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Flatware (spoons and forks): top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in flatware (spoons and forks) totaled $2.7 billion (366 thousand tonnes). China accounted for 68% of exports, followed by Vietnam (9%) and Germany (4%); the top importers were the United States (18%), Germany (6%) and the Netherlands (4%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 7%.

Summary

World trade
$2.7billion
Tonnes
366thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$7,380
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. China$1.8 billion · 68.3%
  2. Vietnam$236 million · 8.7%
  3. Germany$99 million · 3.7%
  4. India$73 million · 2.7%
  5. France$67 million · 2.5%
  6. Italy$63 million · 2.3%
  7. Brazil$35 million · 1.3%
  8. Netherlands$30 million · 1.1%
    re-exports
  9. Portugal$30 million · 1.1%
  10. Spain$23 million · 0.87%
  11. Belgium$17 million · 0.62%
    re-exports
  12. United States$17 million · 0.61%
  13. Poland$16 million · 0.58%
  14. Indonesia$15 million · 0.55%
  15. Turkey$14 million · 0.51%
  16. United Kingdom$11 million · 0.4%
  17. Hong Kong$10 million · 0.37%
    re-exports
  18. Japan$9 million · 0.32%
  19. Taiwan$7 million · 0.27%
  20. Denmark$7 million · 0.25%

Top importers

  1. United States$480 million · 17.7%
  2. Germany$172 million · 6.3%
  3. Netherlands$106 million · 3.9%
    re-exports
  4. France$99 million · 3.7%
  5. United Arab Emirates$83 million · 3.1%
  6. United Kingdom$79 million · 2.9%
  7. Saudi Arabia$71 million · 2.6%
  8. Spain$68 million · 2.5%
  9. Malaysia$67 million · 2.5%
  10. Thailand$64 million · 2.4%
  11. Philippines$60 million · 2.2%
  12. Poland$56 million · 2.1%
  13. Canada$56 million · 2.1%
  14. Italy$51 million · 1.9%
  15. Vietnam$47 million · 1.8%
  16. Australia$46 million · 1.7%
  17. South Korea$44 million · 1.6%
  18. Iraq$43 million · 1.6%
  19. Turkey$40 million · 1.5%
  20. Austria$39 million · 1.5%

Trend

Who sells it

China was the top exporter throughout the period

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

  • China 1.8
  • Vietnam 0.24
  • Germany 0.1
  • India 0.07
  • France 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
China0.311.8
Vietnam< 0.010.24
Germany0.080.1
India0.010.07
France0.040.07

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne stayed close to $7,380 since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $7,380

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$7,335
1996$7,029
1997$6,664
1998$6,853
1999$6,205
2000$7,302
2001$6,721
2002$6,167
2003$6,204
2004$5,206
2005$6,258
2006$6,477
2007$6,525
2008$6,617
2009$6,599
2010$6,894
2011$7,387
2012$7,234
2013$7,418
2014$7,504
2015$7,949
2016$9,116
2017$7,373
2018$8,163
2019$7,855
2020$7,859
2021$7,994
2022$8,660
2023$7,597
2024$7,380

What it includes

  • 8215 · Flatware (spoons and forks)

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Sources and methodology

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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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