# HS 900580 Other Optical Telescopes And Astrono global trade...

Reported global trade in other optical telescopes and astronomical instruments, excluding instruments for radio-astronomy reached $708.3M in 2024, with five-year annual growth of +6.6%.

## Annual trade evidence

| Year | Global trade | Year-on-year growth | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | $405.5M | +0.1% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | $385.0M | -5% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | $361.6M | -6.1% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | $410.3M | +13.5% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | $461.2M | +12.4% | +6.2% |
| 2018 | $438.0M | -5% | +6.6% |
| 2019 | $515.2M | +17.6% | +7.9% |
| 2020 | $529.1M | +2.7% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | $699.1M | +32.1% | +16.9% |
| 2022 | $678.0M | -3% | +9.6% |
| 2023 | $748.1M | +10.3% | +12.2% |
| 2024 | $708.3M | -5.3% | +0.4% |

## Leading buyer markets

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $161.7M | +6.5% | 60 |
| Indonesia | $75.1M | +81.1% | 26 |
| Germany | $62.7M | +3.1% | 53 |
| United Kingdom | $27.9M | +2.2% | 42 |
| Ukraine | $27.7M | +43.8% | 28 |
| Poland | $20.0M | +23.5% | 46 |
| France | $18.9M | +4% | 46 |
| Canada | $16.8M | +1.4% | 45 |
| Netherlands | $14.3M | -10.7% | 48 |
| Sweden | $12.9M | +25.1% | 40 |
| Australia | $12.5M | +1.5% | 40 |
| Japan | $11.9M | +6.8% | 29 |

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