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Shipping between the US and the Solomon Islands

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In 2025 the United States exported $20.9 million of goods to the Solomon Islands and imported $1.6 million from there. The Solomon Islands ranked 189th among US export markets and 198th among sources of US imports.

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6 ports in the Solomon Islands recorded in the World Port Index
US exports, 2025
$20.9MUp 88.4% on 2024 ($11.1 million)
US imports, 2025
$1.6MUp 19.0% on 2024 ($1.3 million)
Goods balance
$19.3MUS surplus
Export market rank
189thAmong destinations of US goods
Import source rank
198thAmong 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 the Solomon Islands

Special classification provisions (chapter 98) led US exports to the Solomon Islands at $7.6 million, 37% of the total. The top three chapters made up 83%.

  1. 98Special classification provisions$7.6 million36.6%
  2. 88Aircraft and spacecraft$6.2 million29.6%
  3. 02Meat$3.6 million17.1%
  4. 84Machinery and mechanical appliances$1.1 million5.3%
  5. 85Electrical machinery and equipment$680 thousand3.3%

US imports from the Solomon Islands

Oil seeds, grains and fodder (chapter 12) led US imports from the Solomon Islands at $1.2 million, 75% of the total. The top three chapters made up 88%.

  1. 12Oil seeds, grains and fodder$1.2 million75.0%
  2. 98Special classification provisions$136 thousand8.5%
  3. 99Special import reporting provisions$80 thousand5.0%
  4. 05Other animal products$57 thousand3.5%
  5. 71Precious stones, metals and jewelry$55 thousand3.4%

Trade terms

The United States has no free trade agreement in force with the Solomon Islands, 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 the Solomon Islands.

Imports through the port, 2025
$4K0.3% of the US total with the Solomon Islands
Leading import goods
RubberHS chapter 40, $4 thousand

Trade through Norfolk-Newport News

Ports in the Solomon Islands

2 ports in the Solomon Islands have a guide here, with depths and facilities from the World Port Index. In the index, Honiara records the deepest cargo pier of them, at 7.9 m.

Also recorded in the World Port Index for the Solomon Islands: Gizo Harbor, Port Noro, Ringgi Cove and Yandina.

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.