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Maritime profile: United States Minor Outlying Islands

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Population
GDP
Merchandise trade¹
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Land area²
GDP growth
Transport services trade³
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MARITIME KEY FIGURES FOR 2023
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Coast/area ratio²
Ship building
Ship recycling
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Fleet - National flag
Fleet - National flag
Fleet - Ownership
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Number of port calls
Container port throughput
Number of seafarers
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WORLD SHARES FOR 2023
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
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Merchandise imports
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Merchandise trade balance
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Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TRANSPORT SERVICES
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Transport services exports growth rate in 2023
Services exports by main category¹⁰
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
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Travel
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Other services
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Total trade in transport services¹⁰
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport services exports
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Transport services imports
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Transport services trade balance
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NATIONAL FLEET
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Fleet growth rate in 2023
Carrying capacity by type of ship
(Thousands DWT)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Total fleet
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Oil tankers
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Bulk carriers
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General cargo
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Container ships
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Other types of ships
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Fleet by type of ship
(Number of ships)
LINER SHIPPING CONNECTIVITY
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Bilateral connectivity index - Top 10 partners in Q1 2006¹¹
Can only take values between 0 (minimum) and 1 (maximum)
Liner shipping connectivity index¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
PORT CALLS AND PERFORMANCE
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Port calls, time spent in ports, vessel age and size in 2023
 
Number of arrivals
Median time
in port (days)
Avg age
of vessels
Avg size (GT)
of vessels
Avg cargo
carrying
capacity (DWT)
per vessel
Avg container
carrying
capacity (TEU)
per container ship
Maximum size (GT) of vessels
All ships
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Liquid bulk carriers
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Liquefied petroleum gas carriers
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Liquefied natural gas carriers
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Dry bulk carriers
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Dry breakbulk carriers
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Roll-on/ roll-off ships
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Container ships
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Passenger ships
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Port liner shipping connectivity index - Top 5 ports in 2023¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
Source: Detailed data sources are available in the documentation of the corresponding tables in the Data Center (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/). A link to these tables is provided in each section of the profile.
Notes:
1
Sum of exports and imports.
2
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
Coastline length based on data calculated in 2000 from the World Vector Shoreline database at 1:250,000 scale.
3
Sum of exports and imports. Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 2009 (BPM6, 2009).
4
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
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Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
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Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 1000 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
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UNCTAD Secretariat, derived from various sources including Dynamar B.V. Publications, terminal operators and port authorities. Refers to year 2022.
8
Refers to year 2021. Source: BIMCO-ICS Manpower Report 2015 and BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report, 2021 edition.
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UNCTAD Secretariat, based on data provided by MarineTraffic (http://marinetraffic.com). Ships of 1000 GT and above.
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Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 2009 (BPM6, 2009).
11
UNCTAD Secretariat, generated from data provided by MDS Transmodal (https://www.mdst.co.uk).
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
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No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
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Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
LNG:
Liquefied natural gas
LPG:
Liquefied petroleum gas
GDP:
Gross domestic product
GT:
Gross tons
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
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Generation date: 11 October 2024