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Trade by country

Greenland

In 2025, US goods exports to Greenland were $8.7 million and goods imports from Greenland were $29.8 million; imports exceeded exports by $21.1 million.

Goods: the latest figures

2025, full year

Exports
$8.7 million
Imports
$29.8 million
Balance
imports exceeded exports by $21.1 million (a goods trade deficit, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$38.4 million
Share of US goods trade
0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 191 of 231

Latest 12 months, August 2025 to July 2026

Exports
$7.7 million
Imports
$30.5 million
Balance
imports exceeded exports by $22.8 million (a goods trade deficit, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$38.2 million
Share of US goods trade
0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 193 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 Greenland, 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)$3.4M$14.7MImports exceeded exports by $11.3M$18.1M0.001%191
2025$8.7M$29.8MImports exceeded exports by $21.1M$38.4M0.001%191
2024$48.1M$32.6MExports exceeded imports by $15.5M$80.7M0.002%172
2023$6.9M$27.3MImports exceeded exports by $20.4M$34.2M0.001%195
2022$7.4M$36.2MImports exceeded exports by $28.8M$43.6M0.001%191
2021$13.1M$41.3MImports exceeded exports by $28.2M$54.5M0.001%184
2020$6.9M$28.9MImports exceeded exports by $21.9M$35.8M0.001%190
2019$18.6M$27.2MImports exceeded exports by $8.6M$45.7M0.001%185
2018$9.9M$16.4MImports exceeded exports by $6.5M$26.2M0.001%192
2017$9.9M$13.2MImports exceeded exports by $3.3M$23.1M0.001%191
2016$4M$5.9MImports exceeded exports by $1.9M$10Mless than 0.001%206
2015$8.1M$3.8MExports exceeded imports by $4.3M$11.9Mless than 0.001%201
2014$12.7M$5.5MExports exceeded imports by $7.2M$18.2Mless than 0.001%198
2013$19.1M$9.4MExports exceeded imports by $9.7M$28.6M0.001%189
2012$15.9M$6.8MExports exceeded imports by $9.1M$22.6M0.001%192
2011$7.3M$7.5MImports exceeded exports by $184K$14.8Mless than 0.001%199
2010$8.6M$8.3MExports exceeded imports by $284K$16.9M0.001%192
2009$7.1M$7.6MImports exceeded exports by $491K$14.6M0.001%193
2008$34.9M$6.1MExports exceeded imports by $28.8M$41M0.001%183
2007$4.4M$9.9MImports exceeded exports by $5.5M$14.3Mless than 0.001%196
2006$3M$10.4MImports exceeded exports by $7.4M$13.3Mless than 0.001%194
2005$5.1M$17.3MImports exceeded exports by $12.2M$22.3M0.001%186
2004$3.6M$14.6MImports exceeded exports by $11M$18.2M0.001%190
2003$3M$13.8MImports exceeded exports by $10.8M$16.8M0.001%186
2002$4M$22.5MImports exceeded exports by $18.5M$26.5M0.001%175
2001$4.7M$28.8MImports exceeded exports by $24.1M$33.5M0.002%167
2000$1.1M$15.8MImports exceeded exports by $14.7M$16.9M0.001%180 (tied)
1999$3.3M$13.2MImports exceeded exports by $9.9M$16.5M0.001%180
1998$6.1M$7.4MImports exceeded exports by $1.3M$13.5M0.001%186
1997$4.9M$8MImports exceeded exports by $3.1M$12.9M0.001%187
1996$4.1M$6.5MImports exceeded exports by $2.4M$10.6M0.001%186
1995$2.4M$7.6MImports exceeded exports by $5.2M$10M0.001%186
1994$3.2M$9.4MImports exceeded exports by $6.2M$12.6M0.001%178
1993$2.7M$13.1MImports exceeded exports by $10.4M$15.8M0.002%176
1992$3.4M$11.6MImports exceeded exports by $8.2M$15M0.002%174

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 $3.4 million, imports $14.7 million; imports exceeded exports by $11.3 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 Greenland, by month

