Tuvalu Imports 2023
Complete list of Tuvalu's 35 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$98.98M
Total imports (2023)
#212
Global import rank
35
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Tuvalu imported $98.98 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #212 largest importer. Goods came from 35 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 97.6% of total import value. The leading import was preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals, valued at $19.46 million — 19.7% of total imports.
The two tables below list every source 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 import sources
35 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $41.90M | 42.33% |
| 2 | Fiji | $23.42M | 23.66% |
| 3 | Japan | $10.95M | 11.06% |
| 4 | Australia | $10.71M | 10.82% |
| 5 | New Zealand | $3.82M | 3.86% |
| 6 | Spain | $2.75M | 2.77% |
| 7 | Other Asia, nes | $1.69M | 1.71% |
| 8 | Belgium | $516,873 | 0.52% |
| 9 | Indonesia | $495,539 | 0.50% |
| 10 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $387,208 | 0.39% |
| 11 | USA | $303,549 | 0.31% |
| 12 | Rep. of Moldova | $281,597 | 0.28% |
| 13 | Türkiye | $247,986 | 0.25% |
| 14 | Namibia | $221,405 | 0.22% |
| 15 | Greece | $189,461 | 0.19% |
| 16 | Singapore | $161,210 | 0.16% |
| 17 | Malaysia | $147,491 | 0.15% |
| 18 | Thailand | $126,175 | 0.13% |
| 19 | India | $104,561 | 0.11% |
| 20 | Ukraine | $73,741 | 0.07% |
| 21 | South Africa | $68,455 | 0.07% |
| 22 | United Kingdom | $68,353 | 0.07% |
| 23 | Netherlands | $59,935 | 0.06% |
| 24 | Finland | $55,508 | 0.06% |
| 25 | Samoa | $49,814 | 0.05% |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | $45,268 | 0.05% |
| 27 | Philippines | $39,109 | 0.04% |
| 28 | Poland | $35,783 | 0.04% |
| 29 | Switzerland | $34,312 | 0.03% |
| 30 | Cambodia | $28,160 | 0.03% |
| 31 | Pakistan | $7,058 | 0.01% |
| 32 | Portugal | $2,729 | 0.00% |
| 33 | Italy | $1,256 | 0.00% |
| 34 | Brazil | $359 | 0.00% |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | $120 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import 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 | $19.46M | 19.66% |
| 2 | 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 | $16.56M | 16.73% |
| 3 | 890110 | Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels, principally designed for the transport of persons, ferry boats of all kinds | $8.09M | 8.17% |
| 4 | 890400 | Tugs and pusher craft | $4.60M | 4.65% |
| 5 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $3.06M | 3.09% |
| 6 | 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 | $2.45M | 2.48% |
| 7 | 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 | $1.67M | 1.69% |
| 8 | 170113 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $1.59M | 1.61% |
| 9 | 730840 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering or pit-propping | $1.38M | 1.40% |
| 10 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $1.20M | 1.21% |
| 11 | 890200 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels: for processing or preserving fishery products | $1.14M | 1.15% |
| 12 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $858,459 | 0.87% |
| 13 | 842121 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying water | $845,377 | 0.85% |
| 14 | 890120 | Tankers | $818,556 | 0.83% |
| 15 | 030344 | Fish: frozen, bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $798,255 | 0.81% |
| 16 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $774,965 | 0.78% |
| 17 | 730830 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | $750,028 | 0.76% |
| 18 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $742,697 | 0.75% |
| 19 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $687,827 | 0.69% |
| 20 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $639,474 | 0.65% |
| 21 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $617,975 | 0.62% |
| 22 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $608,221 | 0.61% |
| 23 | 847990 | Machines and mechanical appliances: parts, of those having individual functions | $557,984 | 0.56% |
| 24 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $534,025 | 0.54% |
| 25 | 890399 | Yachts and other vessels: for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes, n.e.c. in heading no. 8903, other than inflatable | $528,249 | 0.53% |
| 26 | 850163 | Electric generators: AC generators, (alternators), of an output exceeding 375kVA but not exceeding 750kVA | $509,092 | 0.51% |
| 27 | 890392 | Motorboats: (other than outboard motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $501,597 | 0.51% |
| 28 | 441899 | Wood: builders' joinery and carpentry of wood n.e.c. in heading no. 4418, other than of bamboo | $488,814 | 0.49% |
| 29 | 681019 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone: tiles, flagstones and similar, (excluding building blocks and bricks) whether or not reinforced | $417,283 | 0.42% |
| 30 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $406,275 | 0.41% |
| 31 | 681099 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone: articles (other than prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering), whether or not reinforced, n.e.c. in heading no. 6810 | $402,460 | 0.41% |
| 32 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $379,038 | 0.38% |
| 33 | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $356,709 | 0.36% |
| 34 | 560313 | Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 70g/m2 but not more than 150g/m2) | $350,180 | 0.35% |
| 35 | 848790 | Machinery parts: not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, n.e.c. in chapter 84, other than ships' or boats' propellers and blades therefor | $346,820 | 0.35% |
| 36 | 842139 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying gases, other than intake air filters for internal combustion engines | $298,559 | 0.30% |
| 37 | 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 | $293,483 | 0.30% |
| 38 | 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $284,361 | 0.29% |
| 39 | 870540 | Vehicles: concrete-mixer lorries | $279,034 | 0.28% |
| 40 | 030342 | Fish: frozen, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $273,706 | 0.28% |
| 41 | 842951 | Front-end shovel loaders | $265,747 | 0.27% |
| 42 | 392490 | Plastics: household articles and hygienic or toilet articles | $265,012 | 0.27% |
| 43 | 761090 | Aluminium: structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, n.e.c. in heading no. 7610, plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like | $251,325 | 0.25% |
