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Healthcare: Trade Statistics

Total Trade

Total Global Exports (2017) $167,354,053,519
Total Global Imports (2017) $167,474,570,019

Industry Traders

Export Countries

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
United States $43,696,548,457
Germany $28,173,354,094
Belgium $12,012,412,838
Ireland $11,464,690,700
Switzerland $10,335,150,660
Mexico $9,312,914,007
Japan $7,921,794,386
Malaysia $5,720,427,975
United Kingdom $5,594,173,018
Italy $3,677,188,074

Import Countries

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $47,524,013,247
Germany $17,729,728,694
Japan $11,892,413,998
Belgium $9,493,322,237
United Kingdom $7,855,514,627
Italy $6,030,353,760
Canada $5,375,599,098
Australia $4,760,533,599
Switzerland $4,508,085,330
South Korea $4,440,695,321

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 $90,279,196,820
(9021) Orthopedic appliances; artificial body parts; hearing aids; parts & accessories crutches, surgical, belts, trusses, splints, bone plates/screws/nails, artificial teeth, pacemakers $39,899,995,837
(9022) X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus x-ray tubes, x-ray generators; control panels, desks, screens, chairs $16,067,638,347
(9019) Mechano-therapy, massage, psychological aptitude testing test, artificial respiration appliances & apparatus; ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy $6,806,629,577
(4015) Vulcanized rubber articles of apparel & clothing accessories (not hard rubber) gloves, aprons $5,199,928,419
(9402) Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture; barber & similar chairs operating tables, hospital beds, dentists chairs $2,580,261,241
(9011) Compound optical microscopes; parts & accessories $1,860,449,095
(9012) Microscopes (not optical); diffraction apparatus; parts and accessories $1,820,173,569
(9020) Breathing appliances & gas masks (not protective masks); parts & accessories $1,446,934,167
(7017) Glassware for laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical use $790,084,779

Top 10 Imports

HS Code Import USD$
(9018) Medical/surgical/dental/veterinary instruments & appliances; electro-medical apparatus & sight-testing instruments; parts & accessories scintigraphic apparatus $84,715,728,710
(9021) Orthopedic appliances; artificial body parts; hearing aids; parts & accessories crutches, surgical, belts, trusses, splints, bone plates/screws/nails, artificial teeth, pacemakers $42,153,939,895
(9022) X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus x-ray tubes, x-ray generators; control panels, desks, screens, chairs $14,405,321,724
(9019) Mechano-therapy, massage, psychological aptitude testing test, artificial respiration appliances & apparatus; ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy $10,095,497,832
(4015) Vulcanized rubber articles of apparel & clothing accessories (not hard rubber) gloves, aprons $6,509,424,787
(9402) Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture; barber & similar chairs operating tables, hospital beds, dentists chairs $2,904,285,186
(9012) Microscopes (not optical); diffraction apparatus; parts and accessories $1,803,826,883
(9011) Compound optical microscopes; parts & accessories $1,654,804,960
(9020) Breathing appliances & gas masks (not protective masks); parts & accessories $1,241,704,409
(8713) Invalid carriages $1,204,883,980

Sources:

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