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

$0$2M$4M$6MJan. 2025July 2025Jan. 2026July 2026

Data table
MonthExportsImportsBalance
Aug. 2024$437K$1.6MImports exceeded exports by $1.1M
Sept. 2024$251K$1.8MImports exceeded exports by $1.5M
Oct. 2024$867K$2.9MImports exceeded exports by $2.1M
Nov. 2024$717K$3.1MImports exceeded exports by $2.4M
Dec. 2024$4.1M$6.6MImports exceeded exports by $2.5M
Jan. 2025$1.7M$3.7MImports exceeded exports by $2.1M
Feb. 2025$228K$3MImports exceeded exports by $2.7M
March 2025$768K$1.8MImports exceeded exports by $1M
April 2025$291K$1.5MImports exceeded exports by $1.2M
May 2025$195K$708KImports exceeded exports by $513K
June 2025$652K$1.3MImports exceeded exports by $606K
July 2025$568K$2MImports exceeded exports by $1.5M
Aug. 2025$690K$2.2MImports exceeded exports by $1.5M
Sept. 2025$354K$3.9MImports exceeded exports by $3.6M
Oct. 2025$352K$1.6MImports exceeded exports by $1.2M
Nov. 2025$2.3M$4.1MImports exceeded exports by $1.8M
Dec. 2025$613K$4MImports exceeded exports by $3.4M
Jan. 2026$235K$2.5MImports exceeded exports by $2.3M
Feb. 2026$603K$3.1MImports exceeded exports by $2.5M
March 2026$455K$2.2MImports exceeded exports by $1.8M
April 2026$305K$2.4MImports exceeded exports by $2.1M
May 2026$264K$1MImports exceeded exports by $771K
June 2026$534K$1.2MImports exceeded exports by $677K
July 2026$995K$2.2MImports exceeded exports by $1.2M

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 Greenland, August 2025 to July 2026: each month beside the same month a year earlier
MonthExportsA year earlierChangeImportsA year earlierChange
July 2026$995K$568K+75.2%$2.2M$2M+9.1%
June 2026$534K$652K-18.0%$1.2M$1.3M-3.7%
May 2026$264K$195K+35.5%$1M$708K+46.2%
April 2026$305K$291K+4.9%$2.4M$1.5M+63.9%
March 2026$455K$768K-40.7%$2.2M$1.8M+24.8%
Feb. 2026$603K$228K+164.6%$3.1M$3M+3.9%
Jan. 2026$235K$1.7M-85.8%$2.5M$3.7M-32.1%
Dec. 2025$613K$4.1M-85.2%$4M$6.6M-39.4%
Nov. 2025$2.3M$717K+220.0%$4.1M$3.1M+34.3%
Oct. 2025$352K$867K-59.3%$1.6M$2.9M-46.1%
Sept. 2025$354K$251K+41.1%$3.9M$1.8M+121.1%
Aug. 2025$690K$437K+57.7%$2.2M$1.6M+39.8%

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 Greenland, 2018 to 2025
YearExportsImportsBalance (exports minus imports)
2025$7M$70MImports exceeded exports by $63M
2024$8M$57MImports exceeded exports by $50M
2023$5M$59MImports exceeded exports by $54M
2022$6M$51MImports exceeded exports by $45M
2021$2M$46MImports exceeded exports by $44M
2020$2M$46MImports exceeded exports by $45M
2019$2M$63MImports exceeded exports by $62M
2018$5M$153MImports exceeded exports by $149M

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 2025 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 Greenland, and investors in Greenland with a stake in US businesses. Historical cost (book value), not market value.

Direct investment positions, 2020 to 2025
Year endUS direct investment in GreenlandDirect investment from Greenland in the US
2025$0$2M
2024$0$2M
2023$0$2M
2022$0$1M
2021$0$2M
2020$0$2M

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 Greenland.

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, 2025
56,831
GDP, current US dollars, 2023
$3.3 billion

Source: The World Bank: World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL), UN Population Division and national statistical offices. The World Bank: World Development Indicators: GDP (current US$) (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD), country official statistics, OECD national accounts data files and World Bank staff estimates. License: CC BY 4.0. Most recent value per economy. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.

Top products and tariffs

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