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Countries of the world by export

Countries of the world by import

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overview

In 2015, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO), goods worth 15.985 billion US dollars were exported worldwide . This corresponds to a decrease of around 13% compared to 2014. This negative development is primarily due to the collapse in raw material prices. Adjusted for price, i.e. in real terms, world trade increased by 2.8% in 2015. The main export countries were the People's Republic of China, the United States (USA), Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and South Korea. The USA was the largest import country, followed by China, Germany, Japan, Great Britain and France.

Between 1986 and 2008, the Federal Republic of Germany was export world champion ten times ; In 2010, however, it fell back to third place among the world's largest exporters of goods for the first time since 1959. Asia has developed the most dynamically in the past few decades, especially China. In 1993, China's share of global aggregate exports was 2.5% (today: 13.8%). For comparison: The export shares of the Netherlands and Canada were 3.8 and 3.9 percent respectively in 1993.

The increasing globalization of the economy can be recognized from the development of the world trade volume. While in the last two decades of the 20th century the export volume increased at about the same rate or only slightly faster than the world economy, at the beginning of the 21st century there was a disproportionate increase in world trade, which was considerably higher than the growth of the global economy. The export of goods increased by an average of 5.5% between 2000 and 2007, while the world economy grew by an average of 3.0% in the same period. This is real growth, i.e. without price increases.

In the course of 2008, the financial crisis , which began as a real estate crisis in the USA in 2007, had an increasing impact on the real economy. Effects could first be seen in the USA, then in Western Europe and Japan, and since autumn 2008 all over the world. As a result, the real growth rates in global exports of goods fell: 6.2% (2007), 2.0% (2008) and −13.2% (2009). Real growth in the world economy also declined: 3.9% (2007), 1.3% (2008) and −2.4% (2009).

In 2010 world trade recovered from its slump during the financial crisis and both nominal and real growth rates shot up. According to the WTO, the real annual growth rates for exports between 1990 and 2014 were 5.1%. During the same period, the cumulative gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 2.7% per year in real terms.

Exports

By country and region

Exports and export surpluses in relation to GDP 1960–2012 using the example of Germany , Japan and the USA

The table shows the largest exporters of goods. For all data, it should be noted that these refer to the nominal prices in US dollars for the respective survey period, i.e. are not adjusted for inflation . The nominal differences between world exports and world imports are due to transport costs. So are exports on FOB basis (free on board) rated the exporting port and imports on CIF basis (cost, insurance, freight) of the destination port.

Exports of goods by region and selected countries from 1948 to 2015 (in billion US dollars and percent)

Countries and regions	1948	1953	1963	1973	1983	1993	2003	2015
WORLD (nominal, non-inflation-adjusted values)	59	84	157	579	1,838	3,688	7,380	15,985
Shares	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
North America	28.1	24.8	19.9	17.3	16.8	17.9	15.8	14.4
United States	21.6	14.6	14.3	12.2	11.2	12.6	9.8	9.4
Canada	5.5	5.2	4.3	4.6	4.2	3.9	3.7	2.6
Mexico	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.4	2.2	2.4
South and Central America	11.3	9.7	6.4	4.3	4.5	3.0	3.0	3.4
Brazil	2.0	1.8	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.2
Chile	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4
Europe	35.1	39.4	47.8	50.9	43.5	45.3	45.9	37.3
Germany a	1.4	5.3	9.3	11.7	9.2	10.3	10.2	8.3
Netherlands	2.0	3.0	3.6	4.7	3.5	3.8	4.0	3.5
France	3.4	4.8	5.2	6.3	5.2	6.0	5.3	3.2
United Kingdom	11.3	9.0	7.8	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.1	2.9
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	-	-	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	3.1
Africa	7.3	6.5	5.7	4.8	4.5	2.5	2.4	2.4
South Africa	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.5
Middle East	2.0	2.7	3.2	4.1	6.7	3.5	4.1	5.3
Asia	14.0	13.4	12.5	14.9	19.1	26.0	26.1	34.2
People's Republic of China	0.9	1.2	1.3	1.0	1.2	2.5	5.9	14.2
Japan	0.4	1.5	3.5	6.4	8.0	9.8	6.4	3.9
India	2.2	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.7
Australia and New Zealand	3.7	3.2	2.4	2.1	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.4
EU  b	-	-	24.5	37.0	31.3	37.3	42.4	33.7
GATT / WTO members	63.4	69.6	75.0	84.1	77.0	89.0	94.3	98.3

^a  Numbers refer to FRG from 1948 to 1983

^b  Numbers refer to EWG (6) 1963, EG (9) 1973, EG (10) 1983, EU (12) 1993, EU (25) 2003 and EU (28) 2015

Largest export nations

The following table lists the 50 largest exporting nations in goods trade in 2017.

