Trade route overview
See the latest reported exports, the products that need a closer look, and the conditions that may make this route harder to plan.
What this page shows
In 2024, Greenland reported $267.1M in goods exports to China. 7 product types are marked for closer review, covering 99.3% of reported exports. This is not a forecast and does not mean trade will stop. It shows where to look more closely at demand, annual changes, product mix, tariffs, and buyer-market conditions.
How to read this page
This page separates the size of the trade from the conditions worth checking and the product types that make up the route.
This is the reported value of goods exported from Greenland to China in the latest available year.
$267.1M in 2024It marks product types where one or more conditions deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction, a guaranteed loss, or a warning that trade will stop.
99.3% needs reviewEach row is one HS6 product code. HS6 is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
11 product typesStart with the products
Compare the products, their buyer-market size, and the conditions that deserve a closer look.
Export history
The latest twelve years of reported exports from Greenland to China. Bar lengths are relative to the highest year shown.
Why this route needs review
A dollar amount can appear in more than one row. These rows show the conditions linked to the route; they are not separate losses.
How to read the numbers
These measures describe yearly swings, the gap from the route's highest year, and how concentrated the product mix is.
Largest product
Product code HS6 030616 makes up 51.8% of exports from Greenland to China. The main reason to review it is: Trade has varied substantially across reported years
See product rowsProducts to review
Each row is one six-digit HS6 product code. Compare the buyer market's imports, the product's fall from its highest year, annual variation, and review level.
| Rank | Product and code | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Yearly variation | Review level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crustaceans: frozen, cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in waterHS6 030616 - six-digit product code | $403.5M | 0% | 1.4 | High attention |
| 2 | Fish: halibut (reinhardtius hippoglossoides, hippoglossus hippoglossus, hippoglossus stenolepis), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030331 - six-digit product code | $328.6M | 0% | 1.2 | High attention |
| 3 | Fish: frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030363 - six-digit product code | $584.3M | 19.2% | 0.9 | High attention |
| 4 | Fish: frozen, fish fins (other than shark fins), heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offalHS6 030399 - six-digit product code | $160.7M | 0% | 1.4 | High attention |
| 5 | Fish: frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030354 - six-digit product code | $150.7M | 23.7% | 0.7 | High attention |
| 6 | Fish: fish meat (whether or not minced) other than fillets, frozen, excluding swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)HS6 030499 - six-digit product code | $91.5M | 12.9% | 0.7 | High attention |
| 7 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030389 - six-digit product code | $970.9M | 29.6% | 1 | High attention |
| 8 | Crustaceans: crabs, frozen (whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked by steaming or by boiling in water)HS6 030614 - six-digit product code | $287.4M | 29.7% | 0.7 | Watch |
| 9 | Fish: frozen, haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030364 - six-digit product code | $116.0M | 19.8% | 0.5 | Watch |
| 10 | Fish: frozen, coalfish (Pollachius virens), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030365 - six-digit product code | $41.2M | 63.8% | 1.1 | Watch |
Buyer-market imports are total imports of that product into the buyer market, not only exports from Greenland. "Below product high" compares current exports with that product's highest reported year. Yearly variation is a calculated measure. Swipe sideways on a small screen to see every column.
Trade route conditions
Distance, tariffs, trade agreements, the buyer economy, and business rules add context to the export total.
Questions about this page
Definitions and limits for the figures above.
High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain.
Greenland reported $267.1M in goods exports to China in 2024.
99.3% of reported route exports are linked to product types marked for closer review. This points to where to investigate further.
An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
The page shows yearly export changes, product concentration, tariffs, distance, trade-agreement coverage, buyer-economy context, and business setup time where reported.
No. These are reported or calculated observations, not forecasts or guarantees.
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Data source
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.