Materials testing machines: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. United States$593 million · 23.8%
2. Germany$418 million · 16.8%
3. China$260 million · 10.4%
4. United Kingdom$250 million · 10%
5. Italy$126 million · 5.1%
6. Switzerland$111 million · 4.4%
7. Japan$95 million · 3.8%
8. Canada$55 million · 2.2%
9. Netherlands$48 million · 1.9%
   re-exports
10. Austria$46 million · 1.9%
11. France$46 million · 1.8%
12. Taiwan$41 million · 1.7%
13. South Korea$37 million · 1.5%
14. India$36 million · 1.5%
15. Israel$31 million · 1.2%
16. Spain$27 million · 1.1%
17. Malaysia$23 million · 0.93%
18. Turkey$23 million · 0.9%
19. Sweden$22 million · 0.9%
20. Finland$20 million · 0.8%

The United States went from 29.9% to 23.8% of world exports of materials testing machines

In 2024, the United States accounted for 23.8% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 51%. HHI: 1,145 out of 10,000; equivalent to 9 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 the United States sells more than half of what they buy

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

• Canada: 66.8% of its purchases · Dependence of Canada on the United States
• Costa Rica: 67.6% of its purchases · Dependence of Costa Rica on the United States
• Armenia: 66.2% of its purchases
• Dominican Republic: 63% of its purchases · Dependence of the Dominican Republic on the United States

1. China$366 million · 14.7%
2. United States$289 million · 11.6%
3. Germany$126 million · 5.1%
4. India$114 million · 4.6%
5. South Korea$113 million · 4.5%
6. France$81 million · 3.3%
7. United Kingdom$80 million · 3.2%
8. Mexico$68 million · 2.7%
9. Canada$65 million · 2.6%
10. Vietnam$64 million · 2.5%
11. Italy$62 million · 2.5%
12. Japan$52 million · 2.1%
13. Turkey$51 million · 2%
14. Malaysia$46 million · 1.8%
15. Thailand$43 million · 1.7%
16. Hong Kong$42 million · 1.7%
    re-exports
17. Taiwan$41 million · 1.7%
18. Brazil$41 million · 1.6%
19. Spain$41 million · 1.6%
20. United Arab Emirates$39 million · 1.6%

• 9024 · Materials testing machines

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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.