Shipped Where
Imported from Maldives, 2025
$5.1 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#190 of 218
Arrived by air
77%

The Maldives is the 190th largest source of US imports: $5.1 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is fish fillets.

What the US buys from the Maldives

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Fish fillets$2.1M · 41.6%
  2. 02Fish, fresh or chilled$409K · 8.0%
  3. 03Fish, live$227K · 4.4%
  4. 04Toys$22K · 0.4%
  5. 05Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs$19K · 0.4%
  6. 06Electrical ignition or starting equipment used for spark-ignition$8K · 0.2%
  7. 07Unused postage$8K · 0.1%
  8. 08Parts for construction machinery$7K · 0.1%
All 21 products from the Maldives
  1. 09Vehicle lights and wipers$6K · 0.1%
  2. 10Plastic articles, not elsewhere specified$6K · 0.1%
  3. 11Collections, collectors' pieces archaeol, ethnographic$5K · <0.1%
  4. 12T-shirts$4K · <0.1%
  5. 13Air pumps and compressors$4K · <0.1%
  6. 14Industrial chemical preparations$3K · <0.1%
  7. 15Computers and computer units$2K · <0.1%
  8. 16Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor, of plastics$2K · <0.1%
  9. 17Tires$2K · <0.1%
  10. 18Articles of apparel and clothing accessories$1K · <0.1%
  11. 19Brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders$521 · <0.1%
  12. 20Textile footwear$281 · <0.1%
  13. 21Lamps & lighting$275 · <0.1%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from the Maldives by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from the Maldives, 2025. Letters match the list.

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77% of goods from the Maldives arrived by air. Seattle-Tacoma Airport, WA handled 22% on its own.

  1. ASeattle-Tacoma Airport, WA $1.1M · 21.6%
  2. BNew Orleans, LA $768K · 15.0%
  3. CChicago, IL $672K · 13.1%
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $669K · 13.1%
  5. ESeattle, WA $412K · 8.1%
  6. FLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $341K · 6.7%

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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