How dependent is Egypt 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 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 331.1 times what Egypt buys from China.
• China sells 42.8% of what the world exports of synthetic filament yarn; next come India (5.1%), Vietnam (5%) and Turkey (4.1%). The rest of the world exported 15.6 times what Egypt buys from China.
• China sells 32.5% of what the world exports of polycarboxylic acids; next come South Korea (14.9%), Taiwan (6.8%) and Thailand (5.2%). The rest of the world exported 28.3 times what Egypt 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 25.3 times what Egypt buys from China.
• China sells 50.6% of what the world exports of other knitted fabric; next come Taiwan (6.3%), Turkey (5.8%) and South Korea (5.5%). The rest of the world exported 43.7 times what Egypt buys from China.
• China sells 34.6% of what the world exports of transformers and power supplies; next come Germany (7%), Mexico (4.5%) and Japan (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 366.2 times what Egypt 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 75 times what Egypt buys from China.
• China sells 28.4% of what the world exports of air pumps, compressors and fans; next come Germany (11%), United States (8.2%) and Japan (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 339.1 times what Egypt buys from China.
• China sells 39.2% of what the world exports of diodes, transistors and solar cells; next come Malaysia (8.6%), Japan (7.4%) and Vietnam (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 450.5 times what Egypt 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 117.3 times what Egypt buys from China.

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

Egypt is China’s 35th-largest customer, with 0.45% of its exports.

• Trade between Egypt and China
• Who does Egypt rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Egypt on Russia
• Dependence of Egypt on Brazil
• Dependence of Egypt on the United States
• Dependence of Egypt on Saudi Arabia
• Dependence of Egypt on the United Arab Emirates
• Dependence of Egypt on India
• Dependence of Egypt on Indonesia
• Dependence of Egypt on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Trade profile of Egypt
• 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.