3D printers: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. Germany$2.1 billion · 18.5%
2. China$1.9 billion · 16.8%
3. United States$1.4 billion · 11.8%
4. Japan$739 million · 6.4%
5. Italy$453 million · 3.9%
6. France$440 million · 3.8%
7. United Kingdom$411 million · 3.6%
8. Taiwan$310 million · 2.7%
9. Mexico$284 million · 2.5%
10. South Korea$263 million · 2.3%
11. Netherlands$257 million · 2.2%
    re-exports
12. Czechia$210 million · 1.8%
13. Sweden$190 million · 1.6%
14. India$184 million · 1.6%
15. Spain$180 million · 1.6%
16. Switzerland$156 million · 1.4%
17. Austria$136 million · 1.2%
18. Turkey$134 million · 1.2%
19. Poland$132 million · 1.1%
20. Canada$132 million · 1.1%

Germany went from 22.4% to 18.5% of world exports of 3D printers

In 2024, Germany accounted for 18.5% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 47%. HHI: 895 out of 10,000; equivalent to 11 exporters of the same size.

Share of recorded exports, not of production: a country that produces a lot and consumes almost all of it may export little

Countries where Germany sells more than half of what they buy

Countries that buy more than half of this product from its largest exporter, with its share.

• Finland: 69% of its purchases · Dependence of Finland on Germany
• Sweden: 54.8% of its purchases · Dependence of Sweden on Germany
• Hungary: 56.1% of its purchases · Dependence of Hungary on Germany
• North Macedonia: 54.6% of its purchases
• Georgia: 51.5% of its purchases

1. China$1 billion · 8.7%
2. Germany$988 million · 8.5%
3. United States$926 million · 8%
4. France$538 million · 4.7%
5. Liberia$404 million · 3.5%
6. South Korea$393 million · 3.4%
7. Mexico$338 million · 2.9%
8. Netherlands$329 million · 2.9%
   re-exports
9. Singapore$305 million · 2.6%
   re-exports
10. Italy$303 million · 2.6%
11. United Kingdom$294 million · 2.5%
12. Japan$283 million · 2.4%
13. Canada$274 million · 2.4%
14. Turkey$229 million · 2%
15. Russia$212 million · 1.8%
16. Egypt$211 million · 1.8%
17. Marshall Islands$195 million · 1.7%
18. Poland$192 million · 1.7%
19. United Arab Emirates$192 million · 1.7%
20. Sweden$182 million · 1.6%

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Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

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.