How dependent is Gabon 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 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 2,128.8 times what Gabon buys from China.
• China sells 27.6% of what the world exports of seamless steel pipes; next come Japan (11.2%), Italy (6.5%) and Germany (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,042.3 times what Gabon buys from China.
• China sells 16.8% of what the world exports of 3D printers; next come Germany (18.5%), United States (11.7%) and Japan (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 576.7 times what Gabon 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 4,841.1 times what Gabon buys from China.
• China sells 28.4% of what the world exports of ceramic building bricks; next come Belgium (18.7%), Netherlands (9%) and Germany (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 63.3 times what Gabon buys from China.
• China sells 39.4% of what the world exports of air conditioners; next come Thailand (11.7%), Mexico (11.7%) and United States (4.2%). The rest of the world exported 3,245.6 times what Gabon 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 1,618.5 times what Gabon buys from China.
• China sells 10.8% of what the world exports of steel bars; next come Turkey (11.5%), Malaysia (10.3%) and Italy (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 1,314.5 times what Gabon 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 5,788.2 times what Gabon buys from China.
• China sells 31.5% of what the world exports of refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps; next come Mexico (11.1%), Italy (6.9%) and South Korea (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 3,746.5 times what Gabon buys from China.

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

Gabon is China’s 145th-largest customer, with 0.02% of its exports.

• Trade between Gabon and China
• Who does Gabon rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Trade profile of Gabon
• 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.