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Who buys China’s solar panels and cells? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $35.8 billion of solar panels and cells (9.7 million tonnes), 45.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were India (10%), Brazil (8%) and Pakistan (6%). China was the world’s largest exporter of solar panels and cells.

Summary

Value
$35.8billion
Tonnes
9.7million tonnes
Share of world total
45.8%
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
India3.7Tonnes: 821,830USD per tonne: $4,50610.4%Land
Brazil2.9Tonnes: 1,238,888USD per tonne: $2,3648.2%Sea
Pakistan2.2Tonnes: 787,974USD per tonne: $2,7696.1%Land
Germany2.1Tonnes: 47,417USD per tonne: $43,4885.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports1.8Tonnes: 621,850USD per tonne: $2,8445%Sea
Saudi Arabia1.7Tonnes: 494,026USD per tonne: $3,4754.8%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports1.4Tonnes: 4,752USD per tonne: $295,8053.9%Land
Spain1.4Tonnes: 44,260USD per tonne: $30,5743.8%Sea
France1.1Tonnes: 388,977USD per tonne: $2,8703.1%Sea
Japan1.1Tonnes: 304,805USD per tonne: $3,6493.1%Sea
Greece0.83Tonnes: 318,163USD per tonne: $2,6222.3%Sea
Australia0.81Tonnes: 290,967USD per tonne: $2,7952.3%Sea
Mexico0.76Tonnes: 113,135USD per tonne: $6,7612.1%Sea
Poland0.74Tonnes: 259,560USD per tonne: $2,8452.1%Sea
South Korea0.72Tonnes: 160,249USD per tonne: $4,4902%Sea
United Kingdom0.72Tonnes: 232,891USD per tonne: $3,0802%Sea
Portugal0.67Tonnes: 292,690USD per tonne: $2,3051.9%Sea
Thailand0.59Tonnes: 202,580USD per tonne: $2,8881.6%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.54Tonnes: 234,938USD per tonne: $2,3061.5%Sea
Turkey0.54Tonnes: 17,315USD per tonne: $31,2191.5%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

India has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • India 3.7
  • Brazil 2.9
  • Pakistan 2.2
  • Germany 2.1
  • Netherlands 1.8

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India< 0.013.7
Brazil< 0.012.9
Pakistan< 0.012.2
Germany0.012.1
Netherlands01.8

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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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