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Trade by country

Saint Helena

In 2025, US goods exports to Saint Helena were $1.3 million and goods imports from Saint Helena were $6.0 million; imports exceeded exports by $4.7 million.

Goods: the latest figures

2025, full year

Exports
$1.3 million
Imports
$6.0 million
Balance
imports exceeded exports by $4.7 million (a goods trade deficit, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$7.3 million
Share of US goods trade
less than 0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 213 of 231

Latest 12 months, August 2025 to July 2026

Exports
$3.3 million
Imports
$8.2 million
Balance
imports exceeded exports by $4.8 million (a goods trade deficit, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$11.5 million
Share of US goods trade
less than 0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 209 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 Saint Helena, 1992 to 2025

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

$0$10M$20M$30M202020212022202320242025

$0$10M$20M$30M20162018202020222024

$0$10M$20M$30M200020102020

Data table
YearExportsImportsBalanceTotalShare of US goods tradeRank
2026 (7 months)$3.2M$8.2MImports exceeded exports by $4.9M$11.4Mless than 0.001%201
2025$1.3M$6MImports exceeded exports by $4.7M$7.3Mless than 0.001%213
2024$9M$10.6MImports exceeded exports by $1.6M$19.7Mless than 0.001%202
2023$194K$6.9MImports exceeded exports by $6.7M$7.1Mless than 0.001%210
2022$9.7M$21.6MImports exceeded exports by $11.9M$31.3M0.001%195
2021$13.3M$31.1MImports exceeded exports by $17.8M$44.3M0.001%188
2020$4.9M$5.3MImports exceeded exports by $411K$10.1Mless than 0.001%205
2019$573K$11.3MImports exceeded exports by $10.8M$11.9Mless than 0.001%208
2018$719K$14.1MImports exceeded exports by $13.4M$14.8Mless than 0.001%205
2017$588K$13.4MImports exceeded exports by $12.8M$14Mless than 0.001%197
2016$746K$15.5MImports exceeded exports by $14.8M$16.3Mless than 0.001%196
2015$3.7M$15.3MImports exceeded exports by $11.6M$19.1M0.001%194
2014$490K$9.1MImports exceeded exports by $8.6M$9.6Mless than 0.001%207
2013$2.9M$7.8MImports exceeded exports by $4.9M$10.7Mless than 0.001%206
2012$4.8M$6.6MImports exceeded exports by $1.7M$11.4Mless than 0.001%207
2011$1.9M$8.5MImports exceeded exports by $6.6M$10.4Mless than 0.001%204
2010$692K$7.2MImports exceeded exports by $6.5M$7.9Mless than 0.001%200
2009$2.9M$6.1MImports exceeded exports by $3.2M$9Mless than 0.001%197
2008$2M$10.2MImports exceeded exports by $8.2M$12.3Mless than 0.001%200
2007$3.3M$5.3MImports exceeded exports by $2M$8.6Mless than 0.001%203
2006$1.8M$1.6MExports exceeded imports by $174K$3.3Mless than 0.001%213
2005$2.7M$3.3MImports exceeded exports by $537K$6Mless than 0.001%204
2004$7.1M$4.9MExports exceeded imports by $2.2M$12M0.001%198
2003$2.3M$5.6MImports exceeded exports by $3.3M$7.9Mless than 0.001%199
2002$2.1M$4MImports exceeded exports by $1.9M$6.1Mless than 0.001%202
2001$4.3M$3.2MExports exceeded imports by $1.1M$7.5Mless than 0.001%196
2000$400K$3.2MImports exceeded exports by $2.8M$3.6Mless than 0.001%209
1999$1.4M$100KExports exceeded imports by $1.3M$1.5Mless than 0.001%211 (tied)
1998$100K$200KImports exceeded exports by $100K$300Kless than 0.001%221 (tied)
1997$2.6M$1MExports exceeded imports by $1.6M$3.6Mless than 0.001%202
1996$3.5M$2.1MExports exceeded imports by $1.4M$5.6Mless than 0.001%197
1995$300K$0Exports exceeded imports by $300K$300Kless than 0.001%220 (tied)
1994$5.8M$0Exports exceeded imports by $5.8M$5.8Mless than 0.001%194
1993$2.2M$800KExports exceeded imports by $1.4M$3Mless than 0.001%202
1992$0$300KImports exceeded exports by $300K$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 $3.2 million, imports $8.2 million; imports exceeded exports by $4.9 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 Saint Helena, 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$1.1M$10KExports exceeded imports by $1.1M
Sept. 2024$26K$56KImports exceeded exports by $30K
Oct. 2024$129K$100KExports exceeded imports by $29K
Nov. 2024$194K$769KImports exceeded exports by $575K
Dec. 2024$0$1.5MImports exceeded exports by $1.5M
Jan. 2025$400K$67KExports exceeded imports by $334K
Feb. 2025$558K$6KExports exceeded imports by $552K
March 2025$0$2KImports exceeded exports by $2K
April 2025$96K$2MImports exceeded exports by $2M
May 2025$18K$3.1MImports exceeded exports by $3.1M
June 2025$6K$0Exports exceeded imports by $6K
July 2025$132K$760KImports exceeded exports by $628K
Aug. 2025$36K$0Exports exceeded imports by $36K
Sept. 2025$51K$8Exports exceeded imports by $51K
Oct. 2025$31K$2KExports exceeded imports by $29K
Nov. 2025$12K$854Exports exceeded imports by $12K
Dec. 2025$0$793Imports exceeded exports by $793
Jan. 2026$0$5Imports exceeded exports by $5
Feb. 2026$66K$231Exports exceeded imports by $65K
March 2026$34K$565KImports exceeded exports by $531K
April 2026$0$6.1MImports exceeded exports by $6.1M
May 2026$8K$483KImports exceeded exports by $475K
June 2026$69K$1MImports exceeded exports by $940K
July 2026$3M$7KExports exceeded imports by $3M

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 Saint Helena, August 2025 to July 2026: each month beside the same month a year earlier
MonthExportsA year earlierChangeImportsA year earlierChange
July 2026$3M$132K+2205.8%$7K$760K-99.0%
June 2026$69K$6K+963.7%$1M$0n/a
May 2026$8K$18K-58.0%$483K$3.1M-84.5%
April 2026$0$96K-100.0%$6.1M$2M+197.4%
March 2026$34K$0n/a$565K$2K+28049.2%
Feb. 2026$66K$558K-88.3%$231$6K-96.4%
Jan. 2026$0$400K-100.0%$5$67K-100.0%
Dec. 2025$0$0n/a$793$1.5M-99.9%
Nov. 2025$12K$194K-93.6%$854$769K-99.9%
Oct. 2025$31K$129K-76.3%$2K$100K-98.0%
Sept. 2025$51K$26K+97.9%$8$56K-100.0%
Aug. 2025$36K$1.1M-96.9%$0$10K-100.0%

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 Saint Helena; 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 Saint Helena, and investors in Saint Helena with a stake in US businesses. Historical cost (book value), not market value.

BEA's detailed country tables have no separate line for Saint Helena.

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 Saint Helena.

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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