HS 93HS chapter
Arms and ammunition
Global trade in arms and ammunition during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$3.36B
Reported exports (2023)
$5.52B
Reported imports (2023)
17
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in arms and ammunition totaled approximately $3.36 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 17 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Bulgaria led the field with $1.27 billion in exports — 37.8% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 93. 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
Bulgaria
Bulgaria$1.27B
37.8%
2
Poland
Poland$994.61M
29.6%
3
Norway
Norway$457.97M
13.6%
4
Israel
Israel$226.19M
6.7%
5
Bosnia Herzegovina
Bosnia Herzegovina$164.96M
4.9%
6
Croatia
Croatia$88.20M
2.6%
7
Serbia
Serbia$67.28M
2.0%
8
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan$67.07M
2.0%
9
Cyprus
Cyprus$6.98M
0.2%
10
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan$5.93M
0.2%
11
Senegal
Senegal$4.80M
0.1%
12
Guyana
Guyana$2.24M
0.1%
13
Mali
Mali$1.46M
0.0%
14
Montenegro
Montenegro$1.12M
0.0%
15
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea$619,480
0.0%
16
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo$603,497
0.0%
17
Cuba
Cuba$134,759
0.0%
Top importers
1
Ukraine
Ukraine$1.90B
34.4%
2Poland
Poland$1.25B
22.7%
3Israel
Israel$581.84M
10.5%
4
Czechia
Czechia$492.82M
8.9%
5
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia$370.23M
6.7%
6
Bahrain
Bahrain$233.57M
4.2%
7
Nigeria
Nigeria$196.65M
3.6%
8
Estonia
Estonia$113.25M
2.1%
9
Kenya
Kenya$79.16M
1.4%
10
Qatar
Qatar$66.20M
1.2%
11
Niger
Niger$62.99M
1.1%
12
Latvia
Latvia$55.22M
1.0%
13
Myanmar
Myanmar$38.31M
0.7%
14
Zambia
Zambia$36.04M
0.7%
15
Uganda
Uganda$31.97M
0.6%
16
Central African Rep.
Central African Rep.$8.04M
0.1%
17
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau$2.03M
0.0%
18
FS Micronesia
FS Micronesia$311,062
0.0%