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Where does Singapore get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Singapore imported $2 billion of electric cables (137 thousand tonnes), 1.2% of the world total. Its main sources were China (32%), Indonesia (17%) and Malaysia (12%). Singapore was the world’s 22nd-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
137thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.2%
World rank
22nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China655Tonnes: 56,206USD per tonne: $11,65332.3%Sea
Indonesia353Tonnes: 18,726USD per tonne: $18,84017.4%Sea
Malaysia246Tonnes: 16,839USD per tonne: $14,62712.1%Sea
United States209Tonnes: 13,074USD per tonne: $15,97510.3%Air
South Korea110Tonnes: 10,047USD per tonne: $10,9955.5%Sea
Vietnam76.3Tonnes: 8,298USD per tonne: $9,1973.8%Sea
Germany40.8Tonnes: 1,060USD per tonne: $38,4992%Air
Mexico40Tonnes: 2,970USD per tonne: $13,4862%Sea
Thailand34.9Tonnes: 1,373USD per tonne: $25,4441.7%Air
Japan26.5Tonnes: 938USD per tonne: $28,3041.3%Air
India23.5Tonnes: 1,005USD per tonne: $23,3351.2%Air
United Kingdom23Tonnes: 367USD per tonne: $62,7131.1%Air
Philippines22.4Tonnes: 466USD per tonne: $48,0141.1%Sea
Taiwan21.9Tonnes: 846USD per tonne: $25,8661.1%Sea
France19.3Tonnes: 221USD per tonne: $86,9970.95%Air
Hungary10.4Tonnes: 350USD per tonne: $29,5560.51%Sea
Samoa9.4Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.46%Sea
Italy8.8Tonnes: 571USD per tonne: $15,4610.43%Sea
Netherlands re-exports7.9Tonnes: 145USD per tonne: $54,5040.39%Air
Spain7.8Tonnes: 675USD per tonne: $11,5310.38%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2008

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

  • China 655
  • Indonesia 353
  • Malaysia 246
  • United States 209
  • South Korea 110

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China50.2655
Indonesia8.9353
Malaysia191246
United States56.6209
South Korea37.1110

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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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