Summary
- Largest supplier: Portugal
- 42.7%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 2,066
- Products with a supplier above 50%
- 122
- Products with a supplier above 75%
- 52
Concentration index (HHI): 2,066 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 5 suppliers of the same size
Trend
Trend in shares
Portugal went from 54.6% to 42.7% of what Cabo Verde buys
Share (%)
- Portugal 42.7%
- Spain 9.7%
- China 7.7%
- Netherlands 4.8%
- Brazil 4.1%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest supplier | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Portugal | 54.6% |
| 1996 | Portugal | 42.9% |
| 1997 | Portugal | 38% |
| 1998 | Portugal | 44.6% |
| 1999 | Portugal | 42.1% |
| 2000 | Portugal | 53% |
| 2001 | Portugal | 41.2% |
| 2002 | Portugal | 42.9% |
| 2003 | Portugal | 41.5% |
| 2004 | Portugal | 37.2% |
| 2005 | Portugal | 39.7% |
| 2006 | Portugal | 39.9% |
| 2007 | Portugal | 38.7% |
| 2008 | Portugal | 44% |
| 2009 | Portugal | 40.5% |
| 2010 | Portugal | 39.8% |
| 2011 | Portugal | 37% |
| 2012 | Portugal | 38.5% |
| 2013 | Portugal | 38.4% |
| 2014 | Portugal | 36.9% |
| 2015 | Portugal | 41.5% |
| 2016 | Portugal | 38.6% |
| 2017 | Portugal | 39.5% |
| 2018 | Portugal | 40.5% |
| 2019 | Netherlands | 34.5% |
| 2020 | Portugal | 40.7% |
| 2021 | Portugal | 34.6% |
| 2022 | Portugal | 27.9% |
| 2023 | Portugal | 29.3% |
| 2024 | Portugal | 42.7% |
Its suppliers
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
Products with a dominant supplier
Of the 179 products Cabo Verde buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cement | Portugal | 97.7%over 75% | Senegal · 1.2% | $27 million |
| Steel bars | Portugal | 90.7%over 75% | India · 3.9% | $16 million |
| Medicines in measured doses or retail packs | Portugal | 96.2%over 75% | India · 1.5% | $16 million |
| Powdered and condensed milk | Belgium | 51.5% | Portugal · 13.6% | $16 million |
| Coal tar oils | France | 99.1%over 75% | Portugal · 0.79% | $15 million |
| Prepared fish and caviar | China | 98.1%over 75% | Spain · 1.1% | $15 million |
| Coal | Australia | 100%over 75% | Portugal · 0% | $15 million |
| Trucks | Portugal | 64.8% | China · 15.1% | $14 million |
| Iron ore | Australia | 100%over 75% | — | $14 million |
| Cane and beet sugar | Brazil | 84.9%over 75% | Morocco · 5.7% | $12 million |
| Beer | Portugal | 87.7%over 75% | Netherlands · 5.7% | $8 million |
| Steel structures | Portugal | 71.7% | China · 11.5% | $8 million |
| Toilet paper and tissues | Portugal | 50.7% | Spain · 15.7% | $8 million |
| Plastic packaging | Portugal | 72.4% | Spain · 15.5% | $7 million |
| Cables and wire | Portugal | 70.4% | China · 11.3% | $7 million |
| Other industrial machines | Hungary | 86.4%over 75% | Portugal · 4.9% | $7 million |
| Computers | Portugal | 56.8% | Italy · 12.9% | $7 million |
| Fresh milk and cream | Portugal | 95.1%over 75% | Spain · 3.7% | $6 million |
| Plastic pipes and hoses | Portugal | 85.3%over 75% | France · 3.2% | $6 million |
| Soybean oil | Portugal | 92.9%over 75% | Belgium · 3.4% | $6 million |
| Margarine | Portugal | 51% | Brazil · 21.8% | $6 million |
| Fruit and vegetable juices | Portugal | 69.1% | Spain · 12.5% | $6 million |
| Canned vegetables | Portugal | 63.5% | Spain · 16.5% | $6 million |
| Sausages | Portugal | 71.3% | Spain · 11.3% | $6 million |
| Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas) | Portugal | 53.3% | Canada · 23.3% | $5 million |
and 97 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%.
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
Selling: who it relies on
- Largest customer: Spain
- 52.8%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 3,237
Concentration index (HHI): 3,237 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 3 customers of the same size
Trend in shares
Spain went from 0.28% to 52.8% of what Cabo Verde sells
Share (%)
- Spain 52.8%
- Portugal 14.1%
- Italy 13.3%
- India 6.7%
- United States 5.3%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest customer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Portugal | 64.5% |
| 1996 | Portugal | 59.8% |
| 1997 | Portugal | 51.5% |
| 1998 | Portugal | 44% |
| 1999 | Portugal | 44.4% |
| 2000 | Portugal | 63.2% |
| 2001 | Portugal | 52.8% |
| 2002 | Portugal | 38.6% |
| 2003 | Portugal | 51% |
| 2004 | Portugal | 58.7% |
| 2005 | Portugal | 19.1% |
| 2006 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20% |
| 2007 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26.3% |
| 2008 | Spain | 44.5% |
| 2009 | Spain | 26.6% |
| 2010 | Spain | 39.4% |
| 2011 | Spain | 30.4% |
| 2012 | Spain | 31.1% |
| 2013 | Republic of the Congo | 37.7% |
| 2014 | Spain | 59.1% |
| 2015 | Spain | 60.5% |
| 2016 | Spain | 59.8% |
| 2017 | Spain | 51.3% |
| 2018 | Spain | 64.5% |
| 2019 | Spain | 38.3% |
| 2020 | Spain | 67.5% |
| 2021 | Spain | 50.4% |
| 2022 | Spain | 34.7% |
| 2023 | Spain | 44.5% |
| 2024 | Spain | 52.8% |
8 of the 8 products Cabo Verde sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Cabo Verde sells of that product; in 7, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 65.2% of what Cabo Verde sells.
| Product | Customer | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepared fish and caviar | Spain | 75.1%over 75% | Italy · 20.9% | $51 million |
| Ferrous scrap | India | 95.7%over 75% | Portugal · 4.3% | $3 million |
| Fishing gear | Spain | 58.5% | Portugal · 41.5% | $3 million |
| Footwear parts | Portugal | 100%over 75% | — | $3 million |
| Men's knitted underwear and pajamas | Portugal | 100%over 75% | Singapore · 0.02% | $2 million |
| T-shirts | Portugal | 99.9%over 75% | France · 0.08% | $2 million |
| Men's suits and trousers | Portugal | 97.5%over 75% | United States · 1.9% | $1 million |
| Copper scrap | India | 99.6%over 75% | Portugal · 0.39% | $1 million |
Concentration compared
The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).
| Rank | Country | HHI |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | Cameroon | 2,118 |
| 49 | Cambodia | 2,111 |
| 50 | Cabo Verde | 2,066 |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,047 |
| 52 | Mozambique | 2,042 |
| 53 | Myanmar | 2,038 |
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.