The Republic of Haiti shipped US$753.6 million worth of exported products around the world in 2025.

That projected dollar amount results from a -45.5% downturn from $1.4 billion five years earlier in 2021.

Year over year, the value of Haiti’s exports slowed by -10.4% compared to $841.3 million starting from 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025 on a Purchasing Power Parity basis, the Haitian gourde diluted by -37.2% against the US dollar since 2021 but appreciated by 6.8% from 2024 to 2025. Haiti’s weaker local currency over the 5-year time window makes Haitian exports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively less expensive for international buyers starting from American currency.

Haiti’s Major Trading Partners

Haiti occupies the western three-eighths of Hispaniola located on the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea, sharing the remaining area of the island with the Dominican Republic.

The latest available country-specific data from 2017 shows that 92% of products exported from Haiti was bought by importers in: United States of America (56.4% of the Haitian total), France (12.5%), Canada (4.4%), Thailand (4.2%), Spain (2.8%), Taiwan (2.3%), United Kingdom (2.2%), Dominican Republic (2.1%), Vietnam (1.6%), mainland China (1.4%), Belgium (1.07%) and Jamaica (1%).

From a continental perspective, 61% of Haiti’s exports by value was delivered to North American countries while 20% was sold to importers in Europe. Haiti shipped another 12.6% worth of goods to buyers in Asia.

Tinier percentages went to Latin America (5%) plus the Caribbean led by Dominican Republic but excluding Mexico, Africa (1.4%), then Oceania’s Australia and New Zealand (0.1%).

Given Haiti’s population of 12.6 million people, its total US$753.6 million worth exports in 2025 translates to roughly $60 for every resident in the West Indian country. That dollar metric lags the average $65 per capita one year earlier during 2024.

Haiti’s Top 10 Exports

The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Haitian global shipments during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Haiti.

1. Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: US$410.1 million (54.4% of total exports)
2. Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $141 million (18.7%)
3. Perfumes, cosmetics: $57.1 million (7.6%)
4. Cocoa: $27 million (3.6%)
5. Headgear: $19.8 million (2.6%)
6. Beverages, spirits, vinegar: $16 million (2.1%)
7. Electrical machinery, equipment: $12.6 million (1.7%)
8. Iron, steel: $11 million (1.5%)
9. Copper: $10.1 million (1.3%)
10. Miscellaneous textiles, worn clothing: $10 million (1.3%)

Haiti’s top 10 export categories generated 94.8% of the overall value of its global shipments.

Beverages, spirits and vinegar represents the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 95.8% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place for improving export sales was cocoa via a 76.1% advance.

Haiti’s shipments of copper posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 72.9%.

The leading decliner among Haiti’s top 10 export categories was knitted or crocheted clothing and accessories, thanks to a -24.9% year-over-year drop.

At the more granular four-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, knitted or crocheted t-shirts and vests represent Haiti’s most valuable exported product at 36.7% of the country’s total export sales. In second place were knitted or crocheted jerseys and pullovers (10%) trailed by essential oils (7.5%), unknitted and non-crocheted men’s suits and trousers (6.9%), unknitted and non-crocheted men’s shirts (5.6%), knitted or crocheted women’s clothing (4.4%), cocoa beans (3.5%), unknitted and non-crocheted tracksuits and swimwear (2.9%), unknitted and non-crocheted women’s clothing (2.7%), then knitted or crocheted hats or other headgear (2.6%).

Collectively, that cohort of 10 major commodities represents 82.7% of the overall value of Haitian exported goods during 2025. That percentage suggests a concentrated portfolio of exported goods specific to the clothing industry.

Products Generating Haiti’s Largest Trade Surpluses

The following types of Haitian product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.

In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.

1. Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: US$266.9 million (Down by -35% since 2024)
2. Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $121.6 million (Up by 1.6%)
3. Cocoa: $23.9 million (Up by 87.8%)
4. Headgear: $16.4 million (Down by -17.3%)
5. Copper: $8 million (Up by 68%)
6. Lead: $395,000 (Down by -67.9%)
7. Collector items, art, antiques: $300,000 (Down by -23.1%)
8. Live trees, plants, cut flowers: $191,000 (Up by 101.1%)
9. Paper yarn, woven fabric: $117,000 (Up by 550%)
10. Vegetable plaiting materials: $16,000 (Down by -206.7%)

Haiti has highly positive net exports in the international trade of clothing and related accessories. In turn, these cashflows indicate Haiti’s strong competitive advantages under the clothing and accessories product categories.

Products Generating Haiti’s Worst Trade Deficits

Overall Haiti incurred an estimated -US$3.52 billion trade deficit for 2025, expanding by 27.7% from -$2.75 billion in red ink one year earlier in 2024.

Below are exports from Haiti that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Haiti’s goods trail Haitian importer spending on foreign products.

1. Mineral fuels including oil: -US$562.7 million (Up by 9.6% since 2024)
2. Cereals: -$404.1 million (Down by -11.4%)
3. Plastics, plastic articles: -$205 million (Up by 19.9%)
4. Animal/vegetable fats, oils, waxes: -$199.1 million (Up by 8.2%)
5. Vehicles: -$188.8 million (Up by 139.7%)
6. Iron, steel: -$187.3 million (Up by 172.4%)
7. Electrical machinery, equipment: -$180.4 million (Up by 34%)
8. Cereal/milk preparations: -$165.7 million (Up by 6.4%)
9. Meat: -$139.5 million (Up by 28.3%)
10. Salt, sulphur, stone, cement: -$137.4 million (Up by 53.7%)

Historically, Haiti endures highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits for refined petroleum oils and, to a lesser extent, petroleum gases under the mineral fuels-related product category.

Haitian Export Companies

Not one Haitian corporation ranks among Forbes Global 2000.

Wikipedia lists some exports-related companies from Haiti. Selected examples are shown below.

• Brasserie de la Couronne (soft drinks)
• Brasserie Nationale d’Haïti (brewery)
• Comme Il Faut (tobacco)
• Handxom (electronics)
• Rhum Barbancourt (alcoholic beverages)
• Sûrtab (computer hardware including tablets)
• Unibank (commercial bank)

 
In macroeconomic terms, Haiti’s total exported goods represent 2% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($38.2 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 2% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 compares to 2.1% for 2024. Those percentages suggest a relatively decreasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Haiti’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.

Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Haiti’s unemployment rate averaged 14.9% for 2025, down from an average 15.1% in 2024 according to Trading Economics statistics.

Haiti’s capital city is Port-au-Prince.

See also Aruba’s Top 10 Exports, Mexico’s Top Trading Partners, Jamaica’s Top 10 Exports and Dominican Republic’s Top 10 Exports

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