How dependent is France 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 38.7% of what the world exports of computers; next come Taiwan (14.2%), Mexico (12.6%) and Vietnam (7%). The rest of the world exported 47.4 times what France 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 65.9 times what France buys from China.
• China sells 66.3% of what the world exports of toys; next come Vietnam (5.8%), Czechia (4.1%) and Mexico (2.6%). The rest of the world exported 16.6 times what France 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 17.8 times what France buys from China.
• China sells 58.5% of what the world exports of video game consoles and games; next come Japan (6.7%), United States (5.3%) and Germany (3.3%). The rest of the world exported 13 times what France buys from China.
• China sells 45.9% of what the world exports of microphones and speakers; next come Vietnam (17.2%), Mexico (4.5%) and Germany (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 30.1 times what France buys from China.
• China sells 56.2% of what the world exports of home appliances; next come Germany (7.7%), Malaysia (6.5%) and Vietnam (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 18.6 times what France buys from China.
• China sells 51.3% of what the world exports of vacuum cleaners; next come Vietnam (8.2%), Germany (7.7%) and Mexico (7.2%). The rest of the world exported 25 times what France buys from China.
• China sells 69.1% of what the world exports of steel kitchenware and household articles; next come India (4.2%), Germany (3.8%) and Italy (2.6%). The rest of the world exported 15.1 times what France buys from China.
• China sells 46.8% of what the world exports of knitted and felt hats; next come Vietnam (10.6%), Bangladesh (7.1%) and Mexico (5.2%). The rest of the world exported 20.6 times what France buys from China.

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

France is China’s 13th-largest customer, with 2.1% of its exports.

• Trade between France and China
• Who does France rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
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• Dependence of France on Spain
• Dependence of France on Belgium
• Dependence of France on Italy
• Dependence of France on South Korea
• Dependence of France on Germany
• Dependence of France on Morocco
• Dependence of France on the United Kingdom
• Dependence of France on Brazil
• Dependence of France on the Netherlands
• Dependence of France on Australia
• Dependence of France on Canada
• Trade profile of France
• 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.