# Tools and cutlery (HS2 82) Sector Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Tools and cutlery at HS2 82, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The tools and cutlery sector recorded $71.5B in reported global trade in 2024, with +1.3% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $71.5B |
| Latest annual change | +1.3% |
| Active exporters | 200 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 64 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $21.0B | 7,526 | 64 |
| 1996 | $21.4B | 7,719 | 64 |
| 1997 | $22.3B | 7,695 | 64 |
| 1998 | $22.6B | 7,918 | 64 |
| 1999 | $24.5B | 8,420 | 64 |
| 2000 | $25.8B | 9,996 | 64 |
| 2001 | $25.9B | 10,160 | 64 |
| 2002 | $26.9B | 10,521 | 64 |
| 2003 | $30.2B | 10,681 | 64 |
| 2004 | $35.6B | 10,975 | 64 |
| 2005 | $38.2B | 11,483 | 64 |
| 2006 | $42.8B | 11,770 | 64 |
| 2007 | $48.9B | 12,159 | 64 |
| 2008 | $54.9B | 12,304 | 64 |
| 2009 | $41.3B | 12,567 | 64 |
| 2010 | $50.5B | 12,751 | 64 |
| 2011 | $59.8B | 13,055 | 64 |
| 2012 | $61.0B | 13,389 | 64 |
| 2013 | $62.1B | 13,419 | 64 |
| 2014 | $65.1B | 13,874 | 64 |
| 2015 | $59.2B | 13,757 | 64 |
| 2016 | $57.6B | 13,980 | 64 |
| 2017 | $61.9B | 14,112 | 64 |
| 2018 | $66.5B | 14,252 | 64 |
| 2019 | $64.1B | 14,233 | 64 |
| 2020 | $59.5B | 13,629 | 64 |
| 2021 | $72.7B | 14,061 | 64 |
| 2022 | $72.8B | 14,223 | 64 |
| 2023 | $71.0B | 14,207 | 64 |
| 2024 | $71.5B | 14,162 | 64 |

## Growth and market structure

- Trend: Stable
- Three-year CAGR: -0.6%
- Five-year CAGR: +2.2%
- Historical peak: $72.8B in 2,022
- Positive-growth years: 72.4%
- Exporter concentration HHI: 2,308.3
- Importer concentration HHI: 603.3
- Trade volatility coefficient: 0.4

## Leading corridors

| Rank | Exporter | Importer | Trade value | Growth | HS6 products | Distance | FTA |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | China | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $4.0B | -5.1% | 64 | 11,883 km | No |
| 2 | China | Germany | $1.3B | -2.1% | 64 | 8,415 km | No |
| 3 | China | Russia | $1.3B | +17.8% | 64 | 6,831 km | No |
| 4 | Taiwan | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $1.1B | -4.3% | 63 | 12,555 km | No |
| 5 | Germany | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $1.0B | +2.3% | 64 | 6,402 km | No |
| 6 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | Canada | $936.6M | +0.8% | 64 | 556 km | Yes |
| 7 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | Mexico | $896.8M | +3.2% | 64 | 3,359 km | Yes |
| 8 | China | Mexico | $823.5M | +11.4% | 64 | 12,928 km | No |
| 9 | Mexico | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $802.9M | +2.2% | 62 | 3,359 km | Yes |
| 10 | China | United Kingdom | $783.0M | +2.7% | 64 | 9,217 km | No |

## Leading exporters

| Rank | Country | Exports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | China | $23.1B | 200 | 64 |
| 2 | Germany | $9.6B | 189 | 64 |
| 3 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $4.4B | 191 | 64 |
| 4 | Japan | $3.5B | 183 | 64 |
| 5 | Taiwan | $3.0B | 178 | 64 |
| 6 | Italy | $2.0B | 186 | 64 |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | $2.0B | 179 | 64 |
| 8 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $2.0B | 180 | 64 |
| 9 | Poland | $1.7B | 175 | 64 |
| 10 | Netherlands | $1.5B | 186 | 64 |

## Leading importers

| Rank | Country | Imports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $11.8B | 154 | 64 |
| 2 | Germany | $5.9B | 144 | 64 |
| 3 | Mexico | $2.8B | 94 | 64 |
| 4 | France | $2.5B | 168 | 64 |
| 5 | China | $2.4B | 128 | 64 |
| 6 | Netherlands | $2.3B | 142 | 64 |
| 7 | Canada | $2.3B | 162 | 64 |
| 8 | United Kingdom | $2.1B | 142 | 64 |
| 9 | Russia | $1.9B | 63 | 64 |
| 10 | Italy | $1.8B | 118 | 64 |

