# Brooms and brushes (HS4 9603) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Brooms and brushes at HS4 9603, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The brooms and brushes subsector recorded $12.7B in reported global trade in 2024, with +3.5% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $12.7B |
| Latest annual change | +3.5% |
| Active exporters | 191 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 7 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $1.9B | 4,319 | 7 |
| 1996 | $2.0B | 4,439 | 7 |
| 1997 | $2.1B | 4,376 | 7 |
| 1998 | $2.1B | 4,578 | 7 |
| 1999 | $2.5B | 4,828 | 7 |
| 2000 | $2.5B | 6,057 | 7 |
| 2001 | $2.6B | 6,221 | 7 |
| 2002 | $2.9B | 6,484 | 7 |
| 2003 | $3.3B | 6,544 | 7 |
| 2004 | $3.9B | 6,748 | 7 |
| 2005 | $4.3B | 6,941 | 7 |
| 2006 | $4.7B | 7,266 | 7 |
| 2007 | $5.2B | 7,380 | 7 |
| 2008 | $5.9B | 7,493 | 7 |
| 2009 | $5.4B | 7,708 | 7 |
| 2010 | $6.3B | 7,901 | 7 |
| 2011 | $6.9B | 8,039 | 7 |
| 2012 | $7.0B | 8,340 | 7 |
| 2013 | $7.6B | 8,413 | 7 |
| 2014 | $8.2B | 8,677 | 7 |
| 2015 | $8.1B | 8,870 | 7 |
| 2016 | $8.5B | 8,984 | 7 |
| 2017 | $9.0B | 9,178 | 7 |
| 2018 | $9.5B | 9,469 | 7 |
| 2019 | $9.5B | 9,354 | 7 |
| 2020 | $9.9B | 9,160 | 7 |
| 2021 | $11.9B | 9,585 | 7 |
| 2022 | $12.6B | 9,681 | 7 |
| 2023 | $12.1B | 9,782 | 7 |
| 2024 | $12.7B | 9,737 | 7 |

## Leading corridors

- China to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.3B; growth -1.2%.
- China to United Kingdom: $309.0M; growth +1.7%.
- China to Germany: $274.4M; growth -0.2%.
- China to Japan: $265.7M; growth -1.1%.
- China to Malaysia: $257.6M; growth +9.7%.
- China to Australia: $226.0M; growth +10.3%.
- China to France: $221.7M; growth +10.5%.
- China to Republic of Korea: $184.5M; growth +3.3%.
- China to Viet Nam: $181.7M; growth +21.7%.
- China to Singapore: $181.3M; growth +38%.

## HS6 products

- Brooms and brushes: consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles (HS6 960310)
- Brushes: toothbrushes (HS6 960321)
- Brushes: shaving, hair, nail, eyelash and other toilet brushes for use on the person, including brushes as parts of appliances (HS6 960329)
- Brushes: artists\' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics (HS6 960330)
- Brushes: paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (not those of item no. 9603.30), paint pads and rollers (HS6 960340)
- Brushes: constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles (HS6 960350)
- Brooms, brushes, mops, feather dusters, squeegees, hand operated mechanical floor sweepers: (not motorised), prepared knots and tufts for brooms or brush making n.e.c. (HS6 960390)

## 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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