HS 71HS chapter
Pearls and precious metals
Global trade in pearls and precious metals during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$822.41B
Reported exports (2023)
$806.60B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in pearls and precious metals totaled approximately $822.41 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Switzerland led the field with $119.87 billion in exports — 14.6% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 71. 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
Switzerland
$119.87B
14.6%
2
United Arab Emirates
$71.84B
8.7%
3
USA
$50.03B
6.1%
4
South Africa
$45.09B
5.5%
5
United Kingdom
$44.65B
5.4%
6
India
$34.84B
4.2%
7
China, Hong Kong SAR
$33.29B
4.0%
8
Canada
$30.53B
3.7%
9
Australia
$27.35B
3.3%
10
Russian Federation
$24.26B
2.9%
11
Kazakhstan
$19.22B
2.3%
12
Ghana
$15.68B
1.9%
13
Belgium
$15.26B
1.9%
14
Japan
$14.82B
1.8%
15
Italy
$14.25B
1.7%
16
Türkiye
$13.68B
1.7%
17
Singapore
$13.43B
1.6%
18
Thailand
$13.25B
1.6%
19
Uzbekistan
$11.44B
1.4%
20
China
$11.33B
1.4%
21
France
$10.96B
1.3%
22
Guinea
$9.67B
1.2%
23
Germany
$9.21B
1.1%
24
Israel
$8.99B
1.1%
25
Peru
$8.89B
1.1%
Top importers
1
Switzerland
$125.45B
15.6%
2
China, Hong Kong SAR
$106.20B
13.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
$103.61B
12.8%
4
China
$88.49B
11.0%
5
India
$66.08B
8.2%
6
United Kingdom
$60.40B
7.5%
7
USA
$50.59B
6.3%
8
Türkiye
$32.64B
4.0%
9
Singapore
$18.46B
2.3%
10
Canada
$14.93B
1.9%
11
Belgium
$12.14B
1.5%
12
Italy
$11.22B
1.4%
13
France
$9.81B
1.2%
14
Thailand
$9.51B
1.2%
15
Japan
$9.41B
1.2%
16
Saudi Arabia
$9.14B
1.1%
17
Australia
$7.30B
0.9%
18
Germany
$6.58B
0.8%
19
South Africa
$4.88B
0.6%
20
Iraq
$4.85B
0.6%
21
Malaysia
$4.70B
0.6%
22
Israel
$4.14B
0.5%
23
Other Asia, nes
$3.04B
0.4%
24
Lebanon
$2.94B
0.4%
25
Qatar
$2.90B
0.4%