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Who buys China’s refrigerators and freezers? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $19.3 billion of refrigerators and freezers (3.8 million tonnes), 31.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (15%), Japan (5%) and France (4%). China was the world’s largest exporter of refrigerators and freezers.

Summary

Value
$19.3billion
Tonnes
3.8million tonnes
Share of world total
31.5%
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 States2.9Tonnes: 443,327USD per tonne: $6,64815.2%Sea
Japan0.93Tonnes: 200,079USD per tonne: $4,6334.8%Sea
France0.82Tonnes: 177,544USD per tonne: $4,6304.3%Sea
Australia0.82Tonnes: 128,412USD per tonne: $6,3934.2%Sea
Mexico0.72Tonnes: 96,244USD per tonne: $7,4643.7%Sea
Germany0.71Tonnes: 143,064USD per tonne: $4,9933.7%Sea
South Korea0.64Tonnes: 140,960USD per tonne: $4,5113.3%Sea
United Kingdom0.6Tonnes: 132,310USD per tonne: $4,5673.1%Sea
Russia0.53Tonnes: 127,000USD per tonne: $4,1702.7%Land
Indonesia0.43Tonnes: 101,755USD per tonne: $4,2012.2%Sea
Brazil0.42Tonnes: 93,727USD per tonne: $4,5072.2%Sea
Thailand0.42Tonnes: 76,874USD per tonne: $5,4572.2%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.41Tonnes: 102,464USD per tonne: $4,0192.1%Sea
Italy0.41Tonnes: 83,573USD per tonne: $4,8512.1%Sea
Spain0.38Tonnes: 85,293USD per tonne: $4,4942%Sea
Canada0.38Tonnes: 51,804USD per tonne: $7,2551.9%Sea
Vietnam0.36Tonnes: 72,855USD per tonne: $4,9961.9%Land
Poland0.35Tonnes: 70,095USD per tonne: $4,9451.8%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.34Tonnes: 78,311USD per tonne: $4,3811.8%Sea
India0.31Tonnes: 27,855USD per tonne: $11,2631.6%Land

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 2.9
  • Japan 0.93
  • France 0.82
  • Australia 0.82
  • Mexico 0.72

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.032.9
Japan0.020.93
France< 0.010.82
Australia< 0.010.82
Mexico< 0.010.72

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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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