# Machine-tools (HS4 8462) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Machine-tools at HS4 8462, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The machine-tools subsector recorded $10.8B in reported global trade in 2024, with -0.4% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $10.8B |
| Latest annual change | -0.4% |
| Active exporters | 177 |
| Active importers | 199 |
| Active HS6 products | 8 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $5.3B | 3,374 | 9 |
| 1996 | $5.7B | 3,448 | 9 |
| 1997 | $5.4B | 3,375 | 9 |
| 1998 | $5.2B | 3,480 | 9 |
| 1999 | $5.1B | 3,695 | 9 |
| 2000 | $5.5B | 3,908 | 9 |
| 2001 | $5.1B | 4,046 | 9 |
| 2002 | $4.8B | 4,088 | 9 |
| 2003 | $5.6B | 4,136 | 9 |
| 2004 | $6.8B | 4,387 | 9 |
| 2005 | $7.8B | 4,489 | 9 |
| 2006 | $8.7B | 4,751 | 9 |
| 2007 | $10.5B | 4,719 | 9 |
| 2008 | $11.7B | 4,833 | 9 |
| 2009 | $8.0B | 4,673 | 9 |
| 2010 | $8.4B | 4,714 | 9 |
| 2011 | $11.4B | 4,802 | 9 |
| 2012 | $11.7B | 4,966 | 9 |
| 2013 | $11.2B | 4,970 | 9 |
| 2014 | $10.9B | 5,113 | 9 |
| 2015 | $9.6B | 5,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | $9.0B | 5,079 | 9 |
| 2017 | $9.6B | 5,232 | 9 |
| 2018 | $10.3B | 5,348 | 9 |
| 2019 | $10.0B | 5,284 | 9 |
| 2020 | $8.1B | 4,976 | 9 |
| 2021 | $9.4B | 5,055 | 9 |
| 2022 | $9.6B | 4,955 | 8 |
| 2023 | $11.2B | 5,121 | 8 |
| 2024 | $10.8B | 4,927 | 8 |

## Leading corridors

- China to India: $286.1M; growth +28.5%.
- Italy to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $283.4M; growth +22.9%.
- Germany to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $267.7M; growth +18.6%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Mexico: $224.0M; growth +11%.
- China to Russia: $211.7M; growth +40.6%.
- China to Viet Nam: $200.9M; growth +21.6%.
- Japan to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $171.1M; growth +1.7%.
- Republic of Korea to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $168.3M; growth +55.7%.
- Germany to China: $151.5M; growth -10.6%.
- China to Mexico: $150.9M; growth +34.5%.

## HS6 products

- Machine-tools: forging or die-stamping machines (including presses) and hammers, for working metal (HS6 846210)
- Machine-tools: forging and die-forging machines (including presses), closed die forging machines, for working metal (HS6 846211)
- Machine-tools: hot forming machines, hot hammers, for working metal (HS6 846219)
- Machine-tools: bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including presses), numerically controlled, for working metal (HS6 846221)
- Machine-tools: bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products, for working metal, numerically controlled (HS6 846222)
- Machine-tools: bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including presses), for working metal, numerically controlled press brakes (HS6 846223)
- Machine-tools: bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including presses), for working metal, numerically controlled panel benders (HS6 846224)
- Machine-tools: bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including presses), for working metal, numerically controlled roll forming machines (HS6 846225)
- Machine-tools: bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including presses), for working metal, numerically controlled bending, folding, straightening or fattening machines (not press brakes, panel benders or roll forming machines) (HS6 846226)
- Machine-tools: bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including presses), (other than numerically controlled), for working metal (HS6 846229)
- Machine-tools: shearing machines (including presses), (other than combined punching and shearing machines), numerically controlled, for working metal (HS6 846231)
- Machine-tools: slitting lines and cut-to-length lines, for working metal (HS6 846232)
- Machine-tools: shearing machines (excluding presses) for flat products, numerically controlled, other than combined punching and shearing machines, for working metal (HS6 846233)
- Machine-tools: shearing machines (including presses), (other than combined punching and shearing machines, other than numerically controlled), for working metal (HS6 846239)
- Machine-tools: punching or notching machines (including presses), including combined punching and shearing machines, numerically controlled, for working metal (HS6 846241)
- Machine-tools: punching, notching or nibbling machines (excluding presses) for flat products including combined punching and shearing machines, numerically controlled, for working metal (HS6 846242)
- Machine-tools: punching or notching machines (including presses), including combined punching and shearing machines, (not numerically controlled), for working metal (HS6 846249)
- Machine-tools: for working tube, pipe, hollow section and bar (excluding presses), for working metal, numerically controlled (HS6 846251)
- Machine-tools: for working tube, pipe, hollow section and bar (excluding presses), for working metal, not numerically controlled (HS6 846259)
- Machine-tools: cold metal working presses, hydraulic presses (HS6 846261)
- Machine-tools: cold metal working presses, mechanical presses (HS6 846262)
- Machine-tools: cold metal working presses, servo-presses (HS6 846263)
- Machine-tools: cold metal working presses, other than hydraulic, mechanical or servo-presses (HS6 846269)
- Machine-tools: (including presses) for working metal by forging, hammering or die-forging, for bending, folding, straightening, flattening, shearing, punching, notching or nibbling metal, n.e.c. in heading 8462 (HS6 846290)
- Machine-tools: presses for working metal or metal carbides, n.e.c. in heading no. 8462, hydraulic presses (HS6 846291)
- Machine-tools: presses for working metal or metal carbides, n.e.c. in heading no. 8462, other than hydraulic presses (HS6 846299)

## 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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