World Exports of goods in 2017

Source: United Nations International Trade Statistics Database, Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Statistics Division (https://comtrade.un.org)

In 2017, the total volume of merchandise exports exceeded $16 trillion (according to the external trade statistics of 140 countries). It was $15.6 trillion in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 153 countries).

There is no trade data (2017) for such exporters as United Arab Emirates (1.9% of world exports in 2016), Other Asia, nes (1.79%), Thailand (1.36%), Saudi Arabia (1.17%), Qatar (0.365%), Iraq (0.279%), Bahrain (0.082%), Panama (0.071%), Guatemala (0.067%), Cambodia (0.064%), Malta (0.025%), Laos (0.019%), Ethiopia (0.011%), China, Macao SAR (0.008%)

Top exporters of goods in 2017

The main exporters of commodities in 2017 were

• China - 14% of world exports ($2.26 trillion)
• USA - 9.62% ($1.54 trillion)
• Germany - 9% ($1.44 trillion)
• Japan - 4.34% ($698 billion)
• Korea - 3.57% ($573 billion)
• Hong-Kong - 3.42% ($549 billion)
• France - 3.25% ($523 billion)
• Netherlands - 3.15% ($505 billion)
• Italy - 3.13% ($503 billion)
• United Kingdom - 2.75% ($442 billion)

According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest trade flows of exports of «ALL COMMODITIES» in 2017 were

• Exports from China to the USA: (2.68% of world exports, $430 billion according to the external trade statistics of China)
• Exports from the European Union (28) to the USA: (2.6% of world exports, $418 billion according to the external trade statistics of European Union (28))
• Exports from Mexico to the USA: (2.03% of world exports, $327 billion according to the external trade statistics of Mexico)
• Exports from Canada to the USA: (1.98% of world exports, $319 billion according to the external trade statistics of Canada)
• Exports from China, Hong-Kong to China: (1.85% of world exports, $297 billion according to the external trade statistics of Hong-Kong)
• Exports from the USA to Canada: (1.75% of world exports, $282 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
• Exports from China to China, Hong-Kong: (1.73% of world exports, $279 billion according to the external trade statistics of China)
• Exports from the USA to Mexico: (1.51% of world exports, $243 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
• Exports from the European Union (28) to China: (1.37% of world exports, $221 billion according to the external trade statistics of European Union (28))
• Exports from the European Union (28) to Switzerland: (1.06% of world exports, $170 billion according to the external trade statistics of European Union (28))

In 2017, the total volume of merchandise imports exceeded $16.5 trillion (according to the external trade statistics of 140 countries). It was $15.7 trillion in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 152 countries).

There is no trade data (2017) for such importers as United Arab Emirates (1.72% of world imports in 2016), Other Asia, nes (1.46%), Thailand (1.24%), Saudi Arabia (0.891%), Qatar (0.203%), Ethiopia (0.121%), Guatemala (0.108%), Bahrain (0.093%), Cambodia (0.078%), Panama (0.058%), China, Macao SAR (0.056%), Malta (0.045%), Afghanistan (0.041%), State of Palestine (0.034%)

Top importers of goods in 2017

The main importers of commodities in 2017 were

• USA - 14.5% of world imports ($2.4 trillion)
• China - 11.1% ($1.84 trillion)
• Germany - 7.04% ($1.16 trillion)
• Japan - 4.04% ($671 billion)
• United Kingdom - 3.86% ($641 billion)
• France - 3.69% ($613 billion)
• Hong-Kong - 3.55% ($589 billion)
• Korea - 2.88% ($478 billion)
• Italy - 2.72% ($451 billion)
• Netherlands - 2.71% ($450 billion)

According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest trade flows of imports of «ALL COMMODITIES» in 2017 were

• Imports to the USA from China (3.17% of world imports, $526 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
• Imports to the European Union (28) from China (2.54% of world imports, $422 billion according to the external trade statistics of European Union (28))
• Imports to the USA from Mexico (1.91% of world imports, $317 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
• Imports to the USA from Canada (1.84% of world imports, $305 billion according to the external trade statistics of USA)
• Imports to the European Union (28) from the USA (1.73% of world imports, $287 billion according to the external trade statistics of European Union (28))
• Imports to China, Hong-Kong from China (1.58% of world imports, $262 billion according to the external trade statistics of Hong-Kong)
• Imports to Canada from the USA (1.33% of world imports, $221 billion according to the external trade statistics of Canada)
• Imports to Mexico from the USA (1.17% of world imports, $194 billion according to the external trade statistics of Mexico)
• Imports to China from Korea (1.07% of world imports, $177 billion according to the external trade statistics of China)
• Imports to China from Japan (0.999% of world imports, $165 billion according to the external trade statistics of China)

Source: United Nations International Trade Statistics Database, Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Statistics Division (https://comtrade.un.org)