Technical textile articles: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. China$1.1 billion · 18.8%
2. Germany$892 million · 15.5%
3. United States$533 million · 9.3%
4. Japan$248 million · 4.3%
5. Italy$219 million · 3.8%
6. Mexico$207 million · 3.6%
7. Switzerland$177 million · 3.1%
8. Canada$161 million · 2.8%
9. Belgium$155 million · 2.7%
   re-exports
10. Austria$138 million · 2.4%
11. France$131 million · 2.3%
12. South Korea$129 million · 2.2%
13. Poland$111 million · 1.9%
14. Sweden$108 million · 1.9%
15. Israel$101 million · 1.8%
16. Finland$100 million · 1.7%
17. Czechia$86 million · 1.5%
18. India$85 million · 1.5%
19. Romania$81 million · 1.4%
20. Spain$77 million · 1.3%

China went from 0.53% to 18.8% of world exports of technical textile articles

In 2024, China accounted for 18.8% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 43.6%. HHI: 802 out of 10,000; equivalent to 12 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.

• Japan: 53.1% of its purchases · Dependence of Japan on China
• Vietnam: 57.6% of its purchases · Dependence of Vietnam on China
• Russia: 76.3% of its purchases · Dependence of Russia on China
• Philippines: 64.3% of its purchases · Dependence of the Philippines on China
• Kyrgyzstan: 94% of its purchases · Dependence of Kyrgyzstan on China
• Bangladesh: 59.3% of its purchases · Dependence of Bangladesh on China
• Pakistan: 56.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Pakistan on China
• Democratic Republic of the Congo: 64.5% of its purchases · Dependence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on China
• Iran: 57.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Iran on China
• Uzbekistan: 58.7% of its purchases · Dependence of Uzbekistan on China

1. United States$722 million · 12.5%
2. Germany$471 million · 8.2%
3. China$336 million · 5.8%
4. Mexico$277 million · 4.8%
5. Japan$186 million · 3.2%
6. South Korea$171 million · 3%
7. Canada$168 million · 2.9%
8. Italy$167 million · 2.9%
9. France$160 million · 2.8%
10. Vietnam$151 million · 2.6%
11. Poland$141 million · 2.5%
12. Netherlands$121 million · 2.1%
    re-exports
13. Taiwan$120 million · 2.1%
14. United Kingdom$117 million · 2%
15. India$115 million · 2%
16. Indonesia$109 million · 1.9%
17. Thailand$95 million · 1.7%
18. Turkey$92 million · 1.6%
19. Switzerland$92 million · 1.6%
20. Spain$90 million · 1.6%

• 5911 · Technical textile articles

Products in the same chapter

• Plastic-coated fabric
• Tire cord fabric
• Rubberized fabric
• Other impregnated or coated fabrics
• Textile conveyor and transmission belts
• Book cloth and painting canvas

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.