The following is a list of countries by exports of electronics, including parts thereof (Harmonized System code 85). Data is for 2022, in billions of United States dollars, as reported by International Trade Centre. Currently, the top 30 countries are listed.
30 largest exports of electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof: [1]
Country | Electronics exports (in million USD) | Electronics imports (in million USD) | Trade balance (in million USD) |
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China | 917,880 | 606,480 | 311,400 |
Hong Kong | 357,230 | 364,261 | -7,030 |
Taiwan | 246,219 | 127,196 | 119,023 |
United States | 196,015 | 475,254 | -279,239 |
South Korea | 191,369 | 128,708 | 62,662 |
Singapore | 180,468 | 154,327 | 26,141 |
Germany | 172,925 | 193,858 | -20,933 |
Vietnam | 168,832 | 108,436 | 60,396 |
Malaysia | 127,368 | 84,461 | 42,906 |
Japan | 111,058 | 118,419 | -7,361 |
India | 77,325 | 97,279 | -19,954 |
Netherlands | 64,235 | 75,819 | -11,583 |
Czech Republic | 47,895 | 51,061 | -3,166 |
France | 46,539 | 66,172 | -19,633 |
Thailand | 44,835 | 57,147 | -12,312 |
Italy | 43,637 | 56,737 | -13,099 |
Philippines | 43,557 | 32,542 | 11,015 |
Poland | 42,143 | 36,504 | 5,639 |
Hungary | 37,530 | 31,445 | 6,084 |
United Kingdom | 27,311 | 66,165 | -38,854 |
India | 26,573 | 69,681 | -43,107 |
Austria | 22,563 | 26,019 | -3,455 |
Spain | 19,987 | 39,585 | -19,598 |
Belgium | 18,476 | 30,228 | -11,751 |
Slovakia | 17,164 | 22,138 | -4,973 |
Ireland | 16,549 | 14,555 | 1,994 |
Sweden | 16,545 | 23,270 | -6,724 |
Romania | 15,920 | 18,975 | -3,054 |
Canada | 14,594 | 52,899 | -38,304 |
Indonesia | 14,238 | 25,712 | -11,473 |
The five largest exporters of different electronics goods in 2022: [1]
Product category (code) | Global Exports (in millions USD) | Rank | Country | Exports (in millions USD) |
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Electric motors and generators (excl. generating sets) (8501) | 67,555 | 1 | China | 15,862 |
2 | Germany | 8,623 | ||
3 | India | 4,623 | ||
4 | United States | 4,563 | ||
5 | Japan | 3,742 | ||
Electric generating sets and rotary converters (8502) | 22,393 | 1 | China | 6,188 |
2 | Germany | 2,721 | ||
3 | United States | 1,966 | ||
4 | India | 1,436 | ||
5 | United Kingdom | 899 | ||
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with electric motors and generators, electric generating sets and rotary converters (8503) | 26,337 | 1 | China | 7,760 |
2 | Germany | 2,213 | ||
3 | Japan | 1,632 | ||
4 | Italy | 1,329 | ||
5 | United States | 1,240 | ||
Electrical transformers, static converters, e.g. rectifiers, and inductors; parts thereof (8504) | 149,400 | 1 | China | 49,280 |
2 | Germany | 12,492 | ||
3 | India | 11,271 | ||
4 | United States | 7,335 | ||
5 | Vietnam | 5,290 | ||
Electromagnets (excl. magnets for medical use); permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetization; electromagnetic or permanent magnet chucks, clamps and similar holding devices; electromagnetic couplings, clutches and brakes; electromagnetic lifting heads; parts thereof (8505) | 12,726 | 1 | China | 5,903 |
2 | Germany | 1,230 | ||
3 | Japan | 1,169 | ||
4 | Vietnam | 507 | ||
5 | India | 467 | ||
Primary cells and primary batteries, electrical; parts thereof (excl. spent) (8506) | 9,008 | 1 | China | 2,631 |
2 | United States | 840 | ||
3 | Singapore | 706 | ||
4 | India | 514 | ||
5 | Indonesia | 510 | ||
Electric accumulators, incl. separators therefor, whether or not square or rectangular; parts thereof (excl. spent and those of unhardened rubber or textiles) (8507) | 131,489 | 1 | China | 57,228 |
2 | South Korea | 9,982 | ||
3 | India | 9,545 | ||
