British Indian Ocean Territories Customs Status & U.S. Trade Treatment
Tariff treatment, trade-agreement coverage, and live monthly U.S. import/export data for British Indian Ocean Territories.
As of April 2026, the United States imported $27/month and exported $11.9M/month with British Indian Ocean Territories. This page covers British Indian Ocean Territories's customs status, applicable trade agreements, and the practical tariff treatment U.S. importers and exporters should expect.
Trade overview
The British Indian Ocean Territory — comprising the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia — is a remote, largely uninhabited group of islands used primarily as a joint UK-US military installation. Commercial trade originating from this territory is effectively nonexistent, and any shipment nominally associated with this origin code in US trade data typically reflects administrative or transshipment entries rather than genuine commercial exports. Trade professionals encountering this code should treat it as a flag for further origin verification.
Practical tariff treatment
For HS-code-level tariff rates and duty collected on shipments from British Indian Ocean Territories, see the product detail pages — each lists the effective tariff rate and duty value computed from the Census Bureau's monthly trade releases.
Full British Indian Ocean Territories trade profile →Source: U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics. Data updated monthly.