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Chemicals: Trade Statistics
Total Trade
| Total Global Exports (2021) |
$1,428,831,247,688 |
| Total Global Imports (2021) |
$1,531,629,742,288 |
Industry Traders
Export Countries
Top 10 Export Countries
| Country |
Export USD$ |
| China |
$190,788,079,734 |
| United States |
$145,317,632,982 |
| Germany |
$131,113,950,532 |
| South Korea |
$79,744,321,366 |
| Japan |
$71,116,968,543 |
| Netherlands |
$63,002,353,866 |
| France |
$48,798,992,783 |
| Belgium |
$47,197,854,454 |
| Saudi Arabia |
$45,049,551,173 |
| India |
$38,378,165,576 |
Import Countries
Top 10 Import Countries
| Country |
Import USD$ |
| China |
$185,901,317,993 |
| United States |
$137,327,752,756 |
| Germany |
$100,563,270,487 |
| India |
$71,668,298,523 |
| France |
$50,311,942,193 |
| Brazil |
$49,981,417,907 |
| Italy |
$49,830,977,903 |
| Belgium |
$48,327,480,834 |
| South Korea |
$47,480,808,240 |
| Mexico |
$43,270,318,496 |
Traded Goods (at the 4-digit HS Code level)
Top 10 Exports
| HS Code |
Export USD$ |
| (3901) Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms |
$92,145,847,833 |
| (2933) heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only; nucleic acids and their salts |
$76,754,542,185 |
| (3920) Other plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip of plastics, noncellular & not reinforced, laminated, supported |
$69,771,224,882 |
| (3907) Polyacetals, other polyethers, epoxide resins, polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters, other polyesters in primary forms |
$69,241,854,086 |
| (3902) Polymers of propylene or other olefins, in primary forms |
$54,374,223,791 |
| (3808) insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, germination inhibitors and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-paper |
$42,846,160,100 |
| (2902) cyclic hydrocarbons |
$41,735,112,753 |
| (3917) Tubes, pipes & hoses & their fittings of plastics joints, elbows, flanges, artificial guts, sausage casings |
$31,874,633,370 |
| (2905) acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
$31,840,784,034 |
| (3102) mineral or chemical nitrogenous fertilizers (excl.those in pellet or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of =< 10 kg) |
$31,039,480,619 |
Top 10 Imports
| HS Code |
Import USD$ |
| (3901) Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms |
$98,483,871,754 |
| (2933) heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only; nucleic acids and their salts |
$86,090,412,103 |
| (3907) Polyacetals, other polyethers, epoxide resins, polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters, other polyesters in primary forms |
$74,396,799,691 |
| (3920) Other plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip of plastics, noncellular & not reinforced, laminated, supported |
$68,580,393,377 |
| (3902) Polymers of propylene or other olefins, in primary forms |
$56,093,885,500 |
| (2902) cyclic hydrocarbons |
$43,908,427,129 |
| (2905) acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
$43,271,182,966 |
| (3808) insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, germination inhibitors and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-paper |
$41,044,296,575 |
| (2934) Heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only and with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only) |
$38,479,592,363 |
| (3102) mineral or chemical nitrogenous fertilizers (excl.those in pellet or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of =< 10 kg) |
$37,766,594,148 |
Sources:
UN Comtrade except where stated otherwise. Data Accessed: December 1, 2017
