# HS 490700 Stamp-Impressed Paper global trade data overview...

Reported global trade in stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title reached $7.1B in 2024, with five-year annual growth of +12.9%.

## Annual trade evidence

| Year | Global trade | Year-on-year growth | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | $2.8B | -8% | -13% |
| 2014 | $2.9B | +2.8% | -14.4% |
| 2015 | $2.3B | -21.8% | -9.6% |
| 2016 | $2.0B | -11.2% | -10.6% |
| 2017 | $2.5B | +21.5% | -5.5% |
| 2018 | $3.3B | +33.2% | +12.9% |
| 2019 | $3.9B | +17.5% | +23.9% |
| 2020 | $4.0B | +4.1% | +17.7% |
| 2021 | $4.8B | +18.5% | +13.2% |
| 2022 | $5.9B | +23.7% | +15.1% |
| 2023 | $5.2B | -11.3% | +9.1% |
| 2024 | $7.1B | +35.8% | +14.2% |

## Leading buyer markets

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Armenia | $1.5B | +210.3% | 10 |
| China | $772.9M | +2.3% | 72 |
| Afghanistan | $726.4M | +524.2% | 3 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | $695.4M | +5.3% | 33 |
| Russia | $540.2M | +142.7% | 16 |
| USA | $375.6M | +57.5% | 106 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $307.7M | +219.4% | 10 |
| South Africa | $305.7M | -16% | 27 |
| Egypt | $162.8M | +80.4% | 22 |
| Argentina | $129.5M | +139.6% | 9 |
| Philippines | $123.9M | +25.6% | 26 |
| Nigeria | $100.2M | -21.4% | 18 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._