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Aerospace and Defense: Trade Statistics

Total Trade

Total Global Exports (2021) $161,527,358,026
Total Global Imports (2021) $172,980,557,144

Industry Traders

Export Countries

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
France $31,180,881,189
Germany $28,271,188,899
United States $14,960,918,272
United Kingdom $13,019,670,498
Canada $12,347,207,605
Spain $5,999,214,132
Singapore $4,237,362,714
Ireland $3,843,353,794
China $3,645,885,566
Brazil $2,760,518,176

Import Countries

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $30,426,302,177
Ireland $17,374,874,701
China $13,048,176,775
Germany $12,664,293,238
France $11,459,306,006
Canada $7,656,759,274
United Kingdom $6,217,421,728
Japan $5,941,521,486
Singapore $4,996,953,328
Saudi Arabia $4,450,857,089

Traded Goods (at the 4-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Exports

HS Code Export USD$
(8802) Aircraft, powered; spacecraft & launch vehicles helicopters, satellites $80,547,675,414
(8803) Parts of aircraft, spacecraft, balloons, etc., of 8801, 8802 $60,638,414,695
(9306) Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and similar; cartridges & parts $6,451,240,026
(8710) Tanks & other armored fighting vehicles, motorized; parts thereof $4,620,533,255
(8906) Water vessels (not 8901-8905) warships, lifeboats $3,851,612,095
(9305) Parts & accessories of arms of 9301 to 9304 $2,055,258,470
(8805) Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor & similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts thereof $1,254,245,210
(9302) Revolvers & pistols (not 9303,9304) $936,877,441
(9301) Military weapons (not revolvers, pistols & arms of 9307) $721,027,660
(8804) Parachutes, rotochutes; parts & accessories dirigible parachutes $332,097,640

Top 10 Imports

HS Code Import USD$
(8802) Aircraft, powered; spacecraft & launch vehicles helicopters, satellites $83,756,979,594
(8803) Parts of aircraft, spacecraft, balloons, etc., of 8801, 8802 $71,782,823,114
(9306) Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and similar; cartridges & parts $4,423,624,876
(8906) Water vessels (not 8901-8905) warships, lifeboats $3,553,705,378
(8710) Tanks & other armored fighting vehicles, motorized; parts thereof $2,656,821,035
(9305) Parts & accessories of arms of 9301 to 9304 $2,652,209,451
(9302) Revolvers & pistols (not 9303,9304) $1,548,850,712
(8805) Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor & similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts thereof $1,292,647,336
(9301) Military weapons (not revolvers, pistols & arms of 9307) $895,458,146
(8804) Parachutes, rotochutes; parts & accessories dirigible parachutes $267,518,347

Sources:

UN Comtrade except where stated otherwise. Data Accessed: December 1, 2017