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Aerospace and Defense: Trade Statistics

Total Trade

Total Global Exports (2017) $150,623,912,242
Total Global Imports (2017) $159,196,754,101

Industry Traders

Export Countries

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Germany $42,216,253,339
United Kingdom $20,714,625,937
United States $17,227,824,672
Canada $10,606,694,571
Spain $7,290,521,283
Ireland $6,954,239,860
Italy $4,883,522,259
Japan $4,594,599,431
Brazil $4,367,315,228
South Korea $4,306,415,135

Import Countries

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $33,709,125,502
Ireland $18,841,659,659
Germany $17,303,163,683
United Kingdom $14,682,600,189
Canada $8,605,027,505
Russia $7,321,802,541
Spain $5,820,363,396
Japan $5,230,352,756
India $4,834,000,004
Malaysia $3,306,298,608

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

Top 10 Exports

HS Code Export USD$
(8802) Aircraft, powered; spacecraft & launch vehicles helicopters, satellites $69,153,784,524
(8803) Parts of aircraft, spacecraft, balloons, etc., of 8801, 8802 $63,465,585,773
(9306) Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and similar; cartridges & parts $6,953,861,974
(8906) Water vessels (not 8901-8905) warships, lifeboats $3,960,945,540
(8710) Tanks & other armored fighting vehicles, motorized; parts thereof $2,864,032,096
(8805) Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor & similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts thereof $1,300,307,715
(9305) Parts & accessories of arms of 9301 to 9304 $1,256,446,147
(9301) Military weapons (not revolvers, pistols & arms of 9307) $815,371,626
(9302) Revolvers & pistols (not 9303,9304) $531,193,112
(8804) Parachutes, rotochutes; parts & accessories dirigible parachutes $253,171,729

Top 10 Imports

HS Code Import USD$
(8802) Aircraft, powered; spacecraft & launch vehicles helicopters, satellites $94,725,225,263
(8803) Parts of aircraft, spacecraft, balloons, etc., of 8801, 8802 $53,057,145,671
(9306) Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and similar; cartridges & parts $3,111,148,228
(8906) Water vessels (not 8901-8905) warships, lifeboats $2,916,190,618
(8710) Tanks & other armored fighting vehicles, motorized; parts thereof $1,620,039,459
(9305) Parts & accessories of arms of 9301 to 9304 $1,282,033,544
(8805) Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor & similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts thereof $973,496,375
(9302) Revolvers & pistols (not 9303,9304) $909,404,312
(9301) Military weapons (not revolvers, pistols & arms of 9307) $360,516,230
(8804) Parachutes, rotochutes; parts & accessories dirigible parachutes $156,696,028

Sources:

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