Optical microscopes: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. Germany$1.1 billion · 34.5%
2. Japan$474 million · 14.5%
3. China$437 million · 13.4%
4. United States$247 million · 7.6%
5. Singapore$240 million · 7.4%
   re-exports
6. United Kingdom$109 million · 3.4%
7. Netherlands$77 million · 2.4%
   re-exports
8. Italy$51 million · 1.6%
9. Hungary$47 million · 1.4%
10. Hong Kong$42 million · 1.3%
    re-exports
11. Sweden$33 million · 1%
12. Switzerland$32 million · 1%
13. Taiwan$32 million · 0.98%
14. Finland$29 million · 0.88%
15. France$25 million · 0.78%
16. Austria$25 million · 0.77%
17. Canada$21 million · 0.63%
18. South Korea$20 million · 0.62%
19. Israel$18 million · 0.57%
20. Belgium$18 million · 0.56%
    re-exports

Germany went from 31.9% to 34.5% of world exports of optical microscopes

In 2024, Germany accounted for 34.5% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 62.5%. HHI: 1,725 out of 10,000; equivalent to 6 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.

• Italy: 63.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Italy on Germany
• Australia: 53.1% of its purchases
• Israel: 53.1% of its purchases · Dependence of Israel on Germany
• Saudi Arabia: 52.7% of its purchases
• Morocco: 52.3% of its purchases
• Libya: 92.7% of its purchases
• Portugal: 54.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Portugal on Germany
• Greece: 58.6% of its purchases · Dependence of Greece on Germany
• New Zealand: 50.9% of its purchases
• Kuwait: 54.2% of its purchases

1. United States$592 million · 18.2%
2. China$414 million · 12.7%
3. Germany$285 million · 8.8%
4. United Kingdom$141 million · 4.3%
5. Japan$135 million · 4.1%
6. Netherlands$124 million · 3.8%
   re-exports
7. Hong Kong$100 million · 3.1%
   re-exports
8. Singapore$97 million · 3%
   re-exports
9. France$81 million · 2.5%
10. South Korea$80 million · 2.5%
11. India$71 million · 2.2%
12. Canada$69 million · 2.1%
13. Italy$68 million · 2.1%
14. Switzerland$65 million · 2%
15. Taiwan$55 million · 1.7%
16. Russia$51 million · 1.6%
17. Spain$49 million · 1.5%
18. Australia$48 million · 1.5%
19. Mexico$38 million · 1.2%
20. Israel$37 million · 1.1%

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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.