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Aerospace and Defense: Trade Statistics

Total Trade

Total Global Exports (2018) $220,084,146,841
Total Global Imports (2018) $220,112,901,468

Industry Traders

Export Countries

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
France $52,213,384,431
Germany $42,035,399,379
United Kingdom $19,520,857,792
United States $15,929,778,230
Canada $12,181,925,617
Singapore $7,624,274,154
Spain $7,051,239,659
Ireland $5,850,559,818
Italy $5,469,081,835
South Korea $4,591,941,541

Import Countries

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $34,594,566,329
Ireland $24,488,277,147
France $20,933,564,261
Germany $16,652,216,307
Singapore $11,799,941,133
United Kingdom $11,323,972,165
Canada $9,908,051,936
Japan $7,015,840,143
United Arab Emirates $6,988,445,017
Russia $6,289,467,598

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

Top 10 Exports

HS Code Export USD$
(8802) Aircraft, powered; spacecraft & launch vehicles helicopters, satellites $109,049,104,343
(8803) Parts of aircraft, spacecraft, balloons, etc., of 8801, 8802 $89,589,617,819
(9306) Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and similar; cartridges & parts $7,040,367,470
(8906) Water vessels (not 8901-8905) warships, lifeboats $5,202,076,175
(8710) Tanks & other armored fighting vehicles, motorized; parts thereof $3,977,382,641
(8805) Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor & similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts thereof $1,722,765,937
(9305) Parts & accessories of arms of 9301 to 9304 $1,590,766,381
(9301) Military weapons (not revolvers, pistols & arms of 9307) $938,594,656
(9302) Revolvers & pistols (not 9303,9304) $588,765,092
(8804) Parachutes, rotochutes; parts & accessories dirigible parachutes $281,000,514

Top 10 Imports

HS Code Import USD$
(8802) Aircraft, powered; spacecraft & launch vehicles helicopters, satellites $113,029,699,153
(8803) Parts of aircraft, spacecraft, balloons, etc., of 8801, 8802 $91,978,403,402
(8906) Water vessels (not 8901-8905) warships, lifeboats $4,099,341,179
(9306) Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and similar; cartridges & parts $3,717,284,718
(8710) Tanks & other armored fighting vehicles, motorized; parts thereof $2,696,389,461
(9305) Parts & accessories of arms of 9301 to 9304 $1,621,048,140
(8805) Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor & similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts thereof $1,242,184,209
(9302) Revolvers & pistols (not 9303,9304) $1,041,934,103
(9301) Military weapons (not revolvers, pistols & arms of 9307) $357,908,148
(8804) Parachutes, rotochutes; parts & accessories dirigible parachutes $223,657,429

Sources:

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