Leading export nations in 2017 (in billion US dollars and percent)

Rank (value)	country	value	proportion of	change the previous year (%)
1.	People's Republic of China	2.263	12.8	8th
2.	United States	1,546	8.7	7th
3.	Germany	1,448	8.2	9
4th	Japan	698	3.9	8th
5.	Netherlands	652	3.7	14th
6th	South Korea	574	3.2	16
7th	Hong Kong b, c	550	3.1	6th
8th.	France	535	3.0	7th
9.	Italy	506	2.9	10
10.	United Kingdom	445	2.5	9
11.	Belgium	430	2.4	8th
12.	Canada	421	2.4	8th
13.	Mexico	409	2.3	10
14th	Singapore b	373	2.1	10
15th	United Arab Emirates b	360	2.0	20th
16.	Russia	353	2.0	25th
17th	Spain	321	1.8	11
18th	Taiwan	317	1.8	13
19th	Switzerland	300	1.7	−1
20th	India	298	1.7	13
21st	Thailand	237	1.3	10
22nd	Poland	231	1.3	14th
23.	Australia	231	1.3	20th
24.	Saudi Arabia b	218	1.2	19th
25th	Malaysia	218	1.2	15th
26th	Brazil	218	1.2	18th
27.	Vietnam	214	1.2	21st
28.	Czech Republic	180	1.0	11
29	Indonesia	169	1.0	16
30th	Austria	168	1.0	10
31.	Turkey	157	0.9	10
32.	Sweden	153	0.9	10
33.	Ireland	137	0.8	5
34.	Hungary	114	0.6	11
35.	Norway	102	0.6	14th
36.	Denmark	102	0.6	8th
37.	Iran b	92	0.5	26th
38.	South Africa	89	0.5	18th
39.	Slovakia	85	0.5	9
40.	Romania	71	0.4	11
41.	Chile	68	0.4	13
42.	Qatar	67	0.4	18th
43.	Israel b	61	0.3	1
44.	Finland	68	0.4	18th
45.	Philippines	63	0.4	10
46.	Portugal	62	0.4	12
47.	Argentina	58	0.3	1
48.	Kuwait	56	0.3	21st
49.	Kazakhstan	48	0.3	32
50.	Nigeria b	47	0.3	34

^b WTO Secretariat estimates

^c These figures include significant transfers in the context of re-exports (exports of foreign goods) and imports for re-exports

Historical export data

The following table shows historical export data for individual countries between 1970 and 2016:

