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Who buys China’s mobile phones? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $290.4 billion of mobile phones (1.2 million tonnes), 46.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (17%), Hong Kong (15%) and Japan (7%). China was the world’s largest exporter of mobile phones.

Summary

Value
$290.4billion
Tonnes
1.2million tonnes
Share of world total
46.3%
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 States50.2Tonnes: 93,096USD per tonne: $539,03417.3%Air
Hong Kong re-exports43.9Tonnes: 78,017USD per tonne: $562,30015.1%Land
Japan19.8Tonnes: 34,457USD per tonne: $573,6576.8%Air
Germany13.8Tonnes: 54,097USD per tonne: $255,7344.8%Air
Mexico11.7Tonnes: 56,545USD per tonne: $207,4734%Air
Czechia10.7Tonnes: 15,095USD per tonne: $712,0283.7%Air
Vietnam10.5Tonnes: 87,935USD per tonne: $119,1743.6%Land
United Kingdom9.4Tonnes: 20,914USD per tonne: $449,3943.2%Air
Singapore re-exports6.9Tonnes: 13,659USD per tonne: $507,5312.4%Air
United Arab Emirates6.4Tonnes: 41,372USD per tonne: $154,0862.2%Air
South Korea6.3Tonnes: 40,025USD per tonne: $157,8902.2%Air
Saudi Arabia6.2Tonnes: 116,869USD per tonne: $52,7332.1%Air
France5.9Tonnes: 15,688USD per tonne: $379,2562.1%Air
Thailand5.2Tonnes: 18,009USD per tonne: $289,2511.8%Air
Netherlands re-exports4.7Tonnes: 20,959USD per tonne: $226,4911.6%Air
Australia4.6Tonnes: 452USD per tonne: $10,221,1071.6%Air
India4.5Tonnes: 60,760USD per tonne: $73,5081.5%Land
Poland4.3Tonnes: 35,925USD per tonne: $120,7301.5%Air
Italy4.3Tonnes: 10,878USD per tonne: $391,5511.5%Air
Taiwan4Tonnes: 17,545USD per tonne: $228,4571.4%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2002

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

  • United States 50.2
  • Hong Kong 43.9
  • Japan 19.8
  • Germany 13.8
  • Mexico 11.7

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.6550.2
Hong Kong0.6243.9
Japan0.0419.8
Germany0.0113.8
Mexico< 0.0111.7

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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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