# Tubes (HS4 8540) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Tubes at HS4 8540, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The tubes subsector recorded $1.9B in reported global trade in 2024, with +5.1% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $1.9B |
| Latest annual change | +5.1% |
| Active exporters | 154 |
| Active importers | 196 |
| Active HS6 products | 11 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $17.8B | 2,650 | 11 |
| 1996 | $19.7B | 2,678 | 11 |
| 1997 | $20.9B | 2,678 | 11 |
| 1998 | $17.7B | 2,720 | 11 |
| 1999 | $18.5B | 2,845 | 11 |
| 2000 | $20.3B | 3,332 | 11 |
| 2001 | $16.4B | 3,374 | 11 |
| 2002 | $15.8B | 3,408 | 11 |
| 2003 | $14.5B | 3,388 | 11 |
| 2004 | $14.8B | 3,477 | 11 |
| 2005 | $10.9B | 3,553 | 11 |
| 2006 | $8.5B | 3,670 | 11 |
| 2007 | $5.7B | 3,907 | 11 |
| 2008 | $4.6B | 3,873 | 11 |
| 2009 | $3.1B | 3,697 | 11 |
| 2010 | $3.2B | 3,658 | 11 |
| 2011 | $3.0B | 3,862 | 11 |
| 2012 | $2.6B | 3,804 | 11 |
| 2013 | $2.1B | 3,758 | 11 |
| 2014 | $2.0B | 3,748 | 11 |
| 2015 | $1.7B | 3,819 | 11 |
| 2016 | $1.8B | 3,703 | 11 |
| 2017 | $1.6B | 3,765 | 11 |
| 2018 | $1.7B | 3,736 | 11 |
| 2019 | $1.6B | 3,607 | 11 |
| 2020 | $1.6B | 3,500 | 11 |
| 2021 | $1.8B | 3,604 | 11 |
| 2022 | $1.7B | 3,784 | 11 |
| 2023 | $1.9B | 3,711 | 11 |
| 2024 | $1.9B | 3,771 | 11 |

## Leading corridors

- France to Greece: $114.9M; growth +94.8%.
- Germany to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $65.4M; growth +9.3%.
- Netherlands to France: $64.9M; growth +47.2%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to China: $64.4M; growth +68.9%.
- Japan to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $58.0M; growth -16.7%.
- Japan to China: $46.1M; growth -4.6%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Japan: $45.9M; growth +1.9%.
- Germany to France: $43.9M; growth +33.5%.
- France to Germany: $43.7M; growth +0.9%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to United Kingdom: $34.9M; growth +23.1%.

## HS6 products

- Tubes: cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes, colour (HS6 854011)
- Tubes: cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes, black and white or other monochrome (HS6 854012)
- Tubes: television camera tubes, image converters and intensifiers, other photo-cathode tubes (HS6 854020)
- Tubes: cathode ray tubes, n.e.s. in heading no. 8540 (HS6 854030)
- Tubes: data/graphic display, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0.4mm (HS6 854040)
- Tubes: microwave tubes, magnetrons, excluding grid-controlled (HS6 854041)
- Tubes: microwave tubes, klystrons, excluding grid-controlled (HS6 854042)
- Tubes: microwave tubes, other than magnetrons and klystrons, excluding grid-controlled (HS6 854049)
- Tubes: data/graphic display, black and white or other monochrome (HS6 854050)
- Tubes: cathode ray, n.e.c. in heading no. 8540 (HS6 854060)
- Tubes: microwave, magnetrons, excluding grid-controlled tubes (HS6 854071)
- Tubes: microwave, klystrons, excluding grid-controlled tubes (HS6 854072)
- Tubes: microwave, other than magnetrons and klystrons, (for example travelling wave tubes, carlinotrons), excluding grid-controlled tubes (HS6 854079)
- Valves and tubes: receiver or amplifier (HS6 854081)
- Valves and tubes: n.e.s. in heading no. 8540 (HS6 854089)
- Tubes: parts of cathode-ray tubes (HS6 854091)
- Valves and tubes: parts of the valves and tubes of heading no. 8540, excluding parts of cathode-ray tubes (HS6 854099)

## 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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