Summary
- Largest supplier: China
- 27.4%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 1,151
- Products with a supplier above 50%
- 60
- Products with a supplier above 75%
- 40
Concentration index (HHI): 1,151 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 9 suppliers of the same size
Trend
Trend in shares
France went from 50% to 9% of what the Comoros buys
Share (%)
- China 27.4%
- India 9.7%
- France 9%
- Tanzania 8.8%
- Pakistan 7.4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest supplier | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | France | 50% |
| 1996 | France | 51.3% |
| 1997 | France | 54.6% |
| 1998 | France | 54.8% |
| 1999 | France | 57.3% |
| 2000 | France | 27.7% |
| 2001 | France | 28.6% |
| 2002 | France | 35.1% |
| 2003 | France | 31% |
| 2004 | France | 29.6% |
| 2005 | United Arab Emirates | 20.7% |
| 2006 | France | 23% |
| 2007 | United Arab Emirates | 31.2% |
| 2008 | United Arab Emirates | 18.7% |
| 2009 | United Arab Emirates | 21.6% |
| 2010 | United Arab Emirates | 18.6% |
| 2011 | United Arab Emirates | 24.5% |
| 2012 | United Arab Emirates | 25% |
| 2013 | United Arab Emirates | 18.7% |
| 2014 | United Arab Emirates | 20.3% |
| 2015 | Tanzania | 16.6% |
| 2016 | Tanzania | 15.4% |
| 2017 | United Arab Emirates | 19.4% |
| 2018 | China | 15.4% |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | 16.5% |
| 2020 | United Arab Emirates | 17.9% |
| 2021 | United Arab Emirates | 42.4% |
| 2022 | United Arab Emirates | 21.1% |
| 2023 | United Arab Emirates | 22.6% |
| 2024 | China | 27.4% |
Its suppliers
Products with a dominant supplier
Of the 76 products the Comoros buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | Pakistan | 73.4% | India · 25.3% | $31 million |
| Polypropylene | Saudi Arabia | 100%over 75% | — | $10 million |
| Frozen beef | India | 78.9%over 75% | Brazil · 19.7% | $10 million |
| Steel bars | Turkey | 71.4% | India · 17.5% | $9 million |
| Soft drinks | Tanzania | 82.5%over 75% | South Africa · 7.9% | $9 million |
| Cars | France | 82.8%over 75% | United States · 5.1% | $9 million |
| Furniture | China | 51.3% | France · 29.2% | $9 million |
| Water | Tanzania | 98.3%over 75% | France · 1.6% | $8 million |
| Cargo and cruise ships | Japan | 100%over 75% | — | $8 million |
| Wheat flour | Turkey | 59.6% | Mauritius · 25.1% | $7 million |
| Refined petroleum | Turkey | 64.6% | Greece · 12.8% | $6 million |
| Toilet paper and tissues | China | 67% | Egypt · 16% | $5 million |
| Steel structures | China | 90.7%over 75% | France · 4.2% | $4 million |
| Lightweight cotton fabric | India | 99.5%over 75% | Tanzania · 0.46% | $4 million |
| Cement | Pakistan | 73.6% | Tanzania · 26.3% | $3 million |
| Women's suits and dresses | India | 65.2% | China · 34.1% | $3 million |
| 3D printers | China | 98.3%over 75% | Japan · 1.4% | $3 million |
| Prepared fish and caviar | Morocco | 60.9% | Indonesia · 20.6% | $3 million |
| Mattresses, pillows and quilts | Tanzania | 75.6%over 75% | China · 20% | $3 million |
| Gas, water and electricity meters | China | 99.5%over 75% | Canada · 0.51% | $3 million |
| Plastic tableware and household items | China | 91.2%over 75% | Tanzania · 2.9% | $3 million |
| Batteries | China | 95%over 75% | South Africa · 2.3% | $3 million |
| Cables and wire | China | 93.2%over 75% | Turkey · 3.4% | $2 million |
| Ceramic building bricks | China | 99.9%over 75% | Belgium · 0.07% | $2 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | Tanzania | 85.9%over 75% | China · 12.8% | $2 million |
and 35 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%.
Selling: who it relies on
- Largest customer: India
- 31.9%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 1,498
Concentration index (HHI): 1,498 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 7 customers of the same size
Trend in shares
France went from 45.5% to 10% of what the Comoros sells
Share (%)
- India 31.9%
- Greece 14.7%
- France 10%
- Pakistan 8%
- Turkey 4.6%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest customer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | France | 45.5% |
| 1996 | France | 57% |
| 1997 | France | 41.5% |
| 1998 | France | 58.5% |
| 1999 | France | 31.8% |
| 2000 | France | 30.1% |
| 2001 | United States | 26% |
| 2002 | France | 30.4% |
| 2003 | France | 29.4% |
| 2004 | United States | 41% |
| 2005 | France | 23.5% |
| 2006 | Netherlands | 25.8% |
| 2007 | Turkey | 29.4% |
| 2008 | France | 28.1% |
| 2009 | Turkey | 27.7% |
| 2010 | India | 23.8% |
| 2011 | Singapore | 32.2% |
| 2012 | Singapore | 22% |
| 2013 | Singapore | 13.2% |
| 2014 | India | 17.3% |
| 2015 | India | 23.4% |
| 2016 | India | 25.2% |
| 2017 | India | 30.8% |
| 2018 | India | 38.3% |
| 2019 | France | 30.3% |
| 2020 | India | 28.9% |
| 2021 | India | 24.1% |
| 2022 | Turkey | 21.5% |
| 2023 | Indonesia | 23.7% |
| 2024 | India | 31.9% |
5 of the 6 products the Comoros sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what the Comoros sells of that product; in 2, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 59.3% of what the Comoros sells.
| Product | Customer | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloves | India | 57.6% | Netherlands · 9.3% | $22 million |
| Tugboats | Greece | 100%over 75% | — | $7 million |
| Essential oils | France | 67.6% | United Kingdom · 5.7% | $7 million |
| Ships for scrap | Pakistan | 62.7% | Turkey · 37.3% | $6 million |
| Ferrous scrap | India | 97.2%over 75% | Spain · 1.1% | $2 million |
Concentration compared
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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.