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Trade Statistics
Total Trade
| Total Global Exports (2018) |
$1,246,780,265,176 |
| Total Global Imports (2018) |
$1,348,491,560,946 |
Industry Traders
Export Countries
Top 10 Export Countries
| Country |
Export USD$ |
| China |
$134,258,747,718 |
| United States |
$133,599,994,300 |
| Germany |
$115,839,210,161 |
| Belgium |
$80,266,355,112 |
| South Korea |
$69,622,969,794 |
| Japan |
$62,147,012,914 |
| Netherlands |
$53,130,756,994 |
| Saudi Arabia |
$39,528,032,576 |
| Singapore |
$37,968,880,436 |
| France |
$36,284,552,411 |
Import Countries
Top 10 Import Countries
| Country |
Import USD$ |
| China |
$176,893,935,711 |
| United States |
$118,101,109,412 |
| Germany |
$100,628,100,537 |
| Belgium |
$63,360,969,299 |
| India |
$56,306,965,253 |
| France |
$45,321,243,834 |
| Japan |
$43,685,635,718 |
| South Korea |
$42,130,113,566 |
| Italy |
$41,537,257,024 |
| Mexico |
$36,351,768,241 |
Traded Goods (at the 4-digit HS Code level)
Top 10 Exports
| HS Code |
Export USD$ |
| (3901) Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms |
$83,904,893,016 |
| (2933) heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only; nucleic acids and their salts |
$75,433,194,730 |
| (3920) Other plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip of plastics, noncellular & not reinforced, laminated, supported |
$58,268,330,922 |
| (3907) Polyacetals, other polyethers, epoxide resins, polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters, other polyesters in primary forms |
$57,567,811,469 |
| (2902) cyclic hydrocarbons |
$49,416,562,049 |
| (3902) Polymers of propylene or other olefins, in primary forms |
$45,771,432,059 |
| (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 |
$36,437,141,941 |
| (2905) acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
$29,309,342,102 |
| (3917) Tubes, pipes & hoses & their fittings of plastics joints, elbows, flanges, artificial guts, sausage casings |
$26,655,101,494 |
| (2901) acyclic hydrocarbons |
$25,856,494,869 |
Top 10 Imports
| HS Code |
Import USD$ |
| (3901) Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms |
$85,952,204,345 |
| (2933) heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only; nucleic acids and their salts |
$84,770,755,211 |
| (3907) Polyacetals, other polyethers, epoxide resins, polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters, other polyesters in primary forms |
$63,470,783,298 |
| (3920) Other plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip of plastics, noncellular & not reinforced, laminated, supported |
$58,785,395,307 |
| (2902) cyclic hydrocarbons |
$52,466,697,574 |
| (3902) Polymers of propylene or other olefins, in primary forms |
$47,321,023,964 |
| (2905) acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
$42,516,790,535 |
| (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 |
$36,522,892,152 |
| (2901) acyclic hydrocarbons |
$28,482,924,203 |
| (4002) Synthetic rubber & factice from oils or mixed with natural rubber in primary form or sheets, strips |
$27,202,391,845 |
Sources:
UN Comtrade except where stated otherwise. Data Accessed: December 1, 2017