4 | Germany | 8,028 | ||
5 | Hungary | 7,427 | ||
Vacuum cleaners, incl. dry cleaners and wet vacuum cleaners (8508) | 16,279 | 1 | China | 6,741 |
2 | Germany | 2,003 | ||
3 | Malaysia | 1,323 | ||
4 | Vietnam | 1,231 | ||
5 | Netherlands | 914 | ||
Electromechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor; parts thereof (excl. vacuum cleaners, dry and wet vacuum cleaners) (8509) | 19,328 | 1 | China | 11,274 |
2 | Germany | 1,197 | ||
3 | United States | 785 | ||
4 | Netherlands | 745 | ||
5 | India | 652 | ||
Electric shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor; parts thereof (8510) | 5,792 | 1 | China | 2,035 |
2 | Germany | 742 | ||
3 | India | 736 | ||
4 | Netherlands | 570 | ||
5 | Hungary | 336 | ||
Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines, e.g. ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs, glow plugs and starter motors; generators, e.g. dynamos and alternators, and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines; parts thereof (8511) | 20,363 | 1 | Japan | 3,102 |
2 | China | 3,009 | ||
3 | United States | 2,139 | ||
4 | Germany | 2,084 | ||
5 | India | 1,763 | ||
Electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excl. lamps of heading 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles; parts thereof (8512) | 36,762 | 1 | China | 6,611 |
2 | Germany | 4,349 | ||
3 | Mexico | 3,899 | ||
4 | United States | 2,449 | ||
5 | Czech Republic | 1,875 | ||
Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy, e.g. dry batteries, accumulators and magnetos; parts thereof (excl. lighting equipment of heading 8512) (8513) | 4,097 | 1 | China | 3,146 |
2 | United States | 151 | ||
3 | Germany | 138 | ||
4 | Hong Kong | 88 | ||
5 | France | 72 | ||
Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens, incl. those functioning by induction or dielectric loss; other industrial or laboratory equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss; parts thereof (8514) | 6,135 | 1 | China | 1,279 |
2 | Germany | 882 | ||
3 | Italy | 743 | ||
4 | United States | 697 | ||
5 | Japan | 346 | ||
Electric, incl. electrically heated gas, laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals, metal carbides or cermets; parts thereof (excl. guns for spraying hot materials of heading 8424) (8515) | 12,329 | 1 | China | 2,510 |
2 | Germany | 2,406 | ||
3 | United States | 1,070 | ||
4 | Japan | 888 | ||
5 | Italy | 608 | ||
Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space-heating apparatus and soil-heating apparatus; electro-thermic hairdressing apparatus, e.g. hairdryers, hair curlers and curling tong heaters, and hand dryers; electric smoothing irons; other electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors (other than those of heading 8545); parts thereof (8516) | 69,193 | 1 | China | 30,627 |
2 | Germany | 5,579 | ||
3 | Italy | 2,951 | ||
4 | Mexico | 1,978 | ||
5 | Poland | 1,865 | ||
Telephone sets, incl. smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, incl. apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network, parts thereof (8517) | 608,516 | 1 | China | 245,256 |
2 | Vietnam | 76,567 | ||
3 | Hong Kong | 57,982 | ||
4 | United States | 34,000 | ||
5 | Netherlands | 21,222 | ||
Microphones and stands therefor (excl. cordless microphones with built-in transmitter); loudspeakers; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers (excl. telephone sets, hearing aids and helmets with built-in headphones, whether or not incorporating a microphone); audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets; parts thereof (8518) | 54,399 | 1 | China | 21,747 |
2 | Vietnam | 8,341 | ||
3 | Germany | 3,082 | ||
