Full trade & compliance profile
Kiribati — Trade & Compliance
Kiribati'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.
2
trade agreements
3
cargo treaties
Memberships & standing
Income groupLower middle income
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Kiribati beyond logistics?
Trade Flow
Top export markets
- 1Thailand63.0%
- 2Colombia12.8%
- 3Indonesia7.0%
- 4Japan4.5%
- 5Philippines2.9%
Top import sources
- 1China28.8%
- 2Fiji14.4%
- 3Japan11.8%
- 4Australia11.4%
- 5New Zealand7.1%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Fish & seafood90.3%
- 2Ships & boats7.0%
- 3Animal/vegetable fats & oils0.7%
- 4Electrical machinery0.4%
- 5Oil seeds0.4%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Machinery & mechanical appliances10.7%
- 2Ships & boats10.4%
- 3Vehicles8.0%
- 4Electrical machinery5.8%
- 5Cereal/flour preparations4.6%
Fastest-rising export markets
- 1Colombia+12.75pp
- 2Philippines+2.91pp
- 3Spain+1.89pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Fish & seafood+5.37pp
Declining export goods
- 1Ships & boats−3.04pp
- 2Animal/vegetable fats & oils−1.40pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)2003
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA)1981
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
- ✓Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. New York, 4 August 1995
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
AUD
Australian Dollar
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Coconuts, in shell
176.5K t
Energy production
Primary energy production
24.6 terajoules
Top item per category of 15 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA
All Sources
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Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
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