In 2023, the world merchandise exports exceeded $20 trillion (according to external trade statistics of 135 countries). It was $22 trillion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 140 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such exporters as Korea (3.05% of the world exports in 2022), Vietnam (1.65%), Angola (0.229%), Cambodia (0.091%), Mongolia (0.056%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.051%), Albania (0.019%), Rwanda (0.009%), State of Palestine (0.006%), Nepal (0.005%), Lesotho (0.004%), Timor-Leste (0.002%)
The world's largest exporters of commodities in 2023:
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «ALL COMMODITIES» in 2023:
In 2023, the world merchandise imports exceeded $21 trillion (according to external trade statistics of 135 countries). It was $23 trillion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 140 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Albania (0.035% of the world imports in 2022), Angola (0.074%), Bermuda (0.005%), Burundi (0.005%), Cambodia (0.125%), Korea (3.07%), Lesotho (0.007%), Mongolia (0.036%), Nepal (0.057%), State of Palestine (0.038%), Rwanda (0.021%), Timor-Leste (0.003%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.026%), Vietnam (1.5%)
The world's largest importers of commodities in 2023:
According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «ALL COMMODITIES» in 2023:
| Reporter | TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIES | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| China | 3,379,747,834,884.00 | 16.12 | 2,556,763,018,595.00 | 11.85 |
| USA | 2,018,542,583,771.00 | 9.63 | 3,168,471,121,076.00 | 14.68 |
| Germany | 1,697,350,367,390.70 | 8.09 | 1,469,328,942,496.72 | 6.81 |
| Netherlands | 741,804,035,403.59 | 3.53 | 664,131,323,714.26 | 3.07 |
| Japan | 717,946,392,139.13 | 3.42 | 751,750,352,188.11 | 3.48 |
| Italy | 677,095,229,000.93 | 3.23 | 639,928,811,605.27 | 2.96 |
| France | 640,201,369,780.31 | 3.05 | 777,131,874,767.30 | 3.60 |
| Mexico | 592,997,234,309.00 | 2.82 | 598,475,394,782.00 | 2.77 |
| Hong Kong | 575,044,377,645.82 | 2.74 | 654,823,993,479.31 | 3.03 |
| United Arab Emirates | 570,245,383,584.53 | 2.72 | 470,536,019,784.56 | 2.18 |
| Canada | 566,654,692,148.32 | 2.70 | 558,455,279,768.81 | 2.58 |
| United Kingdom | 521,207,222,955.32 | 2.48 | 791,657,207,072.25 | 3.66 |
| Singapore | 475,348,541,126.79 | 2.26 | 422,419,822,234.11 | 1.95 |
| India | 431,411,977,211.30 | 2.05 | 672,140,129,635.88 | 3.11 |
| Spain | 420,169,591,002.54 | 2.00 | 469,043,091,352.08 | 2.17 |
| Switzerland | 419,922,543,423.50 | 2.00 | 365,372,487,609.00 | 1.69 |
