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Newspapers, journals and periodicals: world market for HS 4902

Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material. Who imports and who exports this product, from official CEPII BACI and Eurostat statistics.

World imports, 2024USD 2.2 billionSum over 205 importing economies. Source: CEPII BACI.
World imports, 2023USD 2.3 billionSame economies, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.
Growth−3.5%2024 against 2023, world imports in USD. Source: CEPII BACI.
Unit valueUSD 5,055 per tonneValue divided by quantity, flows with a reported quantity only (100.0% of the value). Source: CEPII BACI.
EU-27 imports from outside the EU, 2026-07EUR 14.1 millionLatest month in the database. Source: Eurostat Comext DS-045409, record DS-045409:EU27:EXTRA:4902:1:2026-07.

Top importing economies

#EconomyValue 2024ShareGrowthTrade companiesRecord
1GermanyUSD 281.5 million12.6%−4.9%273,791BACI:DE:4902:1:2024
2CanadaUSD 249.2 million11.2%−15.1%155,289BACI:CA:4902:1:2024
3NetherlandsUSD 173.4 million7.8%+134.0%66,675BACI:NL:4902:1:2024
4United StatesUSD 149.1 million6.7%−5.5%946,964BACI:US:4902:1:2024
5SwitzerlandUSD 146.0 million6.6%−7.4%35,411BACI:CH:4902:1:2024
6FranceUSD 139.8 million6.3%−19.8%1,126,218BACI:FR:4902:1:2024
7BelgiumUSD 131.2 million5.9%+16.9%53,407BACI:BE:4902:1:2024
8AustriaUSD 129.8 million5.8%−7.0%49,153BACI:AT:4902:1:2024
9AustraliaUSD 95.4 million4.3%−7.2%83,756BACI:AU:4902:1:2024
10United KingdomUSD 70.0 million3.1%+18.1%897,276BACI:GB:4902:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (previous year 2023), USD. World totals are sums over the importing economies BACI lists. Record IDs per row.

Trade companies: active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in each importing economy, counted in the AYBARION company directory. The matching wholesale activity for this product is Wholesale of other household goods (NACE 4649). Counts only. "Not offered" marks economies without company data (comprehensive sanctions) or without a counted source.

Top exporting economies

#EconomyValue 2024ShareGrowthRecord
1GermanyUSD 318.7 million14.3%−9.6%BACI:DE:4902:2:2024
2United KingdomUSD 316.7 million14.2%−7.6%BACI:GB:4902:2:2024
3United StatesUSD 297.9 million13.4%−19.4%BACI:US:4902:2:2024
4FranceUSD 221.6 million9.9%+1.6%BACI:FR:4902:2:2024
5PolandUSD 189.2 million8.5%−6.5%BACI:PL:4902:2:2024
6BelgiumUSD 150.5 million6.8%+246.8%BACI:BE:4902:2:2024
7ItalyUSD 118.9 million5.3%−7.1%BACI:IT:4902:2:2024
8SpainUSD 106.4 million4.8%−5.8%BACI:ES:4902:2:2024
9NetherlandsUSD 63.8 million2.9%+40.4%BACI:NL:4902:2:2024
10CzechiaUSD 58.0 million2.6%+13.2%BACI:CZ:4902:2:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (previous year 2023), USD. World totals are sums over the exporting economies BACI lists. Record IDs per row. World exports 2024: USD 2.2 billion.

Import requirements at a glance

  • United Kingdom: 6 import measures recorded for HS 4902 (controls, licences, certificates, quotas and duties at commodity code level). Source: UK Integrated Online Tariff: measures on declarable commodities.
  • European Union: 14 import measures recorded for HS 4902 (controls, licences, certificates, quotas and duties at commodity code level). Source: EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view).
  • United States: general (MFN) duty rate 0.0% ad valorem across 3 HTS rate lines. Additional Chapter 99 duties are not included. Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

Counts of official tariff measures, not advice. Members see every measure, document code and duty for their own origin and destination.

Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • Eurostat Comext DS-045409: EU-27 monthly imports, EUR and net mass, last month 2026-07. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution "Source: Eurostat" (© European Union). Record ID: DS-045409:EU27:EXTRA:4902:1:2026-07. Source
  • UK Integrated Online Tariff: measures on declarable commodities (GB measures): Department for Business and Trade / HMRC. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-22. Source
  • EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view) (EU measures): HMRC / Department for Business and Trade (EU TARIC data). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-22. Source
  • Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (USITC HTS): U.S. International Trade Commission. Licence: Public domain (U.S. Government work). Snapshot 2026-10-22. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Importer and exporter values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows aggregated from HS6 to HS4; shares are each economy's value divided by the world total of the same flow; growth compares 2024 with 2023; unit value is value divided by quantity over flows that report a quantity. Peru and the Philippines are left out of lists and totals by policy.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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