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Trade by country

Cook Islands

In 2025, US goods exports to Cook Islands were $7.3 million and goods imports from Cook Islands were $321,000; exports exceeded imports by $7.0 million.

Goods: the latest figures

2025, full year

Exports
$7.3 million
Imports
$321,000
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $7.0 million (a goods trade surplus, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$7.6 million
Share of US goods trade
less than 0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 212 of 231

Latest 12 months, August 2025 to July 2026

Exports
$8.6 million
Imports
$3.9 million
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $4.7 million (a goods trade surplus, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$12.6 million
Share of US goods trade
less than 0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 208 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 Cook Islands, 1992 to 2025

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

$0$2M$4M$6M$8M202020212022202320242025

$0$5M$10M20162018202020222024

$0$5M$10M200020102020

Data table
YearExportsImportsBalanceTotalShare of US goods tradeRank
2026 (7 months)$4.9M$3.9MExports exceeded imports by $1M$8.8Mless than 0.001%208
2025$7.3M$321KExports exceeded imports by $7M$7.6Mless than 0.001%212
2024$6.5M$892KExports exceeded imports by $5.6M$7.4Mless than 0.001%210
2023$5.4M$560KExports exceeded imports by $4.8M$5.9Mless than 0.001%214
2022$6.3M$998KExports exceeded imports by $5.3M$7.3Mless than 0.001%212
2021$4.2M$1.2MExports exceeded imports by $3M$5.4Mless than 0.001%214
2020$3.3M$2.5MExports exceeded imports by $800K$5.7Mless than 0.001%213
2019$10.6M$509KExports exceeded imports by $10.1M$11.2Mless than 0.001%209
2018$7.2M$1MExports exceeded imports by $6.2M$8.3Mless than 0.001%213
2017$5.2M$3.4MExports exceeded imports by $1.8M$8.7Mless than 0.001%208
2016$4.7M$2MExports exceeded imports by $2.7M$6.6Mless than 0.001%210
2015$4.2M$848KExports exceeded imports by $3.4M$5.1Mless than 0.001%214
2014$5.3M$750KExports exceeded imports by $4.6M$6.1Mless than 0.001%212
2013$4.9M$410KExports exceeded imports by $4.5M$5.3Mless than 0.001%216
2012$5.5M$1.4MExports exceeded imports by $4.1M$6.9Mless than 0.001%210
2011$4.6M$744KExports exceeded imports by $3.9M$5.3Mless than 0.001%217
2010$3.9M$1.8MExports exceeded imports by $2.1M$5.7Mless than 0.001%206
2009$2M$940KExports exceeded imports by $1M$2.9Mless than 0.001%213
2008$2.8M$1.1MExports exceeded imports by $1.7M$3.9Mless than 0.001%215
2007$2.4M$1.7MExports exceeded imports by $679K$4.1Mless than 0.001%215
2006$3M$2.1MExports exceeded imports by $930K$5.1Mless than 0.001%209
2005$1.4M$1.7MImports exceeded exports by $372K$3.1Mless than 0.001%213
2004$935K$3.5MImports exceeded exports by $2.6M$4.5Mless than 0.001%212
2003$2.1M$3MImports exceeded exports by $904K$5.1Mless than 0.001%202
2002$800K$1.1MImports exceeded exports by $300K$1.9Mless than 0.001%215
2001$700K$300KExports exceeded imports by $400K$1Mless than 0.001%217
2000$1.3M$2.2MImports exceeded exports by $900K$3.5Mless than 0.001%210
1999$1.1M$500KExports exceeded imports by $600K$1.6Mless than 0.001%210
1998$1.2M$600KExports exceeded imports by $600K$1.8Mless than 0.001%213
1997$1.4M$1.1MExports exceeded imports by $300K$2.5Mless than 0.001%210 (tied)
1996$900K$800KExports exceeded imports by $100K$1.7Mless than 0.001%209
1995$900K$800KExports exceeded imports by $100K$1.7Mless than 0.001%210
1994$1M$1.6MImports exceeded exports by $600K$2.6Mless than 0.001%205
1993$2M$500KExports exceeded imports by $1.5M$2.5Mless than 0.001%203
1992$2.2M$0Exports exceeded imports by $2.2M$2.2Mless than 0.001%200

