How dependent is Liberia 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 31% of what the world exports of cargo and cruise ships; next come South Korea (29.6%), Japan (10.9%) and India (3.1%). The rest of the world exported 6.4 times what Liberia buys from China.
• China sells 3.5% of what the world exports of refined petroleum; next come United States (11.7%), Singapore (6.3%) and South Korea (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 379.2 times what Liberia 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 24.2 times what Liberia 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 192 times what Liberia buys from China.
• China sells 14.5% of what the world exports of centrifuges and filters; next come Germany (15.2%), United States (13.2%) and Mexico (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 686.1 times what Liberia buys from China.
• China sells 11.7% of what the world exports of engine parts; next come Germany (19.1%), United States (8.3%) and Japan (7.7%). The rest of the world exported 756.6 times what Liberia buys from China.
• China sells 4.9% of what the world exports of synthetic paints and varnishes; next come Germany (16%), United States (10.1%) and Japan (8.2%). The rest of the world exported 286.3 times what Liberia buys from China.
• China sells 11.6% of what the world exports of other industrial machines; next come Japan (16.2%), United States (12%) and Netherlands (10.6%). The rest of the world exported 5,604.5 times what Liberia buys from China.
• China sells 7.5% of what the world exports of trucks; next come Mexico (19.7%), United States (11.3%) and Germany (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 7,293.3 times what Liberia 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 935.6 times what Liberia buys from China.

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

Liberia is China’s 44th-largest customer, with 0.36% of its exports.

• Trade between Liberia and China
• Who does Liberia rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Trade profile of Liberia
• 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.