The United States is the world’s largest importer of goods, with imports worth $3.4 trillion in 2022, a 15% annual rise, despite high inflation and economic uncertainty.
China followed in second place with imports of $2.7 trillion, despite the slowdown in growth last year. Taiwan is its largest trading partner in terms of imports, as it is a major provider of electronic products, including semiconductors.
According to World Trade Organization data, the value of global imports increased last year by 13.0% to $25.6 trillion, or the size of the gross domestic product of the United States, and the first ten importing countries accounted for more than half of global imports.
Germany came in third place, but in general the European Union is the largest importer of agricultural products, fuel, mining and cars in the world.
The World Trade Organization expects import volumes to shrink by up to 1.2% across North and South America, Asia and Europe.
The largest importing countries in the world
Country Import value Percentage of global imports Annual rate of change in imports
United State 3376 13.2% 15.0%
China 2716 10.6% 1.0%
Germany 1571 6.1% 11.0%
Holland 899 3.5% 19.0%
Japan 897 3.5% 17.0%
United kingdom 824 3.2% 19.0%
France 818 3.2% 14.0%
South Korea 731 2.9% 19.0%
India 723 2.8% 26.0%
Italy 689 2.7% 22.0%
Source: Visual Capitalist
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