# Printing machinery (HS4 8443) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Printing machinery at HS4 8443, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The printing machinery subsector recorded $73.6B in reported global trade in 2024, with -2% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $73.6B |
| Latest annual change | -2% |
| Active exporters | 197 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 13 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $29.6B | 6,239 | 13 |
| 1996 | $23.6B | 5,453 | 13 |
| 1997 | $24.2B | 5,336 | 13 |
| 1998 | $23.3B | 5,486 | 13 |
| 1999 | $23.8B | 5,808 | 13 |
| 2000 | $24.8B | 6,499 | 13 |
| 2001 | $23.9B | 6,634 | 13 |
| 2002 | $20.5B | 6,840 | 13 |
| 2003 | $21.0B | 7,017 | 13 |
| 2004 | $24.2B | 7,164 | 13 |
| 2005 | $27.4B | 7,326 | 13 |
| 2006 | $31.0B | 7,447 | 13 |
| 2007 | $116.4B | 8,510 | 13 |
| 2008 | $112.5B | 8,816 | 13 |
| 2009 | $91.7B | 9,214 | 13 |
| 2010 | $104.9B | 9,376 | 13 |
| 2011 | $107.0B | 9,526 | 13 |
| 2012 | $101.6B | 9,733 | 13 |
| 2013 | $99.8B | 9,789 | 13 |
| 2014 | $96.4B | 10,095 | 13 |
| 2015 | $86.3B | 10,171 | 13 |
| 2016 | $82.1B | 10,425 | 13 |
| 2017 | $86.9B | 10,470 | 13 |
| 2018 | $88.3B | 10,843 | 13 |
| 2019 | $81.6B | 10,585 | 13 |
| 2020 | $71.5B | 10,000 | 13 |
| 2021 | $81.3B | 10,400 | 13 |
| 2022 | $77.7B | 10,433 | 13 |
| 2023 | $72.8B | 10,433 | 13 |
| 2024 | $73.6B | 10,393 | 13 |

## Leading corridors

- Japan to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $2.7B; growth -0.5%.
- Malaysia to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $2.0B; growth -9%.
- China to Japan: $1.7B; growth -3.8%.
- China to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.6B; growth -8.7%.
- Japan to China: $1.6B; growth -5.5%.
- Thailand to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.2B; growth +10.8%.
- Viet Nam to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.2B; growth +9.8%.
- China to Germany: $1.1B; growth -15.3%.
- Mexico to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $909.5M; growth +13.9%.
- Netherlands to Germany: $826.1M; growth -17.6%.

## HS6 products

- Printing machinery: offset, reel fed (HS6 844311)
- Printing machinery: offset, sheet-fed, office type (sheet size not exceeding 22 x 36cm in the unfolded state) (HS6 844312)
- Printing machinery: offset, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.1 (HS6 844313)
- Printing machinery: letterpress, reel-fed, excluding flexographic printing (HS6 844314)
- Printing machinery: letterpress, other than reel-fed, excluding flexographic printing (HS6 844315)
- Printing machinery: flexographic (HS6 844316)
- Printing machinery: gravure (HS6 844317)
- Printing machinery: used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 84.42, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.1 (HS6 844319)
- Printing machinery: letterpress, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing (HS6 844321)
- Printing machinery: letterpress, other than reel fed, excluding flexographic printing (HS6 844329)
- Printing machinery: flexographic (HS6 844330)
- Printing, copying, and facsimile machines: machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network (HS6 844331)
- Printing, copying, and facsimile machines: single-function printing, copying or facsimile machines, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network (HS6 844332)
- Printing, copying, and facsimile machines: single-function printing, copying or facsimile machines, not capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network (HS6 844339)
- Printing machinery: gravure (HS6 844340)
- Printing machinery: of a type n.e.s. in heading no. 8443 (HS6 844350)
- Printing machinery: (not letterpress, offset, flexographic or gravure), ink-jet printing machines (HS6 844351)
- Printing machinery: of a type n.e.s. in heading no. 8443, (eg other than letterpress, offset, flexographic, gravure or ink-jet printing machines) (HS6 844359)
- Printing machinery: machines for uses ancillary to printing (HS6 844360)
- Printing machinery: parts thereof (HS6 844390)
- Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442: parts and accessories (HS6 844391)
- Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91 (HS6 844399)

## 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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