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Shipping between the US and Bermuda

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In 2025 the United States exported $570.7 million of goods to Bermuda and imported $47.4 million from there. Bermuda ranked 103rd among US export markets and 143rd among sources of US imports.

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4 ports in Bermuda recorded in the World Port Index
US exports, 2025
$570.7MUp 4.2% on 2024 ($547.8 million)
US imports, 2025
$47.4MUp 103.8% on 2024 ($23.3 million)
Goods balance
$523.3MUS surplus
Export market rank
103rdAmong destinations of US goods
Import source rank
143rdAmong sources of US imports

Top goods each way

The five largest Harmonized System chapters by value in 2025, with each chapter's share of the total.

US exports to Bermuda

Electrical machinery and equipment (chapter 85) led US exports to Bermuda at $75.6 million, 13% of the total. The top three chapters made up 37%.

  1. 85Electrical machinery and equipment$75.6 million13.3%
  2. 98Special classification provisions$69.9 million12.3%
  3. 84Machinery and mechanical appliances$66.2 million11.6%
  4. 27Mineral fuels and oils$34.9 million6.1%
  5. 90Optical, medical and precision instruments$30.4 million5.3%

US imports from Bermuda

Special classification provisions (chapter 98) led US imports from Bermuda at $43.9 million, 92% of the total. The top three chapters made up 96%.

  1. 98Special classification provisions$43.9 million92.5%
  2. 22Beverages and spirits$1.2 million2.5%
  3. 99Special import reporting provisions$682 thousand1.4%
  4. 33Essential oils, perfumes and cosmetics$394 thousand0.8%
  5. 74Copper$368 thousand0.8%

Trade terms

The United States has no free trade agreement in force with Bermuda, according to the US Trade Representative. Check the duty rate for your goods before you ship.

Through Norfolk-Newport News

The Census Bureau records trade by the US port it passes through. These are its 2025 figures for Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia, for trade with Bermuda.

Exports through the port, 2025
$128K0.0% of the US total with Bermuda
Leading export goods
Beverages and spiritsHS chapter 22, $115 thousand
Imports through the port, 2025
$36K0.1% of the US total with Bermuda
Leading import goods
Special classification provisionsHS chapter 98, $36 thousand

Trade through Norfolk-Newport News

Ports in Bermuda

3 ports in Bermuda have a guide here, with depths and facilities from the World Port Index. In the index, Ireland Island records the deepest cargo pier of them, at 11 m.

Also recorded in the World Port Index for Bermuda: Freeport.

Sources

  • US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
  • Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
  • Trade agreements: Office of the US Trade Representative, free trade agreements, checked November 3, 2026.
  • Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.