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Where does China get its batteries? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $2.5 billion of batteries (88 thousand tonnes), 1.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (22%), South Korea (18%) and Malaysia (14%). China was the world’s 17th-largest importer of batteries.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
88thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.6%
World rank
17th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany554Tonnes: 21,873USD per tonne: $25,31122%Sea
South Korea462Tonnes: 13,976USD per tonne: $33,08818.4%Sea
Malaysia362Tonnes: 8,976USD per tonne: $40,34014.4%Sea
Japan298Tonnes: 7,557USD per tonne: $39,37611.8%Air
Vietnam160Tonnes: 14,907USD per tonne: $10,7056.3%Land
Singapore re-exports158Tonnes: 3,502USD per tonne: $45,0336.3%Sea
Poland132Tonnes: 3,208USD per tonne: $41,2115.3%Sea
United States74.5Tonnes: 2,675USD per tonne: $27,8383%Air
Finland58.2Tonnes: 360USD per tonne: $161,5962.3%Air
Taiwan52.4Tonnes: 1,629USD per tonne: $32,1572.1%Air
Hong Kong re-exports29.6Tonnes: 2,060USD per tonne: $14,3641.2%Land
Slovakia25.7Tonnes: 280USD per tonne: $91,7731%Air
Mexico18.1Tonnes: 698USD per tonne: $25,9000.72%Sea
France16Tonnes: 454USD per tonne: $35,1950.63%Sea
Netherlands re-exports14.5Tonnes: 352USD per tonne: $41,0740.57%Air
Philippines12.6Tonnes: 1,726USD per tonne: $7,2890.5%Sea
United Kingdom11.3Tonnes: 466USD per tonne: $24,3550.45%Air
Norway9.4Tonnes: 194USD per tonne: $48,3350.37%Air
Czechia8.9Tonnes: 466USD per tonne: $19,1580.35%Sea
Switzerland8.1Tonnes: 126USD per tonne: $64,3020.32%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Germany 0.55
  • South Korea 0.46
  • Malaysia 0.36
  • Japan 0.3
  • Vietnam 0.16

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany< 0.010.55
South Korea< 0.010.46
Malaysia0.010.36
Japan0.060.3
Vietnam00.16

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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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