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FAO FAOSTAT Trade Data · Commodity · Code 1096

Horses

Global agricultural trade data from FAO FAOSTAT. Cumulative 2018–2023 values for the top 50 trading nations.

$20.0B
exports, 2018–2023
$20.6B
imports, 2018–2023
49.3%
of trade is exports
#91 of 100
by cumulative trade value

Thin cumulative trade book

Horses in the thin-trade third

$40.7B cumulative 2018–2023 trade puts Horses in the lightest third of FAO commodities here (#91 of 100).

Cumulative 2018–2023 trade in Horses is $40.7B - a thin-third book; year-to-year swings are noisier, so pair totals with the exporter/importer tables. Even at thin scale, China; Hong Kong SAR still tops exports and China; Hong Kong SAR tops imports. US tariff classification depends on product form (raw, processed, packaged), so map each shipment to a specific HTS code before quoting landed cost.

Dig deeper: How US import duties work. Source: FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock (USD converted from 1000 USD units).

Trade Trend (2019–2023)

Year Total Exports (top 50 countries) Total Imports (top 50 countries)
2019 $3.1B $3.1B
2020 $2.8B $3.1B
2021 $3.6B $3.5B
2022 $3.6B $3.6B
2023 $3.7B $3.7B

Top Exporters (2023)

# Country Export Value
1 China; Hong Kong SAR $692.1M
2 Ireland $515.2M
3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) $489.0M
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland $446.8M
5 United States of America $277.3M
6 France $277.2M
7 Germany $276.5M
8 Belgium $181.9M
9 Australia $125.6M
10 New Zealand $75.4M

Top Importers (2023)

# Country Import Value
1 China; Hong Kong SAR $825.7M
2 United States of America $758.3M
3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland $607.6M
4 Ireland $337.5M
5 Japan $193.6M
6 Australia $157.5M
7 France $150.2M
8 Switzerland $114.5M
9 Canada $74.8M
10 Belgium $55.3M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which countries export the most Horses?
China; Hong Kong SAR still leads exports of Horses even on this thin-third book. The exporters table lists cumulative 2018–2023 values from FAO FAOSTAT top-50 nations.
Which countries import the most Horses?
China; Hong Kong SAR is the largest importer of Horses by value. Volumes reflect FAO top-50 demand patterns.
How has global trade in Horses changed over time?
The trend table shows year-over-year export and import totals for Horses from FAO FAOSTAT TCL (top 50 nations, 2018–2023).
What tariffs apply to importing Horses into the US?
US duties follow the HTS. The rate depends on the exact product form and subheading. Use PlainTariff chapter and heading pages to find the published rate before quoting landed cost.
Where does the trade data come from?
All figures on this Horses page come from FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock (TCL). Values are USD converted from FAO 1000 USD units; years cover 2018–2023.
Where does Horses rank among agricultural commodities tracked on PlainTariff?
By cumulative 2018–2023 global trade value, Horses ranks #91 of 100 among FAO-tracked agricultural commodities on PlainTariff (highest total trade value = #1). Thin-third placement means ordinal moves can look large in percent terms even when absolute dollars stay small.

Nationwide commodities with similar trade scale

Two FAO FAOSTAT peer sets for Horses, each excluding this commodity (country tables above stay the bilateral path).

Sources: U.S. International Trade Commission Harmonized Tariff Schedule (2026 Basic Edition) and FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock. See our methodology for how figures are computed.

Every figure on PlainTariff is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.