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Machine-tools: for working any material by removal: world market for HS 8456
Machine-tools; for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron beam, ionic-beam, or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines. Who imports and who exports this product, from official CEPII BACI and Eurostat statistics.
Top importing economies
| # | Economy | Value 2024 | Share | Growth | Trade companies | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | USD 1.0 billion | 13.7% | −26.4% | 946,964 | BACI:US:8456:1:2024 |
| 2 | China | USD 657.2 million | 8.9% | −4.1% | 5,259 | BACI:CN:8456:1:2024 |
| 3 | Germany | USD 435.0 million | 5.9% | −13.1% | 273,791 | BACI:DE:8456:1:2024 |
| 4 | Vietnam | USD 311.5 million | 4.2% | +6.7% | 23,230 | BACI:VN:8456:1:2024 |
| 5 | Mexico | USD 301.8 million | 4.1% | −20.1% | 48,952 | BACI:MX:8456:1:2024 |
| 6 | South Korea | USD 276.0 million | 3.8% | +1.5% | 45,312 | BACI:KR:8456:1:2024 |
| 7 | India | USD 225.2 million | 3.1% | −17.8% | 108,144 | BACI:IN:8456:1:2024 |
| 8 | Taiwan | USD 220.3 million | 3.0% | −9.4% | 300,668 | BACI:TW:8456:1:2024 |
| 9 | Canada | USD 217.6 million | 3.0% | +3.1% | 155,289 | BACI:CA:8456:1:2024 |
| 10 | France | USD 206.9 million | 2.8% | −9.2% | 1,126,218 | BACI:FR:8456:1:2024 |
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 machine tools (NACE 4662). Counts only. "Not offered" marks economies without company data (comprehensive sanctions) or without a counted source.
Top exporting economies
| # | Economy | Value 2024 | Share | Growth | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | USD 2.1 billion | 27.9% | −8.4% | BACI:CN:8456:2:2024 |
| 2 | Germany | USD 1.1 billion | 14.6% | −20.0% | BACI:DE:8456:2:2024 |
| 3 | Japan | USD 894.4 million | 12.1% | −21.1% | BACI:JP:8456:2:2024 |
| 4 | Switzerland | USD 541.1 million | 7.3% | −27.9% | BACI:CH:8456:2:2024 |
| 5 | Italy | USD 459.8 million | 6.2% | −0.3% | BACI:IT:8456:2:2024 |
| 6 | United States | USD 367.0 million | 5.0% | −23.3% | BACI:US:8456:2:2024 |
| 7 | South Korea | USD 329.9 million | 4.5% | +12.3% | BACI:KR:8456:2:2024 |
| 8 | Taiwan | USD 145.8 million | 2.0% | −9.8% | BACI:TW:8456:2:2024 |
| 9 | Singapore | USD 139.0 million | 1.9% | +5.6% | BACI:SG:8456:2:2024 |
| 10 | Netherlands | USD 129.8 million | 1.8% | −1.0% | BACI:NL:8456:2:2024 |
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 7.4 billion.
Import requirements at a glance
- United Kingdom: 61 import measures recorded for HS 8456 (controls, licences, certificates, quotas and duties at commodity code level). Source: UK Integrated Online Tariff: measures on declarable commodities.
- European Union: 101 import measures recorded for HS 8456 (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% to 3.5% ad valorem across 15 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:8456:1:2026-07. 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.
See the companies
Members see the importers, distributors and wholesalers of machine-tools: for working any material by removal in United States and every other market, with their evidence and Data Passport.