# HS 902750 Using Optical Radiations (UV global trade data...

Reported global trade in using optical radiations (uv, visible, ir), (other than spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs) reached $10.6B in 2024, with five-year annual growth of +3.5%.

## Annual trade evidence

| Year | Global trade | Year-on-year growth | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | $6.3B | +1.8% | +4% |
| 2014 | $6.8B | +7.8% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | $6.6B | -4.1% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | $6.8B | +3.6% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | $7.4B | +9.6% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | $8.4B | +12.8% | +8.6% |
| 2019 | $8.9B | +6% | +9.4% |
| 2020 | $9.8B | +10.5% | +9.7% |
| 2021 | $11.2B | +13.9% | +10.1% |
| 2022 | $11.4B | +2.1% | +8.7% |
| 2023 | $11.1B | -3.1% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | $10.6B | -4.8% | -2% |

## Leading buyer markets

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $1.6B | +5.1% | 98 |
| China | $1.4B | -1.7% | 64 |
| Germany | $988.0M | -0.5% | 105 |
| Netherlands | $542.0M | +6.8% | 81 |
| Republic of Korea | $380.3M | +6.5% | 61 |
| United Kingdom | $353.9M | +4.3% | 82 |
| Singapore | $338.0M | +5.1% | 55 |
| Japan | $305.6M | +3.5% | 52 |
| India | $305.0M | +8.6% | 56 |
| France | $283.6M | +0.1% | 84 |
| Canada | $252.7M | +5.8% | 66 |
| Italy | $242.8M | +3.6% | 69 |

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