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Free monthly summaries of Haiti customs import records from January 2026 onward: total import weight, the number of import records, and the number of importers, top products, top origins, and what changed. The latest report covers September 2026. Reports are published in English and French.
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Haiti's ocean imports weighed 313,357 tonnes in September 2026, down 28.5% from August and up 7.6% from September 2025. Most of the drop came from one product. Portland cement (HS 2523) fell from 150,548 tonnes in August to 51,915 tonnes, a decline of...
Cargo laded in Turkey reached 107,247 tonnes in August 2026, up 122.2% from July and the highest monthly level since January 2025. Most of it moved on one lane: Iskenderun to Cap-Haïtien carried 82,438 tonnes, 18.8% of everything Haiti imported by sea....
Two products set the pace in July 2026, each at its highest monthly level since January 2025. Portland cement (HS 2523) rose 85.2% from June to 174,155 tonnes, and refined fuels (HS 2710) rose 114.6% to 100,703 tonnes. Cement alone made up 38.4% of the...
June's ocean imports came to 352,883 tonnes, 24.5% below May and little changed from June 2025 (up 1.5%). Cement and wheat accounted for most of the monthly drop. Portland cement (HS 2523) fell 42.5% to 94,014 tonnes and wheat (HS 1001) fell 75.2% to...
Portland cement (HS 2523) rose 199.4% from April to 163,375 tonnes in May 2026, about a third of everything Haiti received by sea. Wheat (HS 1001) returned with 53,187 tonnes, its highest monthly level since January 2025. Together they took total ocean...
Bulk staples pulled back in April 2026. Portland cement (HS 2523) fell 68.0% from March to 54,559 tonnes and rice (HS 1006) fell 46.2% to 42,705 tonnes. Haiti's ocean imports totalled 314,788 tonnes, down 36.0% from March and a modest 4.7% below April 2025.
Haiti's ocean imports reached 1.18 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2026, 25.3% more than in the same quarter of 2025 and 2.2% more than the fourth quarter. March did most of the lifting. The month brought 491,666 tonnes, up 82.5% from a light...
At 269,383 tonnes, Haiti's ocean imports in February 2026 were the lowest monthly total since January 2025, when this series begins. Weight fell 35.8% from January and 13.6% from February 2025, and the number of records dropped 33.5%.
Refined petroleum fuels (HS 2710) led Haiti's ocean imports in January 2026, rising 108.7% from December to 89,212 tonnes. That lifted total arrivals to 419,497 tonnes, a modest increase of 5.6% from the previous month and 24.0% above January 2025.
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