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Technology: Trade Statistics

Total Trade

Total Global Exports (2017) $1,748,917,941,819
Total Global Imports (2017) $2,166,595,388,641

Industry Traders

Export Countries

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Hong Kong $332,430,423,338
United States $245,449,146,380
South Korea $200,163,963,400
Germany $194,447,211,290
Japan $134,763,301,229
Mexico $106,480,729,054
Malaysia $81,564,362,684
United Kingdom $43,455,656,710
Philippines $40,339,833,761
Czech Republic $39,330,299,607

Import Countries

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $474,348,932,699
Hong Kong $350,974,435,375
Germany $175,222,711,876
Japan $122,234,417,837
South Korea $107,464,067,686
Mexico $106,715,476,080
United Kingdom $77,434,613,539
Malaysia $62,306,822,956
Canada $53,449,467,077
India $43,800,250,035

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

Top 10 Exports

HS Code Export USD$
(8542) Electronic integrated circuits & microassemblies; parts thereof $345,411,058,560
(8517) Electric apparatus for line telephony or telegraphy telephone sets, teleprinters, modems, facsimile machines $214,528,988,576
(8471) Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form & machines for processing such data keyboard, printer, scanners, disk drives, power supply $144,317,991,332
(8544) Insulated wire, cable, electric conductors; optic fiber cable $79,012,829,382
(8536) Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for electrical connection not over 1000 volts switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, junction boxes, lamp-holders $70,936,871,063
(8473) Parts and accessories (not covers, carrying cases) for office machines & typewriters of 8469 to 8472 $65,966,172,899
(8541) Semiconductor devices; light-emitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric crystals; parts thereof diodes, transistors, photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells $57,551,856,080
(8504) Electric transformers, static converters & inductors; parts thereof rectifiers $54,844,093,770
(8528) Television receivers video monitors, video projection television receivers $50,313,635,848
(8537) Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, etc with electrical switching apparatus etc. of 8536 or 8536 $45,846,157,219

Top 10 Imports

HS Code Import USD$
(8517) Electric apparatus for line telephony or telegraphy telephone sets, teleprinters, modems, facsimile machines $431,155,481,587
(8542) Electronic integrated circuits & microassemblies; parts thereof $336,412,076,137
(8471) Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form & machines for processing such data keyboard, printer, scanners, disk drives, power supply $260,603,788,021
(8544) Insulated wire, cable, electric conductors; optic fiber cable $92,513,156,103
(8473) Parts and accessories (not covers, carrying cases) for office machines & typewriters of 8469 to 8472 $83,772,782,607
(8528) Television receivers video monitors, video projection television receivers $73,013,423,580
(8536) Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for electrical connection not over 1000 volts switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, junction boxes, lamp-holders $71,060,305,857
(8541) Semiconductor devices; light-emitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric crystals; parts thereof diodes, transistors, photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells $68,210,995,517
(8504) Electric transformers, static converters & inductors; parts thereof rectifiers $66,209,304,629
(8529) Parts for television, radio and radar apparatus of 8525 to 8528 $46,708,312,151

Sources:

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