HS 90HS chapter
Optical and medical instruments
Global trade in optical and medical instruments during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$241.52B
Reported exports (2023)
$145.96B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in optical and medical instruments totaled approximately $241.52 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. USA led the field with $50.43 billion in exports — 20.9% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 90. 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
USA
$50.43B
20.9%
2
Mexico
$22.52B
9.3%
3
Ireland
$19.40B
8.0%
4
Japan
$18.61B
7.7%
5
Switzerland
$13.90B
5.8%
6
Netherlands
$13.30B
5.5%
7
Germany
$13.14B
5.4%
8
Singapore
$13.05B
5.4%
9
Costa Rica
$8.16B
3.4%
10
Malaysia
$7.98B
3.3%
11
Other Asia, nes
$6.72B
2.8%
12
Israel
$5.95B
2.5%
13
United Kingdom
$5.62B
2.3%
14
Italy
$5.05B
2.1%
15
Belgium
$3.92B
1.6%
16
France
$3.52B
1.5%
17
Poland
$2.39B
1.0%
18
Australia
$2.21B
0.9%
19
Dominican Rep.
$2.17B
0.9%
20
Czechia
$2.09B
0.9%
21
Hungary
$1.93B
0.8%
22
Thailand
$1.93B
0.8%
23
Denmark
$1.82B
0.8%
24
Viet Nam
$1.53B
0.6%
25
Philippines
$1.44B
0.6%
Top importers
1
USA
$27.43B
18.8%
2
Netherlands
$19.45B
13.3%
3
China
$11.24B
7.7%
4
Germany
$6.94B
4.8%
5
Belgium
$6.41B
4.4%
6
Japan
$5.97B
4.1%
7
Rep. of Korea
$5.69B
3.9%
8
Mexico
$4.89B
3.4%
9
Other Asia, nes
$4.81B
3.3%
10
China, Hong Kong SAR
$3.73B
2.6%
11
Switzerland
$3.58B
2.5%
12
Ireland
$3.56B
2.4%
13
France
$3.54B
2.4%
14
United Kingdom
$3.18B
2.2%
15
Singapore
$2.99B
2.0%
16
Australia
$2.03B
1.4%
17
India
$1.87B
1.3%
18
Malaysia
$1.86B
1.3%
19
Italy
$1.81B
1.2%
20
Canada
$1.76B
1.2%
21
Brazil
$1.72B
1.2%
22
Thailand
$1.62B
1.1%
23
Viet Nam
$1.46B
1.0%
24
Spain
$1.25B
0.9%
25
Saudi Arabia
$1.06B
0.7%