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Technology: Trade Statistics

Total Trade

Total Global Exports (2018) $2,298,966,061,088
Total Global Imports (2018) $2,791,335,644,720

Industry Traders

Export Countries

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Hong Kong $366,406,194,645
United States $254,205,055,525
South Korea $224,624,361,679
Germany $214,740,116,796
Singapore $152,502,943,893
Japan $139,208,064,644
Mexico $112,827,902,956
Malaysia $97,371,982,076
Netherlands $77,636,681,543
Thailand $53,329,603,651

Import Countries

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $497,909,820,855
Hong Kong $383,508,049,123
Germany $192,873,294,701
Japan $127,162,531,937
Singapore $120,483,329,382
Mexico $118,780,988,248
South Korea $111,778,103,515
Netherlands $87,674,996,466
United Kingdom $84,023,579,822
France $70,559,895,883

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

Top 10 Exports

HS Code Export USD$
(8542) Electronic integrated circuits & microassemblies; parts thereof $515,170,075,921
(8517) Electric apparatus for line telephony or telegraphy telephone sets, teleprinters, modems, facsimile machines $277,819,394,612
(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 $203,163,369,585
(8544) Insulated wire, cable, electric conductors; optic fiber cable $96,295,823,993
(8473) Parts and accessories (not covers, carrying cases) for office machines & typewriters of 8469 to 8472 $88,854,990,855
(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 $88,130,047,633
(8541) Semiconductor devices; light-emitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric crystals; parts thereof diodes, transistors, photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells $74,644,492,236
(8504) Electric transformers, static converters & inductors; parts thereof rectifiers $70,017,639,966
(8537) Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, etc with electrical switching apparatus etc. of 8536 or 8536 $58,307,479,247
(8528) Television receivers video monitors, video projection television receivers $57,675,452,349

Top 10 Imports

HS Code Import USD$
(8517) Electric apparatus for line telephony or telegraphy telephone sets, teleprinters, modems, facsimile machines $535,780,185,649
(8542) Electronic integrated circuits & microassemblies; parts thereof $472,270,128,308
(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 $339,175,350,712
(8544) Insulated wire, cable, electric conductors; optic fiber cable $117,286,120,591
(8473) Parts and accessories (not covers, carrying cases) for office machines & typewriters of 8469 to 8472 $115,003,217,040
(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 $90,271,537,277
(8528) Television receivers video monitors, video projection television receivers $88,723,870,039
(8504) Electric transformers, static converters & inductors; parts thereof rectifiers $83,853,638,359
(8541) Semiconductor devices; light-emitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric crystals; parts thereof diodes, transistors, photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells $81,800,626,840
(8537) Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, etc with electrical switching apparatus etc. of 8536 or 8536 $57,410,126,158

Sources:

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