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How dependent is Kyrgyzstan on China?

In 2024, China sold $5.5 billion to Kyrgyzstan, 36.9% of its imports, ranking 1st among its suppliers. Its share was 36.4% in 2019 and 13.5% in 1995. In 217 products it sells more than 50% of what Kyrgyzstan buys of them (in 104, more than 75%); what Kyrgyzstan buys from China in those products (dominated value) adds up to $3.4 billion, 22.6% of its imports.

Summary

Share of its imports
36.9%
Value imported
$5.5billion
Rank among its suppliers
1st
Products where it sells over 50%
217
Products where it sells over 75%
104
Dominated value
$3.4billion
Share of total imports
22.6%

Trend

Trend in shares

China went from 13.5% to 36.9% of what Kyrgyzstan buys

Share (%)

  • China 36.9%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearValue (USD millions)ShareRank
19959913.5%3
1996716.1%6
19977115.2%2
199817228%1
199910325.6%1
20009113.6%2
20018815.5%3
200212217.2%1
200318920.7%1
200423018.7%2
200537623%2
200674929.3%1
20071,37537.1%1
20083,32251.5%1
20091,48338.4%1
20101,58436.9%1
20112,21238.1%1
20122,12832.5%1
20132,66835.1%1
20142,41133.1%1
20151,99939.1%1
20162,69949.1%1
20172,14937.4%1
20182,58639%1
20192,47136.4%1
20201,22223.6%2
20212,51732.2%1
20224,89740.3%1
20235,95137.5%1
20245,47836.9%1

Products where China sells more than half

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Harvesters and farm machineryChina91.7%over 75%Estonia · 1.8%$270 million
Other nuts (almonds, walnuts)China96.2%over 75%Turkey · 2.1%$136 million
Sorting and crushing machinesChina78.5%over 75%Italy · 6.9%$130 million
Other synthetic fiber fabricChina99.2%over 75%Italy · 0.48%$126 million
Synthetic filament fabricChina78.5%over 75%United Arab Emirates · 11.2%$117 million
Computer and office machine partsChina74.5%South Korea · 9.6%$83 million
Other electrical devicesChina90.2%over 75%Turkey · 1.2%$72 million
Women's suits and dressesChina62%Turkey · 19.7%$65 million
Bulldozers and excavatorsChina60%South Korea · 13.9%$64 million
Bed, table and kitchen linenChina86.4%over 75%Turkey · 5.1%$60 million
BusesChina69.3%Turkey · 15%$60 million
Footwear partsChina76.9%over 75%Turkey · 22.2%$59 million
ToysChina93.6%over 75%Uzbekistan · 2.1%$56 million
Metal hardware and fittingsChina81.6%over 75%Turkey · 5%$54 million
Poultry meatChina52.8%Kazakhstan · 16.9%$51 million
Electric heaters and hair dryersChina60.8%Turkey · 5.8%$50 million
Sweaters and pulloversChina66.9%Turkey · 24.1%$50 million
Rubber and plastic footwearChina90.4%over 75%Turkey · 3.7%$50 million
Plastic packagingChina64.6%Kazakhstan · 15%$49 million
Special-purpose vehiclesChina82.7%over 75%South Korea · 6.3%$45 million
ComputersChina60.8%Poland · 11.1%$43 million
Bags, suitcases and casesChina82.7%over 75%Italy · 5.1%$43 million
Men's suits and trousersChina60.6%Turkey · 26%$43 million
Curtains and interior blindsChina97.1%over 75%Turkey · 1.5%$42 million
New tiresChina74.8%Russia · 7.3%$40 million
Liquid pumpsChina54.6%Germany · 5.5%$39 million
TrailersChina59.9%Germany · 11.6%$37 million
MotorcyclesChina62.3%Austria · 9.7%$35 million
Leather footwearChina73.7%Turkey · 10.4%$34 million
Bras and corsetsChina93.8%over 75%Lithuania · 2.6%$33 million

and 187 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?

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

Seen from China

Kyrgyzstan is China’s 76th-largest customer, with 0.15% of its exports.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

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.