Global trade atlas

Follow memory ICs through declared trade corridors.

Open-licensed bilateral HS 854232 data shows long-run trade value, reported mass, origins, destinations, and reporter-to-partner routes. A customs destination is not automatically the final customer or end use.

Open catalog API Memory workspace

Physical-flow context

Value cycle and top routes

Trade value is the preferred long-run measure because reported mass is incomplete and includes outliers.

Global memory-IC trade value

HS 854232 · annual gross bilateral flow

18 years

CEPII BACI V202601USD billion · HS 2007

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Annual global memory integrated-circuit trade value and reported mass
Year	Trade value, USD billion	Reported mass, thousand tonnes	Reporting economies
2007	76.4442	34.9292	203
2008	71.9108	79.9764	197
2009	54.1312	71.6523	202
2010	73.0602	77.9732	206
2011	70.4614	63.2569	206
2012	64.6824	54.193	216
2013	74.5483	65.9146	211
2014	96.0836	924.1713	211
2015	100.6273	51.1048	214
2016	96.8534	72.3587	214
2017	153.78	56.2287	212
2018	180.2057	154.0813	211
2019	152.0457	63.0433	213
2020	162.2768	101.4539	208
2021	212.4861	65.2663	207
2022	196.3275	56.4725	208
2023	162.6293	47.2908	209
2024	214.9467	38.5469	207

Largest declared corridors

2024 exporter-to-importer value

Top 10

Declared reporter → partnerUSD billion · 2024

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Largest declared memory integrated-circuit trade corridors in 2024
Declared corridor	Trade value, USD billion	Reported mass, thousand tonnes
Korea, Rep. → China	36.5505	1.9661
Korea, Rep. → Other Asia, nes	18.7444	0.5784
Korea, Rep. → Hong Kong SAR, China	16.2496	0.9298
China → Korea, Rep.	15.8824	0.8669
Other Asia, nes → China	15.5951	1.9864
China → Hong Kong SAR, China	14.0851	2.1428
China → Other Asia, nes	8.3922	0.8261
Other Asia, nes → Singapore	8.0419	0.4105
Korea, Rep. → Viet Nam	7.4486	0.477
China → Viet Nam	7.437	0.3536

Rankings

Origins and destinations are different questions

Assembly, logistics, and re-export hubs can appear prominently on both sides.

Top declared memory IC origins in 2024
Origin	2024 value	Reported mass
Korea, Rep.	$84.29B	5.48 kt
China	$54.09B	8.54 kt
Other Asia, nes	$33.82B	8.12 kt
Japan	$15.41B	2.67 kt
Singapore	$14.47B	5.64 kt
Malaysia	$5.25B	0.48 kt
Hong Kong SAR, China	$1.60B	0.10 kt
United States	$1.54B	0.79 kt

Top declared memory IC destinations in 2024
Destination	2024 value	Reported mass
China	$61.10B	4.63 kt
Hong Kong SAR, China	$41.05B	8.85 kt
Other Asia, nes	$35.44B	2.09 kt
Korea, Rep.	$19.71B	1.08 kt
Viet Nam	$16.60B	0.87 kt
Singapore	$13.18B	0.78 kt
Malaysia	$10.21B	5.06 kt
India	$4.06B	1.77 kt

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