How dependent is Libya 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 27.7% of what the world exports of earthmoving and drilling machines; next come Germany (11.1%), United States (10.4%) and Sweden (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 58.7 times what Libya 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 488.5 times what Libya buys from China.
• 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 293.5 times what Libya 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 179.2 times what Libya buys from China.
• China sells 25.8% of what the world exports of bulldozers and excavators; next come Japan (19.7%), United States (6.8%) and Germany (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 540.8 times what Libya 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 272.2 times what Libya 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 659.8 times what Libya buys from China.
• China sells 26.5% of what the world exports of gas, water and electricity meters; next come Mexico (15.9%), United States (6.6%) and Germany (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 123.7 times what Libya buys from China.
• China sells 38.7% of what the world exports of computers; next come Taiwan (14.2%), Mexico (12.6%) and Vietnam (7%). The rest of the world exported 4,677.7 times what Libya buys from China.
• China sells 27.6% of what the world exports of seamless steel pipes; next come Japan (11.2%), Italy (6.5%) and Germany (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 383.1 times what Libya buys from China.

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

Libya is China’s 90th-largest customer, with 0.1% of its exports.

• Trade between Libya and China
• Who does Libya rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Libya on Egypt
• Dependence of Libya on Turkey
• Trade profile of Libya
• 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.