Shipped Where
Imported from Tonga, 2025
$3.2 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#194 of 218
Arrived by air
46%

Tonga is the 194th largest source of US imports: $3.2 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is medical instruments, followed by jet engines and gas turbines.

What the US buys from Tonga

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

  1. 01Medical instruments$597K · 18.8%
  2. 02Jet engines and gas turbines$420K · 13.2%
  3. 03Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, for all purposes$312K · 9.8%
  4. 04Fish, fresh or chilled$139K · 4.4%
  5. 05Coral and similar materials, molluscs, crustaceans$137K · 4.3%
  6. 06Ion-exchangers based on polymers of natural or synthetic plastics$127K · 4.0%
  7. 07Plants and parts of plants, used in perfumery, pharmacy$120K · 3.8%
  8. 08Cassava, arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes$103K · 3.3%
All 24 products from Tonga
  1. 09Salt & pure sodium chloride$103K · 3.2%
  2. 10Locust beans, seaweeds etc., sugar beet and sugar cane$81K · 2.5%
  3. 11Seats and chairs$79K · 2.5%
  4. 12Fish, live$77K · 2.4%
  5. 13Hand tools$64K · 2.0%
  6. 14Tubes, pipes and hoses, of unhardened vulcanized rubber$47K · 1.5%
  7. 15Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological$43K · 1.4%
  8. 16Original sculptures and statuary, in any material$40K · 1.3%
  9. 17Elevators, conveyors and lifting machinery$34K · 1.1%
  10. 18Millstones, grinding wheels and the like, for grinding$28K · 0.9%
  11. 19Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen$21K · 0.7%
  12. 20Filters and centrifuges$17K · 0.5%
  13. 21Screws, nuts & bolts$17K · 0.5%
  14. 22Wallpaper and similar wallcoverings$17K · 0.5%
  15. 23Industrial chemical preparations$16K · 0.5%
  16. 24Plastic articles, not elsewhere specified$15K · 0.5%

Excludes special trade codes, such as low-value shipments.

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

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46% of goods from Tonga arrived by air. Norfolk, VA handled 18% on its own.

  1. ANorfolk, VA $564K · 17.8%
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $344K · 10.8%
  3. CSan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $250K · 7.9%
  4. DCincinnati, OH $208K · 6.6%
  5. ESavannah, GA $205K · 6.4%
  6. FDallas-Fort Worth, TX $196K · 6.2%

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