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Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean)

In 2025, US goods exports to Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean) were $632,000 and goods imports from Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean) were $68,000; exports exceeded imports by $564,000.

Goods: the latest figures

2025, full year

Exports
$632,000
Imports
$68,000
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $564,000 (a goods trade surplus, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$700,000
Share of US goods trade
less than 0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 224 of 231

Latest 12 months, August 2025 to July 2026

Exports
$899,000
Imports
$41,000
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $858,000 (a goods trade surplus, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$940,000
Share of US goods trade
less than 0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 220 of 233

2025 rank among 231 partners with trade that year; 12-month rank among 233.

  • Census basis goods, not seasonally adjusted. Exports are free alongside ship value; imports are general imports (customs value), everything that arrives, including goods entering bonded warehouses and Foreign Trade Zones. Shares and ranks compare total goods trade (exports plus imports) with the same period's world total.
  • US exports include re-exports: foreign goods shipped on in substantially the same condition as when they were imported. Exports are credited to the destination as known to the shipper and imports to the country of origin. The workbook used here does not separate re-exports.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Monthly data through July 2026; 2025 is the latest full year. Census revises the prior year's country totals each June. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.

Goods since 1992

US goods exports to and imports from Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean), 1992 to 2025

Full years only, in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation).

$0$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M202020212022202320242025

$0$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M20162018202020222024

$0$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M200020102020

Data table
YearExportsImportsBalanceTotalShare of US goods tradeRank
2026 (7 months)$529K$20KExports exceeded imports by $509K$549Kless than 0.001%219
2025$632K$68KExports exceeded imports by $564K$700Kless than 0.001%224
2024$1.9M$1.7MExports exceeded imports by $148K$3.6Mless than 0.001%217
2023$49M$4.4MExports exceeded imports by $44.6M$53.4M0.001%188
2022$1.4M$797KExports exceeded imports by $646K$2.2Mless than 0.001%224
2021$728K$1.5MImports exceeded exports by $780K$2.2Mless than 0.001%223
2020$2M$458KExports exceeded imports by $1.5M$2.4Mless than 0.001%220
2019$1.6M$484KExports exceeded imports by $1.1M$2.1Mless than 0.001%224
2018$778K$916KImports exceeded exports by $138K$1.7Mless than 0.001%221
2017$477K$1.3MImports exceeded exports by $824K$1.8Mless than 0.001%221
2016$1.1M$1.6MImports exceeded exports by $463K$2.7Mless than 0.001%220
2015$1.6M$2.1MImports exceeded exports by $554K$3.7Mless than 0.001%217
2014$169K$2.3MImports exceeded exports by $2.2M$2.5Mless than 0.001%221
2013$467K$1MImports exceeded exports by $570K$1.5Mless than 0.001%224
2012$4.1M$493KExports exceeded imports by $3.6M$4.5Mless than 0.001%216
2011$1.5M$1.5MExports exceeded imports by $5K$3Mless than 0.001%221
2010$1.8M$575KExports exceeded imports by $1.2M$2.3Mless than 0.001%222
2009$926K$760KExports exceeded imports by $166K$1.7Mless than 0.001%220
2008$13M$2.1MExports exceeded imports by $10.9M$15.1Mless than 0.001%197
2007$2.5M$4.3MImports exceeded exports by $1.7M$6.8Mless than 0.001%207
2006$1.1M$450KExports exceeded imports by $626K$1.5Mless than 0.001%221
2005$2M$418KExports exceeded imports by $1.6M$2.4Mless than 0.001%214
2004$4.5M$526KExports exceeded imports by $4M$5Mless than 0.001%209
2003$1M$358KExports exceeded imports by $677K$1.4Mless than 0.001%219
2002$1.2M$600KExports exceeded imports by $600K$1.8Mless than 0.001%216
2001$1.6M$100KExports exceeded imports by $1.5M$1.7Mless than 0.001%214
2000$1.4M$500KExports exceeded imports by $900K$1.9Mless than 0.001%215 (tied)
1999$1.5M$0Exports exceeded imports by $1.5M$1.5Mless than 0.001%211 (tied)
1998$500K$200KExports exceeded imports by $300K$700Kless than 0.001%219
1997$300K$600KImports exceeded exports by $300K$900Kless than 0.001%217 (tied)
1996$400K$300KExports exceeded imports by $100K$700Kless than 0.001%212 (tied)
1995$4.5M$0Exports exceeded imports by $4.5M$4.5Mless than 0.001%201
1994$800K$500KExports exceeded imports by $300K$1.3Mless than 0.001%210 (tied)
1993$1.6M$100KExports exceeded imports by $1.5M$1.7Mless than 0.001%209
1992$200K$100KExports exceeded imports by $100K$300Kless than 0.001%213 (tied)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Census Trade in Goods by Country, country.xlsx (columns IYR, EYR) · retrieved Sept. 26, 2026 · 9,217 rows · as of July 2026 · monthly. Download CSV

2026 so far (7 months): exports $529,000, imports $20,000; exports exceeded imports by $509,000. Not in the chart, because a part year is not comparable with a full one.

