Summary
- Largest supplier: China
- 28.8%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 1,438
- Products with a supplier above 50%
- 34
- Products with a supplier above 75%
- 16
Concentration index (HHI): 1,438 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 7 suppliers of the same size
Trend
Trend in shares
Australia went from 42.3% to 11.4% of what Kiribati buys
Share (%)
- China 28.8%
- Fiji 14.4%
- Japan 11.8%
- Australia 11.4%
- New Zealand 7.1%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest supplier | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Australia | 42.3% |
| 1996 | Australia | 33.2% |
| 1997 | Australia | 34.1% |
| 1998 | Australia | 40.5% |
| 1999 | Australia | 39.7% |
| 2000 | Australia | 41.1% |
| 2001 | Australia | 48.2% |
| 2002 | Australia | 37.2% |
| 2003 | Australia | 41.4% |
| 2004 | Australia | 35.3% |
| 2005 | Australia | 31.4% |
| 2006 | Fiji | 31.9% |
| 2007 | Fiji | 27.1% |
| 2008 | Fiji | 33.1% |
| 2009 | Australia | 25.9% |
| 2010 | Japan | 28.9% |
| 2011 | Australia | 22.1% |
| 2012 | Japan | 31.1% |
| 2013 | Australia | 17.1% |
| 2014 | South Korea | 17.5% |
| 2015 | Japan | 18.3% |
| 2016 | Japan | 17.6% |
| 2017 | Australia | 15.5% |
| 2018 | Fiji | 14.7% |
| 2019 | China | 20.2% |
| 2020 | Brazil | 20.8% |
| 2021 | China | 14.5% |
| 2022 | Taiwan | 24.8% |
| 2023 | China | 22.7% |
| 2024 | China | 28.8% |
Its suppliers
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
Products with a dominant supplier
Of the 45 products Kiribati buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargo and cruise ships | Japan | 95.4%over 75% | China · 4.6% | $13 million |
| Refined petroleum | Taiwan | 68.2% | China · 14.4% | $7 million |
| Cane and beet sugar | Thailand | 59.5% | India · 22.4% | $6 million |
| Rice | Taiwan | 62.2% | China · 28% | $5 million |
| Fishing vessels | China | 83%over 75% | Fiji · 17% | $5 million |
| Other plastic articles | China | 88.9%over 75% | Australia · 4.9% | $4 million |
| Rope, twine and fishing nets | Taiwan | 58.9% | South Korea · 36.1% | $4 million |
| Cars | Japan | 81.7%over 75% | Thailand · 9.9% | $4 million |
| Other processed tobacco | Denmark | 88.7%over 75% | Poland · 11.3% | $3 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 90.7%over 75% | Australia · 7.4% | $3 million |
| Powdered and condensed milk | Fiji | 65.6% | Malaysia · 18.6% | $3 million |
| Prepared fish and caviar | China | 62.7% | Thailand · 25.7% | $3 million |
| Engine parts | South Korea | 79.3%over 75% | Japan · 9.7% | $3 million |
| Prefabricated buildings | China | 60.4% | Australia · 25.3% | $3 million |
| Bread, biscuits and pastries | Fiji | 56.9% | Australia · 15.7% | $2 million |
| Steel structures | China | 81.9%over 75% | Fiji · 8.6% | $2 million |
| Beer | Singapore | 63.4% | China · 22.5% | $2 million |
| Wheat flour | Fiji | 99.5%over 75% | Turkey · 0.42% | $2 million |
| 3D printers | China | 75.6%over 75% | South Korea · 21.4% | $2 million |
| Salt | China | 78.9%over 75% | Thailand · 13.8% | $2 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 91.9%over 75% | Japan · 6.5% | $2 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | China | 56.4% | Fiji · 21% | $2 million |
| Soft drinks | Singapore | 55.4% | Hong Kong · 15.4% | $2 million |
| Steel cables and wire rope | Japan | 62.9% | South Korea · 22.5% | $2 million |
| Yachts and pleasure boats | China | 74.7% | Fiji · 21.1% | $2 million |
and 9 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%.
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
Selling: who it relies on
- Largest customer: Thailand
- 63%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 4,219
Concentration index (HHI): 4,219 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 2 customers of the same size
Trend in shares
Thailand went from 0% to 63% of what Kiribati sells
Share (%)
- Thailand 63%
- Colombia 12.8%
- Indonesia 7%
- Japan 4.5%
- Philippines 2.9%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest customer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Bangladesh | 44.5% |
| 1996 | Japan | 26.6% |
| 1997 | Thailand | 79.1% |
| 1998 | Thailand | 65.8% |
| 1999 | Japan | 34.6% |
| 2000 | Japan | 64.6% |
| 2001 | Japan | 55.8% |
| 2002 | Japan | 66.5% |
| 2003 | Japan | 76.9% |
| 2004 | Japan | 49.6% |
| 2005 | Japan | 15.3% |
| 2006 | Japan | 27.6% |
| 2007 | Australia | 26.4% |
| 2008 | Ecuador | 36% |
| 2009 | Thailand | 23.2% |
| 2010 | Thailand | 37.8% |
| 2011 | Thailand | 43.4% |
| 2012 | Thailand | 50.3% |
| 2013 | Thailand | 62.9% |
| 2014 | Thailand | 46.1% |
| 2015 | Thailand | 62.4% |
| 2016 | Thailand | 66.2% |
| 2017 | Thailand | 68.7% |
| 2018 | Thailand | 71.5% |
| 2019 | Thailand | 66% |
| 2020 | Thailand | 67.6% |
| 2021 | Thailand | 58.6% |
| 2022 | Thailand | 55.9% |
| 2023 | Thailand | 78.5% |
| 2024 | Thailand | 63% |
3 of the 3 products Kiribati sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Kiribati sells of that product; in 2, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 72.8% of what Kiribati sells.
| Product | Customer | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frozen fish | Thailand | 75.1%over 75% | Colombia · 15.2% | $92 million |
| Cargo and cruise ships | Indonesia | 100%over 75% | — | $8 million |
| Fish fillets | Japan | 53.2% | Italy · 26.4% | $6 million |
Concentration compared
The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).
| Rank | Country | HHI |
|---|---|---|
| 86 | Barbados | 1,525 |
| 87 | Colombia | 1,457 |
| 88 | Kiribati | 1,438 |
| 89 | Uzbekistan | 1,434 |
| 90 | Guatemala | 1,421 |
| 91 | Guyana | 1,412 |
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.