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Trade by country

Solomon Islands

In 2025, US goods exports to Solomon Islands were $20.9 million and goods imports from Solomon Islands were $1.6 million; exports exceeded imports by $19.3 million.

Goods: the latest figures

2025, full year

Exports
$20.9 million
Imports
$1.6 million
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $19.3 million (a goods trade surplus, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$22.5 million
Share of US goods trade
less than 0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 200 of 231

Latest 12 months, August 2025 to July 2026

Exports
$17.1 million
Imports
$810,000
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $16.3 million (a goods trade surplus, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$17.9 million
Share of US goods trade
less than 0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 202 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 Solomon Islands, 1992 to 2025

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

$0$5M$10M$15M$20M202020212022202320242025

$0$5M$10M$15M$20M20162018202020222024

$0$20M$40M$60M200020102020

Data table
YearExportsImportsBalanceTotalShare of US goods tradeRank
2026 (7 months)$9.2M$291KExports exceeded imports by $8.9M$9.5Mless than 0.001%205
2025$20.9M$1.6MExports exceeded imports by $19.3M$22.5Mless than 0.001%200
2024$11.1M$1.3MExports exceeded imports by $9.7M$12.4Mless than 0.001%206
2023$9.6M$1.1MExports exceeded imports by $8.4M$10.7Mless than 0.001%207
2022$10.4M$8.1MExports exceeded imports by $2.3M$18.5Mless than 0.001%205
2021$14.7M$2.1MExports exceeded imports by $12.7M$16.8Mless than 0.001%202
2020$4.7M$3.3MExports exceeded imports by $1.3M$8Mless than 0.001%209
2019$19.8M$5.8MExports exceeded imports by $14M$25.7M0.001%192
2018$11.7M$4.1MExports exceeded imports by $7.6M$15.8Mless than 0.001%203
2017$9.3M$3.4MExports exceeded imports by $5.9M$12.7Mless than 0.001%203
2016$9.9M$2.1MExports exceeded imports by $7.8M$12Mless than 0.001%200
2015$5.9M$3.5MExports exceeded imports by $2.3M$9.4Mless than 0.001%206
2014$6.6M$8.7MImports exceeded exports by $2.1M$15.3Mless than 0.001%202
2013$8.9M$8.8MExports exceeded imports by $92K$17.8Mless than 0.001%198
2012$7.3M$1.6MExports exceeded imports by $5.7M$8.8Mless than 0.001%209
2011$6.1M$1.3MExports exceeded imports by $4.7M$7.4Mless than 0.001%210
2010$5M$991KExports exceeded imports by $4M$5.9Mless than 0.001%205
2009$6M$767KExports exceeded imports by $5.3M$6.8Mless than 0.001%204
2008$5.2M$1.2MExports exceeded imports by $4M$6.5Mless than 0.001%210
2007$5.4M$1.1MExports exceeded imports by $4.3M$6.6Mless than 0.001%209
2006$5.7M$2.2MExports exceeded imports by $3.5M$7.9Mless than 0.001%203
2005$2.3M$1.4MExports exceeded imports by $946K$3.6Mless than 0.001%211
2004$2.8M$2.7MExports exceeded imports by $60K$5.4Mless than 0.001%208
2003$1.8M$879KExports exceeded imports by $955K$2.7Mless than 0.001%213
2002$1.8M$400KExports exceeded imports by $1.4M$2.2Mless than 0.001%213 (tied)
2001$7.4M$2.6MExports exceeded imports by $4.8M$10M0.001%189
2000$6M$400KExports exceeded imports by $5.6M$6.4Mless than 0.001%200
1999$1.6M$1.1MExports exceeded imports by $500K$2.7Mless than 0.001%206
1998$2.9M$2.9MExports and imports were equal$5.8Mless than 0.001%198
1997$2.1M$600KExports exceeded imports by $1.5M$2.7Mless than 0.001%205 (tied)
1996$7.1M$1.8MExports exceeded imports by $5.3M$8.9M0.001%191
1995$2.7M$4.3MImports exceeded exports by $1.6M$7M0.001%195
1994$1M$700KExports exceeded imports by $300K$1.7Mless than 0.001%208
1993$2.7M$3.3MImports exceeded exports by $600K$6M0.001%194
1992$53.9M$1.2MExports exceeded imports by $52.7M$55.1M0.006%134

