Shipped Where
Imported from Seychelles, 2025
$4.3 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#193 of 218
Arrived by air
69%

The Seychelles is the 193rd largest source of US imports: $4.3 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is fish, fresh or chilled, followed by forklifts.

What the US buys from the Seychelles

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

  1. 01Fish, fresh or chilled$644K · 14.9%
  2. 02Forklifts$237K · 5.5%
  3. 03Switches, fuses and connectors$236K · 5.5%
  4. 04Collections, collectors' pieces archaeol, ethnographic$157K · 3.7%
  5. 05Medical instruments$146K · 3.4%
  6. 06Headphones, speakers and microphones$144K · 3.3%
  7. 07Jet engines and gas turbines$130K · 3.0%
  8. 08Furniture other than seats$95K · 2.2%
All 23 products from the Seychelles
  1. 09Plastic articles, not elsewhere specified$75K · 1.7%
  2. 10Fish fillets$73K · 1.7%
  3. 11Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn$53K · 1.2%
  4. 12Air pumps and compressors$49K · 1.1%
  5. 13Knitted or crocheted fabrics, not elsewhere specified$47K · 1.1%
  6. 14T-shirts$45K · 1.1%
  7. 15Filters and centrifuges$39K · 0.9%
  8. 16Synthetic filament yarn, not put up for retail sale$34K · 0.8%
  9. 17Plastic kitchenware$31K · 0.7%
  10. 18Electrical control panels$30K · 0.7%
  11. 19Lamps & lighting$26K · 0.6%
  12. 20Auxiliary machinery for use with textile machines$25K · 0.6%
  13. 21Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures based on one or more$22K · 0.5%
  14. 22Umbrellas$21K · 0.5%
  15. 23Makeup & skincare$16K · 0.4%

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

US imports from the Seychelles 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 Seychelles, 2025. Letters match the list.

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69% of goods from the Seychelles arrived by air. Los Angeles Airport (LAX), CA handled 38% on its own, more than the next five ports combined.

  1. ALos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $1.7M · 38.4%
  2. BJFK Airport, NY $679K · 15.8%
  3. CCharleston, SC $447K · 10.4%
  4. DHoulton, ME $237K · 5.5%
  5. ECincinnati, OH $130K · 3.0%
  6. FLong Beach, CA $109K · 2.5%

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

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