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Who buys China’s excavators and construction machinery? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $15.4 billion of excavators and construction machinery (3.8 million tonnes), 25.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were Russia (14%), Indonesia (8%) and Brazil (4%). China was the world’s largest exporter of excavators and construction machinery.

Summary

Value
$15.4billion
Tonnes
3.8million tonnes
Share of world total
25.8%
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
Russia2.2Tonnes: 509,540USD per tonne: $4,22414%Land
Indonesia1.3Tonnes: 354,675USD per tonne: $3,5318.1%Sea
Brazil0.61Tonnes: 138,280USD per tonne: $4,4414%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.58Tonnes: 154,885USD per tonne: $3,7503.8%Sea
United States0.56Tonnes: 115,671USD per tonne: $4,8483.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.44Tonnes: 70,430USD per tonne: $6,2562.9%Sea
Mexico0.42Tonnes: 62,841USD per tonne: $6,6592.7%Sea
Turkey0.41Tonnes: 78,364USD per tonne: $5,2882.7%Sea
Ghana0.38Tonnes: 117,751USD per tonne: $3,2092.5%Sea
South Africa0.37Tonnes: 81,907USD per tonne: $4,5642.4%Sea
Kazakhstan0.33Tonnes: 106,295USD per tonne: $3,1462.2%Land
Canada0.33Tonnes: 45,473USD per tonne: $7,1742.1%Sea
Australia0.32Tonnes: 52,316USD per tonne: $6,0502.1%Sea
Peru0.3Tonnes: 43,705USD per tonne: $6,8041.9%Sea
United Kingdom0.29Tonnes: 39,307USD per tonne: $7,4491.9%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.28Tonnes: 86,023USD per tonne: $3,2631.8%Sea
Vietnam0.28Tonnes: 126,561USD per tonne: $2,2041.8%Land
Malaysia0.26Tonnes: 41,516USD per tonne: $6,3211.7%Sea
Guinea0.22Tonnes: 62,898USD per tonne: $3,5711.5%Sea
Philippines0.21Tonnes: 42,298USD per tonne: $5,0611.4%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Russia has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • Russia 2.2
  • Indonesia 1.3
  • Brazil 0.61
  • Saudi Arabia 0.58
  • United States 0.56

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Russia< 0.012.2
Indonesia0.011.3
Brazil00.61
Saudi Arabia< 0.010.58
United States< 0.010.56

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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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