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Table 3 Countries with the largest total import and export growth in each product category

From: Analysis of the international trade networks of COVID-19 medical products

Type

Rank

Category

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Import

1

Country

USA

CHE

USA

USA

USA

HUN

USA

OMN

Total growth

7,060,897

5,100,978

1,157,565

  794,627  

1,089,646

  670,942

22,224,368

95,343

2

Country

DEU

DEU

PHL

GBR

ESP

DEU

GBR

EGY

Total growth

3,935,853

3,258,025

  298,049

  573,639  

  278,478

  667,602

  9,287,062

54,410

3

Country

CHE

NLD

VNM

CHN

JPN

RUS

DEU

AFG

Total growth

1,839,298

2,186,189

  297,605

  514,167  

  244,521

  435,526

  7,321,810

27,051

4

Country

GBR

FRA

GBR

SGP

CZE

GBR

FRA

KAZ

Total growth

1,115,849

1,919,581

  288,030

  334,525  

  234,930

  433,852

  6,629,931

18,611

5

Country

FRA

CHN

KOR

RUS

POL

USA

JPN

RUS

Total growth

1,028,087

1,907,719

  281,602

  251,042  

  173,745

  421,239

  4,952,549

16,478

Export

1

Country

CHN

DEU

CHN

CHN

CHN

CHN

CHN

ARE

Total growth

6,155,374

3,664,058

3,329,381

3,708,636

1,346,074

3,522,334

71,362,502

67,694

2

Country

KOR

SGP

NLD

CRI

POL

DEU

MYS

RUS

Total growth

3,989,053

3,394,602

  243,513

  471,111

  272,983

1 338,991

  3,501,566

48,844

3

Country

CHE

BEL

POL

DEU

PRT

NLD

VNM

BRA

Total growth

3,643,297

2,709,908

  190,187

  377,339

  206,341

  623,043

  2,229,284

27,985

4

Country

NLD

IND

DEU

JPN

KOR

CRI

TUR

IRL

Total growth

2,907,964

1,780,293

  144,168

  340,971

  172,040

  374,916

  1,456,895

10,299

5

Country

BEL

SWE

TUR

MEX

ZAF

NZL

DEU

NER

Total growth

2,672,727

1,708,196

  120,078

  333,531

  169,628

  351,400

  1,408,770

  2,658

  1. Remarks: Total import and export changes are defined by \(s^{in}_{i}\) and \(s^{out}_{i}\), respectively. Both are measured in thousand USD. Country codes can be found in the Appendix in Table A1