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 $4.9 million, imports $3.9 million; exports exceeded imports by $1.0 million. 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 Cook Islands, by month

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

$0$1M$2M$3M$4MJan. 2025July 2025Jan. 2026July 2026

Data table
MonthExportsImportsBalance
Aug. 2024$821K$43KExports exceeded imports by $778K
Sept. 2024$466K$33KExports exceeded imports by $433K
Oct. 2024$901K$5KExports exceeded imports by $896K
Nov. 2024$333K$47KExports exceeded imports by $286K
Dec. 2024$446K$30KExports exceeded imports by $416K
Jan. 2025$313K$102KExports exceeded imports by $211K
Feb. 2025$635K$30KExports exceeded imports by $604K
March 2025$437K$27KExports exceeded imports by $410K
April 2025$435K$99KExports exceeded imports by $336K
May 2025$633K$8KExports exceeded imports by $625K
June 2025$670K$244Exports exceeded imports by $670K
July 2025$430K$563Exports exceeded imports by $429K
Aug. 2025$896K$633Exports exceeded imports by $895K
Sept. 2025$1.2M$10KExports exceeded imports by $1.2M
Oct. 2025$459K$6KExports exceeded imports by $453K
Nov. 2025$585K$344Exports exceeded imports by $584K
Dec. 2025$556K$37KExports exceeded imports by $519K
Jan. 2026$247K$3KExports exceeded imports by $245K
Feb. 2026$674K$4KExports exceeded imports by $670K
March 2026$1.2M$583Exports exceeded imports by $1.2M
April 2026$720K$65KExports exceeded imports by $655K
May 2026$841K$3KExports exceeded imports by $838K
June 2026$347K$3.8MImports exceeded exports by $3.5M
July 2026$897K$2KExports exceeded imports by $895K

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 Cook Islands, August 2025 to July 2026: each month beside the same month a year earlier
MonthExportsA year earlierChangeImportsA year earlierChange
July 2026$897K$430K+108.6%$2K$563+183.5%
June 2026$347K$670K-48.2%$3.8M$244+1560343.0%
May 2026$841K$633K+32.8%$3K$8K-59.6%
April 2026$720K$435K+65.7%$65K$99K-34.5%
March 2026$1.2M$437K+170.8%$583$27K-97.8%
Feb. 2026$674K$635K+6.2%$4K$30K-85.7%
Jan. 2026$247K$313K-20.9%$3K$102K-97.5%
Dec. 2025$556K$446K+24.6%$37K$30K+24.3%
Nov. 2025$585K$333K+75.4%$344$47K-99.3%
Oct. 2025$459K$901K-49.1%$6K$5K+26.7%
Sept. 2025$1.2M$466K+165.8%$10K$33K-69.9%
Aug. 2025$896K$821K+9.1%$633$43K-98.5%

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.

US trade in services with Cook Islands, 2018 to 2025
YearExportsImportsBalance (exports minus imports)
2025$1M$1M(*)
2024(*)$1MImports exceeded exports by $1M
2023$7M$0Exports exceeded imports by $7M
2022$0$0Exports and imports were equal
2021$0$0Exports and imports were equal
2020$0$0Exports and imports were equal
2019$0$0Exports and imports were equal
2018$0$0Exports and imports were equal
  • (*) Transactions between zero and +/- $500,000.

The balance column is BEA's published balance, which BEA rounds on its own, so it can differ by a million dollars from the exports and imports shown beside it. The 2024 balance is a services trade deficit, in BEA's term.

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 Cook Islands, and investors in Cook Islands with a stake in US businesses. Historical cost (book value), not market value.

Direct investment positions, 2020 to 2025
Year endUS direct investment in Cook IslandsDirect investment from Cook Islands in the US
2025$0$0
2024$0$0
2023$0$0
2022$0$0
2021-------
2020--------
  • ---- Included elsewhere that year (see BEA’s note).
  • --- Included elsewhere that year (see BEA’s note).
  • BEA: Prior to 2023, data were included in New Zealand.

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 Cook Islands.

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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