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Overview In 2022 Pitcairn Islands was the number 172 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 174 in total imports.

Exports The top exports of Pitcairn Islands are Sulphur ($42.1M), Nitrogenous Fertilizers ($41.9M), Refined Petroleum ($31.7M), Excavation Machinery ($27.3M), and Ethylene Polymers ($21.9M), exporting mostly to Zambia ($419M), Czechia ($1.77M), United Kingdom ($641k), United States ($502k), and Australia ($361k).

Imports The top imports of Pitcairn Islands are Raw Copper ($918M), Refined Copper ($306M), Cobalt Oxides and Hydroxides ($82M), Corn ($30.6M), and Soybean Meal ($27.7M), importing mostly from Zambia ($1.49B), New Zealand ($1.4M), Brazil ($974k), United Arab Emirates ($197k), and United Kingdom ($183k).

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

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)Sulphur$42.1M
Top Destination (2022)Zambia$419M

In 2022, Pitcairn Islands exported a total of $423M, making it the number 172 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Pitcairn Islands have changed by $422M from $1.51M in 2017 to $423M in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Sulphur ($42.1M), Nitrogenous Fertilizers ($41.9M), Refined Petroleum ($31.7M), Excavation Machinery ($27.3M), and Ethylene Polymers ($21.9M). The most common destination for the exports of Pitcairn Islands are Zambia ($419M), Czechia ($1.77M), United Kingdom ($641k), United States ($502k), and Australia ($361k).

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2021 - 2022)
United States$457k (+ 1k%)
Australia$359k (+ 19.4k%)
Colombia$111k (+ 176%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2021 - 2022)
Brazil$936k (+ 2.48k%)
United Arab Emirates$136k (+ 223%)
Australia$129k (+ 1.4k%)

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Economic Complexity

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

Pitcairn Islands has a high level of specialization in Sulphur (233), Mill Machinery (227), Sulfites (112), Pharmaceutical Rubber Products (102), and Utility Meters (82). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Pitcairn Islands observed and expected exports in each product.

Most Complex Products by PCI

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for Pitcairn Islands according to the relatedness index, were Cleaning Products (0.15), Pesticides (0.15), Animal Food (0.15), Paper Notebooks (0.15), and Nonaqueous Paints (0.15). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Pitcairn Islands 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 Pitcairn Islands. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Pitcairn Islands 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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