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Greenland — Trade & Compliance

Greenland's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.

Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.

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trade agreements

Memberships & standing

Income groupHigh income
DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
Greenland beyond logistics?
Browse databook

Trade Flow

Top export markets
  1. 1Denmark45.5%
  2. 2China23.9%
  3. 3United Kingdom5.6%
  4. 4Japan4.9%
  5. 5Iceland4.2%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Top import sources
  1. 1Denmark66.3%
  2. 2Sweden17.9%
  3. 3Iceland3.0%
  4. 4Netherlands2.8%
  5. 5Canada2.6%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading export goods (HS2)
  1. 1Fish & seafood79.1%
  2. 2Prepared meat/fish15.0%
  3. 3Ships & boats3.8%
  4. 4Machinery & mechanical appliances0.5%
  5. 5Electrical machinery0.3%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading import goods (HS2)
  1. 1Mineral fuels & oils22.9%
  2. 2Machinery & mechanical appliances12.0%
  3. 3Electrical machinery5.3%
  4. 4Vehicles4.8%
  5. 5Iron/steel articles4.3%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export markets
  1. 1Iceland+2.79pp
  2. 2Taiwan+2.32pp
  3. 3Norway+0.83pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export markets
  1. 1Denmark−3.94pp
  2. 2China−2.05pp
  3. 3Japan−0.78pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export goods
  1. 1Ships & boats+3.77pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export goods
  1. 1Prepared meat/fish−2.63pp
  2. 2Fish & seafood−1.04pp
CEPII BACI · 2024

Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is inCEPII BACI · 2024

Preferential Trade Agreements

EU – Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)1971
FTAGoods
World Bank DTA · 1 trade agreements in force

Fiscal & Tariffs

Currency
DKK
Danish Krone
ISO numeric 2082 minor units
ISO 4217

Key commodities

Top mineral output
zinc, mine
48K tonnes (metal content)
BGS · 1990
Energy production
Primary energy production
U.S. EIA

Top item per category of 6 commodities trackedfull lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA

All Sources

TradeCountry Trade Facts (CEPII BACI)
etalab-2.0
TradeWorld Bank Deep Trade Agreements (DTA)
cc-by-4.0
fiscalISO 4217 Currency Codes
open
commoditythe British Geological Surveythe British Geological Survey
OGL
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)
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