |
| 56 | 611300 | Garments made up of knitted or crocheted fabrics of heading no. 5903, 5906 and 5907 | $2,348 | 0.00% |
| 57 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $2,348 | 0.00% |
| 58 | 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 | $2,326 | 0.00% |
| 59 | 848350 | Pulleys and flywheels, including pulley blocks | $2,260 | 0.00% |
| 60 | 902300 | Instruments, apparatus and models: designed for demonstrational purposes (in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses | $2,204 | 0.00% |
| 61 | 940350 | Furniture: wooden, for bedroom use | $2,132 | 0.00% |
| 62 | 940389 | Furniture: of cane, osier, or similar materials (other than bamboo or rattan) | $1,963 | 0.00% |
| 63 | 382590 | Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included: n.e.c. in 3825 or 27.10 | $1,737 | 0.00% |
| 64 | 210320 | Sauces: tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces | $1,634 | 0.00% |
| 65 | 761100 | Aluminium: reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for material (not compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity over 300l, whether or not lined, not fitted with mechanical/thermal equipment | $1,611 | 0.00% |
| 66 | 611596 | Hosiery and footwear: without applied soles, of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excluding graduated compression hosiery, panty hose, tights, full or knee-length hosiery measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex) | $1,607 | 0.00% |
| 67 | 620640 | Blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses: women's or girls', of man-made fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $1,541 | 0.00% |
| 68 | 731812 | Iron or steel: threaded wood screws other than coach screws | $1,191 | 0.00% |
| 69 | 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 | $1,190 | 0.00% |
| 70 | 842531 | Winches: capstans: powered by an electric motor | $1,168 | 0.00% |
| 71 | 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 | $1,158 | 0.00% |
| 72 | 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 | $1,127 | 0.00% |
| 73 | 846150 | Machine-tools: sawing or cutting-off machines, working by removing metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets | $1,117 | 0.00% |
| 74 | 843139 | Machinery: parts of the machinery of heading no. 8428, (other than lifts, skip hoists or escalators) | $1,112 | 0.00% |
| 75 | 847170 | Units of automatic data processing machines: storage units | $1,052 | 0.00% |
| 76 | 620462 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $862 | 0.00% |
| 77 | 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 | $862 | 0.00% |
| 78 | 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 | $854 | 0.00% |
| 79 | 610441 | Dresses: women's or girls', of wool or fine animal hair, knitted or crocheted | $847 | 0.00% |
| 80 | 844332 | Printing, copying, and facsimile machines: single-function printing, copying or facsimile machines, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network | $834 | 0.00% |
| 81 | 620293 | Anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles: women's or girls', of man-made fibres, other than those of heading no. 6204 (not knitted or crocheted) | $826 | 0.00% |
| 82 | 401693 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), gaskets, washers and other seals, of non-cellular rubber | $807 | 0.00% |
| 83 | 610210 | Coats: women's or girls' overcoats, car-coats, capes, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles, of wool or fine animal hair, knitted or crocheted (excluding those of heading no. 6104) | $777 | 0.00% |
| 84 | 610442 | Dresses: women's or girls', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $740 | 0.00% |
| 85 | 820420 | Tools, hand: interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles | $700 | 0.00% |
| 86 | 620111 | Coats: men's or boys', overcoats, raincoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles, of wool or fine animal hair, other than those of heading no. 6203 (not knitted or crocheted) | $690 | 0.00% |
| 87 | 920600 | Musical instruments: percussion (e.g. drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas) | $651 | 0.00% |
| 88 | 820790 | Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), for screw-driving or uses n.e.c. in heading no. 8207 | $647 | 0.00% |
| 89 | 940320 | Furniture: metal, other than for office use | $632 | 0.00% |
| 90 | 420310 | Apparel: articles of apparel, of leather or of composition leather | $620 | 0.00% |
| 91 | 846610 | Parts & accessories suited for use solely/principally with machines of headings 8456-8465: tool holders and self-opening dieheads | $612 | 0.00% |
| 92 | 611595 | Hosiery and footwear: without applied soles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excluding graduated compression hosiery, panty hose, tights, full or knee-length hosiery measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex) | $575 | 0.00% |
| 93 | 847160 | Units of automatic data processing machines: input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing | $551 | 0.00% |
| 94 | 610620 | Blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses: women's or girls', of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $521 | 0.00% |
| 95 | 650500 | Hats and other headgear: knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed: hair-nets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed | $517 | 0.00% |
| 96 | 731821 | Iron or steel: non-threaded spring washers and other lock washers | $514 | 0.00% |
| 97 | 850132 | Electric motors and generators: DC, of an output exceeding 750W but not exceeding 75kW | $506 | 0.00% |
| 98 | 847990 | Machines and mechanical appliances: parts, of those having individual functions | $503 | 0.00% |
| 99 | 321590 | Ink: writing, drawing and other inks, n.e.c. in heading no. 3215, whether or not concentrated or solid | $478 | 0.00% |
| 100 | 610520 | Shirts: men's or boys', of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $477 | 0.00% |