Summary
- Share of its imports
- 50.6%
- Value imported
- $3.9billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 232
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 148
- Dominated value
- $3.4billion
- Share of total imports
- 44.1%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 2.4% to 50.6% of what Guinea buys
Share (%)
- China 50.6%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 23 | 2.4% | 14 |
| 1996 | 25 | 2.9% | 10 |
| 1997 | 32 | 3.7% | 7 |
| 1998 | 55 | 7.1% | 4 |
| 1999 | 59 | 7.5% | 2 |
| 2000 | 39 | 4.9% | 5 |
| 2001 | 47 | 5.8% | 5 |
| 2002 | 67 | 7.1% | 4 |
| 2003 | 73 | 8.6% | 2 |
| 2004 | 96 | 7.8% | 3 |
| 2005 | 119 | 8.6% | 2 |
| 2006 | 141 | 8.7% | 3 |
| 2007 | 184 | 9.8% | 1 |
| 2008 | 210 | 8.1% | 3 |
| 2009 | 280 | 14.2% | 1 |
| 2010 | 421 | 20.7% | 1 |
| 2011 | 629 | 20.9% | 1 |
| 2012 | 754 | 22.6% | 1 |
| 2013 | 458 | 13.2% | 2 |
| 2014 | 549 | 16% | 2 |
| 2015 | 692 | 21.8% | 1 |
| 2016 | 801 | 18.6% | 1 |
| 2017 | 1,240 | 31.6% | 1 |
| 2018 | 1,353 | 31.8% | 1 |
| 2019 | 1,717 | 39% | 1 |
| 2020 | 1,911 | 40% | 1 |
| 2021 | 2,121 | 39.6% | 1 |
| 2022 | 2,283 | 36.7% | 1 |
| 2023 | 2,643 | 38.6% | 1 |
| 2024 | 3,930 | 50.6% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulldozers and excavators | China | 88.4%over 75% | United States · 3.1% | $225 million |
| Trucks | China | 86.3%over 75% | Belgium · 7.4% | $193 million |
| Steel structures | China | 83.6%over 75% | Turkey · 5.1% | $183 million |
| Parts for cranes and excavators | China | 71.6% | Germany · 10.5% | $140 million |
| Cargo and cruise ships | China | 99.8%over 75% | Turkey · 0.1% | $98 million |
| Railway track material | China | 99.8%over 75% | Turkey · 0.07% | $98 million |
| Dredgers and floating cranes | China | 100%over 75% | — | $95 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 78.7%over 75% | Côte d'Ivoire · 19.1% | $86 million |
| New tires | China | 86.6%over 75% | India · 4.8% | $76 million |
| Steel bars | China | 84.8%over 75% | Turkey · 9.5% | $75 million |
| Sorting and crushing machines | China | 56.4% | Germany · 8.1% | $61 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 96.3%over 75% | Belgium · 1.7% | $61 million |
| Tractors | China | 62.7% | France · 21.8% | $58 million |
| Generating sets | China | 74.1% | Lebanon · 12% | $55 million |
| Special-purpose vehicles | China | 87%over 75% | India · 3% | $53 million |
| Motorcycle and bicycle parts | China | 75.6%over 75% | India · 21.8% | $50 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 98.9%over 75% | France · 0.44% | $50 million |
| Cement and concrete articles | China | 95.9%over 75% | United Kingdom · 3.8% | $50 million |
| Auto parts | China | 72.5% | France · 10.1% | $49 million |
| Trailers | China | 85.4%over 75% | Turkey · 3.6% | $41 million |
| Furniture | China | 74.5% | Turkey · 9.3% | $40 million |
| Industrial fatty acids and oils | China | 88.9%over 75% | Turkey · 1.6% | $40 million |
| Steel wire rod | China | 87.3%over 75% | Turkey · 8.7% | $39 million |
| Women's suits and dresses | China | 96%over 75% | India · 3.7% | $38 million |
| T-shirts | China | 89.9%over 75% | Indonesia · 3.1% | $38 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 94.2%over 75% | India · 5.3% | $32 million |
| Other plastic articles | China | 74.9% | France · 6.7% | $31 million |
| Other iron or steel articles | China | 75.4%over 75% | France · 4% | $31 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 63.5% | Morocco · 7.9% | $30 million |
| Ceramic building bricks | China | 99.9%over 75% | Belgium · 0.05% | $29 million |
and 202 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 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 197.5 times what Guinea buys from China.
- 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 904.7 times what Guinea buys from China.
- China sells 29.7% of what the world exports of steel structures; next come Germany (8.4%), Poland (4.7%) and Turkey (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 250.2 times what Guinea buys from China.
- China sells 22.1% of what the world exports of parts for cranes and excavators; next come Germany (9.6%), United States (9.4%) and Italy (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 381.6 times what Guinea buys from China.
- China sells 31% of what the world exports of cargo and cruise ships; next come South Korea (29.6%), Japan (10.9%) and India (3.1%). The rest of the world exported 601.7 times what Guinea buys from China.
- China sells 18.1% of what the world exports of railway track material; next come Austria (14.7%), France (8.2%) and Japan (8.2%). The rest of the world exported 42.1 times what Guinea buys from China.
- China sells 23.7% of what the world exports of dredgers and floating cranes; next come South Korea (12.3%), Saudi Arabia (9.9%) and Angola (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 186 times what Guinea 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 234 times what Guinea 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 1,019.9 times what Guinea 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 219.7 times what Guinea buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Guinea is China’s 87th-largest customer, with 0.11% of its exports.
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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.