"Figure 5: From 2020 to 2021, trade in goods continued to experience large changes in commodity structure owing to shifts in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic ","" "Annual change in the trade of medicinal and pharmaceutical products (SITC 54), 2020 to 2021 ","" "","" "Notes","France remained the largest exporter of chemicals (SITC 5) (20.9% of total goods exports by France) but exported fewer medicinal and pharmaceutical products (SITC 54) (6.9% of total goods exports by France) in 2021 than 2020. The corresponding figures for Germany were 17.7% and 7.4%, respectively. The UK was fourth largest exporter of chemicals (14.9%) and of medicinal and pharmaceutical products (5.9%) in 2021." "Unit","%" "","" "","Exports","Imports " "US","41.3","7.5" "UK","6.0","2.3" "Japan","0.1","29.2" "Italy","1.4","6.0" "Germany","19.6","19.8" "France","3.4","10.9" "Canada","15.5","27.5"