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Healthcare: Trade Statistics

Total Trade

Total Global Exports (2018) $224,165,102,707
Total Global Imports (2018) $225,314,251,456

Industry Traders

Export Countries

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
United States $46,497,932,521
Germany $30,526,994,653
Netherlands $24,342,447,603
Ireland $12,814,791,322
Switzerland $11,018,191,659
Belgium $10,738,740,588
Mexico $10,306,474,795
Japan $8,544,983,541
France $7,986,886,837
Singapore $7,255,749,577

Import Countries

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $52,324,886,773
Germany $19,208,778,128
Netherlands $17,772,995,082
Japan $12,847,591,632
France $10,489,607,184
United Kingdom $9,735,032,232
Belgium $9,387,267,734
Italy $6,507,250,293
Canada $5,651,763,313
Australia $5,029,871,989

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

Top 10 Exports

HS Code Export USD$
(9018) Medical/surgical/dental/veterinary instruments & appliances; electro-medical apparatus & sight-testing instruments; parts & accessories scintigraphic apparatus $115,941,605,244
(9021) Orthopedic appliances; artificial body parts; hearing aids; parts & accessories crutches, surgical, belts, trusses, splints, bone plates/screws/nails, artificial teeth, pacemakers $57,473,713,751
(9022) X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus x-ray tubes, x-ray generators; control panels, desks, screens, chairs $21,597,897,605
(9019) Mechano-therapy, massage, psychological aptitude testing test, artificial respiration appliances & apparatus; ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy $9,333,446,408
(4015) Vulcanized rubber articles of apparel & clothing accessories (not hard rubber) gloves, aprons $7,364,487,865
(9012) Microscopes (not optical); diffraction apparatus; parts and accessories $3,353,042,939
(9402) Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture; barber & similar chairs operating tables, hospital beds, dentists chairs $3,038,521,310
(9011) Compound optical microscopes; parts & accessories $2,525,988,356
(9020) Breathing appliances & gas masks (not protective masks); parts & accessories $1,814,948,821
(7017) Glassware for laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical use $974,721,332

Top 10 Imports

HS Code Import USD$
(9018) Medical/surgical/dental/veterinary instruments & appliances; electro-medical apparatus & sight-testing instruments; parts & accessories scintigraphic apparatus $114,465,591,015
(9021) Orthopedic appliances; artificial body parts; hearing aids; parts & accessories crutches, surgical, belts, trusses, splints, bone plates/screws/nails, artificial teeth, pacemakers $56,994,427,879
(9022) X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus x-ray tubes, x-ray generators; control panels, desks, screens, chairs $18,999,034,522
(9019) Mechano-therapy, massage, psychological aptitude testing test, artificial respiration appliances & apparatus; ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy $12,746,583,116
(4015) Vulcanized rubber articles of apparel & clothing accessories (not hard rubber) gloves, aprons $8,153,866,069
(9402) Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture; barber & similar chairs operating tables, hospital beds, dentists chairs $3,852,082,158
(9012) Microscopes (not optical); diffraction apparatus; parts and accessories $3,168,544,034
(9011) Compound optical microscopes; parts & accessories $2,707,296,315
(9020) Breathing appliances & gas masks (not protective masks); parts & accessories $1,653,463,314
(8713) Invalid carriages $1,509,152,987

Sources:

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