Indonesia recorded imports from American Samoa totaling US$0.59 million as of December 2020. This figure represents a 12.57% decrease compared to the previous year's imports, which were recorded at US$0.68 million.
Indonesia's trade record with American Samoa shows an upward trend in imports over the past 10 years. The lowest import value was US$0.59 million, while the highest reached US$1.17 million.
Of the 97 products (two-digit HS codes) imported from American Samoa, 0.03 thousand products were worth more than one billion dollars. Most imported products from this location are also imported from other countries, totaling 0.01 thousand products.
The following is a list of the top five products imported by Indonesia from American Samoa, ordered from highest to lowest transaction value:
1. Cotton: Cotton (HS code 52) is the top import from American Samoa, with imports totaling US$167,000. This is lower than the previous period's US$308,000.
2. Plastics and articles thereof: Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) were imported for US$111,000.
3. Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus: This product is imported from 116 countries. Imports from American Samoa ranked 68th, totaling US$79,000 in 2020. Other major importers of these goods include China, the United States, Japan, Singapore, and Germany.
4. Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof: (HS code 85). This product group, which also includes sound recorders and reproducers, television, etc., totaled US$77,000 in imports from American Samoa. This product is sourced from 139 countries, with American Samoa ranking 77th. The top five other importing countries for this product group are China, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
5. Food industry residues and waste: Indonesia also imported food industry residues and waste from American Samoa, valued at US$45,000 in 2020. No imports were recorded from this country in the previous year. Besides American Samoa, Indonesia also imports this product from Brazil, Argentina, the United States, China, and Thailand, as well as 51 other countries.