# Ceramic building bricks (HS4 6904) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Ceramic building bricks at HS4 6904, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The ceramic building bricks subsector recorded $1.8B in reported global trade in 2024, with -20.1% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $1.8B |
| Latest annual change | -20.1% |
| Active exporters | 145 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 2 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $390.4M | 1,316 | 2 |
| 1996 | $346.9M | 1,340 | 2 |
| 1997 | $310.6M | 1,347 | 2 |
| 1998 | $296.3M | 1,476 | 2 |
| 1999 | $398.0M | 1,494 | 2 |
| 2000 | $374.8M | 1,675 | 2 |
| 2001 | $346.4M | 1,705 | 2 |
| 2002 | $370.7M | 1,845 | 2 |
| 2003 | $460.6M | 1,885 | 2 |
| 2004 | $582.2M | 1,972 | 2 |
| 2005 | $634.3M | 1,908 | 2 |
| 2006 | $773.7M | 1,959 | 2 |
| 2007 | $978.8M | 2,009 | 2 |
| 2008 | $1.0B | 2,064 | 2 |
| 2009 | $792.1M | 2,100 | 2 |
| 2010 | $812.4M | 2,099 | 2 |
| 2011 | $960.4M | 2,152 | 2 |
| 2012 | $941.0M | 2,234 | 2 |
| 2013 | $1.2B | 2,182 | 2 |
| 2014 | $1.5B | 2,270 | 2 |
| 2015 | $1.3B | 2,225 | 2 |
| 2016 | $1.1B | 2,181 | 2 |
| 2017 | $1.2B | 2,430 | 2 |
| 2018 | $1.3B | 2,363 | 2 |
| 2019 | $1.3B | 2,351 | 2 |
| 2020 | $1.5B | 2,204 | 2 |
| 2021 | $1.9B | 2,162 | 2 |
| 2022 | $2.5B | 2,279 | 2 |
| 2023 | $2.5B | 2,351 | 2 |
| 2024 | $1.8B | 2,343 | 2 |

## Leading corridors

- Belgium to United Kingdom: $153.8M; growth +20.6%.
- Netherlands to United Kingdom: $71.1M; growth +7.4%.
- China to Kenya: $49.2M; growth +46.3%.
- China to Ghana: $46.9M; growth +29.4%.
- China to Thailand: $43.8M; growth +12.4%.
- China to Senegal: $39.0M; growth +48.3%.
- Belgium to Netherlands: $38.7M; growth -4.6%.
- China to Togo: $38.0M; growth +57%.
- Netherlands to Belgium: $37.7M; growth -10.4%.
- China to Malaysia: $37.3M; growth -10.8%.

## HS6 products

- Ceramic building bricks (HS6 690410)
- Ceramic flooring blocks, supports or filler tiles and the like (excluding building bricks) (HS6 690490)

## 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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