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Who buys the United States’ aircraft and helicopters? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $39.2 billion of aircraft and helicopters (40 thousand tonnes), 25.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Ireland (18%), China (13%) and the United Kingdom (8%). The United States was the world’s largest exporter of aircraft and helicopters.

Summary

Value
$39.2billion
Tonnes
40thousand tonnes
Share of world total
25.2%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Ireland6.9Tonnes: 8,085USD per tonne: $851,44117.6%Air
China5.3Tonnes: 3,798USD per tonne: $1,390,07213.5%Air
United Kingdom3Tonnes: 2,854USD per tonne: $1,057,3877.7%Air
Singapore re-exports1.9Tonnes: 2,442USD per tonne: $777,6134.9%Air
Japan1.7Tonnes: 1,312USD per tonne: $1,281,3944.3%Air
Australia1.6Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $824,076,1704.1%Sea
South Korea1.6Tonnes: 1,303USD per tonne: $1,218,7164.1%Air
Brazil1.6Tonnes: 1,583USD per tonne: $981,0834%Air
Poland1Tonnes: 1,786USD per tonne: $565,5112.6%Air
Malaysia0.91Tonnes: 1,304USD per tonne: $698,5042.3%Air
Denmark0.9Tonnes: 532USD per tonne: $1,698,2392.3%Air
New Zealand0.83Tonnes: 1,103USD per tonne: $719,8872.1%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.83Tonnes: 587USD per tonne: $1,412,8892.1%Air
Spain0.82Tonnes: 827USD per tonne: $989,6802.1%Air
Taiwan0.82Tonnes: 668USD per tonne: $1,222,7962.1%Air
Germany0.81Tonnes: 1,205USD per tonne: $671,9212.1%Air
Canada0.8Tonnes: 1,001USD per tonne: $793,4162%Land
Norway0.68Tonnes: 143USD per tonne: $4,738,7891.7%Air
Thailand0.65Tonnes: 2,023USD per tonne: $320,3141.7%Air
Turkey0.57Tonnes: 814USD per tonne: $704,6781.5%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

Ireland has been its main destination since 2019

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Ireland 6.9
  • China 5.3
  • United Kingdom 3
  • Singapore 1.9
  • Japan 1.7

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Ireland0.086.9
China0.855.3
United Kingdom0.93
Singapore0.821.9
Japan1.51.7

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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