Summary
- Share of its imports
- 37.6%
- Value imported
- $4.3billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 230
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 102
- Dominated value
- $3.5billion
- Share of total imports
- 30.4%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 3.6% to 37.6% of what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys
Share (%)
- China 37.6%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 41 | 3.6% | 9 |
| 1996 | 43 | 3.8% | 8 |
| 1997 | 29 | 3.6% | 8 |
| 1998 | 61 | 7.9% | 3 |
| 1999 | 9 | 1.8% | 11 |
| 2000 | 18 | 3% | 10 |
| 2001 | 13 | 2.4% | 13 |
| 2002 | 19 | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2003 | 25 | 2.6% | 12 |
| 2004 | 37 | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2005 | 50 | 3% | 12 |
| 2006 | 69 | 2.3% | 9 |
| 2007 | 94 | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2008 | 235 | 6% | 4 |
| 2009 | 321 | 10.1% | 3 |
| 2010 | 473 | 11.4% | 2 |
| 2011 | 827 | 15.5% | 2 |
| 2012 | 837 | 14.2% | 2 |
| 2013 | 949 | 13.8% | 3 |
| 2014 | 1,362 | 20.7% | 1 |
| 2015 | 1,406 | 16.7% | 1 |
| 2016 | 1,050 | 16% | 1 |
| 2017 | 990 | 14.1% | 2 |
| 2018 | 1,661 | 17.7% | 2 |
| 2019 | 2,282 | 22.2% | 1 |
| 2020 | 1,982 | 23.1% | 1 |
| 2021 | 2,215 | 22.6% | 1 |
| 2022 | 4,261 | 27.7% | 1 |
| 2023 | 6,902 | 26.1% | 1 |
| 2024 | 4,335 | 37.6% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | China | 58.6% | Zambia · 9.4% | $241 million |
| Sorting and crushing machines | China | 75.1%over 75% | South Africa · 17.8% | $177 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | China | 62.9% | Uganda · 16.2% | $142 million |
| Generating sets | China | 85.6%over 75% | Italy · 5.3% | $108 million |
| Wigs | China | 88.7%over 75% | Kenya · 6.4% | $105 million |
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 75.4%over 75% | Hong Kong · 12.3% | $105 million |
| Liquid pumps | China | 50.2% | South Africa · 36.7% | $90 million |
| Centrifuges and filters | China | 68.9% | South Africa · 14.2% | $84 million |
| Cables and wire | China | 65.3% | South Africa · 13.8% | $83 million |
| New tires | China | 65.6% | South Africa · 19.9% | $78 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 67.4% | South Africa · 11.3% | $75 million |
| Steel structures | China | 56.7% | South Africa · 17.5% | $72 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 95.1%over 75% | Côte d'Ivoire · 1.5% | $72 million |
| Tractors | China | 72.1% | Belgium · 4.1% | $68 million |
| Control panels | China | 58.9% | South Africa · 26.1% | $67 million |
| Furniture | China | 72% | South Africa · 6.2% | $64 million |
| Other electrical devices | China | 85.8%over 75% | South Africa · 3.2% | $57 million |
| Auto parts | China | 52.6% | South Africa · 21.1% | $51 million |
| Other iron or steel articles | China | 63.2% | Zambia · 14.1% | $48 million |
| Valves and taps | China | 60.3% | South Africa · 25% | $46 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 86.8%over 75% | Egypt · 3.1% | $43 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 84.4%over 75% | South Africa · 3.9% | $42 million |
| Air pumps, compressors and fans | China | 53.8% | South Africa · 21.1% | $37 million |
| Batteries | China | 69.7% | France · 13.1% | $37 million |
| Sulfides | China | 65.5% | Zambia · 28.6% | $35 million |
| Special-purpose vehicles | China | 72.7% | Finland · 7.2% | $33 million |
| Steel tanks over 300 liters | China | 85.3%over 75% | United States · 6.2% | $33 million |
| Other plastic articles | China | 54.3% | South Africa · 10.6% | $31 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 92.5%over 75% | Belgium · 2.4% | $31 million |
| Organosulfur compounds | China | 64% | Zambia · 19.8% | $31 million |
and 200 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 7.5% of what the world exports of trucks; next come Mexico (19.7%), United States (11.3%) and Germany (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 726.5 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from China.
- China sells 31.7% of what the world exports of sorting and crushing machines; next come Germany (10%), United Kingdom (6.5%) and Italy (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 80.7 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from China.
- China sells 25.8% of what the world exports of bulldozers and excavators; next come Japan (19.7%), United States (6.8%) and Germany (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 312.4 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from China.
- China sells 31.2% of what the world exports of generating sets; next come Germany (11.9%), United States (10.6%) and Denmark (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 167.2 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from China.
- China sells 65.5% of what the world exports of wigs; next come Indonesia (7.7%), North Korea (4.8%) and Bangladesh (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 12.9 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 3,243.7 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from China.
- China sells 18.6% of what the world exports of liquid pumps; next come Germany (14.7%), United States (11.5%) and Italy (6.7%). The rest of the world exported 699.4 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from China.
- China sells 14.5% of what the world exports of centrifuges and filters; next come Germany (15.2%), United States (13.2%) and Mexico (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 924.6 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 1,614.3 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from China.
- China sells 22.8% of what the world exports of new tires; next come Thailand (8%), Japan (6%) and Germany (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 995.1 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is China’s 84th-largest customer, with 0.12% 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.