4 | United States | 2,976 | ||
5 | Hong Kong | 2,964 | ||
Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus (8519) | 3,764 | 1 | China | 1,616 |
2 | Netherlands | 448 | ||
3 | Vietnam | 312 | ||
4 | Germany | 183 | ||
5 | United States | 137 | ||
Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excl. video camera recorders) (8521) | 4,283 | 1 | China | 2,386 |
2 | Netherlands | 517 | ||
3 | United States | 175 | ||
4 | Malaysia | 107 | ||
5 | South Korea | 103 | ||
Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with sound reproducing and recording apparatus and with video equipment for recording and reproducing pictures and sound (8522) | 1,982 | 1 | China | 618 |
2 | Hong Kong | 284 | ||
3 | United States | 262 | ||
4 | Indonesia | 166 | ||
5 | Thailand | 112 | ||
Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, incl. matrices and masters for the production of discs (8523) | 72,935 | 1 | South Korea | 14,295 |
2 | Taiwan | 8,819 | ||
3 | United States | 8,252 | ||
4 | Malaysia | 7,566 | ||
5 | Hong Kong | 5,565 | ||
Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders (8525) | 46,450 | 1 | China | 12,264 |
2 | Vietnam | 4,058 | ||
3 | Germany | 3,235 | ||
4 | United States | 3,111 | ||
5 | Japan | 2,735 | ||
Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus (8526) | 20,476 | 1 | China | 2,977 |
2 | United States | 2,410 | ||
3 | Germany | 2,153 | ||
4 | United Kingdom | 965 | ||
5 | Hungary | 888 | ||
Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock (8527) | 11,177 | 1 | China | 3,884 |
2 | Mexico | 1,807 | ||
3 | United States | 772 | ||
4 | Portugal | 729 | ||
5 | Thailand | 537 | ||
Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus (8528) | 99,563 | 1 | China | 36,212 |
2 | Mexico | 13,816 | ||
3 | Poland | 7,328 | ||
4 | Vietnam | 4,988 | ||
5 | Slovakia | 4,793 | ||
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with flat panel display modules, transmission and reception apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting, television, television cameras, still image video cameras and other video camera recorders, radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus or radio remote control apparatus, n.e.s. (8529) | 17,584 | 1 | Taiwan | 4,957 |
2 | Vietnam | 2,029 | ||
3 | China | 1,673 | ||
4 | United States | 974 | ||
5 | Netherlands | 727 | ||
Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (excl. mechanical or electromechanical equipment of heading 8608); parts thereof (8530) | 2,664 | 1 | China | 443 |
2 | Germany | 332 | ||
3 | United States | 215 | ||
4 | Austria | 186 | ||
5 | Italy | 170 | ||
Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus, e.g. bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms (excl. those for cycles, motor vehicles and traffic signalling); parts thereof (8531) | 21,006 | 1 | China | 5,886 |
2 | United States | 1,848 | ||
3 | Vietnam | 1,287 | ||
4 | Hong Kong | 1,090 | ||
5 | Germany | 1,088 | ||
Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable "pre-set"; parts thereof (8532) | 37,280 | 1 | Japan | 7,197 |
2 | China | 6,314 | ||
3 | Hong Kong | 5,558 | ||
4 | United States | 2,308 | ||
5 | Taiwan | 2,206 | ||
Electrical resistors, incl. rheostats and potentiometers (excl. heating resistors); parts thereof (8533) | 16,104 | 1 | China | 5,304 |
2 | Hong Kong | 1,720 | ||
3 | Germany | 1,360 | ||
4 | United States | 1,186 | ||
5 | Japan | 1,036 | ||
Printed circuits (8534) | 59,523 | 1 | China | 19,833 |
2 | Hong Kong | 10,408 | ||
3 | Taiwan | 7,043 | ||
4 | South Korea | 5,952 | ||
5 | Japan | 3,256 | ||