## HS6 products

- Tools, hand: spades and shovels (HS6 820110)
- Tools, hand: forks (HS6 820120)
- Tools, hand: mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes (HS6 820130)
- Tools, hand: axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools, of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry (HS6 820140)
- Tools, hand: one-handed secateurs (including poultry shears) (HS6 820150)
- Tools, hand: hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears (HS6 820160)
- Tools, hand: n.e.c. in heading no. 8201, of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry (HS6 820190)
- Tools, hand: hand saws (HS6 820210)
- Tools, hand: band saw blades (HS6 820220)
- Tools, hand: circular saw blades (including slitting or slotting saw blades), with working part of steel (HS6 820231)
- Tools, hand: circular (including slitting or slotting) saw blades, with working part of materials other than steel (HS6 820232)
- Tools, hand: circular saw blades (including slitting or slotting saw blades), with working part of materials (other than steel) (HS6 820239)
- Tools, hand: chain saw blades (HS6 820240)
- Tools, hand: straight saw blades, for working metal (HS6 820291)
- Tools, hand: saw blades n.e.c. in heading no. 8202 (HS6 820299)
- Tools, hand: files, rasps and similar tools (HS6 820310)
- Tools, hand: pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers and similar tools (HS6 820320)
- Tools, hand: metal cutting shears and similar tools (HS6 820330)
- Tools, hand: pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar tools (HS6 820340)
- Tools, hand: hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches), non-adjustable (HS6 820411)
- Tools, hand: hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches), adjustable (HS6 820412)
- Tools, hand: interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles (HS6 820420)
- Tools, hand: drilling, threading or tapping tools (HS6 820510)
- Tools, hand: hammers and sledge hammers (HS6 820520)
- Tools, hand: planes, chisels, gauges and similar cutting tools for working wood (HS6 820530)
- Tools, hand: screwdrivers (HS6 820540)
- Tools, hand: household (HS6 820551)
- Tools, hand: other than household tools (HS6 820559)
- Tools, hand: blow lamps (HS6 820560)
- Tools, hand: vices, clamps and the like (HS6 820570)
- Tools, hand: anvils, portable forges, hand or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks (HS6 820580)
- Tools, hand: sets, of articles of two or more of the foregoing items (HS6 820590)
- Tools, hand: two or more of heading no. 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale (HS6 820600)
- Tools, interchangeable: rock drilling or earth-boring tools, whether or not power-operated, with working part of sintered metal carbide or cermets (HS6 820711)
- Tools, interchangeable: rock drilling or earth-boring tools, with working part of materials other than sintered metal carbide or cermets, for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated (HS6 820712)
- Tools, interchangeable: rock drilling or earth boring tools, with working part of cermets, whether or not power operated (HS6 820713)
- Tools, interchangeable: rock drilling or earth boring tools, with working part (other than of cermets), whether or not power operated, including parts (HS6 820719)
- Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), dies for drawing or extruding metal (HS6 820720)
- Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), tools for pressing, stamping or punching (HS6 820730)
- Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), tools for tapping or threading (HS6 820740)
- Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), tools for drilling (other than rock) (HS6 820750)
- Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), for boring or broaching (HS6 820760)
- Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), for milling (HS6 820770)
- Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), for turning (HS6 820780)
- Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), for screw-driving or uses n.e.s. in heading no. 8207 (HS6 820790)
- Tools: knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances, for metal working (HS6 820810)
- Tools: knives and cutting blades, for wood working machines or mechanical appliances (HS6 820820)
- Tools: knives and cutting blades, for kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry (HS6 820830)
- Tools: knives and cutting blades, for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines or mechanical appliances (HS6 820840)
- Tools: knives and cutting blades, for machines or mechanical appliances, n.e.s. in heading no. 8208 (HS6 820890)
- Tools: plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of sintered metal carbides or cermets (HS6 820900)
- Tools: hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drink (HS6 821000)
- Knives: with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), sets of assorted articles, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 8208 (HS6 821110)
- Knives: table knives, having fixed cutting blades, serrated or not, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 8208 (HS6 821191)
- Knives: having fixed cutting blades, (other than table knives), serrated or not, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 8208 (HS6 821192)
- Knives: with cutting blades, (having other than fixed blades), serrated or not, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 8208 (HS6 821193)
- Blades: cutting, serrated or not, excluding those of heading no. 8208 (HS6 821194)
- Knives: with handles of base metal (HS6 821195)
- Razors (HS6 821210)
- Razors: safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in strips (HS6 821220)
- Razors: parts n.e.c. in heading no. 8212 (HS6 821290)
- Scissors: tailors\' shears, similar shears and blades therefor (HS6 821300)
- Cutlery: paper knives, letter openers, erasing knives, pencil sharpeners and blades therefor (HS6 821410)
- Manicure or pedicure sets and instruments: (including nail files) (HS6 821420)
- Cutlery: hair clippers and mincing knives (HS6 821490)
- Cutlery: sets of assorted articles (eg spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar), with at least one article plated with precious metal (HS6 821510)
- Cutlery: sets of assorted articles (eg spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter knives, sugar tongs and similar), not plated with precious metal (HS6 821520)
- Cutlery: (e.g. spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar), plated with precious metal, not in sets (HS6 821591)
- Cutlery: other than plated with precious metal (HS6 821599)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS2. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024. The data release was refreshed 2026-07-20 09:34:08.

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