World Merchandise Exports and Imports by Commodity
Publication date: 2019-12-22
Reporting period: 2002 - 2018
Timeseries: 118 million
Source:UN Comtrade
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ALL COMMODITIES | Imports and Exports | 2018
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In 2018, the world merchandise exports exceeded $18.5 trillion (according to the external trade statistics of 130 countries). It was $17.2 trillion in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 152 countries).
There are no trade data (2018) for such exporters as Vietnam (1.24% of the world exports in 2017), Iran (0.613%), Algeria (0.204%), Tunisia (0.082%), Sri Lanka (0.068%), Guatemala (0.063%), Dominican Republic (0.051%), Congo (0.047%), Honduras (0.028%), Sudan (0.024%), Cameroon (0.018%), Mauritania (0.011%), Mali (0.011%), Swaziland (0.01%)
Top exporters of goods in 2018
The world's largest exporters of commodities in 2018 were
- China - 13.4% of the world exports ($2.49 trillion)
- USA - 8.98% ($1.66 trillion)
- Germany - 8.42% ($1.56 trillion)
- Japan - 3.98% ($738 billion)
- Korea - 3.26% ($604 billion)
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «ALL COMMODITIES» in 2018 were
- Exports from Canada to USA: (1.82% of the world exports, $337 billion according to the external trade statistics of Canada)
- Exports from China to Hong-Kong: (1.63% of the world exports, $302 billion according to the external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from China to USA: (2.58% of the world exports, $479 billion according to the external trade statistics of China)
- Exports from Hong-Kong to China: (1.69% of the world exports, $314 billion according to the external trade statistics of Hong-Kong)
- Exports from Korea to China: (0.874% of the world exports, $162 billion according to the external trade statistics of Korea)
- Exports from Mexico to USA: (1.85% of the world exports, $344 billion according to the external trade statistics of Mexico)
- Exports from Saudi Arabia to Areas, nes: (1.24% of the world exports, $231 billion according to the external trade statistics of Saudi Arabia)
- Exports from United Arab Emirates to Areas, nes: (1.15% of the world exports, $214 billion according to the external trade statistics of United Arab Emirates)
- Exports from USA to Canada: (1.61% of the world exports, $299 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
- Exports from USA to Mexico: (1.43% of the world exports, $265 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
In 2018, the world merchandise imports exceeded $18.7 trillion (according to the external trade statistics of 130 countries). It was $17.4 trillion in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 152 countries).
There are no trade data (2018) for such importers as Vietnam (1.22% of the world imports in 2017), Iran (0.295%), Algeria (0.263%), Sri Lanka (0.122%), Tunisia (0.118%), Dominican Republic (0.111%), Guatemala (0.105%), Sudan (0.058%), Nepal (0.057%), Honduras (0.049%), Jamaica (0.033%), Cameroon (0.029%), Congo (0.026%), Mali (0.024%)
Top importers of goods in 2018
The world's largest importers of commodities in 2018 were
- USA - 13.9% of the world imports ($2.61 trillion)
- China - 11.3% ($2.13 trillion)
- Germany - 6.88% ($1.29 trillion)
- Japan - 3.98% ($748 billion)
- United Kingdom - 3.57% ($671 billion)
- France - 3.51% ($659 billion)
According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «ALL COMMODITIES» in 2018 were
