How dependent is Bahrain on China?

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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%.

• China sells 46.2% of what the world exports of cameras and broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (13.1%), Taiwan (4.4%) and India (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 1,159.3 times what Bahrain buys from China.
• China sells 34.6% of what the world exports of pitch and pitch coke; next come Belgium (10.3%), Germany (7.3%) and South Korea (6.9%). The rest of the world exported 5.8 times what Bahrain buys from China.
• 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 2,730.4 times what Bahrain buys from China.
• China sells 17.1% of what the world exports of hydrogen and rare gases; next come United States (14.4%), Germany (12.1%) and Qatar (8%). The rest of the world exported 142.7 times what Bahrain 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 698.2 times what Bahrain buys from China.
• China sells 19.4% of what the world exports of polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins; next come United States (8.8%), Germany (8.8%) and South Korea (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 1,396.6 times what Bahrain buys from China.
• China sells 15.8% of what the world exports of books and brochures; next come United States (12.5%), United Kingdom (12.3%) and Germany (10.1%). The rest of the world exported 323.5 times what Bahrain buys from China.
• China sells 28.1% of what the world exports of women's suits and dresses; next come Bangladesh (9.3%), Turkey (6.7%) and Vietnam (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,445.7 times what Bahrain buys from China.
• China sells 59.2% of what the world exports of lamps and light fittings; next come Germany (4.7%), Mexico (4%) and Italy (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 620.5 times what Bahrain buys from China.
• China sells 30.3% of what the world exports of computer and office machine parts; next come Taiwan (15%), Vietnam (10.6%) and South Korea (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 10,178 times what Bahrain buys from China.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Bahrain is China’s 106th-largest customer, with 0.06% of its exports.

• Trade between Bahrain and China
• Who does Bahrain rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
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• Dependence of Bahrain on Australia
• Dependence of Bahrain on Brazil
• Trade profile of Bahrain
• Trade profile of China
• All countries

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.