Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of helicopters (including both large and small models) during 2018.

1. Italy: US$1.2 billion (21.2% of total helicopters exports)
2. United States: $837 million (15%)
3. Germany: $769 million (13.8%)
4. France: $679.4 million (12.2%)
5. Canada: $599.1 million (10.7%)
6. United Kingdom: $382.5 million (6.8%)
7. Poland: $247 million (4.4%)
8. Australia: $92.4 million (1.7%)
9. Czech Republic: $78.5 million (1.4%)
10. Singapore: $61.1 million (1.1%)
11. Norway: $48.7 million (0.87%)
12. South Africa: $47.8 million (0.86%)
13. Austria: $33.5 million (0.6%)
14. India: $32.4 million (0.58%)
15. Switzerland: $31 million (0.55%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 91.7% of all exported helicopters in 2018.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing helicopters exporters since 2014 were: Germany (up 107.3%), Poland (up 70.6%), India (up 68.2%) and Australia (up 67.8%).

Those countries that posted declines in their exported helicopters sales were led by: Singapore (down -58.8%), France (down -56%), United States (down -54.5%), Canada (down -49.1%) and Austria (down -41.3%).

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of smaller-sized helicopters during 2018 (under tariff code 880211).

1. Canada: US$324.9 million (28.7% of total small helicopters exports)
2. France: $221.5 million (19.5%)
3. United States of America: $181.7 million (16.0%)
4. Germany: $103.6 million (9.1%)
5. Norway: $46.4 million (4.1%)
6. United Kingdom: $27.7 million (2.4%)
7. Czech Republic: $23.3 million (2.1%)
8. Switzerland: $21.5 million (1.9%)
9. Austria: $21.5 million (1.9%)
10. Singapore: $21.2 million (1.9%)
11. Italy: $17.0 million (1.5%)
12. South Africa: $16.9 million (1.5%)
13. Sweden: $16.0 million (1.4%)
14. Poland: $10.2 million (0.9%)
15. Australia: $9.8 million (0.9%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.8% of smaller-sized exported helicopters in 2017.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing small helicopters exporters since 2014 were: Norway (up 882.2%), Poland (up 239.5%), United Kingdom (up 110.7%) and Switzerland (up 91.3%).

Those countries that posted declines in their exported small helicopters sales were led by: Czech Republic (down -69.8%), France (down -55.4%), Sweden (down -37.4%), Germany (down -33%) and Canada (down -5.2%).

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of larger-sized helicopters during 2018 (under tariff code 880212).

1. Italy: US$1.2 billion (26.2% of total large helicopters exports)
2. Germany: $665.4 million (14.9%)
3. United States: $655.4 million (14.7%)
4. France: $457.9 million (10.3%)
5. United Kingdom: $354.8 million (8%)
6. Canada: $274.2 million (6.2%)
7. Poland: $236.8 million (5.3%)
8. Australia: $82.6 million (1.9%)
9. Czech Republic: $55.2 million (1.2%)
10. Thailand: $47 million (1.1%)
11. Singapore: $39.9 million (0.9%)
12. Slovenia: $32.1 million (0.7%)
13. South Africa: $30.9 million (0.7%)
14. Gabon: $27.5 million (0.6%)
15. India: $26.6 million (0.6%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.2% of larger-sized exported helicopters exports in 2018.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing large helicopters exporters since 2014 were: Gabon (up 404.3%), Germany (up 207.3%), Czech Republic (up 175.7%) and India (up 118.7%).

Those countries that posted declines in their exported large helicopters sales were led by: Singapore (down -69.6%), Canada (down -67.1%), United States (down -60.5%), France (down -56.3%) and Thailand (down -42%).

Helicopters Manufacturing Companies

Below are established players engaged in the international trade of helicopters. The home country for each is shown within parenthesis.

• Airbus Helicopters (France)
• Bell Helicopter (United States)
• Denel SOC Ltd (South Africa)
• Helibras (Brazil)
• Heli-Sport Helicopters (Italy)
• RotorWay Helicopter Manufacturing Company (United States)
• Youngcopter (Germany)