HS 69HS chapter
Ceramics
Global trade in ceramics during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$10.78B
Reported exports (2023)
$6.78B
Reported imports (2023)
40
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in ceramics totaled approximately $10.78 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 40 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Italy led the field with $4.26 billion in exports — 39.5% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 69. 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
Italy
$4.26B
39.5%
2
Spain
$3.13B
29.1%
3
India
$1.99B
18.5%
4
Portugal
$418.04M
3.9%
5
Uganda
$168.53M
1.6%
6
Iran
$151.87M
1.4%
7
Ghana
$129.98M
1.2%
8
Bulgaria
$123.49M
1.1%
9
Egypt
$98.81M
0.9%
10
Peru
$81.79M
0.8%
11
Guatemala
$47.32M
0.4%
12
Zambia
$36.57M
0.3%
13
United Rep. of Tanzania
$28.07M
0.3%
14
Kenya
$23.33M
0.2%
15
Senegal
$20.98M
0.2%
16
Kyrgyzstan
$19.78M
0.2%
17
Ecuador
$13.41M
0.1%
18
Zimbabwe
$9.93M
0.1%
19
Algeria
$8.28M
0.1%
20
Turkmenistan
$4.83M
0.0%
21
Angola
$2.34M
0.0%
22
San Marino
$2.28M
0.0%
23
Libya
$772,555
0.0%
24
Eritrea
$438,234
0.0%
25
State of Palestine
$172,572
0.0%
Top importers
1
Viet Nam
$953.37M
14.1%
2
North Macedonia
$439.75M
6.5%
3
Israel
$334.17M
4.9%
4
Philippines
$325.79M
4.8%
5
Iraq
$313.40M
4.6%
6
Libya
$203.90M
3.0%
7
Cambodia
$194.75M
2.9%
8
Nigeria
$167.97M
2.5%
9
Greece
$162.12M
2.4%
10
Kenya
$159.57M
2.4%
11
Dominican Rep.
$149.52M
2.2%
12
Senegal
$137.99M
2.0%
13
Côte d'Ivoire
$136.62M
2.0%
14
Morocco
$129.93M
1.9%
15
Kyrgyzstan
$128.35M
1.9%
16
Djibouti
$126.31M
1.9%
17
Cameroon
$118.17M
1.7%
18
Kuwait
$105.81M
1.6%
19
Myanmar
$100.02M
1.5%
20
Croatia
$96.10M
1.4%
21
Tajikistan
$96.01M
1.4%
22
Albania
$95.37M
1.4%
23
Congo
$94.06M
1.4%
24
Guinea
$93.72M
1.4%
25
Peru
$82.75M
1.2%