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HS chapter 28

Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope

$180B traded in 2024 in 9,796 flows, sold by 204 nations and bought by 225: 0.8% of all goods trade, ranked 22 of 96.
Traded
$180B2024
Share of all trade
0.8%rank 22 of 96
Exporters
204nations
Importers
225nations

World trade by year, 1995 to 2024

In current US dollars, not adjusted for prices.

Largest exporters

In 2024, with each one's share of trade in the category.

NationValueShareSince 2000
China$26.8B
15%
United States$14.9B
8.2%
Germany$11.9B
6.6%
Australia$7.99B
4.4%
Canada$7.53B
4.2%
Japan$6.72B
3.7%
South Korea$6.67B
3.7%
Kazakhstan$5.84B
3.2%
Chile$5.77B
3.2%
France$5.52B
3.1%
Russia$5.40B
3.0%
Netherlands$5.15B
2.9%
Brazil$4.88B
2.7%
Belgium$3.85B
2.1%
United Kingdom$3.76B
2.1%
Indonesia$3.61B
2.0%
India$3.59B
2.0%
Turkey$3.30B
1.8%
Ireland$2.55B
1.4%
Spain$2.13B
1.2%

Largest importers

In 2024, with each one's share of trade in the category.

NationValueShareSince 2000
United States$19.0B
11%
China$18.3B
10%
South Korea$9.76B
5.4%
India$8.79B
4.9%
Germany$7.99B
4.4%
Japan$6.99B
3.9%
Canada$6.57B
3.6%
France$5.95B
3.3%
Netherlands$5.35B
3.0%
Russia$5.04B
2.8%
United Kingdom$4.29B
2.4%
Poland$3.84B
2.1%
Spain$3.35B
1.9%
Malaysia$3.33B
1.8%
Indonesia$3.22B
1.8%
Brazil$3.19B
1.8%
Vietnam$3.14B
1.7%
Italy$2.92B
1.6%
Belgium$2.89B
1.6%
Taiwan$2.87B
1.6%

Largest flows

From one nation to another in 2024.

FromToValueShareSince 2000
CanadaUnited States$4.41B2.4%
ChinaSouth Korea$4.28B2.4%
ChinaJapan$2.71B1.5%
ChileChina$2.68B1.5%
KazakhstanRussia$2.25B1.2%
United StatesMexico$1.86B1.0%
KazakhstanChina$1.83B1.0%
South KoreaChina$1.78B1.0%
ChinaUnited States$1.73B1.0%
RussiaChina$1.55B0.9%
BrazilCanada$1.51B0.8%
ChinaRussia$1.49B0.8%
GermanyUnited States$1.47B0.8%
United StatesCanada$1.46B0.8%
IrelandCanada$1.45B0.8%
FranceUnited States$1.44B0.8%
JapanIndia$1.40B0.8%
ChinaIndonesia$1.27B0.7%
South KoreaPoland$1.25B0.7%
AustraliaBahrain$1.22B0.7%

Largest products

The six-digit codes of the Harmonized System within the chapter, by world trade in 2024.

CodeProductValueShareSince 2000
281820Aluminium oxide: other than artificial corundum$17.9B9.9%
284420Uranium: enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products$11.5B6.4%
284410Uranium: natural uranium and its compounds, alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds$10.7B6.0%
281410Ammonia: anhydrous$8.81B4.9%
280300Carbon: carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.s.$6.63B3.7%
284190Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids: n.e.s. in heading no. 2841$5.81B3.2%
281512Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda)$5.80B3.2%
280920Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids$5.59B3.1%
283620Carbonates: disodium carbonate$4.87B2.7%
284390Inorganic or organic compounds: of precious metals (excluding gold and silver), whether or not chemically defined, amalgams of precious metals$4.34B2.4%

Shares are of all trade in this category. The line is each figure’s history from 2000, drawn to its own peak: it shows the shape of the years, and the value shows the size.

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