| 44 | 220820 | Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc | $249,205 | 0.25% |
| 45 | 842699 | Cranes and derricks: for other than mounting on road vehicles, n.e.c. in heading no. 8426 | $244,085 | 0.25% |
| 46 | 761010 | Aluminium: structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | $240,488 | 0.24% |
| 47 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $239,113 | 0.24% |
| 48 | 531090 | Fabrics, woven: of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303, other than unbleached | $233,289 | 0.24% |
| 49 | 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $230,260 | 0.23% |
| 50 | 854442 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors | $225,367 | 0.23% |
| 51 | 681011 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone: building blocks or bricks, whether or not reinforced | $215,694 | 0.22% |
| 52 | 020442 | Meat: of sheep (including lamb), cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozen | $212,071 | 0.21% |
| 53 | 190219 | Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $207,118 | 0.21% |
| 54 | 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $204,059 | 0.21% |
| 55 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $202,908 | 0.20% |
| 56 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $192,553 | 0.19% |
| 57 | 841582 | Air conditioning machines: containing a motor driven fan, other than window or wall types, incorporating a refrigerating unit | $191,451 | 0.19% |
| 58 | 940180 | Seats: n.e.c. in heading no. 9401, (excluding medical, surgical, dental, veterinary or barber furniture) | $191,010 | 0.19% |
| 59 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $185,196 | 0.19% |
| 60 | 630622 | Tents: of synthetic fibres | $183,723 | 0.19% |
| 61 | 271129 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, other than natural gas | $181,315 | 0.18% |
| 62 | 401694 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), boat or dock fenders, whether or not inflatable, of non-cellular rubber | $180,707 | 0.18% |
| 63 | 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 | $179,393 | 0.18% |
| 64 | 731100 | Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel | $172,206 | 0.17% |
| 65 | 854190 | Electrical apparatus: parts for diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices and photosensitive semiconductor devices | $171,253 | 0.17% |
| 66 | 020712 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen | $169,348 | 0.17% |
| 67 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $161,086 | 0.16% |
| 68 | 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 | $159,685 | 0.16% |
| 69 | 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 | $158,694 | 0.16% |
| 70 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $157,529 | 0.16% |
| 71 | 160250 | Meat preparations: of bovine animals, meat or meat offal, prepared or preserved (excluding livers and homogenised preparations) | $156,543 | 0.16% |
| 72 | 731700 | Iron or steel: nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (not those of heading no. 8305) and the like, with heads of other material or not, but excluding articles with heads of copper | $156,044 | 0.16% |
| 73 | 847439 | Machines: for mixing or kneading mineral substances, excluding concrete mixers and machines for mixing mineral substances with bitumen | $155,750 | 0.16% |
| 74 | 151590 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: fixed, n.e.c. in heading no. 1515, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $150,175 | 0.15% |
| 75 | 230230 | Bran, sharps and other residues: of wheat, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | $148,387 | 0.15% |
| 76 | 853890 | Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | $148,342 | 0.15% |
| 77 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $147,513 | 0.15% |
| 78 | 850720 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, (other than for starting piston engines), including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $144,504 | 0.15% |
| 79 | 890790 | Floating structures: tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons | $142,185 | 0.14% |
| 80 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $140,267 | 0.14% |
| 81 | 490199 | Printed matter: books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter n.e.c. in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 | $139,529 | 0.14% |
| 82 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $136,819 | 0.14% |
| 83 | 262190 | Slag and ash n.e.c. in chapter 26: including seaweed ash (kelp) but excluding ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste | $136,532 | 0.14% |
| 84 | 340290 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale | $136,445 | 0.14% |
| 85 | 392410 | Plastics: tableware and kitchenware | $136,111 | 0.14% |
| 86 | 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $136,073 | 0.14% |
| 87 | 830249 | Mountings, fittings and similar articles: suitable for other than buildings or furniture, of base metal | $133,165 | 0.13% |
| 88 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $132,632 | 0.13% |
| 89 | 842122 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying beverages other than water | $130,558 | 0.13% |
| 90 | 160100 | Meat preparations: sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood, and food preparations based on these products | $128,178 | 0.13% |
| 91 | 160232 | Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | $124,539 | 0.13% |
| 92 | 040719 | Birds' eggs, in shell: fresh, fertilised eggs for incubation, other than fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (domestic hens) | $120,216 | 0.12% |
| 93 | 840721 | Engines: outboard motors for marine propulsion, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines | $118,330 | 0.12% |
| 94 | 870333 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | $114,008 | 0.12% |
| 95 | 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $108,878 | 0.11% |
| 96 | 851660 | Ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters: of a kind used for domestic purposes (excluding microwaves) | $107,623 | 0.11% |
| 97 | 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 | $107,289 | 0.11% |
| 98 | 850211 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output not exceeding 75kVA | $106,429 | 0.11% |
| 99 | 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 | $104,639 | 0.11% |
| 100 | 940340 | Furniture: wooden, for kitchen use | $104,530 | 0.11% |