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, e.g., switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes, for a voltage > 1.000 V (excl. control desks, cabinets, panels etc. of heading 8537 (8535) | 8,916 | 1 | Germany | 1,240 |
2 | China | 1,078 | ||
3 | United States | 871 | ||
4 | Switzerland | 778 | ||
5 | Mexico | 559 | ||
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, e.g., switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and junction boxes, for a voltage <= 1.000 V (excl. control desks, cabinets, panels etc. of heading 8537 (8536) | 124,906 | 1 | China | 23,120 |
2 | Germany | 16,825 | ||
3 | United States | 12,174 | ||
4 | Hong Kong | 8,916 | ||
5 | Japan | 7,339 | ||
Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, incl. those incorporating instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus (excl. switching apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy) (8537) | 81,840 | 1 | Germany | 13,354 |
2 | China | 12,815 | ||
3 | Mexico | 6,658 | ||
4 | United States | 6,378 | ||
5 | Japan | 3,275 | ||
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s (8538) | 45,464 | 1 | China | 6,363 |
2 | Germany | 6,206 | ||
3 | United States | 5,394 | ||
4 | Japan | 2,836 | ||
5 | Mexico | 2,081 | ||
Electric filament or discharge lamps, incl. sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infra-red lamps; arc lamps; light-emitting diode "LED" light sources; parts thereof (8539) | 14,486 | 1 | China | 8,558 |
2 | Germany | 1,097 | ||
3 | France | 536 | ||
4 | United States | 513 | ||
5 | Japan | 426 | ||
Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes, e.g. vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode ray tubes and television camera tubes; parts thereof (8540) | 1,734 | 1 | United States | 355 |
2 | Japan | 235 | ||
3 | Netherlands | 203 | ||
4 | France | 200 | ||
5 | Germany | 153 | ||
Semiconductor devices (8541) | 168,043 | 1 | China | 65,483 |
2 | Hong Kong | 17,772 | ||
3 | Singapore | 12,703 | ||
4 | Malaysia | 9,223 | ||
5 | India | 9,087 | ||
Electronic integrated circuits; parts thereof (8542) | 1,096,170 | 1 | Hong Kong | 214,236 |
2 | Taiwan | 183,835 | ||
3 | China | 154,524 | ||
4 | Singapore | 122,019 | ||
5 | South Korea | 112,850 | ||
Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85 and parts thereof (8543) | 68,419 | 1 | China | 22,329 |
2 | Singapore | 5,440 | ||
3 | United States | 4,814 | ||
4 | Germany | 4,808 | ||
5 | Japan | 3,743 | ||
Insulated "incl. enamelled or anodised" wire, cable "incl. coaxial cable" and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors (8544) | 161,819 | 1 | China | 31,147 |
2 | Mexico | 16,456 | ||
3 | United States | 12,003 | ||
4 | Germany | 10,077 | ||
5 | Vietnam | 7,488 | ||
Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes (8545) | 7,928 | 1 | China | 3,887 |
2 | Spain | 545 | ||
3 | France | 486 | ||
4 | Japan | 392 | ||
5 | United States | 331 | ||
Electrical insulators of any material (excl. insulating fittings) (8546) | 2,398 | 1 | China | 639 |
2 | United States | 255 | ||
3 | Germany | 213 | ||
4 | Italy | 185 | ||
5 | India | 155 | ||
Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal, e.g., threaded sockets, incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly (other than insulators of heading 8546); electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with insulating material (8547) | 6,796 | 1 | Germany | 1,370 |
2 | China | 852 | ||
3 | Japan | 741 | ||
4 | Czech Republic | 590 | ||
5 | United States | 568 | ||
Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere (8548) | 8,551 | 1 | China | 3,509 |
2 | Japan | 825 | ||
3 | United States | 811 | ||
4 | Hong Kong | 665 | ||
5 | Germany | 291 |
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