Summary
- Share of its imports
- 16.6%
- Value imported
- $3billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 130
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 61
- Dominated value
- $1.6billion
- Share of total imports
- 8.6%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 2.2% to 16.6% of what Côte d'Ivoire buys
Share (%)
- China 16.6%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 67 | 2.2% | 13 |
| 1996 | 64 | 2.1% | 12 |
| 1997 | 72 | 2.4% | 11 |
| 1998 | 118 | 3.5% | 7 |
| 1999 | 152 | 4.5% | 5 |
| 2000 | 184 | 6% | 3 |
| 2001 | 190 | 6.4% | 3 |
| 2002 | 79 | 2.3% | 12 |
| 2003 | 244 | 6.6% | 3 |
| 2004 | 139 | 2.8% | 5 |
| 2005 | 199 | 3.2% | 4 |
| 2006 | 312 | 5.2% | 3 |
| 2007 | 483 | 6.7% | 3 |
| 2008 | 600 | 7.2% | 3 |
| 2009 | 527 | 7.5% | 3 |
| 2010 | 598 | 7.1% | 3 |
| 2011 | 496 | 6.6% | 3 |
| 2012 | 854 | 8.3% | 3 |
| 2013 | 1,524 | 11.2% | 2 |
| 2014 | 1,152 | 9.5% | 3 |
| 2015 | 1,362 | 11.8% | 3 |
| 2016 | 1,687 | 16.7% | 1 |
| 2017 | 1,452 | 13% | 1 |
| 2018 | 1,717 | 14.2% | 1 |
| 2019 | 1,915 | 16.7% | 1 |
| 2020 | 1,757 | 15.2% | 1 |
| 2021 | 2,433 | 15.9% | 1 |
| 2022 | 2,930 | 15.6% | 1 |
| 2023 | 3,102 | 15.9% | 1 |
| 2024 | 3,027 | 16.6% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pesticides and herbicides | China | 80.6%over 75% | India · 6.1% | $203 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 91%over 75% | Spain · 3.6% | $85 million |
| Steel wire rod | China | 70.6% | South Africa · 14.4% | $78 million |
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 56.4% | France · 7.6% | $58 million |
| Tractors | China | 58.6% | Netherlands · 11.9% | $53 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 77.9%over 75% | Egypt · 5.8% | $53 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 78.2%over 75% | Morocco · 4.4% | $47 million |
| Buses | China | 60.6% | Japan · 10.5% | $44 million |
| Furniture | China | 54.7% | France · 10.1% | $38 million |
| Cold-rolled flat steel | China | 92%over 75% | Ukraine · 4.7% | $37 million |
| Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps | China | 62.3% | Turkey · 6.7% | $32 million |
| Hot-rolled flat steel | China | 86.4%over 75% | Ukraine · 3.9% | $31 million |
| Cranes | China | 74.9% | United States · 6.5% | $31 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 78.6%over 75% | Egypt · 6.8% | $29 million |
| Gas, water and electricity meters | China | 80.1%over 75% | Turkey · 11.8% | $29 million |
| Steam boilers | China | 72.6% | Poland · 8.4% | $28 million |
| Prepared fish and caviar | China | 90.1%over 75% | Morocco · 6.2% | $27 million |
| Armored vehicles | China | 82.2%over 75% | South Africa · 9.6% | $26 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 90.2%over 75% | Malaysia · 4% | $25 million |
| Plastic tableware and household items | China | 88.3%over 75% | France · 1.9% | $25 million |
| Steel kitchenware and household articles | China | 94.7%over 75% | Italy · 1% | $24 million |
| Parts for broadcast equipment | China | 85%over 75% | Thailand · 3.5% | $22 million |
| Steam turbines | China | 58.2% | Germany · 34.6% | $20 million |
| Steel angles and sections | China | 75.2%over 75% | Turkey · 8.3% | $19 million |
| Batteries | China | 68.2% | France · 4.6% | $19 million |
| Forklifts and works trucks | China | 56.1% | Netherlands · 6.7% | $19 million |
| Trailers | China | 50.2% | France · 11.2% | $18 million |
| Motorcycle and bicycle parts | China | 80.3%over 75% | India · 12.1% | $18 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 59% | France · 10% | $16 million |
| Plastic-coated fabric | China | 96.1%over 75% | Canada · 1.8% | $16 million |
and 100 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%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- 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 156.1 times what Côte d'Ivoire buys from China.
- China sells 27.6% of what the world exports of coated flat steel; next come South Korea (10.3%), Germany (7.2%) and Belgium (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 493.7 times what Côte d'Ivoire buys from China.
- China sells 17.5% of what the world exports of steel wire rod; next come Germany (10%), Italy (5.5%) and Japan (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 137.8 times what Côte d'Ivoire buys from China.
- China sells 46.2% of what the world exports of cameras and broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (13.1%), Taiwan (4.4%) and India (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 5,881.9 times what Côte d'Ivoire buys from China.
- China sells 10.3% of what the world exports of tractors; next come Mexico (15.9%), Germany (14.8%) and Netherlands (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 1,197.1 times what Côte d'Ivoire buys from China.
- China sells 19.4% of what the world exports of polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins; next come United States (8.8%), Germany (8.8%) and South Korea (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 1,000.2 times what Côte d'Ivoire 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 439.1 times what Côte d'Ivoire buys from China.
- China sells 21.1% of what the world exports of buses; next come Turkey (13%), Japan (10.1%) and Germany (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 395.2 times what Côte d'Ivoire buys from China.
- 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 1,800.2 times what Côte d'Ivoire buys from China.
- China sells 18.5% of what the world exports of cold-rolled flat steel; next come South Korea (14.8%), Japan (9.1%) and Belgium (6.6%). The rest of the world exported 359.5 times what Côte d'Ivoire buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Côte d'Ivoire is China’s 96th-largest customer, with 0.08% of its exports.
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.