# Cork (HS4 4502) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Cork at HS4 4502, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The cork subsector recorded $39.1M in reported global trade in 2024, with -26% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $39.1M |
| Latest annual change | -26% |
| Active exporters | 76 |
| Active importers | 136 |
| Active HS6 products | 1 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $20.8M | 460 | 1 |
| 1996 | $23.4M | 472 | 1 |
| 1997 | $29.7M | 463 | 1 |
| 1998 | $30.7M | 491 | 1 |
| 1999 | $30.0M | 472 | 1 |
| 2000 | $36.1M | 495 | 1 |
| 2001 | $31.2M | 485 | 1 |
| 2002 | $32.9M | 489 | 1 |
| 2003 | $40.1M | 425 | 1 |
| 2004 | $47.8M | 465 | 1 |
| 2005 | $45.1M | 518 | 1 |
| 2006 | $67.6M | 520 | 1 |
| 2007 | $49.7M | 562 | 1 |
| 2008 | $57.6M | 641 | 1 |
| 2009 | $34.9M | 613 | 1 |
| 2010 | $37.0M | 594 | 1 |
| 2011 | $58.7M | 606 | 1 |
| 2012 | $54.1M | 668 | 1 |
| 2013 | $54.2M | 732 | 1 |
| 2014 | $55.5M | 711 | 1 |
| 2015 | $43.8M | 720 | 1 |
| 2016 | $42.3M | 731 | 1 |
| 2017 | $47.9M | 713 | 1 |
| 2018 | $56.4M | 741 | 1 |
| 2019 | $42.1M | 762 | 1 |
| 2020 | $35.1M | 688 | 1 |
| 2021 | $39.7M | 791 | 1 |
| 2022 | $44.1M | 767 | 1 |
| 2023 | $52.9M | 752 | 1 |
| 2024 | $39.1M | 762 | 1 |

## Leading corridors

- Spain to Portugal: $12.7M; growth -11.4%.
- Poland to Slovakia: $3.9M; growth -1.9%.
- Poland to Czechia: $2.1M; growth +13.6%.
- Portugal to Spain: $1.9M; growth -8.3%.
- Spain to France: $1.4M; growth +50.3%.
- Portugal to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.3M; growth +58%.
- Italy to Spain: $1.3M; growth -6.6%.
- China to Saudi Arabia: $1.3M; growth +48.9%.
- China to Slovakia: $892.2K; growth +140.4%.
- Austria to Slovakia: $740.6K; growth +24.8%.

## HS6 products

- Cork: natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip, (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers) (HS6 450200)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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