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Who buys China’s electric cables? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $34.2 billion of electric cables (3.1 million tonnes), 20.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (11%), South Korea (7%) and Japan (6%). China was the world’s largest exporter of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$34.2billion
Tonnes
3.1million tonnes
Share of world total
20.3%
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 States3.7Tonnes: 201,958USD per tonne: $18,48810.9%Sea
South Korea2.3Tonnes: 140,905USD per tonne: $16,5126.8%Sea
Japan2.1Tonnes: 96,746USD per tonne: $21,6806.1%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports2.1Tonnes: 117,087USD per tonne: $17,8256.1%Land
Vietnam2.1Tonnes: 170,650USD per tonne: $12,1256%Land
Mexico2Tonnes: 147,701USD per tonne: $13,7265.9%Sea
Thailand1.2Tonnes: 99,486USD per tonne: $12,5283.6%Sea
Germany1.2Tonnes: 83,741USD per tonne: $14,4733.5%Sea
Australia1.1Tonnes: 107,764USD per tonne: $10,6213.3%Sea
Taiwan0.88Tonnes: 27,396USD per tonne: $32,1932.6%Sea
Indonesia0.87Tonnes: 132,465USD per tonne: $6,6052.6%Sea
Malaysia0.82Tonnes: 60,878USD per tonne: $13,4432.4%Sea
United Kingdom0.74Tonnes: 62,400USD per tonne: $11,8602.2%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.65Tonnes: 56,206USD per tonne: $11,6531.9%Sea
Philippines0.64Tonnes: 100,453USD per tonne: $6,3641.9%Sea
India0.59Tonnes: 44,453USD per tonne: $13,2501.7%Land
Canada0.54Tonnes: 42,743USD per tonne: $12,6491.6%Sea
Brazil0.54Tonnes: 92,122USD per tonne: $5,8331.6%Sea
France0.52Tonnes: 39,186USD per tonne: $13,3791.5%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.44Tonnes: 62,475USD per tonne: $7,0691.3%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2009

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

  • United States 3.7
  • South Korea 2.3
  • Japan 2.1
  • Hong Kong 2.1
  • Vietnam 2.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.343.7
South Korea0.032.3
Japan0.212.1
Hong Kong0.472.1
Vietnam< 0.012.1

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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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