# Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS2 96) Sector Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Miscellaneous manufactured articles at HS2 96, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The miscellaneous manufactured articles sector recorded $62.0B in reported global trade in 2024, with +1.6% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $62.0B |
| Latest annual change | +1.6% |
| Active exporters | 197 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 49 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $16.3B | 7,437 | 49 |
| 1996 | $17.0B | 7,559 | 49 |
| 1997 | $17.4B | 7,667 | 49 |
| 1998 | $17.1B | 7,951 | 49 |
| 1999 | $19.0B | 8,357 | 49 |
| 2000 | $19.6B | 9,918 | 49 |
| 2001 | $19.4B | 10,094 | 49 |
| 2002 | $20.2B | 10,410 | 49 |
| 2003 | $22.8B | 10,707 | 49 |
| 2004 | $25.7B | 10,916 | 49 |
| 2005 | $27.2B | 11,299 | 49 |
| 2006 | $29.6B | 11,687 | 49 |
| 2007 | $33.5B | 11,778 | 48 |
| 2008 | $37.0B | 11,898 | 48 |
| 2009 | $33.3B | 12,081 | 48 |
| 2010 | $37.5B | 12,247 | 48 |
| 2011 | $41.8B | 12,416 | 48 |
| 2012 | $42.2B | 12,640 | 48 |
| 2013 | $44.7B | 12,722 | 48 |
| 2014 | $47.5B | 12,982 | 48 |
| 2015 | $45.7B | 13,098 | 48 |
| 2016 | $46.4B | 13,219 | 48 |
| 2017 | $48.6B | 13,327 | 49 |
| 2018 | $50.9B | 13,609 | 49 |
| 2019 | $50.7B | 13,414 | 49 |
| 2020 | $48.6B | 12,977 | 49 |
| 2021 | $56.1B | 13,666 | 49 |
| 2022 | $60.6B | 13,622 | 49 |
| 2023 | $60.6B | 13,759 | 49 |
| 2024 | $62.0B | 13,591 | 49 |

## Growth and market structure

- Trend: Growing
- Three-year CAGR: +3.4%
- Five-year CAGR: +4.1%
- Historical peak: $62.0B in 2,024
- Positive-growth years: 75.9%
- Exporter concentration HHI: 2,885
- Importer concentration HHI: 580.9
- 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 | $5.3B | +5.4% | 49 | 11,883 km | No |
| 2 | Mexico | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $1.1B | +8.4% | 46 | 3,359 km | Yes |
| 3 | China | Viet Nam | $1.1B | +11.5% | 49 | 2,732 km | Yes |
| 4 | Canada | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $912.6M | +3.4% | 49 | 556 km | Yes |
| 5 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | Canada | $910.7M | +2.5% | 49 | 556 km | Yes |
| 6 | China | United Kingdom | $870.2M | +7.7% | 49 | 9,217 km | No |
| 7 | China | Japan | $852.5M | -0.2% | 49 | 1,763 km | No |
| 8 | China | Russia | $852.1M | +10.7% | 48 | 6,831 km | No |
| 9 | China | Germany | $845.0M | +1.8% | 49 | 8,415 km | No |
| 10 | China | Malaysia | $793.6M | +22.8% | 49 | 3,737 km | Yes |

## Leading exporters

| Rank | Country | Exports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | China | $26.9B | 200 | 49 |
| 2 | Germany | $4.1B | 190 | 49 |
| 3 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $2.3B | 182 | 49 |
| 4 | Japan | $2.1B | 170 | 49 |
| 5 | France | $2.0B | 185 | 49 |
| 6 | Czechia | $1.8B | 156 | 49 |
| 7 | Poland | $1.8B | 163 | 49 |
| 8 | Italy | $1.7B | 176 | 49 |
| 9 | Mexico | $1.5B | 136 | 49 |
| 10 | Netherlands | $1.5B | 184 | 49 |

## Leading importers

| Rank | Country | Imports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $9.4B | 142 | 49 |
| 2 | Germany | $3.6B | 138 | 49 |
| 3 | France | $2.5B | 162 | 49 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | $2.3B | 136 | 49 |
| 5 | Canada | $1.8B | 145 | 49 |
| 6 | Viet Nam | $1.6B | 78 | 49 |
| 7 | Netherlands | $1.4B | 135 | 49 |
| 8 | Mexico | $1.4B | 81 | 49 |
| 9 | Russia | $1.4B | 65 | 49 |
| 10 | Italy | $1.4B | 110 | 49 |

## HS6 products

- Ivory and articles thereof: worked (HS6 960110)
- Bone, tortoise shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material and articles thereof (including articles obtained by moulding) (HS6 960190)
- Vegetable, mineral carving material and articles of these materials, moulded or carved articles of wax, stearin, natural gums, resins or modelling pastes, worked unhardened gelatin (not heading no. 3503) (HS6 960200)
- Brooms and brushes: consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles (HS6 960310)
- Brushes: toothbrushes (HS6 960321)
- Brushes: shaving, hair, nail, eyelash and other toilet brushes for use on the person, including brushes as parts of appliances (HS6 960329)
- Brushes: artists\' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics (HS6 960330)
- Brushes: paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (not those of item no. 9603.30), paint pads and rollers (HS6 960340)
- Brushes: constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles (HS6 960350)
- Brooms, brushes, mops, feather dusters, squeegees, hand operated mechanical floor sweepers: (not motorised), prepared knots and tufts for brooms or brush making n.e.c. (HS6 960390)
- Hand sieves and hand riddles (HS6 960400)
- Travel sets: for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning (HS6 960500)
- Press-fasteners, snap-fasteners, press-studs and parts therefor (HS6 960610)
- Buttons: of plastics, not covered with textile material (HS6 960621)
- Buttons: of base metal, not covered with textile material (HS6 960622)
- Buttons: of other than base metal or plastics, not covered with textile material (HS6 960629)
- Button moulds and other parts of buttons: button blanks (HS6 960630)
- Slide fasteners: fitted with chain scoops of base metal (HS6 960711)
- Slide fasteners: other than those fitted with chain scoops of base metal (HS6 960719)
- Slide fasteners: parts (HS6 960720)
- Pens: ball point (HS6 960810)
- Pens: felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers (HS6 960820)
- Pens: fountain, stylograph and other pens (HS6 960830)
- Pens: Indian ink drawing pens (HS6 960831)
- Pens: fountain, stylograph and other pens, excluding Indian ink drawing pens (HS6 960839)
- Pencils: propelling or sliding (HS6 960840)
- Pen and pencil sets: of articles from two or more of the foregoing sub-headings (HS6 960850)
- Pens: ball-point, refills comprising the ball point and ink-reservoir (HS6 960860)
- Pens: nibs and nib points (HS6 960891)
- Pens and pencils n.e.c. in heading no. 9608: duplicating stylos, pen-holders, pencil-holders, and similar holders, parts of the articles of heading no. 9608 (HS6 960899)
- Pencils and crayons: with leads encased in rigid sheath (HS6 960910)
- Pencil leads: black or coloured (HS6 960920)
- Pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks, tailors\' chalk (HS6 960990)
- Slates and boards: with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed (HS6 961000)
- Stamps: date, numbering, sealing stamps and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating by hand: hand operated composing sticks and printing sets (HS6 961100)
- Ribbons: for typewriters and the like, inked or otherwise prepared, for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges (HS6 961210)
- Ink pads: whether or not inked, with or without boxes (HS6 961220)
- Lighters: pocket, cigarette, gas fuelled, non-refillable (HS6 961310)
- Lighters: pocket, cigarette, gas fuelled, refillable (HS6 961320)
- Lighters: table lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical (HS6 961330)
- Lighters: whether or not mechanical or electrical, n.e.s. in heading no. 9613 (HS6 961380)
- Lighters: parts for cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, other than flints and wicks (HS6 961390)
- Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof (HS6 961400)
- Pipes: smoking, roughly shaped blocks of wood or root, for the manufacture of pipes (HS6 961410)
- Pipes and pipe bowls and parts (HS6 961420)
- Cigar, cigarette holders and parts thereof (HS6 961490)
- Combs, hair slides and the like: of hard rubber or plastics (HS6 961511)
- Combs, hair slides and the like: of other than hard rubber or plastics (HS6 961519)
- Hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair curlers and the like (not those of heading no. 8516) and parts thereof (HS6 961590)
- Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor (HS6 961610)
- Powder puffs and pads: for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations (HS6 961620)
- Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases: parts thereof other than glass inners (HS6 961700)
- Tailors\' dummies and other lay figures: automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressing (HS6 961800)
- Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material (HS6 961900)
- Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (HS6 962000)

## 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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