Tonga | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2008 - 2014

Exports structure from Tonga in 2014 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 33% (6.41 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
• 20% (3.86 million US$): 07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
• 15.5% (2.92 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 10.2% (1.93 million US$): 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
• 4.8% (907 thousand US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
• 2.39% (452 thousand US$): 46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basket ware and wickerwork
• 1.73% (327 thousand US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• 1.67% (315 thousand US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 1.59% (301 thousand US$): 32 - Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other coloring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
• 1.29% (245 thousand US$): 05 - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

What did Tonga export in 2014?

Tonga's Top Exports in 2014:

• 16.2% ($3.07 million): 0308 - Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
• 15.5% ($2.93 million): 0302 - Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
• 15.5% ($2.92 million): 2710 - 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
• 14.5% ($2.74 million): 0714 - Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith.
• 7.19% ($1.35 million): 1212 - Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet, sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones, kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots) used primarily for human consumption, n.e.s.
• 5.67% ($1.07 million): 0709 - Other vegetables, fresh or chilled
• 3.73% ($704 thousand): 0801 - Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
• 3.06% ($578 thousand): 1211 - Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered
• 2.32% ($439 thousand): 4601 - Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips; plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished articles (for example, mats, matting, screens).
• 1.59% ($301 thousand): 3208 - Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter.

Imports structure to Tonga in 2014 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 21% (46 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 12.7% (27 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 8.79% (19.1 million US$): 02 - Meat and edible meat offal
• 5.93% (12.9 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 5.75% (12.5 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 2.98% (6.52 million US$): 19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares
• 2.85% (6.22 million US$): 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
• 2.69% (5.88 million US$): 16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
• 2.33% (5.1 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 2.33% (5.09 million US$): 04 - Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

What did Tonga import in 2014?

Tonga's Top Imports in 2014:

• 20% ($44 million): 2710 - 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
• 5.71% ($12.4 million): 0207 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
• 5.15% ($11.2 million): 8541 - Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals
• 2.88% ($6.3 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 2.84% ($6.21 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 1.67% ($3.64 million): 1602 - Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood
• 1.52% ($3.32 million): 1101 - Wheat or meslin flour
• 1.36% ($2.97 million): 0202 - Meat of bovine animals, frozen
• 1.28% ($2.8 million): 0204 - Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen.