Global sales for practical joke items exporters amounted to US$1,253,536,000 in 2014. That figure represents a 30.2% gain from 2010 and is up 17.3% since 2013.
The 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for practical joke items is 950590.
Top Practical Joke Items Exporters
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of practical joke items during 2014:
- China: US$484,859,000 (38.7% of total practical joke items exports)
- United States: $159,906,000 (12.8%)
- Hong Kong: $134,113,000 (10.7%)
- United Kingdom: $85,152,000 (6.8%)
- Germany: $43,094,000 (3.4%)
- Netherlands: $41,946,000 (3.3%)
- Belgium: $35,349,000 (2.8%)
- Italy: $33,657,000 (2.7%)
- Mexico: $26,304,000 (2.1%)
- Spain: $22,967,000 (1.8%)
- Greece: $16,953,000 (1.4%)
- Denmark: $14,677,000 (1.2%)
- Vietnam: $14,671,000 (1.2%)
- Taiwan: $13,396,000 (1.1%)
- Thailand: $11,980,000 (1%)
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing practical joke items exporters since 2010 were: Vietnam (up 1,084%), China (up 75.9%), United States (up 75.3%), Greece (up 28.2%), Netherlands (up 25.1%), Germany (up 21.1%), Mexico (up 6.6%) and Thailand (up 5.5%).
The remaining nations all posted declines in international jokester sales, ranging from a 30.7% drop for Taiwan to a modest 4.6% setback for Spain.
The listed 15 countries shipped 90.9% of all practical joke items exports in 2014.
See also Wheat Exports by Country and Diamond Exports by Country
Research Sources:
Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on July 13, 2015