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Trade between Denmark and the United States

In 2024, Denmark exported $9.4 billion to the United States and imported $6.5 billion. Denmark ran a surplus of $2.8 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $8.3 billion in 2019. The United States was Denmark’s 5th largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Denmark was the United States’ 39th (0.3%).

Summary

Denmark → United States
$9.4billion
United States → Denmark
$6.5billion
Denmark’s balance
$2.8billion

Balance

Denmark’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Denmark and the United States grew 4.2-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Denmark’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 9.4
  • Imports 6.5
  • Balance +2.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2 billion$1.8 billion$135 million
1996$2.1 billion$2.1 billion$11 million
1997$2.1 billion$1.8 billion$302 million
1998$2.4 billion$2.1 billion$299 million
1999$2.8 billion$1.9 billion$836 million
2000$3 billion$1.7 billion$1.3 billion
2001$3.6 billion$1.7 billion$1.8 billion
2002$3.4 billion$1.8 billion$1.6 billion
2003$3.9 billion$1.7 billion$2.2 billion
2004$4.3 billion$2.4 billion$1.9 billion
2005$5.5 billion$2.1 billion$3.4 billion
2006$6.1 billion$2.7 billion$3.4 billion
2007$6.4 billion$3 billion$3.3 billion
2008$7 billion$3.3 billion$3.7 billion
2009$6.2 billion$2.5 billion$3.8 billion
2010$6.5 billion$2.4 billion$4.1 billion
2011$7 billion$2.3 billion$4.7 billion
2012$7 billion$2.3 billion$4.7 billion
2013$6.7 billion$2 billion$4.8 billion
2014$7.9 billion$2.5 billion$5.4 billion
2015$7.9 billion$2.1 billion$5.8 billion
2016$8 billion$2.2 billion$5.8 billion
2017$7.9 billion$2.2 billion$5.7 billion
2018$9 billion$2.6 billion$6.5 billion
2019$11.4 billion$3.1 billion$8.3 billion
2020$11.9 billion$2.7 billion$9.2 billion
2021$12.5 billion$4.2 billion$8.4 billion
2022$13.5 billion$4.5 billion$9 billion
2023$11.9 billion$5.4 billion$6.6 billion
2024$9.4 billion$6.5 billion$2.8 billion

What they sell each other

What Denmark sells to the United States

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1.6 billion · 16.8%
    1 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  2. Vaccines, blood and antisera$878 million · 9.4%
    586 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  3. Steel structures$281 million · 3%
    64 thousand tonnes
  4. Enzymes$262 million · 2.8%
    12 thousand tonnes
  5. Other engines and motors$254 million · 2.7%
    23 thousand tonnes
  6. Orthopedic and hearing devices$201 million · 2.1%
    464 tonnes
  7. Fish fillets$199 million · 2.1%
    12 thousand tonnes
  8. Physical and chemical analysis instruments$186 million · 2%
    611 tonnes
  9. Fresh fish$186 million · 2%
    14 thousand tonnes
  10. Medical and dental instruments$174 million · 1.9%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources

What the United States sells to Denmark

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Crude petroleum$2.1 billion · 31.6%
    3.2 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Airplanes and helicopters$903 million · 13.8%
    532 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Hormones$568 million · 8.7%
    10 tonnes
  4. Aircraft parts$198 million · 3%
    608 tonnes
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$176 million · 2.7%
    654 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Refined petroleum$167 million · 2.6%
    235 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  7. Firewood and wood chips$166 million · 2.5%
    701 thousand tonnes
  8. Medical and dental instruments$127 million · 2%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Turbojets and gas turbines$98 million · 1.5%
    79 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  10. Other plastic articles$83 million · 1.3%
    710 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Aarhus to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Aarhus and Los Angeles is 8,306 nautical miles (15,382 km) long: ≈ 19–24.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Panama Canal.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$7.6 billion · 47.5%
  2. Air$8.4 billion · 52.5%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Denmark’s 5th largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Denmark was the United States’ 39th (0.3%).

The United States in Denmark’s trade
6.7%
The United States’ rank among Denmark’s partners
5th
Denmark in the United States’ trade
0.3%
Denmark’s rank among the United States’ partners
39th

Compare with

Other partners of Denmark

Other partners of the United States

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.