The value of worldwide shipments of wireless phone devices shrank by an average -5% since 2018 when exported wireless phone devices sold on international markets were valued at $279.2 billion.
Year over year, export sales of wireless phone devices fell by -10.8% compared to $297.3 billion starting from 2021.
The 5 biggest exporters of mobile phones including smartphones are mainland China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Czech Republic and the United States of America. Collectively, that powerful quintet of phone suppliers generated well over four-fifths (83.3%) of globally exported wireless phone devices.
From a continental perspective, suppliers in Asia were responsible for $220.6 billion or 83.2% of all mobile phones exported during 2022.
In second place were European exporters at 13%, trailed by North American cell phone providers at another 3.4%.
Tinier percentages originated from Oceania (0.2%) led by Australia, Latin America (0.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Africa (also 0.1%).
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code prefix is 851712 for telephones for cellular networks or other wireless networks.
In 2022, a separate HTS code was introduced exclusively for smartphones which is presented below.
Wireless Phone Devices Exported by Country
Below are the 15 countries that reaped the greatest dollar amounts selling mobile phones by value on international markets during 2022.
- China: US$138.8 billion (52.4% of exported phone devices)
- Vietnam: $36.5 billion (13.8%)
- Hong Kong: $27.1 billion (10.2%)
- Czech Republic: $9.6 billion (3.6%)
- United States: $8.8 billion (3.3%)
- India: $7.4 billion (2.8%)
- South Korea: $4.2 billion (1.6%)
- Austria: $3.7 billion (1.4%)
- Germany: $3.6 billion (1.4%)
- Netherlands: $2.97 billion (1.1%)
- Italy: $2.96 billion (1.1%)
- Slovakia: $2.95 billion (1.1%)
- Singapore: $2.6 billion (1%)
- Sweden: $2 billion (0.8%)
- United Kingdom: $1.3 billion (0.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96% of globally exported wireless phone devices in 2022.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing exporters of wireless phone devices were: Austria (up 338.3% from 2021), Italy (up 90.9%), Czech Republic (up 76.3%) and India (up 50.9%).
Major suppliers that recorded reductions in their exported phone device sales were led by: Singapore (down -50.2% from 2021), Germany (down -36.8%), United of America (down -30.7%), Hong Kong (down -16.2%) and South Korea (down -14.6%).
Note that exports of smartphones are embedded in the above statistics. Smartphone exports are separated out in the next section.
Smartphones Exported by Country
By value, here are the 15 countries that sold the highest amounts from exporting smartphones in 2022.
- China: US$138.8 billion (52.7% of exported smartphones)
- Vietnam: $35.1 billion (13.3%)
- Hong Kong: $27.1 billion (10.3%)
- Czech Republic: $9.6 billion (3.7%)
- United States: $8.8 billion (3.3%)
- India: $7.4 billion (2.8%)
- South Korea: $4.2 billion (1.6%)
- Austria: $3.7 billion (1.4%)
- Germany: $3.6 billion (1.4%)
- Netherlands: $2.97 billion (1.1%)
- Italy: $2.96 billion (1.1%)
- Slovakia: $2.95 billion (1.1%)
- Singapore: $2.6 billion (1%)
- Sweden: $2 billion (0.8%)
- United Kingdom: $1.3 billion (0.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.2% of globally exported smartphones in 2022.
As mentioned above, 2022 was the first year in which distinct metrics exclusively for exported smartphones were published.
Companies Making Wireless Phone Devices
The following companies are among the top global companies that manufacture mobile phones.
- Acer (Taiwan)
- Apple (United States)
- Blackberry (Canada)
- BLU Products (United States)
- Bullitt Group (United Kingdom)
- FT Group’s F-Mobile (Vietnam)
- Google Nexus (United States)
- Huawei (China)
- Lenovo Group (Hong Kong)
- Microsoft Mobile (United States)
- Panasonic (Japan)
- Philips (Netherlands)
- Samsung Electronics (South Korea)
- Xiaomi Tech (China)
- ZTE (China)
According to Gartner, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics had a 21.9% market share of worldwide smartphone sales as of June 2018. 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 wireless phone device sales, up from 44.6% in the second quarter of 2018.
Searchable List of Countries that Export Mobile Phones in 2022
The following automated database of major exporters of wireless phone devices records the 100 sources that collected 99.8% of the revenues from global exports for wireless phone devices during 2022.