Ranks start in 1992; before then the Census workbook covers only 76 partners. Shares start in 1987, the first year with a world total.

Goods by month

US goods exports to and imports from Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean), by month

The latest 24 months. Not seasonally adjusted, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier.

$0$200K$400K$600K$800KJan. 2025July 2025Jan. 2026July 2026

Data table
MonthExportsImportsBalance
Aug. 2024$76K$17KExports exceeded imports by $60K
Sept. 2024$16K$815KImports exceeded exports by $799K
Oct. 2024$138K$178KImports exceeded exports by $40K
Nov. 2024$130K$32KExports exceeded imports by $98K
Dec. 2024$124K$200KImports exceeded exports by $75K
Jan. 2025$74K$9KExports exceeded imports by $66K
Feb. 2025$70K$36KExports exceeded imports by $34K
March 2025$8K$0Exports exceeded imports by $8K
April 2025$0$0Exports and imports were equal
May 2025$0$3KImports exceeded exports by $3K
June 2025$10K$821Exports exceeded imports by $9K
July 2025$99K$69Exports exceeded imports by $99K
Aug. 2025$0$4KImports exceeded exports by $4K
Sept. 2025$184K$9KExports exceeded imports by $175K
Oct. 2025$53K$3KExports exceeded imports by $50K
Nov. 2025$47K$3KExports exceeded imports by $44K
Dec. 2025$86K$1KExports exceeded imports by $84K
Jan. 2026$67K$4KExports exceeded imports by $64K
Feb. 2026$34K$733Exports exceeded imports by $33K
March 2026$236K$1KExports exceeded imports by $235K
April 2026$42K$4KExports exceeded imports by $38K
May 2026$50K$6KExports exceeded imports by $44K
June 2026$99K$2KExports exceeded imports by $98K
July 2026$0$2KImports exceeded exports by $2K

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Census Trade in Goods by Country, country.xlsx (columns IJAN..IDEC, EJAN..EDEC) · retrieved Sept. 26, 2026 · 5,923 rows · as of July 2026 · monthly. Download CSV

US goods trade with Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean), August 2025 to July 2026: each month beside the same month a year earlier
MonthExportsA year earlierChangeImportsA year earlierChange
July 2026$0$99Knot shown$2K$69not shown
June 2026$99K$10Knot shown$2K$821not shown
May 2026$50K$0not shown$6K$3Knot shown
April 2026$42K$0not shown$4K$0not shown
March 2026$236K$8Knot shown$1K$0not shown
Feb. 2026$34K$70Knot shown$733$36Knot shown
Jan. 2026$67K$74Knot shown$4K$9Knot shown
Dec. 2025$86K$124Knot shown$1K$200Knot shown
Nov. 2025$47K$130Knot shown$3K$32Knot shown
Oct. 2025$53K$138Knot shown$3K$178Knot shown
Sept. 2025$184K$16Knot shown$9K$815Knot shown
Aug. 2025$0$76Knot shown$4K$17Knot shown

Small values: total goods trade over these 12 months was under $10 million, so percent changes, which swing widely at this size, are not shown.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Monthly, August 2024 to July 2026; not seasonally adjusted. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.

Services

Services are counted separately from goods, by a different agency, on an annual timetable. They are not added to the goods figures above.

BEA's Table 2.4 has no separate line for Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean); its services trade is counted within a wider area.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, International Services, Table 2.4. Annual, 2018 to 2025, released July 7, 2026; cells exactly as BEA publishes them, marks included. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026. Download CSV

Direct investment

The value of direct investment at year end, both ways: US companies' stake in businesses in Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean), and investors in Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean) with a stake in US businesses. Historical cost (book value), not market value.

BEA's detailed country tables have no separate line for Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean).

BEA assigns each position to the immediate counterpart country, which may not be where the money ends up or where the ultimate owner is. That is why financial centers such as the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Caribbean islands rank high.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Direct Investment by Country and Industry. Positions at year end, 2020 to 2025; inward by country of foreign parent; cells exactly as BEA publishes them. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026. Download CSV

Trade agreements

USTR lists no trade agreement with Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean).

From USTR's list of free trade agreements in force and its page of agreements on reciprocal trade, in USTR's own wording. USTR's reciprocal trade page does not say whether each agreement is in force, so none is described that way here.

Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative, Free Trade Agreements and Agreements on Reciprocal Trade. Checked Sept. 26, 2026. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.

Context

Population and GDP: the World Bank has no entry for this Census entity.

Top products and tariffs

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