How dependent is Brazil 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 39.2% of what the world exports of diodes, transistors and solar cells; next come Malaysia (8.6%), Japan (7.4%) and Vietnam (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 26.5 times what Brazil 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 133.9 times what Brazil buys from China.
• China sells 23.7% of what the world exports of dredgers and floating cranes; next come South Korea (12.3%), Saudi Arabia (9.9%) and Angola (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 11.1 times what Brazil 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 66.6 times what Brazil buys from China.
• China sells 56.2% of what the world exports of phones and telecom equipment; next come Vietnam (11.1%), South Korea (5.6%) and Taiwan (3.4%). The rest of the world exported 21.3 times what Brazil 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 192.1 times what Brazil 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 39.9 times what Brazil buys from China.
• China sells 28.4% of what the world exports of air pumps, compressors and fans; next come Germany (11%), United States (8.2%) and Japan (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 72.7 times what Brazil 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 48.6 times what Brazil 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 42.8 times what Brazil buys from China.

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

Brazil is China’s 16th-largest customer, with 2% of its exports.

• Trade between Brazil and China
• Who does Brazil rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Brazil on the United States
• Dependence of Brazil on Argentina
• Dependence of Brazil on Chile
• Dependence of Brazil on Paraguay
• Trade profile of Brazil
• 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.