HS 49HS chapter
Books, newspapers, printed matter
Global trade in books, newspapers, printed matter during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$3.40B
Reported exports (2023)
$2.21B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in books, newspapers, printed matter totaled approximately $3.40 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. United Kingdom led the field with $1.59 billion in exports — 46.7% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 49. 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
United Kingdom
United Kingdom$1.59B
46.7%
2
Poland
Poland$797.77M
23.5%
3
Malta
Malta$331.48M
9.8%
4
China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR$159.85M
4.7%
5
Oman
Oman$124.39M
3.7%
6
Latvia
Latvia$119.56M
3.5%
7
Namibia
Namibia$74.78M
2.2%
8
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka$48.28M
1.4%
9
Lebanon
Lebanon$42.75M
1.3%
10
Bosnia Herzegovina
Bosnia Herzegovina$27.23M
0.8%
11
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago$15.89M
0.5%
12
Uganda
Uganda$12.44M
0.4%
13
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe$12.11M
0.4%
14
Belarus
Belarus$11.64M
0.3%
15
Iraq
Iraq$7.43M
0.2%
16
Congo
Congo$5.40M
0.2%
17
Eswatini
Eswatini$5.29M
0.2%
18
Aruba
Aruba$3.22M
0.1%
19
Venezuela
Venezuela$2.69M
0.1%
20
Andorra
Andorra$2.47M
0.1%
21
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo$1.84M
0.1%
22
Mauritania
Mauritania$630,784
0.0%
23
Curaçao
Curaçao$586,824
0.0%
24
Barbados
Barbados$558,996
0.0%
25
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$443,667
0.0%
Top importers
1
Canada
Canada$865.60M
39.3%
2
Switzerland
Switzerland$437.04M
19.8%
3
Angola
Angola$174.07M
7.9%
4
Malawi
Malawi$118.58M
5.4%
5
Ghana
Ghana$76.54M
3.5%
6
Ethiopia
Ethiopia$72.44M
3.3%
7
Haiti
Haiti$63.68M
2.9%
8Lebanon
Lebanon$54.22M
2.5%
9Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo$47.86M
2.2%
10
Libya
Libya$38.26M
1.7%
11Uganda
Uganda$33.91M
1.5%
12
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone$28.54M
1.3%
13
Cyprus
Cyprus$22.62M
1.0%
14
Sudan
Sudan$20.39M
0.9%
15
China, Macao SAR
China, Macao SAR$19.20M
0.9%
16
Burundi
Burundi$16.29M
0.7%
17
Nepal
Nepal$16.26M
0.7%
18Congo
Congo$13.04M
0.6%
19
Guyana
Guyana$12.28M
0.6%
20
Rwanda
Rwanda$11.98M
0.5%
21
Fiji
Fiji$10.55M
0.5%
22Andorra
Andorra$7.52M
0.3%
23
Chad
Chad$7.11M
0.3%
24
Liberia
Liberia$6.08M
0.3%
25
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea$4.96M
0.2%