# Sacks and bags (HS4 6305) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Sacks and bags at HS4 6305, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The sacks and bags subsector recorded $5.7B in reported global trade in 2024, with -4.1% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $5.7B |
| Latest annual change | -4.1% |
| Active exporters | 184 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 6 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $1.0B | 3,121 | 6 |
| 1996 | $1.1B | 3,221 | 6 |
| 1997 | $1.1B | 3,246 | 6 |
| 1998 | $1.1B | 3,404 | 6 |
| 1999 | $1.3B | 3,714 | 6 |
| 2000 | $1.3B | 4,300 | 6 |
| 2001 | $1.3B | 4,473 | 6 |
| 2002 | $1.5B | 4,724 | 6 |
| 2003 | $1.7B | 4,713 | 6 |
| 2004 | $1.9B | 4,874 | 6 |
| 2005 | $2.2B | 4,924 | 6 |
| 2006 | $2.4B | 5,036 | 6 |
| 2007 | $2.7B | 5,294 | 6 |
| 2008 | $3.4B | 5,421 | 6 |
| 2009 | $2.8B | 5,646 | 6 |
| 2010 | $3.4B | 5,695 | 6 |
| 2011 | $4.3B | 5,959 | 6 |
| 2012 | $4.4B | 6,158 | 6 |
| 2013 | $4.7B | 6,103 | 6 |
| 2014 | $5.0B | 6,306 | 6 |
| 2015 | $4.8B | 6,339 | 6 |
| 2016 | $4.6B | 6,529 | 6 |
| 2017 | $5.0B | 6,588 | 6 |
| 2018 | $5.4B | 6,798 | 6 |
| 2019 | $5.3B | 6,729 | 6 |
| 2020 | $5.0B | 6,516 | 6 |
| 2021 | $6.2B | 6,966 | 6 |
| 2022 | $6.5B | 7,077 | 6 |
| 2023 | $5.5B | 7,209 | 6 |
| 2024 | $5.7B | 7,077 | 6 |

## Leading corridors

- India to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $299.7M; growth -2.9%.
- China to Japan: $260.1M; growth -6.9%.
- Viet Nam to Republic of Korea: $234.3M; growth +2.1%.
- China to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $128.2M; growth -13.3%.
- Viet Nam to Japan: $104.7M; growth +4.6%.
- Mexico to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $98.8M; growth -0.7%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Mexico: $92.0M; growth +3.9%.
- China to Republic of Korea: $86.9M; growth -6.6%.
- Turkey to Germany: $78.7M; growth -3%.
- India to Spain: $76.0M; growth -5.6%.

## HS6 products

- Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303 (HS6 630510)
- Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of cotton (HS6 630520)
- Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like (HS6 630531)
- Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, flexible intermediate bulk containers (HS6 630532)
- Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers (HS6 630533)
- Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, not of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers (HS6 630539)
- Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of textile materials (other than jute, cotton or man-made textile materials) (HS6 630590)

## 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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