How dependent is Cambodia 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 80.4% of what the world exports of knitted plush and terry fabric; next come Malaysia (3.6%), South Korea (2.4%) and Taiwan (1.5%). The rest of the world exported 2.9 times what Cambodia buys from China.
• China sells 61.9% of what the world exports of synthetic filament fabric; next come Taiwan (4.8%), South Korea (4.5%) and India (3.3%). The rest of the world exported 28.5 times what Cambodia buys from China.
• 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 270.1 times what Cambodia buys from China.
• China sells 27.5% of what the world exports of plastic and rubber processing machines; next come Germany (19.6%), Italy (8.2%) and Japan (7.5%). The rest of the world exported 86.2 times what Cambodia buys from China.
• China sells 20.3% of what the world exports of cables and wire; next come Mexico (11.1%), United States (6%) and Germany (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 545.6 times what Cambodia 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 80.4 times what Cambodia buys from China.
• China sells 29.7% of what the world exports of steel structures; next come Germany (8.4%), Poland (4.7%) and Turkey (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 194 times what Cambodia buys from China.
• China sells 26% of what the world exports of aluminum sheet; next come Germany (12.9%), United States (7.3%) and South Korea (6.5%). The rest of the world exported 131 times what Cambodia buys from China.
• China sells 40.6% of what the world exports of plastic-coated fabric; next come Germany (7.2%), South Korea (6.6%) and United States (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 36.4 times what Cambodia buys from China.
• 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 160.8 times what Cambodia buys from China.

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

Cambodia is China’s 43rd-largest customer, with 0.38% of its exports.

• Trade between Cambodia and China
• Who does Cambodia rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Cambodia on Thailand
• Dependence of Cambodia on Indonesia
• Trade profile of Cambodia
• 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.