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Trade between Estonia and the United States

In 2024, Estonia exported $1.1 billion to the United States and imported $843 million. Estonia ran a surplus of $215 million with the United States, compared with a surplus of $936 million in 2019. The United States was Estonia’s 8th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Estonia was the United States’ 89th (0%).

Summary

Estonia → United States
$1.1billion
United States → Estonia
$843million
Estonia’s balance
$215million

Balance

Estonia’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Estonia and the United States grew 9.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.1
  • Imports 0.8
  • Balance +0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$88 million$115 million-$27 million
1996$87 million$113 million-$26 million
1997$112 million$167 million-$55 million
1998$158 million$222 million-$64 million
1999$263 million$182 million$81 million
2000$524 million$152 million$372 million
2001$251 million$118 million$133 million
2002$201 million$160 million$41 million
2003$229 million$220 million$9 million
2004$476 million$219 million$257 million
2005$542 million$238 million$303 million
2006$609 million$298 million$310 million
2007$508 million$342 million$166 million
2008$821 million$366 million$455 million
2009$547 million$230 million$317 million
2010$1.1 billion$272 million$827 million
2011$1.1 billion$324 million$781 million
2012$664 million$282 million$382 million
2013$493 million$364 million$129 million
2014$648 million$393 million$255 million
2015$925 million$324 million$601 million
2016$959 million$331 million$628 million
2017$780 million$274 million$506 million
2018$1.3 billion$345 million$940 million
2019$1.3 billion$368 million$936 million
2020$1.3 billion$413 million$919 million
2021$2.2 billion$484 million$1.7 billion
2022$1.4 billion$717 million$648 million
2023$756 million$669 million$87 million
2024$1.1 billion$843 million$215 million

What they sell each other

What Estonia sells to the United States

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$323 million · 30.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  2. Other measuring instruments$105 million · 9.9%
    132 tonnes
  3. Physical and chemical analysis instruments$38 million · 3.6%
    58 tonnes
  4. Transformers and power supplies$34 million · 3.2%
    514 tonnes
  5. Putty and sealants$34 million · 3.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  6. Acrylic acid and other unsaturated acids$30 million · 2.9%
    17 thousand tonnes
  7. Shaped wood and parquet strips$27 million · 2.6%
    14 thousand tonnes
  8. Furniture$24 million · 2.3%
    6 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  9. Parts for cranes and excavators$22 million · 2.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Fishing gear$20 million · 1.9%
    601 tonnes

What the United States sells to Estonia

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$177 million · 21%
    336 thousand tonnes
  2. Microchips$96 million · 11.4%
    481 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Phones and telecom equipment$58 million · 6.9%
    111 tonnes
  4. Video recorders and players$32 million · 3.7%
    4 tonnes
  5. Cars$30 million · 3.5%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Trucks$25 million · 3%
    969 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  7. Refined petroleum$25 million · 2.9%
    28 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$20 million · 2.4%
    193 tonnes
  9. Cameras and broadcast equipment$15 million · 1.8%
    50 tonnes
  10. Aircraft parts$14 million · 1.7%
    36 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Tallinn to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Tallinn and Los Angeles is 8,888 nautical miles (16,460 km) long: ≈ 20.5–26.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Øresund and 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$833 million · 43.8%
  2. Air$1.1 billion · 56.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Estonia’s 8th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Estonia was the United States’ 89th (0%).

The United States in Estonia’s trade
4.6%
The United States’ rank among Estonia’s partners
8th
Estonia in the United States’ trade
0%
Estonia’s rank among the United States’ partners
89th

Compare with

Other partners of Estonia

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.