- Imports to Canada from USA (1.25% of the world imports, $235 billion according to the external trade statistics of Canada)
- Imports to China from Japan (0.961% of the world imports, $180 billion according to the external trade statistics of China)
- Imports to China from Korea (1.09% of the world imports, $204 billion according to the external trade statistics of China)
- Imports to China from Other Asia, nes (0.945% of the world imports, $177 billion according to the external trade statistics of China)
- Imports to Hong-Kong from China (1.49% of the world imports, $280 billion according to the external trade statistics of Hong-Kong)
- Imports to Japan from China (0.925% of the world imports, $173 billion according to the external trade statistics of Japan)
- Imports to Mexico from USA (1.15% of the world imports, $216 billion according to the external trade statistics of Mexico)
- Imports to USA from Canada (1.73% of the world imports, $325 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
- Imports to USA from China (3% of the world imports, $563 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
- Imports to USA from Mexico (1.86% of the world imports, $349 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
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| Reporter | TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIES | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| China | 2 494 230 194 966.00 | 13.453 | 2 134 982 614 989.00 | 11.377 |
| USA | 1 665 302 936 591.00 | 8.982 | 2 611 432 490 157.00 | 13.916 |
| Germany | 1 562 546 821 071.00 | 8.428 | 1 292 832 708 898.00 | 6.889 |
| Japan | 738 201 192 214.00 | 3.981 | 748 217 608 150.00 | 3.987 |
| Korea | 604 807 317 420.00 | 3.262 | 535 183 373 387.00 | 2.852 |
| Hong-Kong | 569 105 739 731.00 | 3.069 | 627 327 030 842.00 | 3.343 |
| France | 568 535 879 844.00 | 3.066 | 659 374 522 338.00 | 3.513 |
| Netherlands | 555 921 409 863.00 | 2.998 | 500 630 534 558.00 | 2.667 |
| Italy | 549 906 995 682.00 | 2.966 | 503 581 133 885.00 | 2.683 |
| United Kingdom | 490 840 363 553.00 | 2.647 | 671 694 257 766.00 | 3.579 |
| Belgium | 468 643 264 452.00 | 2.527 | 454 713 800 856.00 | 2.423 |
| Russia | 451 494 828 173.00 | 2.435 | 240 225 755 863.00 | 1.28 |
| Mexico | 450 531 651 245.00 | 2.43 | 464 268 470 340.00 | 2.474 |
| Canada | 450 277 702 391.00 | 2.428 | 459 866 293 948.00 | 2.45 |
| Singapore | 411 743 293 747.00 | 2.22 | 370 503 520 526.00 | 1.974 |
| United Arab Emirates | 387 910 040 562.00 | 2.092 | 244 645 890 108.00 | 1.303 |
| Other Asia, nes | 335 743 566 738.00 | 1.81 | 286 194 740 458.00 | 1.525 |
| Spain | 328 527 654 075.00 | 1.772 | 376 185 085 923.00 | 2.004 |
| India | 322 492 099 897.00 | 1.739 | 507 615 733 027.00 | 2.705 |
| Switzerland | 310 524 275 089.00 | 1.674 | 278 665 555 576.00 | 1.485 |
| Saudi Arabia | 294 535 553 148.00 | 1.588 | 135 211 178 073.00 | 0.72 |
| Poland | 261 815 268 525.00 | 1.412 | 267 699 886 888.00 | 1.426 |
| Australia | 252 775 516 219.00 | 1.363 | 235 519 140 875.00 | 1.255 |
| Thailand | 252 485 154 115.00 | 1.361 | 249 173 519 017.00 | 1.327 |
| Malaysia | 247 323 665 356.00 | 1.334 | 217 358 263 559.00 | 1.158 |
| Brazil | 239 887 754 933.00 | 1.293 | 181 230 498 358.00 | 0.965 |
| Czech Republic | 202 521 577 709.00 | 1.092 | 184 924 023 432.00 | 0.985 |
| Indonesia | 180 215 034 437.00 | 0.972 | 188 711 171 618.00 | 1.005 |
| Austria | 176 991 970 620.00 | 0.954 | 184 195 200 603.00 | 0.981 |
