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Niue
Australia Oceania · Alofi · parliamentary democracy
What Niue means for your money — the prices you pay, the tariffs in motion, and where U.S. policy could change both.
$782K
U.S. imports, 2025
-81.9%
change in one year
$12K
U.S. exports, 2025
2K
Population
In your house
What you buy that Niue makes
America bought $782K in goods from Niue in 2025 — down 81.9% in a single year. Of every $100 of it, here's where the money went.
Industrial supplies, other
Minimum value shipments
Numismatic coins
Computer accessories
keyboards, drives, computer parts
2026 so far (through April): $17K in imports. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Trade in Goods (customs basis).
The other direction
What America sells to Niue
$12K in 2025 — a trade rupture cuts both ways, for American producers as well as American prices.
Passenger cars, new and used
$8Knew and used cars
Other consumer nondurables
$5KWhere you stand
U.S. tariff posture toward Niue
No U.S. tariff action singles this country out. Its goods face the universal 10% temporary import surcharge under Section 122 of the Trade Act (which replaced the IEEPA reciprocal baseline in February 2026) plus the sectoral Section 232 duties — steel and aluminum at 50% — that apply to all countries. The Section 122 surcharge is statutorily temporary — scheduled to lapse on or about July 23, 2026 (a 150-day cap) unless extended or replaced.
Reciprocal tariff (universal baseline)
10%
The universal 10% floor — a Section 122 import surcharge since February 2026, previously the EO 14257 reciprocal baseline — applies to nearly all U.S. imports. This country has no higher assigned rate of its own.
Policy in motion
Tariff status: a moving target
No U.S. tariff action names Niue. These are the universal measures — applied to every country without a country-specific arrangement — that set its treatment.
2026-04-06
Section 232 metals coverage expanded
In effectThe April 2026 proclamation strengthening Section 232 actions on aluminum, steel, and copper expanded derivative-product coverage for all countries, keeping the general metals rate at 50%.
91 FR 18201 →2026-02-24
IEEPA reciprocal tariffs terminated — replaced by 10% Section 122 surcharge
In effectExecutive Order 14389 (Ending Certain Tariff Actions) terminated the IEEPA tariff duties — including the EO 14257 reciprocal baseline — effective February 24, 2026. A flat 10% Section 122 temporary import surcharge (Proclamation 11012 of February 20, 2026) replaced them, leaving the universal rate unchanged at 10% on a different statutory basis. Section 122 caps such surcharges at 150 days, so this 10% surcharge is scheduled to lapse on or about July 23, 2026 absent further action (the administration has signaled it could raise the rate toward the 15% statutory maximum).
91 FR 9437 →2025-11-13
Agricultural products exempted from reciprocal tariffs
In effectExecutive Order 14360 of November 14, 2025 removed reciprocal duties from certain agricultural products listed in its annexes (coffee, cocoa, bananas, and other goods the U.S. does not produce in sufficient quantity), retroactive to November 13, 2025 — for all countries subject to the reciprocal tariff.
90 FR 54091 →2025-06-04
Section 232 steel and aluminum duties doubled to 50%
In effectThe June 3, 2025 proclamation raised Section 232 duties on steel and aluminum articles and derivatives from 25% to 50% for all countries, effective June 4, 2025.
90 FR 24199 →2025-04-05
Universal 10% reciprocal baseline takes effect
In effectExecutive Order 14257 (signed April 2, 2025) imposed a 10% ad valorem reciprocal duty on imports from all trading partners, effective April 5, 2025. Countries without a higher Annex I rate remain at this baseline.
Federal Register · 2025-06063 →2025-03-12
Section 232 steel and aluminum duties set at 25% for all countries
In effectProclamations of February 10, 2025 terminated all country exemptions and quota arrangements and applied 25% Section 232 duties to steel and aluminum imports from every country, effective March 12, 2025.
90 FR 9817 →
Reference
The country itself
Australia Oceania · Geography, people, economy, and government — public-domain data from the CIA World Factbook.
Voyagers from Samoa first settled on Niue around A.D. 900, and a second main group of settlers came from Tonga around 1500. With only one reliable source of fresh water, conflict was high on the island. Samoan and Tongan customs heavily influenced Niuean culture, including the formation of an island-wide elected kingship system in the early 1700s. In 1774, British explorer James COOK landed on the island and named it Savage Island because of the Niueans' hostility. Missionaries arrived in 1830 but were also largely unsuccessful at staying on the island until 1846, when a Niuean trained as a Samoan missionary returned to the island and provided a space from which the missionaries could work. In addition to converting the population, the missionaries worked to stop the violent conflicts and helped establish the first parliament in 1849. Great Britain established a protectorate over Niue in 1900. The following year, Niue was annexed to New Zealand and included as part of the Cook Islands. Niue’s remoteness and cultural and linguistic differences with the Cook Islands led New Zealand to separate Niue into its own administration in 1904. The island became internally self-governing in 1974; it is an independent member of international organizations but is in free association with New Zealand, which is responsible for defense and foreign affairs. In September 2023, the US recognized Niue as a sovereign and independent state.
Geography
- Location
- Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
- Area
- 260 sq km
- Climate
- tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
- Terrain
- steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
- Natural resources
- arable land, fish
- Coastline
- 64 km
- Natural hazards
- tropical cyclones
People & society
- Population
- 1,815 (2024 est.)
- Nationality
- Niuean(s)
- Ethnic groups
- Niuean 65.4%, part-Niuean 14%, non-Niuean 20.6% (2017 est.)
- Languages
- Niuean 46% (official, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan), Niuean and English 32%, English (official) 11%, Niuean and others 5%, other 6% (2011 est.)
- Religions
- Ekalesia Niue 61.7%, Latter Day Saints 8.7%, Roman Catholic 8.4%, other 8.2%, not stated 5.1%, none 3.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4% (2017 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth
- 71.8 years (2016)
- Literacy
- 99.5% (2022 est.)
Economy
- Economic overview
- upper-middle-income self-governing New Zealand territorial economy; environmentally fragile; massive emigration; post-pandemic tourism rebound; postage stamps, small-scale agricultural processing, and subsistence farming; most recent Asian Development Bank member
- Industries
- handicrafts, food processing
- Agricultural products
- coconuts, taro, fruits, sweet potatoes, tropical fruits, yams, vegetables, lemons/limes, bananas, pork (2023)
- Exports - partners
- USA 54%, Germany 8%, Canada 5%, UK 5%, Guatemala 4% (2023)
- Imports - partners
- NZ 87%, Fiji 6%, UAE 2%, Slovakia 1%, Australia 1% (2023)
Government
- Government type
- parliamentary democracy
- Capital
- Alofi
- Independence
- 19 October 1974 (Niue became a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
- Constitution
- several previous (New Zealand colonial statutes); latest 19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act 1974)
- Executive branch
- King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor-General of New Zealand Cindy KIRO (since 21 October 2021); the UK and New Zealand are represented by New Zealand High Commissioner Mark GIBBS (since 5 March 2024)
- Legislative branch
- Niue Assembly (Fono Ekepule)
Full reference data
Every field, by section — CIA World Factbook. Open a topic to expand it.