In 2023, the world exports of "Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods" exceeded $60 billion (according to external trade statistics of 83 countries). It was $68 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 91 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such exporters as Korea (22% of the world exports in 2022), Vietnam (0.587%), Angola (0.377%), Lithuania (0.024%), Ukraine (0.018%), Myanmar (0.013%), Seychelles (0.003%), Cambodia (0.003%), Bulgaria (0.001%), Paraguay (0.001%), Ecuador (0.001%)
The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2023:
«Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods» in 2023:
In 2023, the world imports of "Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods" exceeded $18.3 billion (according to external trade statistics of 109 countries). It was $16.8 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 115 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Korea (11.6% of the world imports in 2022), Vietnam (1.83%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.383%), Timor-Leste (0.015%), Cambodia (0.01%), Slovenia (0.008%), Angola (0.003%), Nicaragua (0.002%), Mexico (0.001%), Suriname (0.001%)
The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2023:
«Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of
According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods» in 2023:
| Reporter | 8901. Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| China | 25,098,909,380.00 | 41.47 | 170,937,085.00 | 0.93 |
| Japan | 9,591,905,790.46 | 15.84 | 151,371,120.91 | 0.82 |
| Italy | 5,085,325,703.81 | 8.40 | 424,083,426.90 | 2.31 |
| Germany | 3,821,978,930.58 | 6.31 | 4,142,277,790.25 | 22.56 |
| Finland | 2,217,968,999.13 | 3.66 | 422,186,170.27 | 2.29 |
| France | 2,183,280,915.69 | 3.60 | 1,428,407,248.36 | 7.78 |
| Denmark | 1,894,824,259.50 | 3.13 | 1,804,232,406.63 | 9.82 |
| Poland | 1,559,069,912.00 | 2.57 | 1,223,402,923.00 | 6.66 |
| Cyprus | 1,312,884,549.01 | 2.16 | 1,477,339,667.26 | 8.04 |
| India | 1,124,061,026.22 | 1.85 | 1,194,508,838.27 | 6.50 |
| Belgium | 992,446,767.75 | 1.63 | 360,396,067.81 | 1.96 |
| Saudi Arabia | 817,678,132.09 | 1.35 | 82,174,213.41 | 0.44 |
| Turkey | 657,678,858.00 | 1.08 | 432,176,348.00 | 2.35 |
| Côte d`Ivoire | 628,322,691.05 | 1.03 | 504,564,894.83 | 2.74 |
| Philippines | 462,223,955.00 | 0.76 | 247,762,488.00 | 1.34 |
| Qatar | 416,698,937.65 | 0.68 | 888,912.01 | 0.00 |
| Indonesia | 274,227,231.94 | 0.45 | 804,098,257.00 | 4.37 |
| Croatia | 271,154,847.00 | 0.44 | 51,704,663.00 | 0.28 |
| Netherlands | 249,305,974.53 | 0.41 | 130,922,417.90 | 0.71 |
| Guyana | 230,085,817.62 | 0.38 | 267,353,293.20 | 1.45 |
| Thailand | 192,027,545.46 | 0.31 | 324,278,034.92 | 1.76 |
| Gabon | 174,454,801.27 | 0.28 | 55,507,736.92 | 0.30 |
| Norway | 166,859,713.98 | 0.27 | 745,115,001.34 | 4.05 |
| Singapore | 133,465,107.53 | 0.22 | 5,576,612.81 | 0.03 |
| Greece | 98,815,772.45 | 0.16 | 25,571,673.07 | 0.13 |
| Oman | 98,134,522.60 | 0.16 | 1,855,448.63 | 0.01 |
| Romania | 97,246,720.85 | 0.16 | 40,581,458.92 | 0.22 |
| USA | 79,504,590.00 | 0.13 | 3,799,192.00 | 0.02 |
| Nigeria | 78,683,868.70 | 0.13 | 65,158,831.43 | 0.35 |
| United Arab Emirates | 53,595,361.82 | 0.08 | 22,129,073.84 | 0.12 |
| New Zealand | 51,549,647.40 | 0.08 | 72,779,540.58 | 0.39 |
| Serbia | 48,874,864.00 | 0.08 | 10,803,854.00 | 0.05 |
| Malaysia | 38,753,672.24 | 0.06 | 15,634,029.54 | 0.08 |
| Chile | 34,424,226.84 | 0.05 | 189,001,577.28 | 1.02 |
| Hong Kong | 27,193,759.31 | 0.04 | 68,168,956.18 | 0.37 |
| Switzerland | 26,321,724.79 | 0.04 | 187,000,164.21 | 1.01 |
| Spain | 21,003,724.19 | 0.03 | 184,915,308.85 | 1.00 |
| Israel | 20,787,000.00 | 0.03 | 80,490,000.00 | 0.43 |
| Sweden | 20,638,705.14 | 0.03 | 53,158,379.01 | 0.28 |
| Sri Lanka | 20,606,049.15 | 0.03 | 1,082,599.02 | 0.00 |
| Tunisia | 17,837,228.04 | 0.02 | 10.87 | 0.00 |
