# Textile machinery (HS4 8444) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Textile machinery at HS4 8444, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The textile machinery subsector recorded $884.8M in reported global trade in 2024, with -41.8% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $884.8M |
| Latest annual change | -41.8% |
| Active exporters | 119 |
| Active importers | 175 |
| Active HS6 products | 1 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $980.3M | 1,054 | 1 |
| 1996 | $960.6M | 1,076 | 1 |
| 1997 | $840.5M | 1,071 | 1 |
| 1998 | $925.0M | 957 | 1 |
| 1999 | $556.5M | 1,119 | 1 |
| 2000 | $483.3M | 1,146 | 1 |
| 2001 | $579.3M | 1,161 | 1 |
| 2002 | $628.8M | 1,130 | 1 |
| 2003 | $881.8M | 1,120 | 1 |
| 2004 | $947.2M | 1,256 | 1 |
| 2005 | $680.6M | 1,272 | 1 |
| 2006 | $627.8M | 1,267 | 1 |
| 2007 | $760.7M | 1,451 | 1 |
| 2008 | $806.6M | 1,414 | 1 |
| 2009 | $498.3M | 1,387 | 1 |
| 2010 | $822.6M | 1,335 | 1 |
| 2011 | $1.2B | 1,326 | 1 |
| 2012 | $1.4B | 1,309 | 1 |
| 2013 | $1.2B | 1,347 | 1 |
| 2014 | $821.4M | 1,324 | 1 |
| 2015 | $758.7M | 1,325 | 1 |
| 2016 | $635.8M | 1,351 | 1 |
| 2017 | $868.8M | 1,291 | 1 |
| 2018 | $1.3B | 1,509 | 1 |
| 2019 | $1.3B | 1,343 | 1 |
| 2020 | $1.3B | 1,280 | 1 |
| 2021 | $1.3B | 1,384 | 1 |
| 2022 | $1.6B | 1,388 | 1 |
| 2023 | $1.5B | 1,329 | 1 |
| 2024 | $884.8M | 1,213 | 1 |

## Leading corridors

- Germany to China: $171.2M; growth -24.1%.
- Japan to China: $158.9M; growth -18.4%.
- Germany to Turkey: $62.7M; growth -10.9%.
- China to India: $45.1M; growth +23.2%.
- China to Turkey: $33.8M; growth -6.4%.
- China to Viet Nam: $27.1M; growth +26%.
- Germany to India: $23.4M; growth -16.6%.
- Italy to China: $22.2M; growth +18.7%.
- China to Japan: $18.5M; growth -18.9%.
- India to Turkey: $15.1M; growth +15.4%.

## HS6 products

- Textile machinery: for extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile materials (HS6 844400)

## 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/)
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