| Rank | Exporter | Phone Exports | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | China | $138,842,229,000 | -5.6% |
| 2. | Vietnam | $36,537,361,000 | +8.7% |
| 3. | Hong Kong | $27,052,364,000 | -16.2% |
| 4. | Czech Republic | $9,624,857,000 | +76.3% |
| 5. | United States | $8,755,241,000 | -30.7% |
| 6. | India | $7,352,884,000 | +50.9% |
| 7. | South Korea | $4,205,351,000 | -14.6% |
| 8. | Austria | $3,738,547,000 | +338.3% |
| 9. | Germany | $3,588,191,000 | -36.8% |
| 10. | Netherlands | $2,969,058,000 | +4.1% |
| 11. | Italy | $2,964,812,000 | +90.9% |
| 12. | Slovakia | $2,953,462,000 | -12.3% |
| 13. | Singapore | $2,649,616,000 | -50.2% |
| 14. | Sweden | $2,040,656,000 | -1.3% |
| 15. | United Kingdom | $1,272,824,000 | +33.2% |
| 16. | Thailand | $1,143,237,000 | +0% |
| 17. | Belgium | $1,084,177,000 | -7.2% |
| 18. | France | $761,700,000 | -12.7% |
| 19. | Kazakhstan | $685,063,000 | +85.1% |
| 20. | Hungary | $670,968,000 | +5.1% |
| 21. | Spain | $659,862,000 | -26.2% |
| 22. | Australia | $505,363,000 | -15.1% |
| 23. | United Arab Emirates | $475,713,000 | -97.8% |
| 24. | Indonesia | $327,174,000 | +7% |
| 25. | Latvia | $303,016,000 | -8.6% |
| 26. | Lithuania | $250,496,000 | +6.8% |
| 27. | Estonia | $248,513,000 | -1.7% |
| 28. | Armenia | $231,778,000 | +69088% |
| 29. | Canada | $196,814,000 | +18.3% |
| 30. | Romania | $185,645,000 | -13.6% |
| 31. | Macao | $179,046,000 | +8.7% |
| 32. | Greece | $178,244,000 | +20.4% |
| 33. | Denmark | $174,908,000 | -17.9% |
| 34. | Morocco | $160,557,000 | +4.1% |
| 35. | Finland | $158,452,000 | +21.7% |
| 36. | Japan | $154,202,000 | +0.3% |
| 37. | Malaysia | $151,153,000 | -50.7% |
| 38. | Dominican Republic | $141,309,000 | -5.2% |
| 39. | Bulgaria | $140,795,000 | +7.6% |
| 40. | Slovenia | $132,124,000 | +1.8% |
| 41. | South Africa | $83,697,000 | +2.6% |
| 42. | Panama | $77,141,000 | -52.5% |
| 43. | Norway | $76,812,000 | +6.9% |
| 44. | Portugal | $73,513,000 | +8.9% |
| 45. | Kyrgyzstan | $71,522,000 | +34.4% |
| 46. | Serbia | $61,252,000 | +115.4% |
| 47. | Switzerland | $55,901,000 | -34.9% |
| 48. | Croatia | $54,942,000 | -17.3% |
| 49. | Ireland | $49,906,000 | -7.1% |
| 50. | Luxembourg | $37,341,000 | -4.6% |
| 51. | Türkiye | $19,241,000 | -20.7% |
| 52. | Bahrain | $15,897,000 | -38.2% |
| 53. | Chile | $13,664,000 | -79.7% |
| 54. | Cyprus | $13,151,000 | -34.3% |
| 55. | Brazil | $8,858,000 | -5.6% |
| 56. | Mexico | $6,362,000 | -96.5% |
| 57. | Peru | $5,511,000 | -38.2% |
| 58. | Costa Rica | $5,257,000 | +457.5% |
| 59. | Jordan | $4,930,000 | -72.4% |
| 60. | Colombia | $4,627,000 | +271.3% |
| 61. | Israel | $4,476,000 | -40.2% |
| 62. | New Zealand | $4,083,000 | -84.2% |
| 63. | El Salvador | $3,680,000 | +289.8% |
| 64. | Ethiopia | $3,267,000 | -71.8% |
| 65. | Russia | $2,169,000 | -99.1% |
| 66. | Iceland | $1,477,000 | -16.2% |
| 67. | North Korea | $1,312,000 | -9.2% |
| 68. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $1,249,000 | -44.9% |
| 69. | Paraguay | $1,060,000 | -99.9% |
| 70. | Azerbaijan | $1,041,000 | +362.7% |
| 71. | Samoa | $988,000 | 0% |
| 72. | Montenegro | $979,000 | -45.7% |
| 73. | Kenya | $881,000 | -22.2% |
| 74. | Saudi Arabia | $868,000 | 0% |
| 75. | North Macedonia | $811,000 | -38.9% |
| 76. | Honduras | $777,000 | +183.6% |
| 77. | Guatemala | $756,000 | -92.6% |
| 78. | Namibia | $562,000 | -4.7% |
| 79. | Uruguay | $545,000 | +148.9% |
| 80. | Nepal | $470,000 | -81.4% |
| 81. | Falkland Is (Malvinas) | $416,000 | 0% |
| 82. | Ghana | $315,000 | -63.5% |
| 83. | Fiji | $311,000 | -64.9% |
| 84. | Rwanda | $261,000 | -95.7% |
| 85. | Pakistan | $259,000 | -91.9% |
| 86. | Equatorial Guinea | $207,000 | 0% |
| 87. | Andorra | $204,000 | +39.7% |
| 88. | Malta | $156,000 | -97.9% |
| 89. | Pitcairn | $145,000 | 0% |
| 90. | Nicaragua | $129,000 | -44.6% |
| 91. | Uganda | $116,000 | -82.9% |
| 92. | Belarus | $108,000 | -96.2% |
| 93. | Senegal | $95,000 | +196.9% |
| 94. | Kuwait | $93,000 | -99.8% |
| 95. | Greenland | $84,000 | +8300% |
| 96. | Faroe Islands | $79,000 | -24.8% |
| 97. | US Minor Outlying Is | $78,000 | -50.6% |
| 98. | New Caledonia | $78,000 | +4% |
| 99. | Papua New Guinea | $73,000 | +25.9% |
| 100. | Cameroon | $73,000 | +128.1% |
Fastest growers among the top 100 top exporters of mobile phone devices are relatively small players. These include Armenia (up 69,088% from 2021), Greenland (up 8,300%), Costa Rica (up 457.5%), Azerbaijan (up 362.7%), Austria (up 338.3%), El Salvador (up 289.8%) and Colombia (up 271.3%).
Note that an entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2021 data was unavailable.
See also Wireless phone devices Imports by Country, American Global Technology Companies and US Imported Mobile Phone Purchases
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on August 2, 2023
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on August 2, 2023
Gartner Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 2Q15 (August 2018), Table 1. Accessed on August 2, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 2, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 2, 2023
