Summary
- Share of its imports
- 18.9%
- Value imported
- $11.4billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 2nd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 169
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 55
- Dominated value
- $4.5billion
- Share of total imports
- 7.4%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 3.1% to 18.9% of what Argentina buys
Share (%)
- China 18.9%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 631 | 3.1% | 8 |
| 1996 | 717 | 3% | 8 |
| 1997 | 1,022 | 3.4% | 8 |
| 1998 | 1,192 | 3.7% | 8 |
| 1999 | 1,010 | 3.9% | 8 |
| 2000 | 1,169 | 4.6% | 4 |
| 2001 | 1,081 | 5.3% | 4 |
| 2002 | 341 | 3.7% | 4 |
| 2003 | 734 | 5.2% | 4 |
| 2004 | 1,404 | 6.3% | 3 |
| 2005 | 1,550 | 5.4% | 3 |
| 2006 | 3,129 | 9.4% | 3 |
| 2007 | 5,146 | 11.8% | 3 |
| 2008 | 7,152 | 13% | 2 |
| 2009 | 4,871 | 12.7% | 3 |
| 2010 | 7,711 | 14% | 2 |
| 2011 | 10,914 | 15.3% | 2 |
| 2012 | 10,027 | 14.7% | 2 |
| 2013 | 11,434 | 15.5% | 2 |
| 2014 | 10,910 | 16.6% | 2 |
| 2015 | 12,064 | 19.8% | 2 |
| 2016 | 10,908 | 19.2% | 2 |
| 2017 | 12,919 | 18.9% | 2 |
| 2018 | 12,240 | 18.6% | 2 |
| 2019 | 9,396 | 19% | 2 |
| 2020 | 8,724 | 20.3% | 1 |
| 2021 | 13,219 | 21.1% | 1 |
| 2022 | 17,489 | 21.8% | 1 |
| 2023 | 14,597 | 19.8% | 2 |
| 2024 | 11,421 | 18.9% | 2 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computers | China | 63.3% | Mexico · 15.7% | $344 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 57.3% | India · 19.9% | $253 million |
| Other organo-inorganic compounds | China | 50.8% | United States · 45.9% | $238 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 55.6% | Brazil · 6.5% | $168 million |
| Generating sets | China | 71.2% | United States · 14.7% | $163 million |
| Parts for broadcast equipment | China | 83.7%over 75% | Vietnam · 5.4% | $148 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 64.5% | Brazil · 17.3% | $147 million |
| Forklifts and works trucks | China | 59.7% | Germany · 7.9% | $119 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 86.5%over 75% | Vietnam · 3.4% | $116 million |
| Electric heaters and hair dryers | China | 75.4%over 75% | Italy · 3.1% | $113 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 91.8%over 75% | United States · 1.9% | $113 million |
| Stamps and banknotes | China | 72.9% | Malta · 21.5% | $106 million |
| Citric, lactic and other carboxylic acids | China | 60.8% | Brazil · 9.8% | $103 million |
| Organosulfur compounds | China | 68.4% | Japan · 11.2% | $101 million |
| Other knitted fabric | China | 72.1% | Brazil · 14.8% | $99 million |
| Other electrical devices | China | 50.1% | South Korea · 13.3% | $94 million |
| Video recorders and players | China | 62.6% | Thailand · 8.1% | $85 million |
| Toys | China | 84.1%over 75% | Vietnam · 6.9% | $82 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 83.7%over 75% | Italy · 4.1% | $79 million |
| Microphones and speakers | China | 57.9% | Thailand · 14.9% | $71 million |
| Motorcycle and bicycle parts | China | 74.4% | Taiwan · 4.1% | $71 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 71.5% | Vietnam · 15.4% | $67 million |
| Calculators and cash registers | China | 63% | Hong Kong · 21% | $64 million |
| Video game consoles and games | China | 78.6%over 75% | United States · 6.8% | $59 million |
| Vacuum cleaners | China | 69.9% | Brazil · 13.6% | $55 million |
| Antibiotics | China | 61.1% | Spain · 7.3% | $52 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 72.7% | Brazil · 9.9% | $50 million |
| Amino acids and amino alcohols (lysine) | China | 58.2% | India · 10.7% | $45 million |
| Sports equipment | China | 58.3% | Pakistan · 16.3% | $40 million |
| Home appliances | China | 76.6%over 75% | Brazil · 6.6% | $38 million |
and 139 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- China sells 38.7% of what the world exports of computers; next come Taiwan (14.2%), Mexico (12.6%) and Vietnam (7%). The rest of the world exported 747.2 times what Argentina buys from China.
- China sells 28.6% of what the world exports of motorcycles; next come Japan (10.4%), Germany (8.3%) and Thailand (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 104.5 times what Argentina buys from China.
- China sells 44.6% of what the world exports of other organo-inorganic compounds; next come United States (14.5%), Germany (10%) and South Korea (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 17.6 times what Argentina buys from China.
- China sells 34.6% of what the world exports of transformers and power supplies; next come Germany (7%), Mexico (4.5%) and Japan (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 589.5 times what Argentina buys from China.
- China sells 31.2% of what the world exports of generating sets; next come Germany (11.9%), United States (10.6%) and Denmark (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 110.8 times what Argentina buys from China.
- China sells 34.4% of what the world exports of parts for broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (17.7%), South Korea (17.7%) and United States (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 282.9 times what Argentina buys from China.
- China sells 39.4% of what the world exports of air conditioners; next come Thailand (11.7%), Mexico (11.7%) and United States (4.2%). The rest of the world exported 280.1 times what Argentina buys from China.
- China sells 23.4% of what the world exports of forklifts and works trucks; next come Germany (14.6%), United Kingdom (7.6%) and Italy (7%). The rest of the world exported 207.3 times what Argentina buys from China.
- China sells 37.2% of what the world exports of bags, suitcases and cases; next come Italy (14.9%), France (14.7%) and Vietnam (6%). The rest of the world exported 429.2 times what Argentina buys from China.
- China sells 48% of what the world exports of electric heaters and hair dryers; next come Germany (5.9%), Italy (4.2%) and Mexico (4%). The rest of the world exported 308.3 times what Argentina buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Argentina is China’s 50th-largest customer, with 0.32% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.