Rank

Chapter

Description

Volume

(in US$000)

1

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

1,479,093

2

84

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

373,623

3

27

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

222,156

4

72

Iron and steel

159,311

5

87

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

158,075

6

39

Plastics and articles thereof

113,286

7

90

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

107,558

8

31

Fertilizers

106,593

9

61

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

95,462

10

73

Articles of iron and steel

92,641