Summary
- Share of its imports
- 27.4%
- Value imported
- $97million
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 29
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 20
- Dominated value
- $52million
- Share of total imports
- 14.7%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 2.1% to 27.4% of what the Comoros buys
Share (%)
- China 27.4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4 | 2.1% | 8 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0.39% | 24 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0.21% | 25 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0.08% | 30 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0.47% | 21 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0.97% | 20 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0.67% | 22 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1.2% | 17 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0.7% | 24 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1.1% | 21 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1.6% | 15 |
| 2006 | 9 | 5.4% | 5 |
| 2007 | 10 | 5.6% | 4 |
| 2008 | 28 | 9.7% | 4 |
| 2009 | 18 | 7.2% | 4 |
| 2010 | 22 | 7.9% | 3 |
| 2011 | 15 | 5.4% | 5 |
| 2012 | 20 | 7.4% | 4 |
| 2013 | 33 | 11.2% | 3 |
| 2014 | 37 | 12.9% | 3 |
| 2015 | 34 | 9.2% | 5 |
| 2016 | 38 | 11.2% | 4 |
| 2017 | 52 | 13.2% | 2 |
| 2018 | 51 | 15.4% | 1 |
| 2019 | 40 | 13.1% | 2 |
| 2020 | 37 | 11% | 3 |
| 2021 | 42 | 8.4% | 3 |
| 2022 | 44 | 12.7% | 2 |
| 2023 | 64 | 14.7% | 2 |
| 2024 | 97 | 27.4% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furniture | China | 51.3% | France · 29.2% | $4 million |
| Steel structures | China | 90.7%over 75% | France · 4.2% | $4 million |
| Toilet paper and tissues | China | 67% | Egypt · 16% | $3 million |
| 3D printers | China | 98.3%over 75% | Japan · 1.4% | $3 million |
| Gas, water and electricity meters | China | 99.5%over 75% | Canada · 0.51% | $3 million |
| Batteries | China | 95%over 75% | South Africa · 2.3% | $3 million |
| Ceramic building bricks | China | 99.9%over 75% | Belgium · 0.07% | $2 million |
| Plastic tableware and household items | China | 91.2%over 75% | Tanzania · 2.9% | $2 million |
| Cables and wire | China | 93.2%over 75% | Turkey · 3.4% | $2 million |
| Porcelain tableware | China | 98.4%over 75% | Tanzania · 0.84% | $2 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 82%over 75% | India · 13.6% | $2 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 92.7%over 75% | France · 6.1% | $2 million |
| Plastic pipes and hoses | China | 95.9%over 75% | India · 1.7% | $2 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 97.1%over 75% | India · 1.6% | $2 million |
| Steel kitchenware and household articles | China | 89.4%over 75% | India · 10.2% | $2 million |
| Seats and chairs | China | 89.7%over 75% | France · 5.1% | $1 million |
| Cement and concrete articles | China | 99.9%over 75% | Belgium · 0.12% | $1 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 97.7%over 75% | France · 1.8% | $1 million |
| Plastic packaging | China | 59.8% | Tanzania · 19.9% | $1 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 77.3%over 75% | France · 14.1% | $1 million |
| Other plastic articles | China | 68.7% | France · 12.7% | $1 million |
| Metal hardware and fittings | China | 97.6%over 75% | United States · 1.2% | $1 million |
| Plywood | China | 96.8%over 75% | Indonesia · 2.3% | $979 thousand |
| Aluminum structures | China | 90.3%over 75% | France · 4.6% | $912 thousand |
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 60.4% | United States · 24% | $848 thousand |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 57.5% | Tunisia · 19.3% | $759 thousand |
| Tomato preserves | China | 67.1% | Italy · 27.8% | $717 thousand |
| Auto parts | China | 61.4% | France · 27.7% | $618 thousand |
| Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps | China | 52.5% | France · 33% | $581 thousand |
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%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- China sells 30.8% of what the world exports of furniture; next come Vietnam (10.4%), Italy (7.3%) and Germany (7%). The rest of the world exported 15,564.7 times what the Comoros 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 13,032.1 times what the Comoros buys from China.
- China sells 17.5% of what the world exports of toilet paper and tissues; next come Germany (9.1%), Poland (6.3%) and United States (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 8,045.9 times what the Comoros buys from China.
- China sells 16.8% of what the world exports of 3D printers; next come Germany (18.5%), United States (11.7%) and Japan (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 2,990.5 times what the Comoros buys from China.
- China sells 26.5% of what the world exports of gas, water and electricity meters; next come Mexico (15.9%), United States (6.6%) and Germany (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 2,841 times what the Comoros buys from China.
- China sells 50.8% of what the world exports of batteries; next come South Korea (6.1%), United States (5.4%) and Poland (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 30,208.5 times what the Comoros buys from China.
- China sells 28.4% of what the world exports of ceramic building bricks; next come Belgium (18.7%), Netherlands (9%) and Germany (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 416.8 times what the Comoros 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 4,038.7 times what the Comoros 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 59,522.8 times what the Comoros buys from China.
- China sells 64.3% of what the world exports of porcelain tableware; next come Germany (5.7%), France (3.6%) and Turkey (2.5%). The rest of the world exported 1,034.5 times what the Comoros buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
The Comoros is China’s 175th-largest customer, with 0% of its exports.
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.