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HS chapter 51

Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric

$9.90B traded in 2024 in 4,182 flows, sold by 161 nations and bought by 195: <0.1% of all goods trade, ranked 84 of 96.
Traded
$9.90B2024
Share of all trade
<0.1%rank 84 of 96
Exporters
161nations
Importers
195nations

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
Italy$1.94B
20%
Australia$1.84B
19%
China$1.71B
17%
United Kingdom$356M
3.6%
South Africa$354M
3.6%
New Zealand$312M
3.2%
Czech Republic$281M
2.8%
Germany$273M
2.8%
Peru$258M
2.6%
Mongolia$232M
2.3%
India$152M
1.5%
Uruguay$151M
1.5%
Romania$136M
1.4%
Argentina$122M
1.2%
Turkey$119M
1.2%
Bulgaria$118M
1.2%
Japan$110M
1.1%
Lithuania$99.4M
1.0%
Portugal$87.4M
0.9%
Poland$81.5M
0.8%

Largest importers

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

NationValueShareSince 2000
China$2.75B
28%
Italy$1.15B
12%
Germany$438M
4.4%
Vietnam$331M
3.3%
United Kingdom$308M
3.1%
Morocco$299M
3.0%
India$285M
2.9%
Turkey$274M
2.8%
United States$242M
2.4%
Romania$230M
2.3%
South Korea$225M
2.3%
Japan$221M
2.2%
Czech Republic$197M
2.0%
France$193M
1.9%
Hong Kong$185M
1.9%
Poland$154M
1.6%
Denmark$142M
1.4%
Bulgaria$128M
1.3%
Portugal$125M
1.3%
Spain$109M
1.1%

Largest flows

From one nation to another in 2024.

FromToValueShareSince 2000
AustraliaChina$1.56B16%
ChinaItaly$386M3.9%
ChinaVietnam$229M2.3%
ItalyChina$227M2.3%
South AfricaChina$209M2.1%
ItalyMorocco$200M2.0%
MongoliaChina$165M1.7%
ItalyRomania$144M1.5%
Czech RepublicItaly$135M1.4%
ItalyTurkey$132M1.3%
New ZealandChina$121M1.2%
ItalyFrance$110M1.1%
ItalyGermany$110M1.1%
ChinaJapan$98.0M1.0%
ItalyHong Kong$93.2M0.9%
AustraliaIndia$88.7M0.9%
ChinaSouth Korea$79.1M0.8%
ChinaBangladesh$76.3M0.8%
ItalySpain$72.8M0.7%
ItalySouth Korea$72.1M0.7%

Largest products

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

CodeProductValueShareSince 2000
510111Wool: (not carded or combed), greasy (including fleece-washed wool), shorn$2.29B23%
510529Wool: wool tops and other combed wool, other than in fragments$943M9.5%
510710Yarn: of combed wool, containing 85% or more by weight of wool, not put up for retail sale$812M8.2%
511211Fabrics, woven: of combed wool or combed fine animal hair, containing 85% or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair, of a weight not exceeding 200g/m2$788M8.0%
510210Hair: fine animal hair, not carded or combed$556M5.6%
511219Fabrics, woven: of combed wool or combed fine animal hair, containing 85% or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair, of a weight exceeding 200g/m2$514M5.2%
511130Fabrics, woven: of carded wool or carded fine animal hair, containing less than 85% by weight of wool or fine animal hair, mixed mainly or solely with man-made staple fibres$404M4.1%
510121Wool: (not carded or combed), degreased, (not carbonised), shorn$318M3.2%
510610Yarn: of carded wool, containing 85% or more by weight of wool, not put up for retail sale$308M3.1%
510530Hair: fine animal hair, carded or combed$283M2.9%

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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