| Turkey | 168 023 390 683.00 | 0.906 | 223 039 038 051.00 | 1.188 |
| Ireland | 167 017 887 791.00 | 0.90 | 106 931 073 268.00 | 0.569 |
| Sweden | 165 926 284 400.00 | 0.894 | 170 154 447 495.00 | 0.906 |
| Hungary | 123 957 885 048.00 | 0.668 | 117 381 592 676.00 | 0.625 |
| Norway | 122 636 310 493.00 | 0.661 | 87 440 059 696.00 | 0.465 |
| Denmark | 108 564 263 153.00 | 0.585 | 101 675 698 528.00 | 0.541 |
| South Africa | 93 597 046 864.00 | 0.504 | 92 615 924 571.00 | 0.493 |
| Slovak Republic | 93 443 738 159.00 | 0.504 | 92 928 603 861.00 | 0.495 |
| Qatar | 84 288 459 125.00 | 0.454 | 31 696 087 963.00 | 0.168 |
| Romania | 80 077 606 266.00 | 0.431 | 97 877 632 897.00 | 0.521 |
| Chile | 75 481 713 821.00 | 0.407 | 74 187 323 277.00 | 0.395 |
| Finland | 75 258 290 459.00 | 0.405 | 78 352 161 411.00 | 0.417 |
| Portugal | 74 135 905 807.00 | 0.399 | 95 629 298 715.00 | 0.509 |
| Kuwait | 71 941 444 555.00 | 0.388 | 35 866 655 317.00 | 0.191 |
| Philippines | 67 487 668 298.00 | 0.364 | 115 038 016 454.00 | 0.613 |
| Nigeria | 62 399 742 736.00 | 0.336 | 43 011 523 214.00 | 0.229 |
| Israel | 61 906 412 000.00 | 0.333 | 76 584 110 000.00 | 0.408 |
| Argentina | 61 558 357 420.00 | 0.332 | 65 440 966 165.00 | 0.348 |
| Kazakhstan | 61 109 053 214.00 | 0.329 | 33 658 429 453.00 | 0.179 |
| Peru | 47 894 102 577.00 | 0.258 | 43 123 394 684.00 | 0.229 |
| Ukraine | 47 334 679 853.00 | 0.255 | 57 187 093 429.00 | 0.304 |
| Colombia | 41 831 520 220.00 | 0.225 | 51 230 566 648.00 | 0.273 |
| Oman | 41 760 976 158.00 | 0.225 | 25 770 092 486.00 | 0.137 |
| New Zealand | 39 838 898 880.00 | 0.214 | 43 736 245 673.00 | 0.233 |
| Greece | 39 490 521 437.00 | 0.213 | 65 141 447 585.00 | 0.347 |
| Angola | 37 684 682 653.00 | 0.203 | 16 353 060 717.00 | 0.087 |
| Slovenia | 36 471 278 939.00 | 0.196 | 36 267 337 521.00 | 0.193 |
| Bulgaria | 33 787 143 989.00 | 0.182 | 37 927 842 259.00 | 0.202 |
| Belarus | 33 726 141 400.00 | 0.181 | 38 408 911 900.00 | 0.204 |
| Lithuania | 33 334 576 736.00 | 0.179 | 36 501 414 404.00 | 0.194 |
| Egypt | 29 383 961 546.00 | 0.158 | 80 992 321 738.00 | 0.431 |
| Morocco | 29 330 295 914.00 | 0.158 | 51 251 406 023.00 | 0.273 |
| Pakistan | 23 630 892 979.00 | 0.127 | 60 162 862 445.00 | 0.32 |
| Ecuador | 21 606 133 822.00 | 0.116 | 23 019 652 623.00 | 0.122 |
| Azerbaijan | 19 458 632 514.00 | 0.104 | 11 459 395 444.00 | 0.061 |
| Serbia | 19 239 126 973.00 | 0.103 | 25 882 635 269.00 | 0.137 |
| Estonia | 17 856 964 736.00 | 0.096 | 19 839 355 105.00 | 0.105 |
| Croatia | 17 210 469 290.00 | 0.092 | 28 113 089 203.00 | 0.149 |
| Ghana | 17 099 588 399.00 | 0.092 | 11 880 470 763.00 | 0.063 |
| Myanmar | 16 671 612 499.00 | 0.089 | 19 345 459 571.00 | 0.103 |
| Luxembourg | 15 148 367 371.00 | 0.081 | 23 118 820 384.00 | 0.123 |
| Latvia | 15 032 702 015.00 | 0.081 | 18 613 315 167.00 | 0.099 |
| Bahrain | 14 347 737 494.00 | 0.077 | 20 597 535 923.00 | 0.109 |
| Côte d`Ivoire | 11 821 310 754.00 | 0.063 | 10 970 725 433.00 | 0.058 |
| Costa Rica | 11 251 781 448.00 | 0.06 | 16 563 019 255.00 | 0.088 |
| Uzbekistan | 10 919 011 727.00 | 0.058 | 17 313 951 650.00 | 0.092 |
| Bolivia | 9 064 737 435.00 | 0.048 | 10 044 646 994.00 | 0.053 |
| Zambia | 9 052 164 774.00 | 0.048 | 9 461 739 088.00 | 0.05 |
| Paraguay | 9 042 469 470.00 | 0.048 | 13 336 020 989.00 | 0.071 |
| Jordan | 7 750 262 862.00 | 0.041 | 20 309 900 969.00 | 0.108 |
| Uruguay | 7 498 004 935.00 | 0.04 | 8 893 245 997.00 | 0.047 |
