How dependent is Iraq 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 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 39 times what Iraq 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 158.9 times what Iraq 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 131.6 times what Iraq buys from China.
• China sells 12.1% of what the world exports of auto parts; next come Germany (14.5%), Mexico (9.5%) and United States (9%). The rest of the world exported 1,240.2 times what Iraq 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 69.5 times what Iraq 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 72.8 times what Iraq buys from China.
• 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 174.1 times what Iraq 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 1,352 times what Iraq buys from China.
• China sells 28.1% of what the world exports of hot-rolled flat steel; next come Japan (13.9%), South Korea (9%) and Germany (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 196.2 times what Iraq buys from China.
• China sells 18.6% of what the world exports of liquid pumps; next come Germany (14.7%), United States (11.5%) and Italy (6.7%). The rest of the world exported 265.4 times what Iraq buys from China.

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

Iraq is China’s 38th-largest customer, with 0.45% of its exports.

• Trade between Iraq and China
• Who does Iraq rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Iraq on Turkey
• Dependence of Iraq on India
• Dependence of Iraq on Brazil
• Dependence of Iraq on Saudi Arabia
• Trade profile of Iraq
• 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.