Nominal export of goods in millions of US dollars

Rank (2016)	country	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
1.	People's Republic of China	2,307	18,099	62.091	249.203	1,577,824	1,898,381	2,048,714	2,209,005	2,342,293	2,273,468	2,097,632
2.	United States	43,241	225,566	393,592	781.918	1,278,263	1,480,646	1,545,703	1,579,593	1,620,532	1,502,572	1,451,011
3.	Germany	34,228	192.860	421.100	551.810	1,258,924	1,473,889	1,401,113	1,445,067	1,494,608	1,326,765	1,337,853
4th	Japan	19,318	130,441	287,581	479.249	769.839	822,674	798,568	715.097	690.203	624,787	644,900
5.	Netherlands	13,355	73,960	131,775	233.130	574.251	660.379	655.374	671,556	672.671	570,626	571,436
6th	Hong Kong	2,515	20,323	82,390	202,683	400,692	455,663	492.907	535,546	524.130	510,596	516.734
7th	France	18,099	116.030	216,588	327.611	523.460	597.058	568,708	580.963	580.471	505.784	501.220
8th.	South Korea	836	17,512	65,016	172.267	466.384	555.214	547.870	559,632	572,664	526.756	495.426
9.	Italy	13.205	78.104	170,304	240,518	447.301	523.001	501.306	518.268	529.899	457.437	461,662
10.	United Kingdom	19,430	110.134	185.172	285,425	405,695	473,323	472,792	540,616	505.205	460.153	409.833
11.	Belgium	11,600	64,540	117,703	188.371	408.745	476.272	445.939	468.760	472,319	396.909	398.033
12.	Canada	16,787	67,734	127,629	276,635	387.912	451,335	455.592	458.318	476,300	409,952	390,331
13.	Mexico	1,402	18,031	40,711	166,367	298,305	349,676	370.770	380.015	396.912	380,623	373.930
14th	Singapore	1,554	19,376	52,730	137.804	351,867	409.504	408.393	410.250	409,304	346,638	338.082
15th	Switzerland	5,063	29,632	63,784	80,500	195.386	234,721	312,464	357.852	311.204	289.819	302.901
16.	Spain	2,388	20,720	55,642	115.251	254,418	297,418	295,250	317,833	324,536	282,478	288,751
17th	Russia	...	...	...	105,565	400.019	521.968	529.256	521.836	496,807	341,419	281.851
18th	Taiwan	1,428	19,842	67,245	151.357	274601	308.257	306,409	311,428	320.092	285,344	280.321
19th	United Arab Emirates	523	21,970	23,544	49,835	220,000	285,000	349,000	379,000	375,000	271,000	265,900
20th	India	2,026	8,586	17,969	42,379	219,670	296,556	296,828	314,848	322,694	267,444	264,402
21st	Thailand	710	6,505	23,068	69,057	195.314	228.822	229.106	228.505	227,524	214.352	215,418
22nd	Poland	3,548	17,020	14,320	31,747	159,724	187.412	185.374	204.984	220.152	199.192	202,527
23.	Australia	4,770	21,944	39,752	63,870	212,634	271.103	256,675	252.981	241,238	187.712	191.152
24.	Malaysia	1,687	12,958	29,452	98,229	198,612	226.990	227,538	228.331	233,927	199.158	189,414
25th	Brazil	2,739	20,132	31,414	55,086	201.915	256.039	242,578	242.034	225.101	191.134	185.280
26th	Saudi Arabia	2,371	109,083	44,417	77,583	251.143	364,500	388.401	375.872	342,299	203,549	182,304
27.	Vietnam	8th	338	2,404	14,483	72,237	96.906	114,529	132.033	150.217	162.107	176,785
28.	Czech Republic	...	...	...	29.094	132,981	162,268	157.041	162.274	175,095	157.953	162,788
29	Austria	2,857	17,489	41,265	67.710	152,559	177,428	166,611	175.156	178,248	152.841	152.099
30th	Indonesia	1.108	21,909	25,675	65,403	158.074	201,472	190.032	182,552	176.293	150.366	144,840
31.	Turkey	588	2,910	12,959	27,775	113,883	134.972	152,462	151,803	157.610	143,839	142,530
32.	Sweden	6,795	30,906	57,540	87,132	158,639	187.129	172.345	167,550	164,629	140.083	139,487
33.	Ireland	1,120	8,398	23,743	77,413	116,497	126,957	116,773	116,637	121,946	123.935	128,972
34.	Hungary	2,317	8,610	10,000	28.192	95,483	111,917	103,570	107.503	110,619	98,575	101,934
35.	Denmark	3,356	16,749	36,870	51.292	97.393	113,318	105,469	110,949	111,477	95,484	95,346
36.	Norway	2,457	18,563	34,047	60,058	131,395	158.719	160,953	156.022	144,677	103,809	89,483
37.	Slovakia	...	...	...	11,832	64,664	79,362	80,612	85,750	86,460	75,274	77,615
38.	South Africa	3,344	25,525	23,549	29,983	80,892	96,922	99,606	96,153	92.185	81,439	75.091
39.	Iran	2,403	12,338	19.305	28,739	100,524	131,000	104,000	82500	88,800	63,100	69,000
40.	Romania	1,851	11,400	4,960	10,412	49,579	63,035	57,841	65,835	69,747	60,590	63,521
41.	Chile	1,249	4,705	8,372	19,210	71,028	80,586	77,791	76,770	75.122	62.183	60,597
42.	Israel	779	5,538	12,080	31,404	58,413	67,796	63.141	66,607	68.507	63,701	60.160
43.	Qatar	240	5,672	3,890	11,594	62,000	98,000	132,962	136,855	131,261	77,290	57,254
44.	Argentina	1,773	8,021	12,353	26,341	68.133	84.051	79,982	75,963	68,407	56,788	57,733
45.	Finland	2,306	14,150	26,571	46.102	69,518	78,734	73,077	74,437	74,361	59,859	57,567
46.	Philippines	1,041	5,741	8,117	38,078	51,496	48,305	52,099	56,698	62,100	58,827	57,406
47.	Portugal	946	4,640	16,417	24,363	49,406	59,617	58,090	62,823	63,839	55,260	55,693
48.	Kuwait	1,693	19,663	7,042	19,436	67,118	98,100	118.912	115.104	102.111	54,322	46.273
49.	Iraq	847	26,278	12,380	20,603	52,483	83,300	94,392	89,742	84.506	49,403	43,890
50.	Peru	1,048	3,898	3,280	6,955	35,803	46,376	47,411	42,861	39,533	34,414	37.020

Imports

By country and region

The table shows the largest importers of goods.

