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Overview In 2022 Micronesia was the number 191 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 211 in total imports.

Exports The top exports of Micronesia are Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($175M), Fish Fillets ($4.22M), Integrated Circuits ($763k), Non-Knit Women's Suits ($500k), and Aircraft Parts ($342k), exporting mostly to Thailand ($143M), Philippines ($22.7M), Japan ($8.37M), Ecuador ($3.47M), and United States ($1.77M).

Imports The top imports of Micronesia are Poultry Meat ($6.41M), Passenger and Cargo Ships ($6.24M), Refined Petroleum ($5.83M), Special purpose motor vehicles ($4.44M), and Cars ($3.85M), importing mostly from United States ($53.9M), China ($30.4M), Japan ($14.5M), South Korea ($12M), and Chinese Taipei ($6.99M).

Location Micronesia borders Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and Guam by sea.

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The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of Micronesia.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

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Top Export (2022)Non-fillet Frozen Fish$175M
Top Destination (2022)Thailand$143M

In 2022, Micronesia exported a total of $183M, making it the number 191 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Micronesia have changed by $92M from $91.1M in 2017 to $183M in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($175M), Fish Fillets ($4.22M), Integrated Circuits ($763k), Non-Knit Women's Suits ($500k), and Aircraft Parts ($342k). The most common destination for the exports of Micronesia are Thailand ($143M), Philippines ($22.7M), Japan ($8.37M), Ecuador ($3.47M), and United States ($1.77M).

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Market Growth

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2021 - 2022)
Philippines$15.5M (+ 217%)
Fiji$1.5M (+ 407k%)
Germany$649k (+ 1.31k%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2021 - 2022)
United States$11.6M (+ 27.6%)
China$10.9M (+ 56.1%)
South Korea$3.9M (+ 47.9%)

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Service Trade

Service Trade

Micronesia Exports Services (2014)$38.1M
Micronesia Imports Services (2014)$73.5M

In 2014, Micronesia exported $38.1M worth of services. The top services exported by Micronesia in 2014 were Personal travel ($25.3M), Government services, n.i.e. ($4.68M), Air transport ($2.33M), Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($2.13M), and Sea transport ($2.11M).

The top services imported by Micronesia in 2014 were Sea transport ($25.2M), Air transport ($16.7M), Personal travel ($10.3M), Construction in the compiling economy ($9.65M), and Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($5.9M).

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Economic Complexity

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

Micronesia has a high level of specialization in Non-fillet Frozen Fish (803), Fish Fillets (17.4), Live Fish (9.21), Basketwork (3.5), and Other Inedible Animal Products (1.98). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Micronesia observed and expected exports in each product.

Most Complex Products by PCI

The highest complexity exports of Micronesia according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Baby carriages and parts thereof (0.67), Fish; live (-0.47), Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1... (-0.81), Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled... (-1.24), and Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from plaiting materials... (-1.41). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for Micronesia according to the relatedness index, were Crustaceans (0.016), Non-fillet Fresh Fish (0.015), Fish: dried, salted, smoked or in brine (0.014), Processed Crustaceans (0.014), and Animal Meal and Pellets (0.013). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Micronesia is not specialized in.

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of Micronesia. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Micronesia exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Relatedness Space (2022)

Diversification Frontier

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

Diversification Frontier

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