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Marshall Islands — Trade & Compliance

Marshall Islands'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.

1
trade agreements
4
cargo treaties

Memberships & standing

Income groupUpper middle income
Member ofAPACIMFUN
DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
Marshall Islands beyond logistics?
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Trade Flow

Top export markets
  1. 1Germany21.0%
  2. 2Denmark15.9%
  3. 3Thailand9.5%
  4. 4Cyprus7.0%
  5. 5Norway6.0%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Top import sources
  1. 1China41.6%
  2. 2Rep. of Korea20.3%
  3. 3Japan9.9%
  4. 4Netherlands5.4%
  5. 5Singapore3.1%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading export goods (HS2)
  1. 1Ships & boats78.8%
  2. 2Mineral fuels & oils9.9%
  3. 3Fish & seafood9.1%
  4. 4Machinery & mechanical appliances0.7%
  5. 5Iron & steel0.2%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading import goods (HS2)
  1. 1Ships & boats72.7%
  2. 2Mineral fuels & oils20.2%
  3. 3Machinery & mechanical appliances3.2%
  4. 4Iron/steel articles1.1%
  5. 5Railway0.6%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export markets
  1. 1Norway+6.04pp
  2. 2Cyprus+5.78pp
  3. 3Thailand+4.90pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export markets
  1. 1United Kingdom−13.16pp
  2. 2Germany−10.37pp
  3. 3Türkiye−3.90pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export goods
  1. 1Fish & seafood+2.70pp
  2. 2Mineral fuels & oils+2.15pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export goods
  1. 1Ships & boats−4.17pp
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

South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA)1981
PSAGoods
World Bank DTA · 1 trade agreements in force

International Cargo Treaties

  • Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
    Party · 1998176 ratifications
  • Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
    Party · 1994171 ratifications
  • 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
    Party · 2025148 ratifications
  • 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
    Party · 2003107 ratifications
UN Treaty Collection · 4 ratified

Fiscal & Tariffs

Currency
USD
US Dollar
ISO numeric 8402 minor units
ISO 4217

Sanctions & restrictive measures

On the UN list
1
UN Security Council Consolidated List
Listed entities includeKINGLY WON INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD

1 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures listsfull lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List

Key commodities

Top agricultural output
Coconuts, in shell
40.8K t
FAOSTAT · 2024

Top item per category of 4 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
Sanctions & complianceUN Treaty Collection — Multilateral Treaties Deposited (MTDSG)
open
fiscalISO 4217 Currency Codes
open
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commodityFAOSTATFAOSTAT
CC BY 4.0 IGO
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)
Sanctions & compliancethe UN Security Council Consolidated Listthe UN Security Council Consolidated List
UN — open
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