So this is pretty misleading, because it shows a single item, and this favors items which cannot be subdivided further. For example, USA has "Petroleum" as a m

So this is pretty misleading, because it shows a single item, and this favors items which cannot be subdivided further. For example, USA has "Petroleum" as a most valuable export, same as Iran and Iraq. But more detailed data [0] shows: $95.8B "Refined Petroleum" $191B "Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof" $142B Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof ... You cannot really draw any conclusions based on a name of a single "top export" alone, you really want to consider the overall contribution of this export. [0] https://oec.world/en/profile/country/usa?depthSelector1=HS2Depth https://oec.world/en/profile/country/usa?depthSelector1=HS2D...