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Trade by country

Tonga

In 2025, US goods exports to Tonga were $14.7 million and goods imports from Tonga were $3.2 million; exports exceeded imports by $11.5 million.

Goods: the latest figures

2025, full year

Exports
$14.7 million
Imports
$3.2 million
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $11.5 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. 201 of 231

Latest 12 months, August 2025 to July 2026

Exports
$14.9 million
Imports
$2.3 million
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $12.6 million (a goods trade surplus, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$17.2 million
Share of US goods trade
less than 0.001%
Rank among partners
No. 203 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 Tonga, 1992 to 2025

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

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

$0$5M$10M$15M$20M$25M20162018202020222024

$0$10M$20M$30M200020102020

Data table
YearExportsImportsBalanceTotalShare of US goods tradeRank
2026 (7 months)$7.7M$1.3MExports exceeded imports by $6.4M$9Mless than 0.001%206
2025$14.7M$3.2MExports exceeded imports by $11.5M$17.9Mless than 0.001%201
2024$19.9M$2.8MExports exceeded imports by $17.1M$22.7Mless than 0.001%200
2023$17M$2.3MExports exceeded imports by $14.7M$19.2Mless than 0.001%203
2022$16M$3.2MExports exceeded imports by $12.8M$19.3Mless than 0.001%204
2021$18.9M$3MExports exceeded imports by $15.9M$22Mless than 0.001%195
2020$14.7M$3MExports exceeded imports by $11.6M$17.7Mless than 0.001%195
2019$20.4M$5MExports exceeded imports by $15.4M$25.4M0.001%193
2018$24.1M$2.9MExports exceeded imports by $21.2M$27M0.001%191
2017$16.7M$3.6MExports exceeded imports by $13.2M$20.3M0.001%192
2016$15.2M$3.3MExports exceeded imports by $11.9M$18.6M0.001%193
2015$13.8M$2.4MExports exceeded imports by $11.4M$16.3Mless than 0.001%197
2014$20M$2.7MExports exceeded imports by $17.3M$22.7M0.001%194
2013$19.2M$1.7MExports exceeded imports by $17.5M$21M0.001%193
2012$26.9M$2.2MExports exceeded imports by $24.6M$29.1M0.001%188
2011$19.3M$1.7MExports exceeded imports by $17.6M$20.9M0.001%193
2010$20.7M$1.8MExports exceeded imports by $18.8M$22.5M0.001%185
2009$12.9M$3.4MExports exceeded imports by $9.6M$16.3M0.001%191
2008$13.7M$4.5MExports exceeded imports by $9.3M$18.2M0.001%192
2007$13.2M$5.5MExports exceeded imports by $7.8M$18.7M0.001%191
2006$10.5M$7.3MExports exceeded imports by $3.3M$17.8M0.001%188
2005$9.7M$5.4MExports exceeded imports by $4.3M$15M0.001%190
2004$7.3M$5.2MExports exceeded imports by $2.1M$12.5M0.001%197
2003$5.7M$13.1MImports exceeded exports by $7.4M$18.9M0.001%183
2002$11.1M$9.2MExports exceeded imports by $1.9M$20.3M0.001%184
2001$4.8M$7.6MImports exceeded exports by $2.8M$12.4M0.001%186
2000$7.6M$4.7MExports exceeded imports by $2.9M$12.3M0.001%190
1999$6.8M$5.1MExports exceeded imports by $1.7M$11.9M0.001%186
1998$11.8M$6.1MExports exceeded imports by $5.7M$17.9M0.001%181
1997$7.3M$2.9MExports exceeded imports by $4.4M$10.2M0.001%192
1996$6.2M$3.6MExports exceeded imports by $2.6M$9.8M0.001%190
1995$7.5M$6.2MExports exceeded imports by $1.3M$13.7M0.001%182
1994$6M$5.6MExports exceeded imports by $400K$11.6M0.001%179
1993$5.4M$4.3MExports exceeded imports by $1.1M$9.7M0.001%187 (tied)
1992$6M$4.4MExports exceeded imports by $1.6M$10.4M0.001%183 (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 $7.7 million, imports $1.3 million; exports exceeded imports by $6.4 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 Tonga, by month

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

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

Data table
MonthExportsImportsBalance
Aug. 2024$3.3M$186KExports exceeded imports by $3.1M
Sept. 2024$1.6M$391KExports exceeded imports by $1.2M
Oct. 2024$1.4M$180KExports exceeded imports by $1.2M
Nov. 2024$1.8M$144KExports exceeded imports by $1.6M
Dec. 2024$1.3M$593KExports exceeded imports by $750K
Jan. 2025$1.3M$447KExports exceeded imports by $861K
Feb. 2025$668K$59KExports exceeded imports by $608K
March 2025$1.4M$314KExports exceeded imports by $1.1M
April 2025$780K$292KExports exceeded imports by $488K
May 2025$472K$237KExports exceeded imports by $236K
June 2025$448K$610KImports exceeded exports by $162K
July 2025$2.5M$216KExports exceeded imports by $2.2M
Aug. 2025$345K$400KImports exceeded exports by $55K
Sept. 2025$959K$63KExports exceeded imports by $896K
Oct. 2025$2.4M$202KExports exceeded imports by $2.2M
Nov. 2025$1.4M$227KExports exceeded imports by $1.2M
Dec. 2025$2.1M$111KExports exceeded imports by $2M
Jan. 2026$1.3M$103KExports exceeded imports by $1.2M
Feb. 2026$782K$85KExports exceeded imports by $697K
March 2026$774K$77KExports exceeded imports by $696K
April 2026$691K$731KImports exceeded exports by $40K
May 2026$996K$151KExports exceeded imports by $845K
June 2026$1M$92KExports exceeded imports by $932K
July 2026$2.1M$55KExports exceeded imports by $2.1M

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 Tonga, August 2025 to July 2026: each month beside the same month a year earlier
MonthExportsA year earlierChangeImportsA year earlierChange
July 2026$2.1M$2.5M-13.0%$55K$216K-74.4%
June 2026$1M$448K+128.6%$92K$610K-84.9%
May 2026$996K$472K+110.9%$151K$237K-36.0%
April 2026$691K$780K-11.4%$731K$292K+150.5%
March 2026$774K$1.4M-43.6%$77K$314K-75.4%
Feb. 2026$782K$668K+17.1%$85K$59K+42.9%
Jan. 2026$1.3M$1.3M-2.8%$103K$447K-77.0%
Dec. 2025$2.1M$1.3M+55.2%$111K$593K-81.3%
Nov. 2025$1.4M$1.8M-19.0%$227K$144K+57.2%
Oct. 2025$2.4M$1.4M+72.6%$202K$180K+12.7%
Sept. 2025$959K$1.6M-41.4%$63K$391K-83.8%
Aug. 2025$345K$3.3M-89.5%$400K$186K+115.6%

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 Tonga, 2018 to 2025
YearExportsImportsBalance (exports minus imports)
2025$16M$3MExports exceeded imports by $14M
2024$17M$2MExports exceeded imports by $14M
2023$14M$2MExports exceeded imports by $12M
2022$9M$2MExports exceeded imports by $7M
2021$6M$1MExports exceeded imports by $5M
2020$5M$2MExports exceeded imports by $3M
2019$16M$4MExports exceeded imports by $12M
2018$15M(D)(D)
  • (D) Suppressed by BEA to protect company data.

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

Direct investment positions, 2020 to 2025
Year endUS direct investment in TongaDirect investment from Tonga 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 Tonga.

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
103,742
GDP, current US dollars, 2025
$679.2 million

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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