A large portion of Asia’s major exports are electronics circuits including related components, petroleum oils and gases, and mobile phones. Leading exported goods from Europe are cars, refined petroleum oils, and medication mixes in dosage.
Listed below are searchable tables showing the 25 major exported products specific to each continent group. These continental scorecards are presented in descending order starting with geographic areas responsible for the highest overall value worth of exported goods. Please scroll down to see the continent-specific table that you wish to research.
Asia’s Major Exported Products
Asia is a dominant player in the international sales of integrated circuits and semi-conductors, key components particularly for computerized machinery and solar power equipment. Asia is also the number one supplier of flat panel displays, diamonds as well as cases, handbags and wallets.
Additionally, Asia leads with majority percentages for exporting both crude oil and refined petroleum oils. This is because many Middle Eastern fossil-fuel producing countries are geographically considered part of Asia.
Year over year, the fastest growers among Asia’s major exported products are international sales for crude oil (up 120.2% from 2021), coal including solid fuels made from coal (up 85.5%), petroleum gases (up 46.3%), electric storage devices (up 43%), then processed petroleum oils (up 42.5%).
Europe’s Major Exported Products
Europe is a primary source for medical-related exports notably blood fraction including antisera (81.9% of the global total), drugs and medicines in dosage (78.8%), and electro-medical equipment including xrays (45.1%).
Exporters in Europe generated the leading share of exported car sales (52.2% of the global total), turbo-jets (54.2%), and aircraft or spacecraft (73.5%).
Year over year, energy-related products appreciated at the fastest pace from 2021 to 2022. These include petroleum gases (up 201.6%), electrical energy (up 108.4%), refined petroleum oils (up 44.2%), and crude oil (up 37.8%).
North America’s Major Exported Products
North America places high on the scorecard for exported soya beans via its 39.6% global share, second only to Latin America plus the Caribbean at 56.7%.
Over a third (36.3%) of internationally sold trucks came from North America in 2022.
In contrast, North America supplied only 17.2% of overall exported cars compared to 52.2% from Europe and 28.3% from Asia. Another notable fact is that North American providers accounted for 8.3% of globally exported phone devices, far behind growing suppliers in Asia (74.6%) and Europe (16.4%).
Year over year, the fastest growers among North America’s major exported goods are coal-related solid fuels (up 77% from 2021), processed petroleum oils (up 58.4%), crude oil (up 53.7%), petroleum gases (up 44%), tractors (up 32.6%), then soya beans (up 24.1%).
Latin America’s Major Exported Products
Latin America including the Caribbean enjoyed a majority share (51.4%) of globally exported copper ores and concentrates in 2022. In addition, Latin American suppliers lead international sales of soya beans (56.7% of the global total) but also soya-bean oil-cake and other solid residues (62%).
Sugar is another export from which Latin America earned a significant portion (45.6%) of overall global sales for a specific commodity.
Note that the Latin American metrics include not only the Caribbean but Mexico. The latter is also part of the North American statistics.
Corn was the fastest grower among Latin America’s major export products via a 63.4% year-over-year advance. In second place were frozen beef which appreciated by 46.8% from 2021 to 2022, followed by processed petroleum oils (up 45%), then crude oil (up 42.5%) and coffee (up 39.4%).
Africa’s Major Exported Products
Africa is the preeminent supplier of exported coco beans via about a two-thirds share (67.7%) of world total export sales for that commodity. As the table below shows, other major exports for which Africa is the dominant source are cobalt (93.4%) and aluminum ores or concentrates (72.9%).
Fastest growers among Africa’s major exported products are coal including solid fuels made from coal (up 113.5% from 2021). Other African exports posting impressive year-over-year gains were petroleum gases (up 89.4%), nitrogenous fertilizers (up 76.6%), copper ores and concentrates (up 71.6%), then cobalt (up 53.7%).
Oceania’s Major Exported Products
Led by Australia and New Zealand, Oceania’s is the world leader in exported iron ores or concentrates thanks to its 55.9% global share. Oceania also dominates international sales of exported wool (80.1%), and sheep or goat meat (67.1%).
Fastest growers among major exports from Oceania were miscellaneous mineral substances including vermiculite and perlite via a 555.4% gain compared to 2021. Also posting triple-digit gains were exported rape or colza seeds (up 122.9%) and uncarded or uncombed cotton (up 105%)>
Central America’s Major Exported Products
Central America is a competitive exporter of coffee with an 8.9% share of international sales in 2022. Bananas and plantains represent another agricultural product where Central American suppliers earn a respectable portion at 19.6% of global exports.
Knitted or crocheted clothing dominate the list of Central America’s fastest-growing export categories from 2021 to 2022. Central American exports of t-shirts and vests appreciated 239.6% year over year, ahead of knitted or crocheted knitted or crocheted jerseys and pullovers’ 228.6% advance.
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Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports and World Population. Accessed on August 14, 2023
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on August 14, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 14, 2023
Wikipedia, List of countries and dependencies by population. Accessed on August 14, 2023