Imports of goods by region and selected countries from 1948 to 2015 (in billion US dollars and percent)

Countries and regions	1948	1953	1963	1973	1983	1993	2003	2015
WORLD (nominal, non-inflation-adjusted values)	59	84	157	579	1,838	3,688	7,380	15,985
Shares	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
North America	18.5	20.5	16.1	17.2	18.5	21.3	22.4	19.3
United States	13.0	13.9	11.4	12.4	14.3	15.9	16.9	14.2
Canada	4.4	5.5	3.9	4.2	3.4	3.7	3.2	2.7
Mexico	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.8	2.3	2.5
South and Central America	10.4	8.3	6.0	4.4	3.9	3.3	2.5	3.8
Brazil	1.8	1.6	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.1
Chile	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4
Europe	45.3	43.7	52.0	53.3	44.1	44.5	45.0	36.2
Germany a	2.2	4.5	8.0	9.2	8.1	9.0	7.9	6.4
Netherlands	13.4	11.0	8.5	6.5	5.3	5.5	5.2	3.8
France	5.5	4.9	5.3	6.4	5.6	5.7	5.2	3.5
United Kingdom	3.4	3.3	4.4	4.8	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.1
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	-	-	-	-	-	1.5	1.7	2.1
Africa	8.1	7.0	5.2	3.9	4.6	2.6	2.2	3.4
South Africa	2.5	1.5	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.6
Middle East	1.7	2.2	2.3	2.7	6.2	3.3	2.8	4.3
Asia	13.9	15.1	14.1	14.9	18.5	23.5	23.5	30.8
People's Republic of China	0.6	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.1	2.7	5.4	10.3
Japan	1.1	2.8	4.1	6.5	6.7	6.4	5.0	4.0
India	2.3	1.4	1.5	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.4
Australia and New Zealand	2.9	2.3	2.2	1.6	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.5
EU  b	-	-	25.5	37.1	31.4	36.2	41.3	32.6
GATT / WTO members	58.6	66.9	75.3	85.5	79.7	89.3	96.0	97.9

^a  Numbers refer to FRG from 1948 to 1983

^b  Numbers refer to EWG (6) 1963, EG (9) 1973, EG (10) 1983, EU (12) 1993, EU (25) 2003 and EU (28) 2015

Largest importing nations

The following table lists the 50 largest importing nations in goods trade in 2017.

Leading importing nations in 2017 (in billion US dollars and percent)

Rank (value)	country	Value a	proportion of	Change over previous year (%)
1.	United States	2,409	13.4	7th
2.	People's Republic of China	1,841	10.2	16
3.	Germany	1,167	6.5	11
4th	Japan	672	3.7	11
5.	United Kingdom	644	3.6	1
6th	France	625	3.5	9
7th	Hong Kong b, c	590	3.3	8th
8th.	Netherlands	574	3.2	14th
9.	South Korea	478	2.7	18th
10.	Italy	453	2.5	11
11.	India	447	2.5	24
12.	Canada a	442	2.5	7th
13.	Mexico	432	2.4	9
14th	Belgium	403	2.2	8th
15th	Spain	351	2.0	13
16.	Singapore b	328	1.8	12
17th	Switzerland	269	1.5	0
18th	United Arab Emirates b	268	1.5	−1
19th	Taiwan	259	1.4	13
20th	Russia a	238	1.3	24
21st	Turkey	234	1.3	18th
22nd	Poland	230	1.3	17th
23.	Australia	229	1.3	17th
24.	Thailand	223	1.2	15th
25th	Vietnam	212	1.2	21st
26th	Malaysia	195	1.1	16
27.	Austria	176	1.0	11
28.	Czech Republic	162	0.9	13
29	Brazil	157	0.9	10
30th	Indonesia	157	0.9	16
31.	Sweden	154	0.9	9
32.	Saudi Arabia b	131	0.7	−7
33.	Hungary	107	0.6	14th
34.	South Africa b	101	0.6	11
35.	Philippines b	98	0.6	10
36.	Denmark	93	0.5	9
37.	Ireland	87	0.5	7th
38.	Slovakia	83	0.5	10
39.	Norway	83	0.5	14th
40.	Romania	85	0.5	14th
41.	Portugal	78	0.4	15th
42.	Israel b	72	0.4	4th
43.	Finland	70	0.4	15th
44.	Argentina	67	0.4	20th
45.	Chile	65	0.4	11
46.	Egypt b	62	0.4	10
47.	Pakistan	58	0.3	23
48.	Greece	57	0.3	16
49.	Bangladesh	53	0.3	18th
50.	Ukraine	49	0.3	26th

^a Imports are valued on the FOB basis of the port of export ( FOB : 'Free on Board'; in contrast to CIF: 'Cost, Insurance, Freight' at the port of import)

^b WTO Secretariat estimates

^c These figures include significant transfers in the context of re-exports (exports of foreign goods) and imports for re-exports

