In 2016, China was by far the world's leading exporter, exporting goods valued at a total of USD 1,990,000,000,000 in the year. To put this in perspective, consider how much the rest of the top five exporters shipped to international markets in the same year. In second place, the United States exported goods valuing $1,456,000,000,000.. Only China, the U.S., and Germany managed to export ...