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Shipping between the US and Greenland

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In 2025 the United States exported $8.7 million of goods to Greenland and imported $29.8 million from there. Greenland ranked 202nd among US export markets and 156th among sources of US imports.

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23 ports in Greenland recorded in the World Port Index
US exports, 2025
$8.7MDown 82.0% on 2024 ($48.1 million)
US imports, 2025
$29.8MDown 8.6% on 2024 ($32.6 million)
Goods balance
$21.1MUS deficit
Export market rank
202ndAmong destinations of US goods
Import source rank
156thAmong sources of US imports

Top goods each way

The five largest Harmonized System chapters by value in 2025, with each chapter's share of the total.

US exports to Greenland

Optical, medical and precision instruments (chapter 90) led US exports to Greenland at $3.7 million, 43% of the total. The top three chapters made up 69%.

  1. 90Optical, medical and precision instruments$3.7 million43.0%
  2. 85Electrical machinery and equipment$1.5 million17.4%
  3. 87Vehicles and parts$729 thousand8.4%
  4. 84Machinery and mechanical appliances$724 thousand8.4%
  5. 88Aircraft and spacecraft$620 thousand7.1%

US imports from Greenland

Fish and seafood (chapter 03) led US imports from Greenland at $28.1 million, 94% of the total. The top three chapters made up 99%.

  1. 03Fish and seafood$28.1 million94.2%
  2. 16Prepared meat and seafood$1.2 million4.0%
  3. 98Special classification provisions$286 thousand1.0%
  4. 97Works of art and antiques$119 thousand0.4%
  5. 90Optical, medical and precision instruments$39 thousand0.1%

Trade terms

The United States has no free trade agreement in force with Greenland, according to the US Trade Representative. Check the duty rate for your goods before you ship.

Through Norfolk-Newport News

The Census Bureau records trade by the US port it passes through. These are its 2025 figures for Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia, for trade with Greenland.

Imports through the port, 2025
$42K0.1% of the US total with Greenland
Leading import goods
Fish and seafoodHS chapter 03, $42 thousand

Trade through Norfolk-Newport News

Ports in Greenland

8 ports in Greenland have a guide here, with depths and facilities from the World Port Index. In the index, Sisimiut records the deepest cargo pier of them, at 11 m.

Also recorded in the World Port Index for Greenland: Ammassalik, Attu, Faeringehavn, Gronnedal (Kangilinnguit), Kajalleq Upernavik, Kusanartoq, Marmorilik, Narsarssuaq, Paamuit (Frederikshab), Pituffik (Thule Air Base), Qaqortoq, Qasigiannguit-Christianshab, Qutdleq, Soendre Stroemfjord and Uummannaq.

Sources

  • US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
  • Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
  • Trade agreements: Office of the US Trade Representative, free trade agreements, checked November 3, 2026.
  • Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.