How dependent is Canada 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 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 20.4 times what Canada 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 23.6 times what Canada buys from China.
• China sells 56.2% of what the world exports of home appliances; next come Germany (7.7%), Malaysia (6.5%) and Vietnam (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 28.5 times what Canada buys from China.
• China sells 60.9% of what the world exports of plastic tableware and household items; next come Germany (3%), United States (2.9%) and Turkey (2.6%). The rest of the world exported 24.8 times what Canada buys from China.
• China sells 46.5% of what the world exports of plastic floor and wall coverings; next come Vietnam (14.1%), South Korea (6.6%) and Belgium (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 19.7 times what Canada buys from China.
• China sells 83.8% of what the world exports of festive and Christmas articles; next come Cambodia (2.2%), Netherlands (1.6%) and India (1.4%). The rest of the world exported 4.9 times what Canada buys from China.
• China sells 31% of what the world exports of cargo and cruise ships; next come South Korea (29.6%), Japan (10.9%) and India (3.1%). The rest of the world exported 182.6 times what Canada buys from China.
• China sells 50.6% of what the world exports of rubber and plastic footwear; next come Vietnam (16.4%), Indonesia (6%) and Germany (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 67 times what Canada buys from China.
• China sells 69.1% of what the world exports of steel kitchenware and household articles; next come India (4.2%), Germany (3.8%) and France (2.8%). The rest of the world exported 17.8 times what Canada buys from China.
• China sells 27.4% of what the world exports of plywood; next come Indonesia (10.9%), Vietnam (7.7%) and Brazil (5.1%). The rest of the world exported 46.9 times what Canada buys from China.

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

Canada is China’s 19th-largest customer, with 1.6% of its exports.

• Trade between Canada and China
• Who does Canada rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Canada on the United States
• Dependence of Canada on Brazil
• Dependence of Canada on Switzerland
• Dependence of Canada on Ireland
• Dependence of Canada on Portugal
• Dependence of Canada on Mexico
• Dependence of Canada on Sweden
• Trade profile of Canada
• 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.