Summary
- Share of its imports
- 28.8%
- Value imported
- $54million
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 13
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 8
- Dominated value
- $25million
- Share of total imports
- 13.2%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 5.2% to 28.8% of what Kiribati buys
Share (%)
- China 28.8%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2 | 5.2% | 6 |
| 1996 | 5 | 8.7% | 4 |
| 1997 | 3 | 6.5% | 5 |
| 1998 | 3 | 7.3% | 4 |
| 1999 | 3 | 5.6% | 5 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3.9% | 5 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2.2% | 7 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2.9% | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2.7% | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2.1% | 8 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3% | 6 |
| 2007 | 17 | 17.4% | 3 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6.4% | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4.4% | 7 |
| 2010 | 10 | 8.1% | 4 |
| 2011 | 11 | 6.6% | 7 |
| 2012 | 25 | 13.7% | 3 |
| 2013 | 10 | 6.3% | 7 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6.5% | 5 |
| 2015 | 34 | 18.3% | 2 |
| 2016 | 15 | 9.3% | 4 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8.2% | 5 |
| 2018 | 14 | 9.7% | 4 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20.2% | 1 |
| 2020 | 20 | 11.2% | 3 |
| 2021 | 33 | 14.5% | 1 |
| 2022 | 43 | 22.3% | 2 |
| 2023 | 38 | 22.7% | 1 |
| 2024 | 54 | 28.8% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other plastic articles | China | 88.9%over 75% | Australia · 4.9% | $4 million |
| Fishing vessels | China | 83%over 75% | Fiji · 17% | $4 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 90.7%over 75% | Australia · 7.4% | $3 million |
| Steel structures | China | 81.9%over 75% | Fiji · 8.6% | $2 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 91.9%over 75% | Japan · 6.5% | $2 million |
| Prepared fish and caviar | China | 62.7% | Thailand · 25.7% | $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 |
| Prefabricated buildings | China | 60.4% | Australia · 25.3% | $2 million |
| Yachts and pleasure boats | China | 74.7% | Fiji · 21.1% | $1 million |
| Toilet paper and tissues | China | 85.1%over 75% | Fiji · 9.6% | $1 million |
| Natural gas and LPG | China | 71.2% | South Korea · 13.7% | $1 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | China | 56.4% | Fiji · 21% | $945 thousand |
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 24.1% of what the world exports of other plastic articles; next come United States (15.3%), Germany (12.7%) and France (3.3%). The rest of the world exported 28,478.9 times what Kiribati buys from China.
- China sells 12.1% of what the world exports of fishing vessels; next come Turkey (21.3%), Spain (13.6%) and Norway (13.6%). The rest of the world exported 281 times what Kiribati buys from China.
- China sells 39.2% of what the world exports of diodes, transistors and solar cells; next come Malaysia (8.6%), Japan (7.4%) and Vietnam (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 31,853 times what Kiribati 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 24,478.2 times what Kiribati buys from China.
- China sells 28.6% of what the world exports of motorcycles; next come Japan (10.4%), Germany (8.3%) and Thailand (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 14,873.1 times what Kiribati buys from China.
- China sells 14.6% of what the world exports of prepared fish and caviar; next come Thailand (16.5%), Ecuador (8%) and Spain (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 10,038 times what Kiribati buys from China.
- China sells 16.8% of what the world exports of 3D printers; next come Germany (18.5%), United States (11.7%) and Japan (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 6,094.7 times what Kiribati buys from China.
- China sells 3.4% of what the world exports of salt; next come India (13.2%), Australia (12.2%) and Germany (7.7%). The rest of the world exported 3,062.9 times what Kiribati buys from China.
- China sells 28.2% of what the world exports of prefabricated buildings; next come United States (4.4%), Germany (3.6%) and Czechia (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 5,121.9 times what Kiribati buys from China.
- China sells 2.3% of what the world exports of yachts and pleasure boats; next come Netherlands (17.7%), Italy (17.1%) and Cayman Islands (9.5%). The rest of the world exported 17,687.8 times what Kiribati buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Kiribati is China’s 185th-largest customer, with 0% 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.