China’s SME imports Lithography equipment accounted for the largest share of imports following a significant increase in imports from 2022 to 2023 China's SME imports by product type, 2014–23 $40B $8.0B $35B Other $9.7B Ion implanters $8.7B $30B Physical vapour deposition (PVD) equipment Step and repeat aligners $3.5B Oxidation, diffusion, annealing and other heat treatment equipment $25B $6.4B Other machines and apparatus, nesoi $4.1B $2.6B Other optical instruments and appliances for inspecting $2.7B $20B Parts and accessories of goods of heading 8486, nesoi $7.2B $4.3B $6.1B $3.3B Dry plasma etching equipment $6.6B $15B Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) equipment $4.4B $5.5B Other apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns $4.8B $10B $4.3B $5.9B $4.9B $4.0B $3.7B $3.3B $3.6B $3.5B $4.0B $4.2B $2.4B $5B $3.7B $7.1B $2.5B $3.6B $2.5B $0B 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Notes/Sources: nesoi: not elsewhere specified or included. The goods shown are the top 10 products imported in 2023 by Chinese 8-digit national tariff line. Global Trade Tracker database. 22