How dependent is Mexico 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 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 27.7 times what Mexico buys from China.
• China sells 34.4% of what the world exports of parts for broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (17.7%), South Korea (17.7%) and United States (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 17.7 times what Mexico buys from China.
• China sells 50.1% of what the world exports of printed circuit boards; next come Taiwan (9.5%), South Korea (8.6%) and Japan (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 11.5 times what Mexico buys from China.
• China sells 26% of what the world exports of aluminum sheet; next come Germany (12.9%), United States (7.3%) and South Korea (6.5%). The rest of the world exported 17.1 times what Mexico buys from China.
• China sells 39.4% of what the world exports of air conditioners; next come Thailand (11.7%), United States (4.2%) and Italy (3%). The rest of the world exported 23.3 times what Mexico buys from China.
• China sells 66.3% of what the world exports of toys; next come Vietnam (5.8%), Czechia (4.1%) and Germany (2.5%). The rest of the world exported 21.9 times what Mexico buys from China.
• China sells 37% of what the world exports of motorcycle and bicycle parts; next come Taiwan (12%), Japan (6.7%) and Italy (5.1%). The rest of the world exported 19.7 times what Mexico buys from China.
• China sells 48% of what the world exports of electric heaters and hair dryers; next come Germany (5.9%), Italy (4.2%) and Romania (2.8%). The rest of the world exported 49.3 times what Mexico buys from China.
• China sells 37.2% of what the world exports of bags, suitcases and cases; next come Italy (14.9%), France (14.7%) and Vietnam (6%). The rest of the world exported 77.8 times what Mexico buys from China.
• China sells 30.8% of what the world exports of furniture; next come Vietnam (10.4%), Italy (7.3%) and Germany (7%). The rest of the world exported 123.1 times what Mexico buys from China.

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

Mexico is China’s 9th-largest customer, with 3.2% of its exports.

• Trade between Mexico and China
• Who does Mexico rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Mexico on the United States
• Dependence of Mexico on Ireland
• Dependence of Mexico on Germany
• Trade profile of Mexico
• 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.