Summary
- Share of its imports
- 19.5%
- Value imported
- $6.4billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 2nd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 169
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 44
- Dominated value
- $3.1billion
- Share of total imports
- 9.3%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 1% to 19.5% of what Guatemala buys
Share (%)
- China 19.5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 39 | 1% | 19 |
| 1996 | 42 | 1.1% | 18 |
| 1997 | 58 | 1.3% | 16 |
| 1998 | 82 | 1.5% | 13 |
| 1999 | 79 | 1.5% | 14 |
| 2000 | 122 | 2.1% | 11 |
| 2001 | 139 | 2.2% | 9 |
| 2002 | 171 | 2.4% | 8 |
| 2003 | 186 | 2.4% | 8 |
| 2004 | 248 | 2.9% | 7 |
| 2005 | 797 | 7.3% | 3 |
| 2006 | 572 | 5.4% | 3 |
| 2007 | 850 | 6.1% | 3 |
| 2008 | 956 | 6.4% | 3 |
| 2009 | 1,074 | 9% | 3 |
| 2010 | 1,110 | 7.8% | 3 |
| 2011 | 1,216 | 7.2% | 3 |
| 2012 | 1,379 | 7.9% | 3 |
| 2013 | 1,584 | 8.9% | 3 |
| 2014 | 1,928 | 10.3% | 3 |
| 2015 | 2,044 | 11.3% | 2 |
| 2016 | 1,990 | 11.5% | 2 |
| 2017 | 2,133 | 11.4% | 2 |
| 2018 | 2,260 | 11.3% | 2 |
| 2019 | 2,374 | 11.7% | 2 |
| 2020 | 2,383 | 12.9% | 2 |
| 2021 | 4,341 | 16.1% | 2 |
| 2022 | 5,779 | 17.9% | 2 |
| 2023 | 5,622 | 18.4% | 2 |
| 2024 | 6,393 | 19.5% | 2 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitors and projectors | China | 50.9% | Vietnam · 22.8% | $551 million |
| New tires | China | 66.1% | India · 6.7% | $137 million |
| Aluminum sheet | China | 93.2%over 75% | South Korea · 3.5% | $135 million |
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 58.4% | United States · 18.3% | $105 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 53.6% | Costa Rica · 16.4% | $91 million |
| Citric, lactic and other carboxylic acids | China | 89.7%over 75% | United States · 3.3% | $84 million |
| Steel wire rod | China | 65.6% | Indonesia · 31.9% | $80 million |
| Toys | China | 66.4% | United States · 16.7% | $75 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 71.2% | Brazil · 7.1% | $69 million |
| Textile footwear | China | 65.8% | Vietnam · 11.8% | $69 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 55.3% | Mexico · 14.1% | $67 million |
| Alloy steel sheet | China | 53.1% | South Korea · 33.7% | $55 million |
| Electric motors and generators | China | 65% | United States · 10.9% | $54 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 79.7%over 75% | Mexico · 7.1% | $53 million |
| Microphones and speakers | China | 61% | United States · 16.7% | $52 million |
| Electric heaters and hair dryers | China | 64.4% | United States · 13.4% | $49 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 63.9% | United States · 17.2% | $48 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 94.2%over 75% | United States · 1.6% | $46 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 75.5%over 75% | United States · 10.8% | $44 million |
| Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds | China | 58.5% | Germany · 15.4% | $37 million |
| Motorcycle and bicycle parts | China | 63% | India · 23.7% | $34 million |
| Amino acids and amino alcohols (lysine) | China | 72.7% | Brazil · 14.6% | $32 million |
| Seats and chairs | China | 59.2% | United States · 11.7% | $31 million |
| Plastic rods and profiles | China | 77.7%over 75% | Mexico · 10% | $31 million |
| Petroleum jelly and paraffin wax | China | 79%over 75% | India · 6.3% | $29 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 54.9% | India · 10.4% | $28 million |
| Metal hardware and fittings | China | 68.1% | United States · 10.5% | $27 million |
| Sulfates and alums | China | 80.1%over 75% | Mexico · 8.2% | $26 million |
| Vacuum cleaners | China | 63.6% | United States · 19.6% | $25 million |
| Nonwoven fabric | China | 71.4% | Mexico · 12.4% | $24 million |
and 139 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 32.3% of what the world exports of monitors and projectors; next come Mexico (17.8%), Vietnam (7%) and Poland (5.6%). The rest of the world exported 84.1 times what Guatemala 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 564.4 times what Guatemala buys from China.
- China sells 26% of what the world exports of aluminum sheet; next come Germany (12.9%), United States (7.3%) and South Korea (6.5%). The rest of the world exported 218.3 times what Guatemala 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 3,219.6 times what Guatemala 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 459.7 times what Guatemala buys from China.
- China sells 35.7% of what the world exports of citric, lactic and other carboxylic acids; next come India (9.1%), Germany (6.5%) and Italy (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 77 times what Guatemala buys from China.
- China sells 17.5% of what the world exports of steel wire rod; next come Germany (10%), Italy (5.5%) and Japan (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 135 times what Guatemala 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 264.6 times what Guatemala 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 291.2 times what Guatemala buys from China.
- China sells 30.7% of what the world exports of textile footwear; next come Vietnam (30.9%), Indonesia (7.9%) and Italy (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 441.5 times what Guatemala buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Guatemala is China’s 67th-largest customer, with 0.18% 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.