HS 28HS chapter
Inorganic chemicals
Global trade in inorganic chemicals during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$79.62B
Reported exports (2023)
$59.61B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in inorganic chemicals totaled approximately $79.62 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Chile led the field with $9.65 billion in exports — 12.1% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 28. 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
Chile
Chile$9.65B
12.1%
2
Rep. of Korea
Rep. of Korea$8.15B
10.2%
3
Australia
Australia$5.95B
7.5%
4
China
China$5.95B
7.5%
5
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan$4.51B
5.7%
6
Brazil
Brazil$3.30B
4.1%
7
Japan
Japan$3.25B
4.1%
8
Russian Federation
Russian Federation$3.18B
4.0%
9
Canada
Canada$2.62B
3.3%
10
Ireland
Ireland$2.21B
2.8%
11
United Kingdom
United Kingdom$2.13B
2.7%
12
Türkiye
Türkiye$2.06B
2.6%
13
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia$1.87B
2.4%
14
Indonesia
Indonesia$1.86B
2.3%
15
France
France$1.73B
2.2%
16
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago$1.68B
2.1%
17
Qatar
Qatar$1.50B
1.9%
18
Myanmar
Myanmar$1.44B
1.8%
19
Morocco
Morocco$1.41B
1.8%
20
Jordan
Jordan$1.40B
1.8%
21
Netherlands
Netherlands$1.17B
1.5%
22
Malaysia
Malaysia$1.11B
1.4%
23
Norway
Norway$1.05B
1.3%
24
Egypt
Egypt$857.59M
1.1%
25
Namibia
Namibia$855.35M
1.1%
Top importers
1Rep. of Korea
Rep. of Korea$14.20B
23.8%
2China
China$8.63B
14.5%
3
India
India$5.88B
9.9%
4
Poland
Poland$4.08B
6.9%
5Canada
Canada$3.10B
5.2%
6Russian Federation
Russian Federation$2.87B
4.8%
7Japan
Japan$1.44B
2.4%
8
Bahrain
Bahrain$1.30B
2.2%
9Norway
Norway$1.27B
2.1%
10
Sweden
Sweden$1.23B
2.1%
11Australia
Australia$1.13B
1.9%
12
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates$1.12B
1.9%
13
Viet Nam
Viet Nam$1.08B
1.8%
14Malaysia
Malaysia$1.00B
1.7%
15
South Africa
South Africa$946.82M
1.6%
16Chile
Chile$916.00M
1.5%
17Morocco
Morocco$841.22M
1.4%
18Brazil
Brazil$823.53M
1.4%
19
Iceland
Iceland$631.05M
1.1%
20
Hungary
Hungary$595.44M
1.0%
21
Mozambique
Mozambique$575.38M
1.0%
22
Thailand
Thailand$487.74M
0.8%
23
Argentina
Argentina$432.17M
0.7%
24
North Macedonia
North Macedonia$367.41M
0.6%
25
Oman
Oman$364.22M
0.6%