| Namibia | 7 488 296 000.00 | 0.04 | 8 288 940 141.00 | 0.044 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 182 096 317.00 | 0.038 | 11 629 555 025.00 | 0.061 |
| Mongolia | 7 011 757 684.00 | 0.037 | 5 874 787 944.00 | 0.031 |
| Macedonia | 6 906 336 855.00 | 0.037 | 9 051 677 474.00 | 0.048 |
| Brunei | 6 573 636 942.00 | 0.035 | 4 164 052 430.00 | 0.022 |
| Botswana | 6 573 000 891.00 | 0.035 | 6 168 953 942.00 | 0.032 |
| Kenya | 6 050 420 682.00 | 0.032 | 17 376 721 272.00 | 0.092 |
| El Salvador | 5 904 475 115.00 | 0.031 | 11 725 809 686.00 | 0.062 |
| Iceland | 5 561 475 841.00 | 0.029 | 7 686 033 358.00 | 0.04 |
| Mozambique | 5 195 579 533.00 | 0.028 | 6 785 547 384.00 | 0.036 |
| Cyprus | 5 065 369 407.00 | 0.027 | 10 812 572 215.00 | 0.057 |
| Nicaragua | 5 013 907 569.00 | 0.027 | 7 351 000 180.00 | 0.039 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 037 202 669.00 | 0.021 | 6 258 856 188.00 | 0.033 |
| Malta | 3 868 514 079.00 | 0.02 | 7 204 023 522.00 | 0.038 |
| Tanzania | 3 669 212 438.00 | 0.019 | 8 553 677 024.00 | 0.045 |
| Senegal | 3 623 242 949.00 | 0.019 | 8 071 410 856.00 | 0.043 |
| Georgia | 3 354 491 015.00 | 0.018 | 9 123 096 931.00 | 0.048 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 283 185 327.00 | 0.017 | 4 295 841 213.00 | 0.022 |
| Madagascar | 3 133 017 751.00 | 0.016 | 4 081 653 524.00 | 0.021 |
| Uganda | 3 087 363 576.00 | 0.016 | 6 729 436 499.00 | 0.035 |
| Lebanon | 2 952 759 932.00 | 0.015 | 19 982 944 051.00 | 0.106 |
| Albania | 2 875 859 778.00 | 0.015 | 5 941 286 949.00 | 0.031 |
| Moldova | 2 706 818 216.00 | 0.014 | 5 764 281 783.00 | 0.03 |
| Armenia | 2 383 413 799.00 | 0.012 | 4 849 934 597.00 | 0.025 |
| Mauritius | 1 987 672 862.00 | 0.01 | 5 669 326 922.00 | 0.03 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 1 835 179 371.00 | 0.009 | 5 291 945 776.00 | 0.028 |
| Afghanistan | 1 769 008 992.00 | 0.009 | 14 813 180 649.00 | 0.078 |
| Suriname | 1 502 817 149.00 | 0.008 | 1 526 897 522.00 | 0.008 |
| Guyana | 1 487 342 206.00 | 0.008 | 3 997 940 041.00 | 0.021 |
| State of Palestine | 1 155 634 049.00 | 0.006 | 6 539 589 522.00 | 0.034 |
| Fiji | 1 041 040 355.00 | 0.005 | 2 719 590 986.00 | 0.014 |
| Benin | 952 223 706.00 | 0.005 | 3 278 030 278.00 | 0.017 |
| Seychelles | 846 972 441.00 | 0.004 | 1 136 551 339.00 | 0.006 |
| Greenland | 640 897 343.00 | 0.003 | 829 150 195.00 | 0.004 |
| Solomon Islands | 569 112 008.00 | 0.003 | 601 388 529.00 | 0.003 |
| Montenegro | 465 997 357.00 | 0.002 | 3 002 864 021.00 | 0.016 |
| Barbados | 457 709 750.00 | 0.002 | 1 599 911 169.00 | 0.008 |
| Belize | 240 911 158.00 | 0.001 | 957 739 411.00 | 0.005 |
| Maldives | 181 711 401.00 | 0.00 | 2 961 026 844.00 | 0.015 |
| Burundi | 169 071 156.00 | 0.00 | 793 512 239.00 | 0.004 |
| Andorra | 129 448 151.00 | 0.00 | 1 609 394 249.00 | 0.008 |
| Cabo Verde | 75 270 566.00 | 0.00 | 814 604 296.00 | 0.004 |
| Aruba | 69 762 736.00 | 0.00 | 1 257 869 571.00 | 0.006 |
| Samoa | 46 101 305.00 | 0.00 | 362 883 715.00 | 0.001 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 43 665 885.00 | 0.00 | 353 627 074.00 | 0.001 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 25 841 081.00 | 0.00 | 569 155 190.00 | 0.003 |
| Bermuda | 22 912 424.00 | 0.00 | 1 070 009 014.00 | 0.005 |
| São Tomé and Principe | 12 087 302.00 | 0.00 | 148 305 957.00 | 0.00 |
| Gambia | 9 091 201.00 | 0.00 | 601 352 216.00 | 0.003 |
| Palau | 8 620 908.00 | 0.00 | 154 412 826.00 | 0.00 |