HS 29HS chapter
Organic chemicals
Global trade in organic chemicals during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$178.82B
Reported exports (2023)
$161.44B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in organic chemicals totaled approximately $178.82 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Ireland led the field with $39.54 billion in exports — 22.1% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 29. 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
Ireland
$39.54B
22.1%
2
Switzerland
$27.68B
15.5%
3
USA
$14.46B
8.1%
4
Rep. of Korea
$11.59B
6.5%
5
Saudi Arabia
$11.56B
6.5%
6
Singapore
$10.06B
5.6%
7
India
$8.42B
4.7%
8
Austria
$5.42B
3.0%
9
United Kingdom
$4.86B
2.7%
10
France
$4.84B
2.7%
11
Belgium
$3.96B
2.2%
12
Netherlands
$3.37B
1.9%
13
Kuwait
$2.98B
1.7%
14
Spain
$2.87B
1.6%
15
Japan
$2.18B
1.2%
16
Other Asia, nes
$1.95B
1.1%
17
Denmark
$1.83B
1.0%
18
Brunei Darussalam
$1.82B
1.0%
19
Trinidad and Tobago
$1.78B
1.0%
20
Oman
$1.75B
1.0%
21
Canada
$1.71B
1.0%
22
Norway
$1.48B
0.8%
23
Qatar
$1.14B
0.6%
24
Iran
$1.11B
0.6%
25
United Arab Emirates
$1.01B
0.6%
Top importers
1
USA
$21.29B
13.2%
2
China
$18.87B
11.7%
3
Germany
$15.18B
9.4%
4
Belgium
$15.05B
9.3%
5
Ireland
$13.36B
8.3%
6
Italy
$9.72B
6.0%
7
India
$6.55B
4.1%
8
Slovenia
$6.05B
3.7%
9
Brazil
$5.32B
3.3%
10
Singapore
$5.13B
3.2%
11
United Kingdom
$4.32B
2.7%
12
Austria
$4.06B
2.5%
13
Switzerland
$3.37B
2.1%
14
Panama
$3.00B
1.9%
15
Türkiye
$2.84B
1.8%
16
Spain
$2.65B
1.6%
17
Other Asia, nes
$2.55B
1.6%
18
Japan
$1.78B
1.1%
19
Argentina
$1.75B
1.1%
20
Mexico
$1.64B
1.0%
21
Greece
$1.53B
0.9%
22
Indonesia
$1.32B
0.8%
23
Oman
$1.27B
0.8%
24
Portugal
$1.22B
0.8%
25
Pakistan
$1.14B
0.7%