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Top ten complicated products
What they are, how much is exported and who is the main buyer
© The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2016.
Source: The Observatory of Economic Complexity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sponsored by
RANK: #1
Non-mechanical
removal machinery
EXPORTS (USD)
11.5bn
Main exporter
Japan
Main importer
China
RANK: #2
Developed exposed
photographic material
EXPORTS (USD)
942m
Main exporter
Japan
Main importer
South Korea
RANK: #3
X-ray equipment
EXPORTS (USD)
22bn
Main exporter
Germany
Main importer
US
RANK: #4
Photo lab
equipment
EXPORTS (USD)
22bn
Main exporter
Japan
Main importer
South Korea
RANK: #10
Tool plates
EXPORTS (USD)
7bn
Main exporter
Germany
Main importer
Netherlands
RANK: #9
Metalworking
transfer machines
EXPORTS (USD)
11bn
Main exporter
Japan
Main importer
China
RANK: #8
Nickel pipes
EXPORTS (USD)
1bn
Main exporter
Japan
Main importer
South Korea
RANK: #5
Chemical analysis
instruments
EXPORTS (USD)
38bn
Main exporter
US
Main importer
US
RANK: #6
Photographic
chemicals
EXPORTS (USD)
7bn
Main exporter
Japan
Main importer
China
RANK: #7
Machinery having
individual functions
EXPORTS (USD)
75.5bn
Main exporter
Germany
Main importer
China

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Top 10 most complicated products

  • 1. Top ten complicated products What they are, how much is exported and who is the main buyer © The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2016. Source: The Observatory of Economic Complexity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sponsored by RANK: #1 Non-mechanical removal machinery EXPORTS (USD) 11.5bn Main exporter Japan Main importer China RANK: #2 Developed exposed photographic material EXPORTS (USD) 942m Main exporter Japan Main importer South Korea RANK: #3 X-ray equipment EXPORTS (USD) 22bn Main exporter Germany Main importer US RANK: #4 Photo lab equipment EXPORTS (USD) 22bn Main exporter Japan Main importer South Korea RANK: #10 Tool plates EXPORTS (USD) 7bn Main exporter Germany Main importer Netherlands RANK: #9 Metalworking transfer machines EXPORTS (USD) 11bn Main exporter Japan Main importer China RANK: #8 Nickel pipes EXPORTS (USD) 1bn Main exporter Japan Main importer South Korea RANK: #5 Chemical analysis instruments EXPORTS (USD) 38bn Main exporter US Main importer US RANK: #6 Photographic chemicals EXPORTS (USD) 7bn Main exporter Japan Main importer China RANK: #7 Machinery having individual functions EXPORTS (USD) 75.5bn Main exporter Germany Main importer China