Summary
- Share of its imports
- 23%
- Value imported
- $2.2billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 126
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 36
- Dominated value
- $1.2billion
- Share of total imports
- 12.2%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 0.79% to 23% of what Bolivia buys
Share (%)
- China 23%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 16 | 0.79% | 18 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0.59% | 18 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0.37% | 21 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0.63% | 19 |
| 1999 | 32 | 1.5% | 14 |
| 2000 | 70 | 3.3% | 7 |
| 2001 | 86 | 4.8% | 6 |
| 2002 | 96 | 5% | 7 |
| 2003 | 88 | 4.3% | 6 |
| 2004 | 109 | 4.7% | 6 |
| 2005 | 167 | 5.4% | 5 |
| 2006 | 223 | 6.1% | 6 |
| 2007 | 306 | 6.9% | 6 |
| 2008 | 462 | 7.4% | 6 |
| 2009 | 405 | 7.4% | 5 |
| 2010 | 654 | 10.2% | 5 |
| 2011 | 1,119 | 12.3% | 2 |
| 2012 | 1,284 | 13.8% | 2 |
| 2013 | 1,485 | 15% | 2 |
| 2014 | 1,890 | 17.6% | 1 |
| 2015 | 1,781 | 17.9% | 1 |
| 2016 | 1,714 | 19.8% | 1 |
| 2017 | 2,050 | 21% | 1 |
| 2018 | 2,093 | 20.2% | 1 |
| 2019 | 2,128 | 21.7% | 1 |
| 2020 | 1,581 | 22.1% | 1 |
| 2021 | 1,954 | 21.6% | 1 |
| 2022 | 2,492 | 20.1% | 1 |
| 2023 | 2,340 | 20.8% | 1 |
| 2024 | 2,189 | 23% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pesticides and herbicides | China | 53.2% | Brazil · 10.6% | $130 million |
| New tires | China | 73.3% | Chile · 5.4% | $103 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 96.8%over 75% | Hong Kong · 1.3% | $69 million |
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 68.4% | Vietnam · 12.2% | $55 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 63% | India · 23.6% | $44 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 85.2%over 75% | Brazil · 4% | $39 million |
| Centrifuges and filters | China | 52.8% | Brazil · 12.2% | $37 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 53.3% | Brazil · 28.5% | $37 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 89.2%over 75% | Chile · 3.4% | $30 million |
| Toys | China | 78%over 75% | Chile · 13.8% | $27 million |
| Earthmoving and drilling machines | China | 71.4% | Canada · 8.9% | $27 million |
| Hot-rolled flat steel | China | 58.4% | Japan · 29.2% | $25 million |
| Sorting and crushing machines | China | 55.4% | Italy · 9.5% | $24 million |
| Aluminum bars and profiles | China | 91.5%over 75% | Brazil · 4.1% | $21 million |
| Electric heaters and hair dryers | China | 66.4% | Brazil · 15.3% | $21 million |
| Cold-rolled flat steel | China | 78%over 75% | Japan · 18.8% | $21 million |
| Computers | China | 51.8% | Mexico · 15.4% | $20 million |
| Welded steel pipes | China | 60.4% | Peru · 20.4% | $17 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 71.4% | Spain · 6.3% | $16 million |
| Other iron or steel articles | China | 54.5% | Chile · 22.2% | $16 million |
| Other knitted fabric | China | 58.2% | Peru · 29.1% | $16 million |
| Phones and telecom equipment | China | 82.8%over 75% | United States · 4.4% | $14 million |
| Special-purpose vehicles | China | 78.3%over 75% | Thailand · 9.3% | $14 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 62.8% | Chile · 25.7% | $13 million |
| Amino acids and amino alcohols (lysine) | China | 82.6%over 75% | Peru · 7.6% | $12 million |
| Motorcycle and bicycle parts | China | 78.5%over 75% | Chile · 5.5% | $11 million |
| Video recorders and players | China | 75.6%over 75% | Thailand · 4.9% | $11 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 52.6% | Chile · 35.5% | $11 million |
| Microphones and speakers | China | 65.9% | Chile · 15.7% | $10 million |
| Screws, bolts and nuts | China | 57.2% | Brazil · 15.1% | $10 million |
and 96 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 25% of what the world exports of pesticides and herbicides; next come United States (10.8%), Germany (9.2%) and France (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 243.7 times what Bolivia buys from China.
- China sells 22.8% of what the world exports of new tires; next come Thailand (8%), Japan (6%) and Germany (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 752.5 times what Bolivia buys from China.
- China sells 27.6% of what the world exports of coated flat steel; next come South Korea (10.3%), Germany (7.2%) and Belgium (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 608.1 times what Bolivia buys from China.
- 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 6,146.5 times what Bolivia 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 608.4 times what Bolivia 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 1,358.7 times what Bolivia buys from China.
- China sells 14.5% of what the world exports of centrifuges and filters; next come Germany (15.2%), United States (13.2%) and Mexico (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 2,115.3 times what Bolivia 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 2,704.4 times what Bolivia 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 1,381.7 times what Bolivia buys from China.
- China sells 66.3% of what the world exports of toys; next come Vietnam (5.8%), Czechia (4.1%) and Mexico (2.6%). The rest of the world exported 731 times what Bolivia buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Bolivia is China’s 108th-largest customer, with 0.06% 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.