Summary
- Share of its imports
- 16.4%
- Value imported
- $1billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 3rd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 47
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 21
- Dominated value
- $695million
- Share of total imports
- 11.3%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 4.1% to 16.4% of what Mali buys
Share (%)
- China 16.4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 25 | 4.1% | 6 |
| 1996 | 32 | 3.4% | 8 |
| 1997 | 28 | 3.2% | 7 |
| 1998 | 41 | 4.1% | 6 |
| 1999 | 34 | 3.4% | 8 |
| 2000 | 26 | 2.4% | 8 |
| 2001 | 32 | 2.7% | 11 |
| 2002 | 25 | 2.3% | 14 |
| 2003 | 44 | 3% | 9 |
| 2004 | 73 | 4.5% | 7 |
| 2005 | 85 | 4.6% | 6 |
| 2006 | 120 | 5.6% | 5 |
| 2007 | 159 | 6.1% | 4 |
| 2008 | 407 | 11.4% | 3 |
| 2009 | 168 | 8.1% | 4 |
| 2010 | 503 | 10.9% | 3 |
| 2011 | 396 | 10.5% | 3 |
| 2012 | 415 | 10.7% | 3 |
| 2013 | 275 | 9.5% | 4 |
| 2014 | 297 | 9.4% | 4 |
| 2015 | 270 | 8.3% | 5 |
| 2016 | 661 | 13.9% | 2 |
| 2017 | 709 | 13.8% | 2 |
| 2018 | 670 | 12.4% | 2 |
| 2019 | 812 | 14.5% | 2 |
| 2020 | 875 | 14.9% | 3 |
| 2021 | 1,137 | 16.7% | 2 |
| 2022 | 862 | 11.4% | 3 |
| 2023 | 1,155 | 15.1% | 3 |
| 2024 | 1,005 | 16.4% | 3 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 56.7% | Hong Kong · 35.4% | $138 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | China | 76.2%over 75% | Côte d'Ivoire · 8.2% | $105 million |
| Batteries | China | 77%over 75% | Thailand · 15.4% | $74 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 69.7% | Togo · 19.7% | $64 million |
| Tractors | China | 79.7%over 75% | Germany · 5.6% | $33 million |
| Tea | China | 67% | India · 17.7% | $28 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 66.7% | France · 12.2% | $27 million |
| Buses | China | 96.6%over 75% | Germany · 1.6% | $26 million |
| Sorting and crushing machines | China | 53.9% | South Africa · 7.2% | $19 million |
| Trailers | China | 76.3%over 75% | Morocco · 7.8% | $18 million |
| Diesel engines | China | 77.9%over 75% | Morocco · 8.7% | $17 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 77.1%over 75% | Senegal · 14.5% | $13 million |
| Phones and telecom equipment | China | 84.9%over 75% | Netherlands · 8.4% | $13 million |
| Steel structures | China | 59.9% | Tunisia · 10.9% | $12 million |
| Special-purpose vehicles | China | 66% | France · 12.7% | $11 million |
| Cyanides | China | 76.5%over 75% | United States · 11.6% | $9 million |
| Engine parts | China | 53.2% | Germany · 12.3% | $8 million |
| Computer and office machine parts | China | 60% | France · 31.1% | $8 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 80.3%over 75% | India · 16.7% | $6 million |
| Electric motors and generators | China | 54.2% | Finland · 21.7% | $6 million |
| Motorcycle and bicycle parts | China | 54.1% | India · 43.1% | $6 million |
| Prepared fish and caviar | China | 91.4%over 75% | Morocco · 4.6% | $5 million |
| Industrial fatty acids | China | 78.7%over 75% | Côte d'Ivoire · 20.3% | $5 million |
| Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps | China | 50.1% | Luxembourg · 28.6% | $5 million |
| Aluminum bars and profiles | China | 79.2%over 75% | Turkey · 6.9% | $5 million |
| Spark-ignition engines | China | 82.7%over 75% | Senegal · 12.6% | $4 million |
| Food processing machinery | China | 57% | Italy · 20% | $4 million |
| Flashlights and portable lamps | China | 90.8%over 75% | Burkina Faso · 6.3% | $3 million |
| Elevators, escalators and conveyors | China | 58% | Spain · 18.2% | $2 million |
| Rubber conveyor and transmission belts | China | 71.4% | Netherlands · 11.5% | $2 million |
and 17 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?
- China sells 46.2% of what the world exports of cameras and broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (13.1%), Taiwan (4.4%) and India (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 2,467.5 times what Mali 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 423.2 times what Mali buys from China.
- China sells 50.8% of what the world exports of batteries; next come South Korea (6.1%), United States (5.4%) and Poland (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,021.1 times what Mali 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 410.9 times what Mali buys from China.
- China sells 10.3% of what the world exports of tractors; next come Mexico (15.9%), Germany (14.8%) and Netherlands (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 1,923.7 times what Mali buys from China.
- China sells 17% of what the world exports of tea; next come Kenya (19.2%), Sri Lanka (18.1%) and India (11.3%). The rest of the world exported 222.1 times what Mali buys from China.
- China sells 34.6% of what the world exports of transformers and power supplies; next come Germany (7%), Mexico (4.5%) and Japan (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 3,624.3 times what Mali buys from China.
- China sells 21.1% of what the world exports of buses; next come Turkey (13%), Japan (10.1%) and Germany (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 666.9 times what Mali buys from China.
- China sells 31.7% of what the world exports of sorting and crushing machines; next come Germany (10%), United Kingdom (6.5%) and Italy (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 739.9 times what Mali buys from China.
- China sells 20.4% of what the world exports of trailers; next come Germany (17.8%), United States (11.5%) and Mexico (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,485.9 times what Mali buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Mali is China’s 135th-largest customer, with 0.03% of its exports.
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.