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HS TOTALData as of 2025

Trade & price

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Exports

$116.38B
Minor · +5.8% · in 2025
$85.23B
2020
$121.32B
2021
$121.62B
2022
$110.61B
2023
$110.04B
2024
$116.38B
2025

Imports

$104.95B
Minor · +3.7% · in 2025
$68.94B
2020
$93.44B
2021
$111.88B
2022
$107.12B
2023
$101.18B
2024
$104.95B
2025

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Regulatory news

Rule changes 274

Rules a market is changing · WTO SPS/TBT (ePing)

  • TBT2026-09-15
    Proposed Voluntary Product Standard PS 2-25, Performance Standard for Wood Structural Panels
    United States of America · comment by 2026-10-13 · Official WTO notice ↗
  • SPS2026-09-01
    KS 2744:2025 Orthodox tea – Specification
    Kenya · Official WTO notice ↗
  • SPS2026-08-12
    Resolución 229-2026-IPSA, Establecimiento de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación de reglas de madera aserrada de abeto rojo (Pseudotsuga menziesii), origen Estados Unidos de América (Resolut…
    Nicaragua · comment by 2026-10-11 · Official WTO notice ↗
  • TBT2026-08-04
    Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 243 (1R) "Tableros de madera contrachapada" (First revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No. 243 "Plywood panels")
    Ecuador · Official WTO notice ↗
  • TBT2026-07-28
    DEAS 105:2025, Roasted coffee beans and roasted ground coffee — Specification
    Rwanda · Official WTO notice ↗
Border rejections 175
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Export partners– annual(sell to)

#Partner countryValueShareYear-over-yearYoY
1China$28.83B20%▲ +8.3%
2USA$10.11B7%▼ -13.4%
3India$10.04B7%▲ +5.4%
4United Kingdom$8.60B6%▲ +21.7%
5Germany$8.39B6%▼ -25.8%
6Japan$6.31B4%▼ -33.8%
20222023
  • China
  • USA
  • India
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Other

Import partners– annual(buy from)

#Partner countryValueShareYear-over-yearYoY
1China$22.52B21%▼ -3.6%
2Germany$9.34B9%▲ +2.7%
3India$7.67B7%▼ -8.5%
4USA$6.78B6%▲ +11.7%
5United Arab Emirates$4.25B4%▲ +0.3%
6Saudi Arabia$3.13B3%▼ -31.3%
20222023
  • China
  • Germany
  • India
  • USA
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Other

Shipments stopped at the EU border · RASFF

  • REJECTED2026-09-30
    Residues of dinotefuran in teas from Japan
    risk: potential risk · origin: Japan · notified by Poland
    Poland · EU RASFF ↗
  • REJECTED2026-09-28
    Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan
    risk: not serious · origin: Pakistan · notified by France
    France · EU RASFF ↗
  • REJECTED2026-09-25
    Thiametoxam and Tricyclazole in rice from India
    risk: potentially serious · origin: India · notified by France
    France · EU RASFF ↗
  • REJECTED2026-09-24
    Przekroczenie NDP pozostałości pestycydów w herbacie czarnej i zielonej pochodzącej z Azerbejdżanu//Exceedance of MRLs for pesticide residues in black and green tea from Azerbaijan/
    risk: potential risk · origin: Azerbaijan · notified by Poland
    Poland · EU RASFF ↗
  • REJECTED2026-09-24
    Non-authorized GMO events in rice cakes originating from China
    risk: potentially serious · origin: China · notified by Belgium
    Belgium · EU RASFF ↗