Historical import data

The following table shows historical import data for individual countries between 1970 and 2016:

Nominal import of goods in millions of US dollars

Rank (2016)	country	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
1.	United States	42,389	256.984	516,987	1,259,300	1,969,184	2,265,421	2,336,524	2,329,060	2,412,547	2,315,301	2,250,154
2.	People's Republic of China	2,279	19,941	53,345	225.094	1,395,099	1,743,458	1,818,405	1,949,990	1,959,233	1,679,566	1,587,925
3.	Germany	29,947	188.002	355.686	497.197	1,054,814	1,253,951	1,154,852	1,181,233	1,207,041	1,051,392	1,055,491
4th	United Kingdom	21,871	115,545	222,977	348.058	561,530	636.296	695.220	660.034	690.466	626.369	636,409
5.	Japan	18,881	141,296	235.368	379,511	694.059	854.267	885.843	833.166	812.208	647.982	607.602
6th	France	19,131	134,866	234,436	338.940	609,650	714.734	674.415	681,467	676603	573,403	572.955
7th	Hong Kong	2,905	22,994	84,725	214.042	441,369	511.293	553,486	622.277	600.765	559.427	547.336
8th.	Netherlands	15,688	78.039	126,098	218.267	516.409	597.234	586,927	589,697	589,440	512.364	505.067
9.	Canada	14,286	62,544	123.244	244,786	402,500	462.435	476.296	475,777	479,990	436,321	416,602
10.	South Korea	1,984	22,292	69,844	160,481	425.212	524,413	519,585	515,584	525,514	436,499	406.192
11.	Italy	14,974	100,741	181,968	238,757	487.049	556.873	488,600	479,447	474.193	411.052	404.660
12.	Belgium	11,412	71,860	119,702	177,511	393.275	460,762	439.128	451,677	454.632	375.149	372,637
13.	Mexico	2,461	22,144	43,548	182.702	310.205	361,067	380,477	390.965	411,581	405.281	397,516
14th	India	2.124	14,864	23,580	51,523	350.234	450,957	489,694	465.397	462.910	392.866	359.774
15th	Spain	4,747	34,078	87,715	156.143	327.016	362.109	337,338	340,598	358.924	312.016	311,329
16.	Singapore	2,461	24.007	60,774	134,545	310.791	365.771	379.723	373.016	366.247	296.745	291.908
17th	Switzerland	6.374	36,341	69,681	82,521	176.281	207,774	295.961	321.509	275,742	253.110	270.113
18th	Taiwan	1,528	19,754	54,782	140,642	251.236	281,438	277,324	278.010	281,850	237.219	230,568
19th	United Arab Emirates	267	8,746	11.199	35.009	160,000	205,000	226,000	239,000	250,000	230,000	225,000
20th	Turkey	948	7.910	22.302	54.503	185,544	240.834	236,545	251,661	242.177	207.234	198,618
21st	Poland	3,608	19,120	11,570	49,029	178.049	207,683	199.060	207,607	223,674	196,584	197,300
22nd	Australia	5,056	22,399	41,985	71,529	201,639	243,699	260.940	242.140	236.933	208,684	196.137
23.	Thailand	1,299	9.214	33,045	61,924	182.921	228,498	249.115	250,407	227,748	202,653	194.185
24.	Russia	...	...	...	44,659	248,738	323.208	335,446	341.269	307,877	193.019	191,588
25th	Vietnam	373	1.314	2,752	15,638	84,839	106,750	113,780	132.033	147,849	166.103	174,231
26th	Austria	3,549	24,444	49,146	72,394	159.009	191,595	178,513	183.277	182.006	156.106	157.746
27.	Brazil	2,849	24,961	22,524	59,053	191.491	236,870	233,398	250,556	239.156	178,832	143,474
28.	Malaysia	1,401	10,820	29,258	81,963	164,622	187,661	196.393	205,897	208,851	176.011	168,392
29	Czech Republic	...	...	...	31,974	126,652	151,466	141,412	144.259	154,375	141,441	142,866
30th	Sweden	7.007	33,438	54.264	72,880	148,702	175.230	164,436	160.609	162,253	138,473	140.822
31.	Saudi Arabia	693	30.166	24,069	30,238	106,863	111,744	155,593	168.155	173.835	174,675	135.891
32.	Indonesia	1.002	10,834	21,837	43,595	135,323	176.355	191,691	186,629	178.179	142,695	135,653
33.	Hungary	2,506	9,190	10,340	32,172	88,178	102.195	95.176	100.111	104,923	92.030	93,682
34.	South Africa	3,843	19,598	18,399	29,695	94.226	121,606	127.154	126,330	121,950	104,670	91,580
35.	Philippines	1,236	8,295	13,042	37,027	58,468	64.010	65,350	65,705	67,719	70.153	85.909
36.	Denmark	4,407	19,340	33,333	45,557	84,878	97,772	91,925	97,348	99,599	85,624	85,539
37.	Ireland	1,621	11,153	20,669	51,041	60,275	66,171	62,769	72.134	80,668	76,582	78,788
38.	Slovakia	...	...	...	12,760	65,029	77,138	77,398	81,735	81,953	73,412	75.503
39.	Romania	2.117	13,200	7,600	13,148	62.128	76.185	70.207	73,481	77,791	69,874	74,541
40.	Norway	3,702	16,926	27,231	34,392	77,252	90,737	87,308	89,808	89,460	76,387	72,669
41.	Israel	2,079	9,784	16,793	37,686	61.209	75,990	75,392	74,861	75,483	64,990	68,835
42.	Portugal	1,556	9,309	25,263	39,952	75,635	80.201	72,429	75,719	78,424	66,952	67,669
43.	Finland	2,638	15,635	27.001	34,443	68,803	83,696	76,468	77,570	76,747	60,454	60,827
44.	Chile	1,063	5,797	7,742	18,507	58,956	74.199	80,073	79,353	72,831	62,517	58,825
45.	Egypt	787	4,860	12,412	14,578	52,923	58,903	69,200	66,180	66,785	63,574	55,789
46.	Argentina	1,694	10,541	4,076	25,154	56.502	73,922	67,974	74,442	65,230	59,757	55,609
47.	Greece	1,958	10,548	19,777	33,480	63,887	58,630	63,329	62,417	64.202	48,346	48,873
48.	Pakistan	775	5,350	7,376	10,864	37,807	44,012	44.105	44,647	47,434	43,795	47,155
49.	Algeria	1,257	10,558	9,770	9,171	40,473	47,247	50,378	55,028	58,580	51,702	46,727
50.	Colombia	843	4,739	5,589	11,539	40,486	54,233	59,048	59,397	64,029	54,058	44,890

