# HS 830590 Letter Clips global trade data overview | Yugalinks

Reported global trade in letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing tags and similar office articles, including parts, of base metal reached $243.5M in 2024, with five-year annual growth of -1.5%.

## Annual trade evidence

| Year | Global trade | Year-on-year growth | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | $277.3M | +4.8% | +7% |
| 2014 | $303.5M | +9.4% | +6% |
| 2015 | $270.9M | -10.7% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | $236.7M | -12.7% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | $258.0M | +9% | -5.3% |
| 2018 | $270.4M | +4.8% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | $262.3M | -3% | +3.5% |
| 2020 | $212.1M | -19.1% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | $227.5M | +7.2% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | $281.5M | +23.8% | +2.4% |
| 2023 | $243.3M | -13.6% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | $243.5M | +0.1% | +2.3% |

## Leading buyer markets

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $36.8M | +1.6% | 51 |
| Japan | $13.0M | -1.6% | 26 |
| Mexico | $12.2M | +2.1% | 40 |
| Indonesia | $10.3M | -5.8% | 28 |
| Viet Nam | $10.2M | +13.3% | 17 |
| Malaysia | $9.5M | -6.6% | 23 |
| Germany | $9.1M | -6.7% | 47 |
| Singapore | $8.4M | -6.1% | 30 |
| Thailand | $7.8M | +5% | 33 |
| Republic of Korea | $6.1M | -5.8% | 30 |
| Netherlands | $5.9M | +5.8% | 51 |
| Russia | $5.4M | -1.3% | 18 |

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