Top ten complicated productsWhat 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-mechanicalremoval machinery

EXPORTS (USD)

11.5bnMain exporterJapan

Main importerChina

RANK: #2 Developed exposed photographic materialEXPORTS (USD)

942mMain exporterJapanMain importerSouth Korea

RANK: #3 X-ray equipment

EXPORTS (USD)

22bnMain exporterGermany

Main importerUS

RANK: #4 Photo lab equipment

EXPORTS (USD)

22bnMain exporterJapan

Main importerSouth Korea

RANK: #10 Tool plates

EXPORTS (USD)

7bnMain exporterGermany

Main importerNetherlands

RANK: #9 Metalworkingtransfer machines

EXPORTS (USD)

11bnMain exporterJapan

Main importerChina

RANK: #8 Nickel pipes

EXPORTS (USD)

1bnMain exporterJapan

Main importerSouth Korea

RANK: #5 Chemical analysis instruments

EXPORTS (USD)

38bnMain exporterUS

Main importerUS

RANK: #6 Photographic chemicals

EXPORTS (USD)

7bnMain exporterJapan

Main importerChina

RANK: #7 Machinery having individual functions

EXPORTS (USD)

75.5bnMain exporterGermany

Main importerChina