| Mauritius | 17,110,628.16 | 0.02 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 15,163,863.69 | 0.02 | 71,382,236.65 | 0.38 |
| Malta | 13,250,946.93 | 0.02 | 1,059,748.13 | 0.00 |
| United Kingdom | 10,903,291.14 | 0.01 | 116,375,734.65 | 0.63 |
| Bahrain | 10,473,327.92 | 0.01 | 58,382.16 | 0.00 |
| Morocco | 9,586,386.39 | 0.01 | 41,830,059.31 | 0.22 |
| Slovak Republic | 8,612,737.06 | 0.01 | 929,037.89 | 0.00 |
| Australia | 7,338,622.48 | 0.01 | 172,758,031.72 | 0.94 |
| South Africa | 6,807,507.57 | 0.01 | 32,691,135.37 | 0.17 |
| Estonia | 6,070,870.51 | 0.01 | 553,681.22 | 0.00 |
| Ireland | 5,081,257.52 | 0.00 | 40,814,442.23 | 0.22 |
| The Bahamas | 4,014,100.00 | 0.00 | 6,346,845.00 | 0.03 |
| Colombia | 1,843,452.88 | 0.00 | 7,558,148.13 | 0.04 |
| Hungary | 1,775,217.00 | 0.00 | 1,118,324.00 | 0.00 |
| Latvia | 1,773,745.48 | 0.00 | ||
| Iceland | 1,755,290.68 | 0.00 | 9,034,981.98 | 0.04 |
| Tanzania | 1,451,239.32 | 0.00 | 20,007,781.00 | 0.10 |
| Czech Republic | 1,438,733.00 | 0.00 | 1,259,778.00 | 0.00 |
| Peru | 1,081,544.00 | 0.00 | 16,414,192.11 | 0.08 |
| Canada | 1,041,491.21 | 0.00 | 224,851,905.34 | 1.22 |
| Luxembourg | 926,212.45 | 0.00 | 12,905,634.50 | 0.07 |
| Azerbaijan | 568,404.74 | 0.00 | 4,975,600.00 | 0.02 |
| Fiji | 527,767.11 | 0.00 | 2,282,262.07 | 0.01 |
| Togo | 489,686.62 | 0.00 | ||
| Brazil | 427,091.00 | 0.00 | 1,205.00 | 0.00 |
| Lebanon | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 300,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Pakistan | 391,094.32 | 0.00 | 6,801.97 | 0.00 |
| Jordan | 239,661.97 | 0.00 | 5,023,933.08 | 0.02 |
| Swaziland | 202,344.38 | 0.00 | 154.36 | 0.00 |
| Montenegro | 173,508.39 | 0.00 | 4,090,398.99 | 0.02 |
| Zimbabwe | 165,680.65 | 0.00 | 105,535.95 | 0.00 |
| Kuwait | 124,465.94 | 0.00 | 2,942,485.69 | 0.01 |
| Mozambique | 104,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,635,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Zambia | 58,953.18 | 0.00 | 9,915,293.87 | 0.05 |
| Jamaica | 55,185.71 | 0.00 | 2,171,842.12 | 0.01 |
| Namibia | 43,581.14 | 0.00 | 455,260.89 | 0.00 |
| Kenya | 41,758.71 | 0.00 | 203,687.11 | 0.00 |
| Botswana | 33,477.12 | 0.00 | 166,215.42 | 0.00 |
| Brunei | 27,325.26 | 0.00 | 1,005,664.13 | 0.00 |
| Egypt | 5,500.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Slovenia | 2,684.63 | 0.00 | ||
| Portugal | 1,342.93 | 0.00 | 908,078.58 | 0.00 |
| Ukraine | 2,429,486.97 | 0.01 | ||
| Seychelles | 1,576,264.72 | 0.00 | ||
| Senegal | 170,377.92 | 0.00 | ||
| Paraguay | 4,739,137.43 | 0.02 | ||
| Panama | 841,827.00 | 0.00 | ||
| North Macedonia | 28,343.90 | 0.00 | ||
| Myanmar | 2,059,405.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Moldova | 15,903.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Maldives | 19,137,140.59 | 0.10 | ||
| Malawi | 207,342.89 | 0.00 | ||
| Madagascar | 168,176.93 | 0.00 | ||
| Lithuania | 22,075.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 94,127.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Guatemala | 10,375.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Ghana | 203.20 | 0.00 | ||
| Gambia | 719.53 | 0.00 | ||
| Ethiopia | 40,271.52 | 0.00 | ||
| El Salvador | 653,232.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Ecuador | 2,659,873.70 | 0.01 | ||
| Dominican Republic | 75,468.40 | 0.00 | ||
| Costa Rica | 5,969,517.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Central African Republic | 1,056,264.44 | 0.00 | ||
| Bulgaria | 9,073,460.66 | 0.04 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7,449.39 | 0.00 | ||
| Benin | 6,773.49 | 0.00 | ||
| Belize | 64,387.50 | 0.00 | ||
| Barbados | 353,154.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Austria | 88,567.79 | 0.00 | ||
| Aruba | 10,922.90 | 0.00 | ||
| Argentina | 19,310,873.04 | 0.10 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 121,112.86 | 0.00 | ||