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Greenland flag (FlagPictures.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An independent constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark located east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Greenland shipped US$1.68 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2025.<\/p>\n

That calculated dollar amount reflects a 16.1% increase from $1.45 billion 5 years earlier in 2021.<\/p>\n

Year over year, the overall value of Greenland\u2019s exports rose 7.1% compared to $1.57 billion in 2024.<\/p>\n

Greenland\u2019s top 6 biggest exported products by value are frozen whole fish, crustaceans including lobsters, preserved or prepared crustaceans and molluscs, fish fillets and pieces, fresh whole fish then unwrought gold.<\/b><\/p>\n

Collectively, those 6 leading export categories represent 95.8% of Greenland\u2019s total export revenues. Such a high percentage indicates Greenland intensely concentrated set of exported goods related to seafood.<\/p>\n

Greenland\u2019s Most Valuable Trading Partners<\/h2>\n

The latest available country-specific data (from 2018) shows that 92.3% of products exported from Greenland were bought by importers in: Denmark (85.3% of Greenland\u2019s global total), Latvia (3.7%), Portugal (0.9%), Russia (0.7%), Iceland (0.6%), Faroe Islands (0.4%), Norway (0.3%), Thailand (also 0.3%), Spain (0.1%), United States of America (0.002%), Bahrain (0.001%) and mainland China (0.0005%).<\/p>\n

Given Greenland\u2019s population of 55,745 people its total US$1.68 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $30,200 for every resident living on the island. That dollar metric surpasses the average $27,600 per capita one year earlier during 2024.<\/p>\n

The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Greenlandic global shipments during 2025, at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Greenland.<\/p>\n

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  1. Fish: US$1.3 billion (80.1% of total exports)<\/li>\n
  2. Meat\/seafood preparations: $267.8 million (15.9%)<\/li>\n
  3. Gems, precious metals: $21.4 million (1.3%)<\/li>\n
  4. Miscellaneous animal-origin products: $10 million (0.6%)<\/li>\n
  5. Machinery including computers: $9.2 million (0.5%)<\/li>\n
  6. Salt, sulphur, stone, cement: $4.95 million (0.3%)<\/li>\n
  7. Electrical machinery, equipment: $4.1 million (0.2%)<\/li>\n
  8. Mineral fuels including oil: $3 million (0.2%)<\/li>\n
  9. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $2.2 million (0.13%)<\/li>\n
  10. Miscellaneous textiles, worn clothing: $1.5 million (0.09%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Greenland\u2019s top 10 export product categories accounted for 99.3% of the overall value of its global shipments.<\/p>\n

    Gems and precious metals represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 1,199% from 2024 to 2025.<\/p>\n

    In second place for improving export sales was miscellaneous animal-origin products via a 247.6% advance.<\/p>\n

    Greenland\u2019s shipments of mineral fuels including oil posted the third-fastest gain in value up by 179.3%. That product category was propelled by greater revenues for sales of processed petroleum oils.<\/p>\n

    The lone decliner among Greenland\u2019s top 10 export categories was the optical, technical and medical apparatus thanks to a -30.7% year-over-year drop.<\/p>\n

    At the more granular four-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, frozen whole fish represent Greenland\u2019s most valuable exported product at 45.2% of its overall total. In second place were crustaceans including lobsters (24.3%) trailed by preserved or prepared crustaceans and molluscs (15.8%), fish fillets and pieces (7.1%), fresh whole fish (2%), unwrought gold (1.3%), dried, salted or smoked miscellaneous fish (1.1%), miscellaneous animal products (0.6%), heavy machinery such as bulldozers and excavators (0.3%) then feldspar, leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite and fluorspar (also 0.3%).<\/b><\/p>\n

    Products Generating Greenland\u2019s Best Trade Surpluses<\/h2>\n

    Greenland generated an estimated US$538.9 million product trade surplus in 2025, up 4.3% from $516.7 million in black ink one year earlier for 2024.<\/b><\/p>\n

    The following types of Greenlandic product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country\u2019s total exports minus the value of its total imports.<\/p>\n

    In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country\u2019s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country\u2019s spending on foreign goods or services.<\/p>\n

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    1. Fish: US$1.3 billion (Up by 8.6% since 2024)<\/li>\n
    2. Meat\/seafood preparations: $248.3 million (Up by 11.8%)<\/li>\n
    3. Gems, precious metals: $15.8 million (Up by 2719.6%)<\/li>\n
    4. Miscellaneous animal-origin products: $9.9 million (Up by 252.5%)<\/li>\n
    5. Salt, sulphur, stone, cement: $2.3 million (Up by 30.2%)<\/li>\n
    6. Wool: $64,000 (Reversing a -$100,000 deficit)<\/li>\n
    7. Furskins, artificial fur: $39,000 (Reversing a -$10,000 deficit)<\/li>\n
    8. Lead: $6,000 (Reversing a -$73,000 deficit)<\/li>\n
    9. Ores, slag, ash: $1,000 (Down by -80%)<\/li>\n
    10. Tin: -$1,000 (Reversing a -$6,000 deficit)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Greenland has highly positive net exports in the international trade of fish-related categories. In turn, these cashflows indicate Greenland\u2019s strong competitive advantages notably under the fish product category as well as meat or seafood preparations.<\/p>\n

      Products Causing Greenland\u2019s Worst Trade Deficits<\/h2>\n

      Below are exports from Greenland that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Greenland\u2019s goods trail Greenlandic importer spending on foreign products.<\/p>\n

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      1. Mineral fuels including oil: -US$206.3 million (Down by -8.7% since 2024)<\/li>\n
      2. Machinery including computers: -$111.9 million (Down by -0.2%)<\/li>\n
      3. Ships, boats: -$109 million (Reversing the $46.6 million surplus)<\/li>\n
      4. Electrical machinery, equipment: -$61.7 million (Up by 27.9%)<\/li>\n
      5. Vehicles: -$54.1 million (Up by 18%)<\/li>\n
      6. Beverages, spirits, vinegar: -$38 million (Up by 15.1%)<\/li>\n
      7. Articles of iron or steel: -$36.7 million (Down by -12.6%)<\/li>\n
      8. Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: -$28.4 million (Up by 20.7%)<\/li>\n
      9. Meat: -$27.8 million (Up by 21%)<\/li>\n
      10. Cereal\/milk preparations: -$26.4 million (Up by 20.1%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Historically, Greenland has highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits for refined petroleum oils under the mineral fuels-related product category.<\/p>\n

        Greenlandic Export Companies<\/h2>\n

        Not one corporation based in Greenland ranks on the Forbes Global 2000 list.<\/p>\n

        Wikipedia lists some exports-related companies from Greenland. Selected examples are shown below.<\/p>\n