Table 22

Top ten ASEAN trade commodity groups, 2014

as of 21 Dec 2015

value in US$ million; share in percen

Commodity group1/
2-digit HS code

Value

Description

Exports

Imports

Share to total ASEAN trade

Total trade

Exports

27

Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

86,436.5

82,698.9

169,135.4

6.7

85

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders
and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

61,432.0

53,161.5

114,593.5

4.8

84

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

38,028.0

28,043.4

66,071.4

2.9

39

Plastics and articles thereof

14,390.7

11,523.4

25,914.2

1.1

87

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof

13,205.6

10,556.9

23,762.6

1.0

29

Organic chemicals

8,082.4

6,860.4

14,942.8

0.6

90

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts
and accessories thereof

6,997.6

4,666.5

11,664.1

0.5

73

Aticles of iron or steel

5,584.9

4,538.1

10,123.1

0.4

71

Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles
thereof; imitation jewellery; coin

4,115.6

4,482.3

8,598.0

0.3

40

Rubber and articles thereof

4,270.3

4,059.3

8,329.6

0.3

242,543.7

210,590.9

453,134.6

18.8

Others2/

1,049,856.0

1,025,625.3

2,075,481.3

81.2

Total

1,292,399.8

1,236,216.2

2,528,615.9

100.0

Top Ten Commodities

Source: ASEAN Trade Database (compiled from data submission and/or websites of ASEAN Member Countries' national statistical offices and other relevant government agencies)

Notes
Some figures may not sum up to totals due to rounding off errors.
1/

identified based on the share of the 2-digit classification (section) of the Harmonized

2/

include products with unspecified codes and/or products that could not be explicitly

System (HS) to total trade

classified according to the current HS

ASEAN Statistics

value in US$ million; share in percent

Share to total ASEAN trade
Imports

Total trade
6.7

6.7

4.3

4.5

2.3

2.6

0.9

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

17.0

17.9

83.0

82.1

100.0

100.0