HS 39HS chapter

Plastics

Global trade in plastics during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$229.44B
Reported exports (2023)
$161.74B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries

Global merchandise trade in plastics totaled approximately $229.44 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. China led the field with $40.46 billion in exports — 17.6% of the global market.

This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 39. 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.

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All product hubs

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Top exporters overall

Global rankings across all goods.

Methodology

How CEPII BACI builds reconciled bilateral flows.