Eyeglass frames: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. China$3.7 billion · 49.7%
2. Italy$1.6 billion · 21.3%
3. Japan$334 million · 4.5%
4. France$168 million · 2.3%
5. Germany$158 million · 2.2%
6. Austria$153 million · 2.1%
7. Denmark$139 million · 1.9%
8. Hong Kong$126 million · 1.7%
   re-exports
9. Netherlands$89 million · 1.2%
   re-exports
10. Thailand$84 million · 1.1%
11. United States$81 million · 1.1%
12. Spain$79 million · 1.1%
13. South Korea$74 million · 1%
14. Czechia$73 million · 0.99%
15. Brazil$63 million · 0.86%
16. Sweden$63 million · 0.86%
17. Vietnam$51 million · 0.69%
18. Bangladesh$46 million · 0.63%
19. United Kingdom$38 million · 0.52%
20. Taiwan$34 million · 0.46%

China went from 5.5% to 49.7% of world exports of eyeglass frames

In 2024, China accounted for 49.7% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 75.6%. HHI: 2,978 out of 10,000; equivalent to 3 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 China sells more than half of what they buy

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

• Hong Kong: 81.4% of its purchases · Dependence of Hong Kong on China
• Italy: 65.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Italy on China
• Japan: 80.9% of its purchases · Dependence of Japan on China
• Mexico: 55% of its purchases · Dependence of Mexico on China
• India: 85.3% of its purchases · Dependence of India on China
• Thailand: 72.6% of its purchases · Dependence of Thailand on China
• United Kingdom: 50.1% of its purchases · Dependence of the United Kingdom on China
• Brazil: 75% of its purchases · Dependence of Brazil on China
• Poland: 55.7% of its purchases · Dependence of Poland on China
• South Korea: 51.8% of its purchases · Dependence of South Korea on China

1. United States$1.3 billion · 17.4%
2. Italy$676 million · 9.2%
3. Hong Kong$675 million · 9.2%
   re-exports
4. France$544 million · 7.4%
5. Germany$392 million · 5.3%
6. Japan$284 million · 3.9%
7. Mexico$265 million · 3.6%
8. Netherlands$208 million · 2.8%
   re-exports
9. Canada$200 million · 2.7%
10. United Kingdom$184 million · 2.5%
11. Spain$173 million · 2.4%
12. Thailand$146 million · 2%
13. India$138 million · 1.9%
14. China$138 million · 1.9%
15. Poland$109 million · 1.5%
16. Austria$104 million · 1.4%
17. Denmark$102 million · 1.4%
18. Sweden$101 million · 1.4%
19. South Korea$95 million · 1.3%
20. Czechia$87 million · 1.2%

• 9003 · Eyeglass frames

Products in the same chapter

• Medical instruments
• Orthopedic and hearing devices
• Other measuring instruments
• Physical and chemical analysis instruments
• Control instruments
• Electrical test instruments
• Optical fibers and lenses
• Flow, level and pressure meters

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.