Overall, the value of baseball exports were up by an average 48% for all baseball exporting countries since 2010 when baseball shipments were valued at $401.3 million.
The 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for baseballs and similar miscellaneous balls is 950669.
Top Baseball Exporting Countries
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of baseballs during 2014:
- China: US$410.9 million (69.2% of total baseball exports)
- India: $23.9 million (4%)
- Taiwan: $17 million (2.9%)
- Pakistan: $15.5 million (2.6%)
- Costa Rica: $15.1 million (2.5%)
- Germany: $13.2 million (2.2%)
- United Kingdom: $11.5 million (1.9%)
- United States: $9.2 million (1.6%)
- Thailand: $8.3 million (1.4%)
- Denmark: $7.3 million (1.2%)
- Italy: $6.4 million (1.1%)
- France: $5.5 million (0.9%)
- Belgium: $4.7 million (0.8%)
- Netherlands: $4.4 million (0.7%)
- Sweden: $4.2 million (0.7%)
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of baseballs since 2010 were: Denmark (up 148%), Germany (up 103.9%), Italy (up 89.9%) and United States (up 66.9%).
Three countries posted declines in their exported baseball sales: Netherlands (down 35.8%), Belgium (down 8.6%) and Taiwan (down 5.3%).
The listed 15 countries shipped 93.7% of all baseball exports in 2014.
Research Sources:
Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on August 11, 2015