India Keeps 6th Position Among World Service Exporters

Commercial services trade details

The dollar value of world commercial services exports in 2013 was $4.6 trillion, implying growth of 6% over 2012. The region that recorded the fastest growth in exports services was the CIS with an 11% increase to $115 billion. This was followed by the Middle East at 6% ($128 billion), Europe at 6% ($2.17 trillion), Asia at 6% ($1.21 trillion), North America at 5% ($760 billion), South and Central America at 1% ($142 billion), and Africa, which fell 2% to $91 billion.

The top five exporters of commercial services in 2013 were the United States ($662 billion, or 14.3% of the world total), the United Kingdom ($290 billion, 6.3%), Germany ($287 billion, or 6.2%), France ($233 billion, or 5.0%) and China ($207 billion, or 4.5%). There were no changes in rank among the top exporters, although within this group the United Kingdom posted the smallest annual growth in exports (0.6%) while China posted the largest annual growth in exports (8.7%).

The five leading importers of commercial services were the United States ($427 billion, or 9.8% of world total), China ($329 billion, or 7.6%), Germany ($315 billion, or 7.2%), France ($188 billion, or 4.3%) and the United Kingdom ($173 billion, or 4.0%). China replaced Germany as the second largest importer of commercial services, while France moved from number six to number four on the list. As a result, Japan exited the list of top five importers of commercial services and the United Kingdom dropped from fourth to fifth place.

If we exclude trade between EU member states and treat the European Union as a single entity, the EU was the top exporter of commercial services in 2013 with exports valued at $880 billion (25.0% of the world total). It was followed by the United States (18.8%), China (5.9%), India ($153 billion, or 4.3%) and Japan ($144 billion, 4.1%). The European Union was also the leading importer of services at $667 billion (19.9%), followed by the United States (12.7%), China (9.8%), Japan ($161 billion, or 4.8%) and India ($127 billion, 3.8%).

Leading exporters and importers in world trade in commercial services, 2013

$bn and %

Rank 2013

Rank 2012

Exporters

Value

Share

Annual % change

Rank 2013

Rank 2012

Importers

Value

Share

Annual % change

1

(1)

United States

662

14.3

5

1

(1)

United States

427

9.8

3

2

(2)

United Kingdom

290

6.3

1

2

(3)

China

329

7.6

17

3

(3)

Germany

287

6.2

8

3

(2)

Germany

315

7.2

7

4

(4)

France

233

5.0

8

4

(6)

France

188

4.3

8

5

(5)

China

207

4.5

9

5

(4)

United Kingdom

173

4.0

-1

6

(6)

India

153

3.3

5

6

(5)

Japan

161

3.7

-8

7

(8)

Spain

144

3.1

5

7

(7)

India

127

2.9

-1

8

(7)

Japan

144

3.1

1

8

(14)

Russian Federation

123

2.8

19

9

(10)

Netherlands

142

3.1

8

9

(8)

Singapore

122

2.8

4

10

(11)

Hong Kong, China

135

2.9

7

10

(9)

Netherlands

121

2.8

1

11

(12)

Ireland

124

2.7

7

11

(10)

Ireland

117

2.7

5

12

(9)

Singapore

117

2.5

4

12

(13)

Italy

107

2.5

3

13

(13)

Korea, Republic of

112

2.4

1

13

(12)

Korea, Republic of

106

2.4

1

14

(14)

Italy

110

2.4

6

14

(11)

Canada

105

2.4

0

15

(15)

Belgium

101

2.2

2

15

(15)

Belgium

96

2.2

5

16

(16)

Switzerland

94

2.0

5

16

(16)

Spain

91

2.1

1

17

(19)

Luxembourg

79

1.7

10

17

(17)

Brazil

84

1.9

7

18

(17)

Canada

78

1.7

0

18

(23)

United Arab Emirates a

65

1.5

-

19

(18)

Sweden

75

1.6

6

19

(18)

Australia

62

1.4

-2

20

(20)

Denmark

69

1.5

6

20

(19)

Denmark

60

1.4

3

21

(22)

Russian Federation

66

1.4

13

21

(20)

Hong Kong, China

59

1.4

1

22

(21)

Austria

65

1.4

9

22

(21)

Sweden

57

1.3

6

23

(25)

Thailand

59

1.3

19

23

(22)

Thailand

55

1.3

6

24

(27)

Macao, China

53

1.1

16

24

(26)

Switzerland

52

1.2

12

25

(23)

Australia

52

1.1

0

25

(24)

Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of

50

1.2

1

26

(26)

Taipei, Chinese

51

1.1

5

26

(30)

Luxembourg a

48

1.1

14

27

(28)

Turkey

44

0.9

8

27

(27)

Austria

44

1.0

5

28

(30)

Poland

40

0.9

6

28

(29)

Malaysia

44

1.0

5

29

 

Malaysia

39

0.8

4

29

(25)

Norway

43

1.0

4

30

(24)

Norway

38

0.8

-2

30

(28)

Taipei, Chinese

42

1.0

-1

 

 

Total of above

3862

83.5

-

 

 

Total of above

3474

80.0

-

 

 

World

4625

100.0

6

 

 

World

4340

100.0

4