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Where does Vietnam get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Vietnam imported $3.3 billion of electric cables (251 thousand tonnes), 2% of the world total. China sold 62% of the total, followed by South Korea (14%) and Japan (4%). Vietnam was the world’s 12th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$3.3billion
Tonnes
251thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2%
World rank
12th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.1Tonnes: 170,650USD per tonne: $12,12562%Land
South Korea0.47Tonnes: 30,220USD per tonne: $15,53114.1%Sea
Japan0.15Tonnes: 8,197USD per tonne: $17,8694.4%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.13Tonnes: 3,691USD per tonne: $32,5983.8%Sea
Thailand0.11Tonnes: 9,191USD per tonne: $11,9503.3%Sea
Indonesia0.11Tonnes: 9,390USD per tonne: $11,5883.3%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.08Tonnes: 5,700USD per tonne: $14,6122.5%Sea
United States0.05Tonnes: 948USD per tonne: $41,1591.5%Sea
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 4,019USD per tonne: $10,1991.2%Sea
Taiwan0.04Tonnes: 4,567USD per tonne: $8,6891.2%Sea
Germany0.02Tonnes: 789USD per tonne: $27,2170.64%Air
Philippines0.01Tonnes: 925USD per tonne: $14,3020.4%Sea
India0.01Tonnes: 354USD per tonne: $24,2800.38%Sea
Turkey0.01Tonnes: 848USD per tonne: $8,9130.23%Sea
Cambodia0.01Tonnes: 184USD per tonne: $33,3450.18%Land
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 163USD per tonne: $29,0110.14%Air
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 176USD per tonne: $22,3490.12%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 31USD per tonne: $113,3140.11%Air
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 12USD per tonne: $287,1150.1%Air
France< 0.01Tonnes: 139USD per tonne: $23,1010.1%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2009

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

  • China 2.1
  • South Korea 0.47
  • Japan 0.15
  • Hong Kong 0.13
  • Thailand 0.11

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.1
South Korea0.030.47
Japan0.010.15
Hong Kong< 0.010.13
Thailand< 0.010.11

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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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