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Where does China get its wheat? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $2.7 billion of wheat (9.5 million tonnes), 4.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Australia (35%), the United States (22%) and France (20%). China was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of wheat.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
9.5million tonnes
Share of world total
4.8%
World rank
3rd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 12 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia963Tonnes: 3,289,229USD per tonne: $29335.4%Sea
United States587Tonnes: 1,909,787USD per tonne: $30721.6%Sea
France543Tonnes: 1,866,668USD per tonne: $29120%Sea
Canada422Tonnes: 1,545,141USD per tonne: $27315.5%Sea
Kazakhstan116Tonnes: 580,549USD per tonne: $2014.3%Land
Russia87.3Tonnes: 345,809USD per tonne: $2523.2%Sea
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $4,2730%Sea
Sweden< 0.01Tonnes: 12USD per tonne: $2440%Sea
Mexico< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $63,5950%Air
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $6,0000%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $3330%Sea
Kyrgyzstan< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2000%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2022

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

  • Australia 0.96
  • United States 0.59
  • France 0.54
  • Canada 0.42
  • Kazakhstan 0.12

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia0.080.96
United States0.710.59
France0.270.54
Canada1.50.42
Kazakhstan00.12

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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