How dependent is Djibouti 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 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 1,002.9 times what Djibouti 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 136.1 times what Djibouti buys from China.
• China sells 9.1% of what the world exports of cars; next come Germany (17.4%), Japan (12.3%) and South Korea (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 6,800.6 times what Djibouti 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 410.1 times what Djibouti buys from China.
• China sells 28.1% of what the world exports of hot-rolled flat steel; next come Japan (13.9%), South Korea (9%) and Germany (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 507.8 times what Djibouti buys from China.
• China sells 10.7% of what the world exports of semi-finished steel; next come Russia (19.8%), Brazil (11.9%) and Indonesia (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 315.6 times what Djibouti buys from China.
• China sells 61.9% of what the world exports of synthetic filament fabric; next come Taiwan (4.8%), South Korea (4.5%) and India (3.3%). The rest of the world exported 166.6 times what Djibouti 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 390.1 times what Djibouti 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 1,585.8 times what Djibouti 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 1,428.1 times what Djibouti buys from China.

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

Djibouti is China’s 95th-largest customer, with 0.08% of its exports.

• Trade between Djibouti and China
• Who does Djibouti rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Djibouti on Morocco
• Dependence of Djibouti on India
• Trade profile of Djibouti
• 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.