Cellphone Exports by Country

Date: 
August 1, 2017

 

Global sales from cellphone exports by country amounted to US $ 242.3 billion in 2016.

 

Overall, the value of cellphone exports were up by an average 19.8% for all exporting countries since 2012 when cellphone shipments were valued at $202.3 billion. Year over year, exports of cellphones retreated by -5.9% from 2015 to 2016.

 

The 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for cellphone is 851712.

 

Cellphone Exports by Country

 

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of cellphone during 2016:

  1. China: US$116.1 billion (47.9% of total cellphone exports)
  2. Vietnam: $31.1 billion (12.9%)
  3. Hong Kong: $23.7 billion (9.8%)
  4. Netherlands: $15.6 billion (6.4%)
  5. United States: $9.9 billion (4.1%)
  6. South Korea: $8.2 billion (3.4%)
  7. Germany: $6.3 billion (2.6%)
  8. Singapore: $5.2 billion (2.1%)
  9. Austria: $4 billion (1.6%)
  10. Slovakia: $3.5 billion (1.5%)
  11. Czech Republic: $2.5 billion (1%)
  12. Taiwan: $1.9 billion (0.8%)
  13. Sweden: $1.8 billion (0.8%)
  14. United Kingdom: $1.7 billion (0.7%)
  15. France: $989 million (0.4%)

 

The listed 15 countries shipped 96% of global cellphone exports in 2016 by value.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing cellphone exporters since 2012 were led by: Vietnam (up 208.6%), Hong Kong (up 115.5%), China (up 42.6%) and United States (up 34.8%).

Four countries posted declines in their exported sales: Taiwan (down -69%), France (down -47.8%), South Korea (down -32.6%) and the United Kingdom (down -17.5%).

 

Global Cellphone Making Companies

 

The following companies are among the top global companies that manufacture mobile phones.

  1. Huawei (China)
  2. Lenovo Group (Hong Kong)
  3. Xiaomi Tech (China)
  4. ZTE (China)
  5. Panasonic (Japan)
  6. Philips (Netherlands)
  7. Samsung Electronics (South Korea)
  8. Acer (Taiwan)
  9. Apple (United States)
  10. BLU Products (United States)
  11. FT Group’s F-Mobile (Vietnam)
  12. Bullitt Group (United Kingdom)
  13. Microsoft Mobile (United States)
  14. Google Nexus (United States)
  15. Blackberry (Canada)

 

According to Gartner, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics had a 21.9% market share of worldwide smartphone sales as of June 2015. In second place is the faster-growing American rival Apple which captured a 14.2% market share. Chinese companies Huawei (7.8%), Lenova Group (5%) and Xiaomi Tech (4.9%) collectively accounted for a 17.7% share.

Other mobile phone makers represent a 45.9% portion of global smartphone sales, up from 44.6% in the second quarter of 2014.

 

Source: worldstopexports.com