2024

Categories

What is traded, largest first: the 96 chapters of the Harmonized System, which between them carried $22.8T of goods in 2024. Select one for who sells it, who buys it and its largest products.

Rank	Category	HS	Value	Share
1	Electrical, electronic equipment	85	$3.47T	15%
2	Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products	27	$2.99T	13%
3	Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers	84	$2.76T	12%
4	Vehicles other than railway, tramway	87	$1.83T	8.0%
5	Pharmaceutical products	30	$894B	3.9%
6	Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins	71	$889B	3.9%
7	Plastics	39	$771B	3.4%
8	Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus	90	$677B	3.0%
9	Organic chemicals	29	$492B	2.2%
10	Iron and steel	72	$448B	2.0%
11	Ores slag and ash	26	$373B	1.6%
12	Articles of iron or steel	73	$361B	1.6%
13	Furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings	94	$276B	1.2%
14	Aircraft, spacecraft	88	$252B	1.1%
15	Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted	61	$244B	1.1%
16	Aluminum	76	$242B	1.1%
17	Copper	74	$234B	1.0%
18	Rubbers	40	$227B	1.0%
19	Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted	62	$223B	1.0%
20	Miscellaneous chemical products	38	$218B	1.0%
21	Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board	48	$204B	0.9%
22	Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope	28	$180B	0.8%
23	Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toiletries	33	$180B	0.8%
24	Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products	15	$170B	0.7%
25	Meat and edible meat offal	02	$167B	0.7%
26	Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons	08	$164B	0.7%
27	Footwear, gaiters and the like	64	$157B	0.7%
28	Cereals	10	$156B	0.7%
29	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	22	$151B	0.7%
30	Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal	44	$151B	0.7%
31	Ships, boats, and other floating structures	89	$146B	0.6%
32	Toys, games, sports requisites	95	$141B	0.6%
33	Oil seed, oleaginous fruits, grain, seed, fruits	12	$133B	0.6%
34	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates	03	$129B	0.6%
35	Miscellaneous edible preparations	21	$113B	0.5%
36	Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible products	04	$112B	0.5%
37	Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder	23	$110B	0.5%
38	Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products	19	$109B	0.5%
39	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	07	$98.4B	0.4%
40	Fertilizers	31	$96.5B	0.4%
41	Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good	42	$90.9B	0.4%
42	Tanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivatives, pigments	32	$89.4B	0.4%
43	Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations	20	$89.3B	0.4%
44	Cocoa and cocoa preparations	18	$86.6B	0.4%
45	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	83	$85.3B	0.4%
46	Glass and glassware	70	$85.1B	0.4%
47	Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes	34	$78.9B	0.3%
48	Coffee, tea, mate and spices	09	$71.8B	0.3%
49	Other made textile articles, sets, worn clothing	63	$71.6B	0.3%
50	Sugars and sugar confectionery	17	$71.6B	0.3%
51	Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal	82	$69.7B	0.3%
52	Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement	25	$66.1B	0.3%
53	Meat, fish and seafood preparations	16	$65.1B	0.3%
54	Pulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste	47	$61.3B	0.3%
55	Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	68	$57.8B	0.3%
56	Clocks and watches	91	$57.5B	0.3%
57	Ceramic products	69	$54.6B	0.2%
58	Manmade filaments	54	$51.7B	0.2%
59	Tobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes	24	$51.2B	0.2%
60	Cotton	52	$50.2B	0.2%
61	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	96	$42.4B	0.2%
62	Nickel	75	$42.3B	0.2%
63	Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment	86	$41.1B	0.2%
64	Albuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes	35	$40.9B	0.2%
65	Manmade staple fibers	55	$37.9B	0.2%
66	Knitted or crocheted fabric	60	$35.1B	0.2%
67	Printed books, newspapers, pictures	49	$34.5B	0.2%
68	Live animals	01	$28.7B	0.1%
69	Wadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage	56	$28.5B	0.1%
70	Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories	93	$28.2B	0.1%
71	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	97	$27.4B	0.1%
72	Base metals not specified elsewhere, cermets	81	$26.9B	0.1%
73	Milling products, malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten	11	$26.8B	0.1%
74	Impregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric	59	$26.3B	0.1%
75	Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers	06	$24.1B	0.1%
76	Zinc	79	$18.1B	<0.1%
77	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	41	$16.4B	<0.1%
78	Carpets and other textile floor coverings	57	$16.2B	<0.1%
79	Photographic or cinematographic goods	37	$15.1B	<0.1%
80	Headgear and parts thereof	65	$13.7B	<0.1%
81	Products of animal origin	05	$12.0B	<0.1%
82	Special woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry	58	$11.6B	<0.1%
83	Lead	78	$9.95B	<0.1%
84	Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric	51	$9.90B	<0.1%
85	Lac, gums, resins	13	$9.22B	<0.1%
86	Bird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair	67	$8.87B	<0.1%
87	Musical instruments, parts and accessories	92	$7.62B	<0.1%
88	Explosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics	36	$7.52B	<0.1%
89	Tin	80	$7.28B	<0.1%
90	Vegetable textile fibers not specified elsewhere, paper yarn, woven fabric	53	$6.50B	<0.1%
91	Umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips	66	$3.62B	<0.1%
92	Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures	43	$3.39B	<0.1%
93	Manufacturers of plaiting material, basketwork	46	$2.41B	<0.1%
94	Vegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products	14	$1.99B	<0.1%
95	Cork and articles of cork	45	$1.98B	<0.1%
96	Silk	50	$1.58B	<0.1%

Shares are of all goods trade in 2024. The bar runs to the largest category; the line is each category’s world trade from 2000, drawn to its own peak.