How dependent is India on Bangladesh?

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%.

• Bangladesh sells 18.6% of what the world exports of men's suits and trousers; next come China (17.5%), Vietnam (7.6%) and Pakistan (5.8%). The rest of the world exported 150.5 times what India buys from Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh sells 1.8% of what the world exports of other vegetable oils; next come Mexico (9.1%), United States (7.6%) and Spain (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 44.6 times what India buys from Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh sells 18.5% of what the world exports of rags and textile scraps; next come United States (8.7%), Pakistan (6.8%) and China (5.8%). The rest of the world exported 4.9 times what India buys from Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh sells 68.5% of what the world exports of jute and other bast fibers; next come Tanzania (10.5%), Kenya (4.3%) and Belgium (2.1%). The rest of the world exported 0.6 times what India buys from Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh sells 0.33% of what the world exports of fresh fish; next come Norway (34.5%), Sweden (8.5%) and United Kingdom (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 317.7 times what India buys from Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh sells 20.3% of what the world exports of men's shirts; next come China (17.3%), Vietnam (8.8%) and Italy (5.1%). The rest of the world exported 138.8 times what India buys from Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh sells 91.3% of what the world exports of jute yarn; next come Turkey (2.6%), China (1.4%) and Belgium (0.55%). The rest of the world exported 0.5 times what India buys from Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh sells 33.3% of what the world exports of jute fabric; next come Nepal (15.4%), China (6.7%) and Pakistan (2.7%). The rest of the world exported 1.6 times what India buys from Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh sells 0.86% of what the world exports of rope, twine and fishing nets; next come China (38.6%), Vietnam (6.1%) and Thailand (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 110.7 times what India buys from Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh sells 3.3% of what the world exports of cotton waste; next come Turkey (19.9%), Pakistan (11.1%) and Uzbekistan (10.8%). The rest of the world exported 24.6 times what India buys from Bangladesh.

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

India is Bangladesh’s 7th-largest customer, with 3.2% of its exports.

• Trade between India and Bangladesh
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• Who does Bangladesh rely on?
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• Trade profile of India
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• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
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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.