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Trade between Greece and the United States

In 2024, Greece exported $2.4 billion to the United States and imported $2.3 billion. Greece ran a surplus of $67 million with the United States, compared with a surplus of $427 million in 2019. The United States was Greece’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Greece was the United States’ 69th (0.1%).

Summary

Greece → United States
$2.4billion
United States → Greece
$2.3billion
Greece’s balance
$67million

Balance

Greece’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Greece and the United States grew 3.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.4
  • Imports 2.3
  • Balance +0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$457 million$997 million-$540 million
1996$562 million$989 million-$427 million
1997$542 million$1 billion-$461 million
1998$646 million$1.5 billion-$856 million
1999$707 million$1.6 billion-$879 million
2000$697 million$1.2 billion-$514 million
2001$577 million$1.2 billion-$653 million
2002$627 million$1.4 billion-$738 million
2003$985 million$2.2 billion-$1.3 billion
2004$825 million$2.5 billion-$1.7 billion
2005$1.1 billion$2 billion-$831 million
2006$1.1 billion$1.3 billion-$169 million
2007$1.3 billion$2.3 billion-$924 million
2008$1.4 billion$2.4 billion-$1 billion
2009$1 billion$2 billion-$929 million
2010$964 million$1.6 billion-$592 million
2011$1.1 billion$1.2 billion-$125 million
2012$1.1 billion$755 million$362 million
2013$1.1 billion$687 million$365 million
2014$1.1 billion$676 million$464 million
2015$1.5 billion$682 million$805 million
2016$1.5 billion$794 million$680 million
2017$1.4 billion$817 million$552 million
2018$1.7 billion$810 million$906 million
2019$1.6 billion$1.2 billion$427 million
2020$1.5 billion$1.1 billion$365 million
2021$2 billion$1.7 billion$291 million
2022$2.4 billion$3.6 billion-$1.2 billion
2023$2.1 billion$1.6 billion$476 million
2024$2.4 billion$2.3 billion$67 million

What they sell each other

What Greece sells to the United States

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

  1. Canned vegetables$251 million · 10.7%
    47 thousand tonnes
  2. Aluminum sheet$150 million · 6.4%
    30 thousand tonnes
  3. Cement$134 million · 5.7%
    1.8 million tonnes · the United States’ sources
  4. Preserved fruit and nuts$131 million · 5.6%
    57 thousand tonnes
  5. Razors and razor blades$96 million · 4.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Refined petroleum$89 million · 3.8%
    313 thousand tonnes · Greece’s destinations
  7. Cheese$85 million · 3.6%
    8 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  8. Olive oil$85 million · 3.6%
    10 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  9. Petroleum coke and bitumen$59 million · 2.5%
    128 thousand tonnes
  10. Turbojets and gas turbines$51 million · 2.2%
    25 tonnes · the United States’ sources

What the United States sells to Greece

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$1 billion · 44.2%
    1.2 million tonnes
  2. Airplanes and helicopters$170 million · 7.4%
    80 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Turbojets and gas turbines$79 million · 3.4%
    31 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  4. Polyethylene$76 million · 3.3%
    68 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Ferrous scrap$72 million · 3.1%
    181 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Petroleum coke and bitumen$56 million · 2.4%
    404 thousand tonnes
  7. Generating sets$49 million · 2.2%
    386 tonnes
  8. Aircraft parts$46 million · 2%
    87 tonnes
  9. Refined petroleum$36 million · 1.6%
    45 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  10. Medical and dental instruments$32 million · 1.4%
    92 tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Piraeus to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Piraeus and Los Angeles is 9,019 nautical miles (16,704 km) long: ≈ 21–27 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar 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$3.6 billion · 77.2%
  2. Air$1.1 billion · 22.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Greece’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Greece was the United States’ 69th (0.1%).

The United States in Greece’s trade
3.3%
The United States’ rank among Greece’s partners
8th
Greece in the United States’ trade
0.1%
Greece’s rank among the United States’ partners
69th

Compare with

Other partners of Greece

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.