Trade balances

Selected trade balances (1970-2007)

Country comparison of net exports (1999–2008)

The table shows the countries with the largest trade surplus and the largest trade deficit (nominal goods exports and imports) in million US dollars in 2015.

Excess in millions of dollars rank country Surplus (2015) 1.  People's Republic of China 566.997 2.  Germany 287,887 3.  Russia 148,512 4th  South Korea 122,269 5.  Netherlands 84,530 6th  Singapore 82,847 7th  Taiwan 76,170 8th.  Italy 57,859 9.  Switzerland 53,579 10.  Ireland 49,606 11.  Qatar 48,798 12.  Saudi Arabia 44,265 13.  Malaysia 28,050 14th  Kuwait 27,992 15th  Norway 27,944 16.  Thailand 26,841 17th  Brazil 19,169 18th  Denmark 15,072 19th  Sweden 13,519 20th  Indonesia 13,289 21st  Kazakhstan 12,679 22nd  Angola 12,488 23.  Iraq 10,253 24.  Oman 9,118 25th  Czech Republic 8,565 26th  Vietnam 7,396 27.  Papua New Guinea 7.159 28.  Azerbaijan 5,812 29  Hungary 4,855 30th  Chile 3,494

Deficit in millions of US dollars rank country Deficit (2015) 1.  United States −762.565 2.  United Kingdom −182,878 3.  India −136.884 4th  Turkey −48.114 5.  Egypt −31.025 6th  France −26,680 7th  Spain −24.101 8th.  Philippines −23,309 9.  Hong Kong −22,870 10.  Greece −19.118 11.  Australia −18,866 12.  Canada −18.043 13.  Algeria −17,841 14th  Pakistan −16,562 15th  Morocco −14,688 16.  Mexico −14,524 17th  Colombia −13,969 18th  Lebanon −13.159 19th  Macau −11,564 20th  Portugal −10.270 21st  Jordan −10.210 22nd  Romania −8,605 23.  Sri Lanka −8,429 24.  Dominican Republic −7,465 25th  Croatia −7.374 26th  Nigeria −6,582 27.  Panama −6,552 28.  Afghanistan −6,435 29  Bangladesh −5,891 30th  Nepal −5,697

World trade

Per year

Real development of world exports of goods from 2000 to 2012

Development of world trade (exports of goods) in billions of US dollars and in percent (nominal and real). In contrast to the nominal world trade volume, which is calculated in the prices of the respective survey period, the real trade volume is a value of the (nominal) trade volume adjusted for inflation effects.

