HS 88HS chapter
Aircraft
Global trade in aircraft during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$184.09B
Reported exports (2023)
$179.63B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in aircraft totaled approximately $184.09 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. USA led the field with $52.78 billion in exports — 28.7% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 88. Country-level numbers reflect the sum of all subcategories that BACI reports. See methodology for caveats around mirror reconciliation and known data limitations, or data sources for the underlying CEPII BACI release.
Top exporters
1
USA
$52.78B
28.7%
2
France
$35.66B
19.4%
3
Germany
$30.78B
16.7%
4
United Kingdom
$13.12B
7.1%
5
Canada
$12.12B
6.6%
6
Ireland
$4.75B
2.6%
7
Brazil
$3.75B
2.0%
8
Spain
$2.97B
1.6%
9
Japan
$2.15B
1.2%
10
Mexico
$2.03B
1.1%
11
United Arab Emirates
$2.00B
1.1%
12
Singapore
$1.88B
1.0%
13
Italy
$1.86B
1.0%
14
Switzerland
$1.79B
1.0%
15
Israel
$1.60B
0.9%
16
Saudi Arabia
$1.47B
0.8%
17
Morocco
$1.24B
0.7%
18
Rep. of Korea
$1.13B
0.6%
19
India
$896.06M
0.5%
20
Austria
$803.95M
0.4%
21
Thailand
$777.14M
0.4%
22
Malaysia
$761.51M
0.4%
23
Belgium
$670.57M
0.4%
24
Australia
$599.54M
0.3%
25
Türkiye
$593.07M
0.3%
Top importers
1
USA
$23.30B
13.0%
2
United Kingdom
$14.02B
7.8%
3
Germany
$11.92B
6.6%
4
France
$11.32B
6.3%
5
Ireland
$10.34B
5.8%
6
India
$10.04B
5.6%
7
China
$9.51B
5.3%
8
Singapore
$7.61B
4.2%
9
Canada
$7.01B
3.9%
10
Spain
$4.86B
2.7%
11
Türkiye
$4.21B
2.3%
12
Saudi Arabia
$3.95B
2.2%
13
Netherlands
$3.71B
2.1%
14
Japan
$3.66B
2.0%
15
Rep. of Korea
$3.30B
1.8%
16
China, Hong Kong SAR
$2.81B
1.6%
17
Malaysia
$2.78B
1.5%
18
Qatar
$2.69B
1.5%
19
Brazil
$2.65B
1.5%
20
Colombia
$2.18B
1.2%
21
Other Asia, nes
$2.12B
1.2%
22
Australia
$2.06B
1.1%
23
Hungary
$1.99B
1.1%
24
United Arab Emirates
$1.85B
1.0%
25
Switzerland
$1.81B
1.0%