| Belgium | 393,157,732,896.37 | 1.87 | 415,137,347,678.40 | 1.92 |
| Australia | 369,235,124,159.05 | 1.76 | 287,861,341,163.50 | 1.33 |
| Poland | 354,667,456,455.00 | 1.69 | 341,407,274,333.00 | 1.58 |
| Brazil | 339,695,766,008.00 | 1.62 | 252,710,460,140.00 | 1.17 |
| Saudi Arabia | 320,018,426,729.13 | 1.52 | 206,939,797,105.70 | 0.95 |
| Malaysia | 312,605,385,581.64 | 1.49 | 265,637,832,626.02 | 1.23 |
| Thailand | 285,074,082,028.58 | 1.36 | 288,499,167,734.57 | 1.33 |
| Indonesia | 258,774,386,644.99 | 1.23 | 221,886,212,479.00 | 1.02 |
| Turkey | 255,627,429,011.00 | 1.21 | 361,966,912,768.00 | 1.67 |
| Czech Republic | 253,327,521,218.00 | 1.20 | 228,913,298,532.00 | 1.06 |
| Austria | 216,176,589,470.17 | 1.03 | 219,097,053,477.84 | 1.01 |
| Ireland | 212,869,514,240.84 | 1.01 | 150,611,380,483.63 | 0.69 |
| Sweden | 197,797,041,971.71 | 0.94 | 193,043,981,541.15 | 0.89 |
| Norway | 176,896,550,418.72 | 0.84 | 96,667,095,950.09 | 0.44 |
| Hungary | 158,075,487,057.00 | 0.75 | 148,897,653,940.00 | 0.69 |
| Denmark | 136,074,397,804.55 | 0.64 | 126,396,956,198.36 | 0.58 |
| Slovak Republic | 117,062,730,020.95 | 0.55 | 115,356,036,115.32 | 0.53 |
| South Africa | 110,607,523,884.52 | 0.52 | 107,122,724,129.38 | 0.49 |
| Romania | 100,642,462,676.41 | 0.48 | 131,962,913,075.36 | 0.61 |
| Qatar | 97,751,493,996.06 | 0.46 | 31,431,140,740.14 | 0.14 |
| Chile | 94,935,525,007.93 | 0.45 | 85,505,142,449.35 | 0.39 |
| Kuwait | 83,980,439,998.03 | 0.40 | 37,489,752,323.75 | 0.17 |
| Portugal | 83,908,917,683.58 | 0.40 | 113,486,252,512.05 | 0.52 |
| Finland | 82,567,752,672.75 | 0.39 | 83,093,614,764.39 | 0.38 |
| Kazakhstan | 78,735,590,866.92 | 0.37 | 61,160,501,425.80 | 0.28 |
| Philippines | 72,923,284,860.00 | 0.34 | 133,751,638,771.00 | 0.61 |
| Argentina | 66,788,515,986.35 | 0.31 | 73,713,612,595.47 | 0.34 |
| Nigeria | 65,129,007,547.86 | 0.31 | 65,047,894,217.89 | 0.30 |
| Peru | 64,355,040,435.00 | 0.30 | 52,163,918,741.49 | 0.24 |
| Israel | 59,915,950,506.00 | 0.28 | 83,163,005,319.00 | 0.38 |
| Slovenia | 59,506,954,977.68 | 0.28 | 61,689,903,069.76 | 0.28 |
| Oman | 59,010,531,457.71 | 0.28 | 38,775,376,506.28 | 0.17 |
| Greece | 55,051,586,783.70 | 0.26 | 88,606,155,533.41 | 0.41 |
| Colombia | 49,769,114,432.38 | 0.23 | 62,780,546,566.77 | 0.29 |
| Bulgaria | 47,900,556,830.37 | 0.22 | 53,528,641,323.76 | 0.24 |
| Lithuania | 42,625,691,925.00 | 0.20 | 48,418,282,581.00 | 0.22 |
| Morocco | 42,462,806,869.92 | 0.20 | 70,644,998,459.91 | 0.32 |
| New Zealand | 42,170,322,391.25 | 0.20 | 50,468,553,483.19 | 0.23 |
| Egypt | 42,051,584,005.01 | 0.20 | 83,158,877,621.27 | 0.38 |
| Ukraine | 36,185,539,498.82 | 0.17 | 63,561,928,404.96 | 0.29 |