Development of goods exports

year	Trading volume in billion USD	Nominal change in%	Real change in%
1948	58	...	...
1949	60	3.5	...
1950	62	3.3	...
1951	84	35.5	9.5
1952	82	−2.4	4.4
1953	84	2.4	8.3
1954	87	3.6	7.7
1955	95	9.2	10.7
1956	105	10.5	6.4
1957	114	8.6	9.1
1958	110	−3.5	−2.7
1959	118	7.3	11.4
1960	130	10.2	12.8
1961	136	4.6	4.5
1962	143	5.1	6.5
1963	157	9.8	12.3
1964	176	12.1	10.9
1965	190	8.0	6.6
1966	208	9.5	7.7
1967	218	4.8	5.7
1968	242	11.0	10.8
1969	277	14.5	12.2
1970	317	14.4	8.7
1971	354	11.7	7.0
1972	419	18.4	8.4
1973	580	38.4	12.1
1974	840	44.8	5.4
1975	877	4.4	−7.3
1976	992	13.1	11.8
1977	1,128	13.7	4.2
1978	1,307	15.9	4.7
1979	1,659	26.9	5.2
1980	2,034	22.6	2.3
1981	2.010	−1.2	−0.6
1982	1,883	−6.3	−2.2
1983	1,846	−2.0	2.6
1984	1.956	6.0	8.4
1985	1,954	−0.1	2.6
1986	2.138	9.4	4.0
1987	2,516	17.7	5.5
1988	2,869	14.0	8.5
1989	3,098	8.0	6.4
1990	3,449	11.3	3.9
1991	3,515	1.9	3.7
1992	3,765	7.1	4.8
1993	3,782	0.5	4.4
1994	4,326	14.4	9.3
1995	5,164	19.4	7.4
1996	5,403	4.6	5.1
1997	5,591	3.5	10.1
1998	5,501	−1.6	4.6
1999	5,712	3.8	4.6
2000	6,456	13.0	10.8
2001	6.191	−4.1	−0.2
2002	6,492	4.9	3.5
2003	7,586	16.8	5.6
2004	9,218	21.5	9.7
2005	10,412	13.0	6.5
2006	12,050	15.7	8.9
2007	13,908	15.4	6.2
2008	16,023	15.2	2.0
2009	12,418	−22.5	−13.2
2010	15,167	22.1	14.4
2011	15,311	19.8	5.9
2012	18,338	0.5	1.9
2013	18,496	2.3	2.4
2014	18,970	0.4	2.8
2015	16,525	−13.1	2.5
2016	16,032	−3.0
2017	17,707	10.4

Per quarter

The first table shows the nominal development of global exports of goods, including price increases , in billions of US dollars and in percent on the previous quarter and the previous year. The second table shows the real development of global exports of goods in index points (2005 = 100) and in percent compared to the previous quarter and the previous year. In contrast to the nominal exports of goods, which are calculated in the prices of the respective survey period, the real export is a value of the (nominal) export adjusted for inflation effects.

Nominal development of exports of goods quarter Trading volume in billion USD Change on the previous quarter in% Change compared to previous year in% 31 Mar 2005 2431 ... ... June 30, 2005 2607 7.2 ... Sep 30 2005 2622 0.6 ... Dec 31, 2005 2752 5.0 ... 31 Mar 2006 2782 1.1 14.4 June 30, 2006 3014 8.3 15.6 Sep 30 2006 3061 1.6 16.7 Dec 31, 2006 3193 4.3 16.0 31 Mar 2007 3151 −1.3 13.3 June 30, 2007 3395 7.7 12.6 Sep 30 2007 3502 3.2 14.4 Dec 31, 2007 3860 10.2 20.9 31 Mar 2008 3932 1.9 24.8 June 30, 2008 4364 11.0 28.5 Sep 30 2008 4316 −1.1 23.2 Dec 31, 2008 3411 −21.0 −11.6 31 Mar 2009 2708 −20.6 −31.1 June 30, 2009 2932 8.3 −32.8 Sep 30 2009 3221 9.9 −25.4 Dec 31, 2009 3557 10.4 4.3 31 Mar 2010 3473 −2.4 28.2 June 30, 2010 3706 6.7 26.4 Sep 30 2010 3813 2.9 18.4 Dec 31, 2010 4175 9.5 17.4 31 Mar 2011 4266 2.2 22.8 June 30, 2011 4634 8.6 25.0 Sep 30 2011 4663 0.6 22.3 Dec 31, 2011 4604 −1.3 10.3 31 Mar 2012 4506 −2.1 5.6 June 30, 2012 4601 2.1 −0.7 Sep 30 2012 4497 −2.3 −3.6 31st Dec 2012 4657 3.6 1.2 31st Mar 2013 4525 −2.8 0.4 30 Jun 2013 4680 3.4 1.7 30 Sep 2013 4647 −0.7 3.3 31st Dec 2013 4834 4.0 3.8 31st Mar 2014 4590 −5.0 1.4 30 Jun 2014 4775 4.0 2.0 30 Sep 2014 4751 −0.5 2.2 31st Dec 2014 4638 −2.4 −4.1 31st Mar 2015 4019 −13.3 −12.4 30 Jun 2015 4144 3.1 −13.2 30 Sep 2015 4059 −2.1 −14.6 31st Dec 2015 4069 0.2 −12.3 31st Mar 2016 3676 −9.7 −8.5

