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Shipping between the US and the Faroe Islands

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In 2025 the United States exported $1.9 million of goods to the Faroe Islands and imported $268.1 million from there. The Faroe Islands ranked 219th among US export markets and 109th among sources of US imports.

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9 ports in the Faroe Islands recorded in the World Port Index
US exports, 2025
$1.9MUp 40.3% on 2024 ($1.4 million)
US imports, 2025
$268.1MUp 7.5% on 2024 ($249.4 million)
Goods balance
$266.2MUS deficit
Export market rank
219thAmong destinations of US goods
Import source rank
109thAmong 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 the Faroe Islands

Electrical machinery and equipment (chapter 85) led US exports to the Faroe Islands at $805 thousand, 42% of the total. The top three chapters made up 78%.

  1. 85Electrical machinery and equipment$805 thousand41.9%
  2. 90Optical, medical and precision instruments$392 thousand20.4%
  3. 84Machinery and mechanical appliances$308 thousand16.1%
  4. 98Special classification provisions$70 thousand3.7%
  5. 88Aircraft and spacecraft$61 thousand3.2%

US imports from the Faroe Islands

Fish and seafood (chapter 03) led US imports from the Faroe Islands at $264.3 million, 99% of the total. The top three chapters made up 99%.

  1. 03Fish and seafood$264.3 million98.6%
  2. 84Machinery and mechanical appliances$1.4 million0.5%
  3. 12Oil seeds, grains and fodder$674 thousand0.3%
  4. 85Electrical machinery and equipment$601 thousand0.2%
  5. 39Plastics$388 thousand0.1%

Trade terms

The United States has no free trade agreement in force with the Faroe Islands, 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 the Faroe Islands.

Imports through the port, 2025
$2.4M0.9% of the US total with the Faroe Islands
Leading import goods
Fish and seafoodHS chapter 03, $2.4 million

Trade through Norfolk-Newport News

Ports in the Faroe Islands

6 ports in the Faroe Islands have a guide here, with depths and facilities from the World Port Index. In the index, Torshavn records the deepest cargo pier of them, at 14.8 m.

Also recorded in the World Port Index for the Faroe Islands: Fuglafjordur, Kongshavn and Runavik.

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.