| Azerbaijan | 33,898,554,855.28 | 0.16 | 17,278,236,451.58 | 0.08 |
| Ecuador | 31,126,424,076.30 | 0.14 | 30,895,673,812.60 | 0.14 |
| Serbia | 30,934,596,154.00 | 0.14 | 39,827,593,654.00 | 0.18 |
| Pakistan | 28,746,392,443.93 | 0.13 | 50,009,391,529.14 | 0.23 |
| Croatia | 24,670,430,758.00 | 0.11 | 42,552,636,805.00 | 0.19 |
| Uzbekistan | 21,016,916,974.25 | 0.10 | 36,660,333,514.05 | 0.16 |
| Latvia | 20,329,492,937.70 | 0.09 | 24,978,867,122.64 | 0.11 |
| Estonia | 20,108,196,603.00 | 0.09 | 23,437,466,334.43 | 0.10 |
| Tunisia | 20,039,655,622.85 | 0.09 | 25,930,493,874.99 | 0.12 |
| Côte d`Ivoire | 18,350,163,618.47 | 0.08 | 18,842,142,271.00 | 0.08 |
| Costa Rica | 18,105,904,673.66 | 0.08 | 22,512,106,218.47 | 0.10 |
| Ghana | 16,874,662,286.13 | 0.08 | 16,394,367,827.12 | 0.07 |
| Luxembourg | 16,343,853,042.80 | 0.07 | 25,214,726,111.74 | 0.11 |
| Myanmar | 14,752,993,056.93 | 0.07 | 16,440,463,121.20 | 0.07 |
| Guatemala | 14,261,032,628.00 | 0.06 | 30,277,974,452.00 | 0.14 |
| Gabon | 12,694,967,528.55 | 0.06 | 4,217,063,693.13 | 0.01 |
| Jordan | 12,589,565,487.82 | 0.06 | 25,707,802,376.37 | 0.11 |
| Bahrain | 12,406,927,759.43 | 0.05 | 15,354,369,877.81 | 0.07 |
| Sri Lanka | 12,052,497,548.94 | 0.05 | 16,386,223,816.91 | 0.07 |
| Dominican Republic | 11,931,953,786.04 | 0.05 | 31,341,173,294.24 | 0.14 |
| Paraguay | 11,890,536,801.81 | 0.05 | 16,104,641,636.67 | 0.07 |
| Brunei | 11,240,624,705.27 | 0.05 | 7,484,472,312.89 | 0.03 |
| Bolivia | 10,918,688,057.06 | 0.05 | 11,489,290,064.00 | 0.05 |
| Guyana | 10,811,756,230.20 | 0.05 | 5,230,066,222.93 | 0.02 |
| Zambia | 10,431,183,715.61 | 0.04 | 10,125,486,798.64 | 0.04 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,228,185,850.18 | 0.04 | 15,348,896,098.38 | 0.07 |
| Uruguay | 9,192,776,209.00 | 0.04 | 12,486,195,279.53 | 0.05 |
| North Macedonia | 8,994,857,556.83 | 0.04 | 12,052,389,309.40 | 0.05 |
| Armenia | 8,371,154,741.16 | 0.03 | 12,021,704,841.81 | 0.05 |
| Mozambique | 8,275,973,000.00 | 0.03 | 10,091,853,000.00 | 0.04 |
| Nicaragua | 7,378,486,427.04 | 0.03 | 10,911,889,588.54 | 0.05 |
| Tanzania | 7,274,328,787.87 | 0.03 | 15,117,482,286.80 | 0.07 |
| Zimbabwe | 7,225,585,953.31 | 0.03 | 9,201,594,318.41 | 0.04 |
| Kenya | 7,158,109,332.77 | 0.03 | 18,604,452,437.68 | 0.08 |
| Iceland | 6,807,539,976.72 | 0.03 | 9,470,151,445.81 | 0.04 |
| El Salvador | 6,498,092,242.00 | 0.03 | 15,648,326,858.96 | 0.07 |
| Georgia | 6,090,504,274.43 | 0.02 | 15,604,532,383.42 | 0.07 |
| Botswana | 5,502,716,523.75 | 0.02 | 6,417,467,724.96 | 0.02 |
| Namibia | 5,488,029,686.88 | 0.02 | 7,239,129,683.28 | 0.03 |
