High-technology exports are products with high research and development (R&D) intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. The approach of using products rather than sectors is used since industrial sectors may specialize in both high-technology and low-technology products. The indicator is based on data reported by countries to COMTRADE and is shown in Data are in current U.S. Dollars. 

Classification: The OECD has developed a four-way classification of exports: high, medium-high, medium-low and low-technology. The classification is based on the importance of expenditures on R&D relative to the gross output and value added.