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 $9.2 million, imports $291,000; exports exceeded imports by $8.9 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 Solomon Islands, 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$1.3M$49KExports exceeded imports by $1.2M
Sept. 2024$1.6M$79KExports exceeded imports by $1.5M
Oct. 2024$731K$116KExports exceeded imports by $616K
Nov. 2024$595K$45KExports exceeded imports by $549K
Dec. 2024$639K$61KExports exceeded imports by $579K
Jan. 2025$744K$232KExports exceeded imports by $512K
Feb. 2025$2.5M$345KExports exceeded imports by $2.1M
March 2025$479K$47KExports exceeded imports by $431K
April 2025$5.9M$47KExports exceeded imports by $5.8M
May 2025$845K$129KExports exceeded imports by $716K
June 2025$1M$27KExports exceeded imports by $1M
July 2025$1.6M$256KExports exceeded imports by $1.3M
Aug. 2025$1.1M$16KExports exceeded imports by $1.1M
Sept. 2025$1.4M$64KExports exceeded imports by $1.3M
Oct. 2025$1.7M$70KExports exceeded imports by $1.7M
Nov. 2025$2.1M$327KExports exceeded imports by $1.8M
Dec. 2025$1.5M$42KExports exceeded imports by $1.4M
Jan. 2026$1M$44KExports exceeded imports by $978K
Feb. 2026$1.1M$95KExports exceeded imports by $1M
March 2026$1.2M$43KExports exceeded imports by $1.1M
April 2026$2.3M$4KExports exceeded imports by $2.3M
May 2026$1.3M$3KExports exceeded imports by $1.3M
June 2026$1.3M$21KExports exceeded imports by $1.3M
July 2026$975K$81KExports exceeded imports by $894K

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 Solomon Islands, August 2025 to July 2026: each month beside the same month a year earlier
MonthExportsA year earlierChangeImportsA year earlierChange
July 2026$975K$1.6M-37.1%$81K$256K-68.4%
June 2026$1.3M$1M+28.7%$21K$27K-23.7%
May 2026$1.3M$845K+52.8%$3K$129K-97.7%
April 2026$2.3M$5.9M-61.0%$4K$47K-90.6%
March 2026$1.2M$479K+147.1%$43K$47K-8.9%
Feb. 2026$1.1M$2.5M-55.3%$95K$345K-72.3%
Jan. 2026$1M$744K+37.3%$44K$232K-81.0%
Dec. 2025$1.5M$639K+130.9%$42K$61K-30.3%
Nov. 2025$2.1M$595K+257.7%$327K$45K+624.9%
Oct. 2025$1.7M$731K+136.3%$70K$116K-39.3%
Sept. 2025$1.4M$1.6M-12.0%$64K$79K-19.4%
Aug. 2025$1.1M$1.3M-11.2%$16K$49K-67.7%

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 Solomon Islands, 2018 to 2025
YearExportsImportsBalance (exports minus imports)
2025$9M$1MExports exceeded imports by $8M
2024$9M$3MExports exceeded imports by $7M
2023$8M$1MExports exceeded imports by $7M
2022$9M$1MExports exceeded imports by $8M
2021$20M$1MExports exceeded imports by $20M
2020$4M$1MExports exceeded imports by $3M
2019$6M$1MExports exceeded imports by $5M
2018$7M$1MExports exceeded imports by $7M

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 surplus, 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 Solomon Islands, and investors in Solomon 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 Solomon IslandsDirect investment from Solomon Islands in the US
2025$0$0
2024$0$0
2023$0$0
2022$0$0
2021$0$0
2020$0$0

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 Solomon 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, 2025
838,645
GDP, current US dollars, 2025
$1.7 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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