| Senegal | 5,316,892,833.89 | 0.02 | 11,879,388,061.94 | 0.05 |
| Cyprus | 5,067,129,604.03 | 0.02 | 14,000,932,175.93 | 0.06 |
| Djibouti | 4,784,715,682.32 | 0.02 | 5,294,939,996.12 | 0.02 |
| Lebanon | 4,560,693,573.00 | 0.02 | 18,122,412,183.00 | 0.08 |
| Burkina Faso | 4,458,757,137.21 | 0.02 | 5,880,261,677.50 | 0.02 |
| Mauritania | 4,065,189,554.40 | 0.01 | 4,817,657,640.78 | 0.02 |
| Moldova | 4,048,616,803.00 | 0.01 | 8,673,671,693.00 | 0.04 |
| Malta | 3,466,576,103.43 | 0.01 | 8,390,918,749.57 | 0.03 |
| Panama | 3,366,820,480.00 | 0.01 | 14,520,871,959.00 | 0.06 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 3,308,874,024.00 | 0.01 | 12,350,402,293.00 | 0.05 |
| Madagascar | 3,282,849,543.54 | 0.01 | 4,816,555,845.01 | 0.02 |
| Ethiopia | 2,859,456,865.95 | 0.01 | 17,050,150,860.95 | 0.07 |
| Suriname | 2,310,899,797.99 | 0.01 | 1,697,155,191.88 | 0.00 |
| Swaziland | 2,095,601,709.12 | 0.00 | 2,038,538,969.12 | 0.00 |
| Jamaica | 2,001,802,216.77 | 0.00 | 7,592,057,989.91 | 0.03 |
| Mauritius | 1,854,239,181.84 | 0.00 | 6,281,534,269.69 | 0.02 |
| Togo | 1,455,558,435.28 | 0.00 | 3,048,896,759.42 | 0.01 |
| China, Macao SAR | 1,221,552,447.07 | 0.00 | 17,560,700,573.09 | 0.08 |
| Fiji | 1,067,689,697.63 | 0.00 | 3,100,455,051.61 | 0.01 |
| Benin | 1,052,210,913.54 | 0.00 | 3,904,898,286.01 | 0.01 |
| Malawi | 965,509,352.19 | 0.00 | 3,140,741,580.98 | 0.01 |
| Montenegro | 722,520,232.81 | 0.00 | 4,116,052,842.25 | 0.01 |
| The Bahamas | 700,601,581.00 | 0.00 | 4,187,477,640.00 | 0.01 |
| Seychelles | 548,099,876.61 | 0.00 | 1,468,094,786.25 | 0.00 |
| Barbados | 475,842,549.00 | 0.00 | 2,142,606,689.00 | 0.00 |
| Niger | 467,426,222.42 | 0.00 | 3,149,414,183.21 | 0.01 |
| Cabo Verde | 281,684,067.38 | 0.00 | 1,758,896,767.73 | 0.00 |
| Belize | 253,373,381.83 | 0.00 | 1,337,482,879.68 | 0.00 |
| Andorra | 252,365,105.05 | 0.00 | 1,994,797,838.00 | 0.00 |
| French Polynesia | 244,186,132.15 | 0.00 | 2,302,657,016.74 | 0.01 |
| Maldives | 162,055,101.62 | 0.00 | 3,489,004,654.15 | 0.01 |
| Central African Republic | 113,284,670.25 | 0.00 | 742,447,514.23 | 0.00 |
| Aruba | 111,004,913.51 | 0.00 | 1,536,519,564.79 | 0.00 |
| Gambia | 83,449,801.59 | 0.00 | 2,447,864,236.07 | 0.01 |
| Samoa | 42,913,094.04 | 0.00 | 473,312,434.53 | 0.00 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 40,799,282.27 | 0.00 | 456,433,084.89 | 0.00 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 30,496,874.22 | 0.00 | 669,653,743.72 | 0.00 |
| Dominica | 22,042,230.18 | 0.00 | 301,308,617.58 | 0.00 |
| São Tomé and Principe | 16,554,568.87 | 0.00 | 183,563,238.11 | 0.00 |
| Montserrat | 5,765,684.36 | 0.00 | 47,524,633.85 | 0.00 |