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Who buys China’s air conditioners? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $26.8 billion of air conditioners (3.7 million tonnes), 39.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (11%), Japan (8%) and Mexico (5%). China was the world’s largest exporter of air conditioners.

Summary

Value
$26.8billion
Tonnes
3.7million tonnes
Share of world total
39.4%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States3.1Tonnes: 337,848USD per tonne: $9,03511.4%Sea
Japan2Tonnes: 187,424USD per tonne: $10,7337.5%Sea
Mexico1.4Tonnes: 178,048USD per tonne: $8,0115.3%Sea
Saudi Arabia1.3Tonnes: 290,850USD per tonne: $4,6375%Sea
Iraq1.1Tonnes: 213,919USD per tonne: $4,9373.9%Sea
United Arab Emirates1Tonnes: 206,713USD per tonne: $4,8643.8%Sea
Russia1Tonnes: 193,176USD per tonne: $5,1893.7%Land
Brazil0.85Tonnes: 118,509USD per tonne: $7,1493.2%Sea
Italy0.77Tonnes: 106,257USD per tonne: $7,2282.9%Sea
Spain0.77Tonnes: 81,385USD per tonne: $9,4332.9%Sea
South Korea0.66Tonnes: 86,430USD per tonne: $7,5822.5%Sea
Canada0.55Tonnes: 38,688USD per tonne: $14,2972.1%Sea
Malaysia0.55Tonnes: 59,690USD per tonne: $9,1962.1%Sea
Indonesia0.53Tonnes: 111,011USD per tonne: $4,8082%Sea
Thailand0.52Tonnes: 89,477USD per tonne: $5,8181.9%Sea
Turkey0.47Tonnes: 65,376USD per tonne: $7,1141.7%Sea
France0.42Tonnes: 43,883USD per tonne: $9,5731.6%Sea
Australia0.4Tonnes: 32,929USD per tonne: $12,2011.5%Sea
Poland0.38Tonnes: 38,761USD per tonne: $9,8201.4%Sea
Algeria0.37Tonnes: 68,878USD per tonne: $5,4151.4%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2015

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 3.1
  • Japan 2
  • Mexico 1.4
  • Saudi Arabia 1.3
  • Iraq 1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States< 0.013.1
Japan0.022
Mexico< 0.011.4
Saudi Arabia< 0.011.3
Iraq01.1

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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