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Export from Guam

A short guide for companies selling from Guam: the export figures, the agreements and their limits, the main steps and who can help, each with its source.

1. What Guam sells, and who buys it

Top goods exports

2025

  1. 1. Beverages and spiritsUS$12.6 million
  2. 2. Tobacco productsUS$8.86 million
  3. 3. Salt, stone and cementUS$6.73 million
  4. 4. Miscellaneous metal articlesUS$5.2 million
  5. 5. Vehicles and vehicle partsUS$5 million
  6. 6. Electrical equipment and electronicsUS$2.75 million
  7. 7. Bags and leather goodsUS$2.47 million
  8. 8. Iron and steel, including scrapUS$2.32 million
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  1. 9. Aircraft and partsUS$2 million
  2. 10. Machinery and appliancesUS$1.46 million
  3. 11. Copper wire and copper scrapUS$966,597
  4. 12. Instruments and medical equipmentUS$735,930
  5. 13. Aluminum products and scrapUS$582,091
  6. 14. Paper and packagingUS$578,900
  7. 15. Cosmetics and hair careUS$562,681
  8. 16. Petroleum products and gasesUS$498,481
  9. 17. Iron and steel articlesUS$456,912
  10. 18. Bakery goods and pastaUS$362,884
  11. 19. Printed books and matterUS$339,355
  12. 20. Plastic articlesUS$332,598
  • Lines are Harmonized System chapters grouped from the Bureau’s own codes, because its code list became more detailed in the fourth quarter of 2025; the codes carry no stated edition. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • The Bureau's report counts goods for re-sale and does not separate goods made on Guam from goods brought in. Check each line's origin before you act on it. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • Beverages and spirits and tobacco products were 37.2 percent of 2025 exports, so the top two lines shape the ranking. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • The four 2025 printed totals add to US$57,694,064; the lines add to US$57,694,094, because the June 2025 printed total is 30 dollars below its own group subtotals. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • One line, aircraft and parts at US$2,000,000, appears in the March 2025 report only; the 2024 reports carry no line for it. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)

Source: Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans, export data, December 2025⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025

Where the goods go

2025, share of goods exports

  • Micronesia39%
  • Marshall Islands21.5%
  • Palau10.6%
  • South Korea10.1%
  • Japan5.3%
  • Taiwan4.5%
  • United States4.5%
  • Australia2.1%
  • Destinations are the countries the Bureau prints in each quarterly report; 2025 values are the sum of four reports, and shares use the sum of the printed country values, US$57,706,014. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • The June 2025 report prints country values that add to US$13,251,581, above its printed total of US$13,239,631, so shares are approximate. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)

Source: Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans, export data, December 2025⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025

2. What to look into next

Our reading

Promote:Global’s reading of the figures above, not a source’s statement, and not advice.

3. Trade agreements

What each arrangement can mean for a seller, and its limits. A preference is conditional: check the rules of origin before you quote.

  • Duty-free treatment of products of insular possessions, General Note 3(a)(iv), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

    Goods grown or made in Guam enter the United States duty-free when foreign materials are at most 70 percent of value, or 50 percent for import-sensitive goods, and ship directly.

    Rules-based preference, not unconditional market access: chapters 71, 91 and 96 carry exceptions, some apparel, handbags and petroleum products face the 50 percent limit, and the importer needs CBP Form 3229. Check additional duties with CBP before you price.

    Source: United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule, General Notes, 2026⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of 2026

4. Steps to export

The main steps, in order, each with the body responsible and its official page.

Exporting from Guam

  1. Register the business and get a Guam business license from the Department of Revenue and Taxation.Department of Revenue and TaxationOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Guam Economic Development Authority, establishing a business in Guam⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

  2. File a shipper's export declaration with the commodity code; Customs and Quarantine staff process exports at the commercial port and the airport.Guam Customs and Quarantine AgencyOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans, export data, December 2025⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

  3. For plants and other agricultural goods, ask the Biosecurity Division to inspect the shipment and issue a phytosanitary certificate or certificate of origin.Guam Department of Agriculture, Biosecurity DivisionOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Guam Department of Agriculture, Biosecurity Division page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

  4. For goods shipped to the United States, complete CBP Form 3229 so the importer can claim duty-free entry.U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: CBP Form 3229, Insular Possession Certificate of Origin⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

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  1. Apply to Guam STEP for export training and financial help, in the periods the Authority opens.Guam Economic Development AuthorityOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Guam Economic Development Authority, Guam STEP page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

5. Organizations that help exporters

Start with CQA and BSP. Each card links to the organization’s own site.

Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets

Export development and market information

Customs and tax

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Standards and sector requirements

Chambers and industry associations

6. Worth knowing

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7. How Promote:Global helps

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Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of November 1, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.