Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
23 575 2 810 13.9 873 31.1
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
88 64 163 137
Imports
145 119 118 92
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f. Share in world total exports (%)
Annual percentage change
2020 9 229 2 642
2010-2020 5 -3
2019 8 12
2020 0.05
Share in world total imports (%)
2020 -19 -33 2020 0.01
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2012)
By main commodity group, % (2012)
Agricultural products: 23.8
Fuels and mining products: 41
Agricultural products: 11.4
Fuels and mining products: 17.8
Manufactures: 6.2
Other: 28.9
Manufactures: 69.4
Other: 1.4
By main destination, % (2012)
By main origin, % (2012)
Australia: 35.9
European Union: 16.9
Japan: 11.7
Australia: 34.4
Singapore: 14.3
European Union: 7.3
China: 6.7
Singapore: 5.6
Other: 23.2
China: 6.9
Japan: 6.4
Other: 30.8
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS1511 HS0901 HS1801 HS1513 HS1203
2012 . 507 254 84 81 15
Palm oil and its fractions Coffee Cocoa beans, whole or broken Coconut (copra), or palm kernel oil Copra
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1006 HS0204 HS1001 HS2106 HS2202
2012
Rice Meat of sheep or goats, fresh Wheat and meslin Other food preparations Waters containing added sugar
218 69 49 40 35
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
40%
Imports 60%
0%
HS1511
HS1006
HS0901
HS0204
HS1801
HS1001
HS1513
HS2106
HS1203
HS2202
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2012 983 883
Annual percentage change
2010-2012 na na
2011 na na
2012 -30 30
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS7111 HS2603 HS2616 HS4403 HS2921
2012
Base metals clad with platinum Copper ores and concentrates Precious metal ores and concentrate Wood in the rough Amine-function compounds
1 493 406 321 241 176
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2709 HS2710 HS8704 HS8431 HS8414
2012
Petroleum oils, crude Petroleum oils, other than crude Motor vehicles for goods transport Parts for machinery of 8425 to 8430 Air or vacuum pumps
846 561 289 240 219
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
282
Imports 50%
0%
HS7111
HS2709
HS2603
HS2710
HS2616
HS8704
HS4403
HS8431
HS2921
HS8414
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2012 3 523 7 342
Annual percentage change
2010-2012 na na
2011 na na
2012 -14 39
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Papua New Guinea TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
178 1 320 2020 0.00
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
-4 -7
2019
2020
-10 1
-44 -19 2020 0.03
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 2.8 Other commercial services: 96.8
Travel: 0.4 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 28.1 Other commercial services: 66.6
By main destination
Travel: 5.3 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Papua New Guinea
400
World
300 200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 5 371
Exports By sea (2018) By air (2018) By other (2018)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value 13 2 0
2010-2020 -13 -5
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 34 49
Imports By sea (2018) By air (2018) By other (2018)
86.9 13.0 0.1
2020 -74 -21
Value
Share (%)
276 40 0
87.4 12.6 0.0
Travel Papua New Guinea
300
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 1 70
2010-2020 -12 -5
Annual percentage change 2019 -16 -7
2020 -78 -34
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 10.2
5.9
Other commercial services Exports Imports
Other business services Financial services 45.1
38.8
Value
Construction
2020
2010-2020
172 879
-4 -8
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
-12 -11
-42 -17
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2015 Residents
1
Non-residents
46
Trademark applications, 2016 Total
47
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
108
Non-residents
753
Industrial design applications, 2015 Total
861
Residents
3
Non-residents
36
Total
39
283