HS 06HS chapter
Live trees and plants
Global trade in live trees and plants during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$12.52B
Reported exports (2023)
$289.44M
Reported imports (2023)
26
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in live trees and plants totaled approximately $12.52 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 26 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Netherlands led the field with $8.45 billion in exports — 67.5% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 06. 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
Netherlands
Netherlands$8.45B
67.5%
2
Colombia
Colombia$1.26B
10.1%
3
Ecuador
Ecuador$1.13B
9.0%
4
Kenya
Kenya$735.07M
5.9%
5
Ethiopia
Ethiopia$292.95M
2.3%
6
Denmark
Denmark$226.90M
1.8%
7
Nigeria
Nigeria$119.56M
1.0%
8
Costa Rica
Costa Rica$103.02M
0.8%
9
Uganda
Uganda$71.38M
0.6%
10
Guatemala
Guatemala$46.06M
0.4%
11
North Macedonia
North Macedonia$19.48M
0.2%
12
United Rep. of Tanzania
United Rep. of Tanzania$16.37M
0.1%
13
Armenia
Armenia$14.39M
0.1%
14
Nicaragua
Nicaragua$10.41M
0.1%
15
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe$7.91M
0.1%
16
Zambia
Zambia$7.40M
0.1%
17
Rwanda
Rwanda$2.75M
0.0%
18
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia$572,646
0.0%
19
Guinea
Guinea$378,953
0.0%
20
Bahamas
Bahamas$320,476
0.0%
21
Haiti
Haiti$230,853
0.0%
22
Burundi
Burundi$108,436
0.0%
23
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barthélemy$23,019
0.0%
24
Saint Maarten
Saint Maarten$20,090
0.0%
25
Guam
Guam$8,584
0.0%