Real development of goods exports quarter Index level (2005 = 100) Change on the previous quarter in% Change compared to previous year in% 31 Mar 2005 100.0 ... ... June 30, 2005 107.6 7.6 ... Sep 30 2005 106.7 −0.9 ... Dec 31, 2005 113.2 6.1 ... 31 Mar 2006 112.0 −1.1 12.0 June 30, 2006 116.4 3.9 8.1 Sep 30 2006 115.7 −0.6 8.4 Dec 31, 2006 121.6 5.2 7.5 31 Mar 2007 118.9 −2.2 6.2 June 30, 2007 123.1 3.5 5.8 Sep 30 2007 123.3 0.1 6.6 Dec 31, 2007 129.0 4.6 6.0 31 Mar 2008 125.2 −2.9 5.3 June 30, 2008 129.8 3.7 5.5 Sep 30 2008 129.0 −0.6 4.7 Dec 31, 2008 119.9 −7.1 −7.0 31 Mar 2009 102.1 −14.9 −18.5 June 30, 2009 105.8 3.7 −18.5 Sep 30 2009 111.2 5.1 −13.8 Dec 31, 2009 118.5 6.5 −1.2 31 Mar 2010 116.3 −1.8 14.0 June 30, 2010 125.4 7.8 18.5 Sep 30 2010 126.5 0.9 13.7 Dec 31, 2010 132.3 4.6 11.6 31 Mar 2011 127.9 −3.3 10.0 June 30, 2011 132.7 3.7 5.8 Sep 30 2011 133.7 0.7 5.7 Dec 31, 2011 135.5 1.4 2.5 31 Mar 2012 131.5 −3.0 2.8 June 30, 2012 136.9 4.1 3.1 Sep 30 2012 134.3 −1.9 0.5 31st Dec 2012 137.0 2.0 1.1 31st Mar 2013 132.6 −3.2 0.9 30 Jun 2013 139.4 5.1 1.9 30 Sep 2013 138.4 −0.7 3.1 31st Dec 2013 142.3 2.8 3.8 31st Mar 2014 135.5 −4.8 2.2 30 Jun 2014 141.3 4.3 1.4 30 Sep 2014 143.3 1.4 3.5 31st Dec 2014 148.3 3.5 4.2 31st Mar 2015 141.3 −4.7 4.3 30 Jun 2015 145.2 2.7 2.7 30 Sep 2015 145.7 0.4 1.7 31st Dec 2015 150.6 3.3 1.5 31st Mar 2016 142.8 −5.2 1.0

See also

• List of countries by trading partner
• Current account balances by country
• List of countries by export
• List of countries by imports
• List of countries by foreign trade quota
• List of countries by import duty

literature

• Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag: Fischer-Weltalmanach. Figures-data-facts , 1960 ff.
• Harenberg-Lexikon-Verlag: Aktuell. The Yearbook No. 1 , 1984 ff.
• German paperback publisher: dtv year book. Number-data-analysis , 2003 ff.
• World trade in the service of the poor. A study by the expert group “World Economy and Social Ethics” , ed. by: Expert group “World Economy and Social Ethics” of the German Bishops' Conference, Bonn, April 2006, ISBN 3-932535-92-8

Web links

• WTO: International trade and tariff data
• WTO: Short-term merchandise trade statistics

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World trade in 2015 and forecasts. Retrieved July 23, 2016 . 
2. ↑ World Trade Organization: International trade statistics 2012 - Chart 1: Volume of world merchandise exports and gross domestic product, 1950-2011
3. ^ World Trade Report 2015. Accessed July 23, 2016 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} WTO: Statistics - Trade and Customs. WTO, accessed July 23, 2015 . 
5. ^ Community of Integrated States
6. ↑ ^{a b} WTO: Statistics on trade and tariffs. WTO, accessed July 23, 2016 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} World Trade Organization: Time Series on international trade
8. ↑ ^{a b} Net trade in goods (BoP, current US $) | Data. Retrieved June 16, 2017 (American English). 
9. ^ ^{A b} World Trade Organization: Short-term merchandise trade statistics