Summary
- Share of its imports
- 11%
- Value imported
- $10.5billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 2nd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 103
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 36
- Dominated value
- $3.1billion
- Share of total imports
- 3.2%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 2% to 11% of what Morocco buys
Share (%)
- China 11%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 195 | 2% | 14 |
| 1996 | 159 | 1.7% | 14 |
| 1997 | 214 | 2.4% | 10 |
| 1998 | 268 | 2.4% | 9 |
| 1999 | 294 | 2.5% | 8 |
| 2000 | 320 | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2001 | 321 | 2.7% | 9 |
| 2002 | 400 | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2003 | 550 | 3.6% | 9 |
| 2004 | 816 | 4.3% | 7 |
| 2005 | 1,113 | 5% | 7 |
| 2006 | 1,465 | 5.7% | 5 |
| 2007 | 2,156 | 6.4% | 4 |
| 2008 | 2,650 | 6% | 5 |
| 2009 | 2,601 | 7.7% | 3 |
| 2010 | 3,156 | 8.5% | 3 |
| 2011 | 3,216 | 7% | 4 |
| 2012 | 3,199 | 6.8% | 3 |
| 2013 | 3,445 | 7.4% | 4 |
| 2014 | 3,637 | 7.7% | 3 |
| 2015 | 3,243 | 8.3% | 3 |
| 2016 | 3,903 | 9.1% | 3 |
| 2017 | 4,080 | 8.8% | 3 |
| 2018 | 4,756 | 9.2% | 3 |
| 2019 | 5,148 | 9.8% | 3 |
| 2020 | 5,480 | 11.9% | 2 |
| 2021 | 6,973 | 11.7% | 2 |
| 2022 | 7,383 | 10.1% | 2 |
| 2023 | 7,697 | 10.7% | 2 |
| 2024 | 10,467 | 11% | 2 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 65.4% | Vietnam · 20.8% | $476 million |
| Computers | China | 62.8% | France · 7.3% | $225 million |
| Tea | China | 93.1%over 75% | Germany · 2.6% | $225 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 58.9% | Portugal · 10.3% | $197 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 79.2%over 75% | Japan · 6.6% | $190 million |
| Knitted plush and terry fabric | China | 87.5%over 75% | Egypt · 3.9% | $168 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 56% | Egypt · 19.7% | $161 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 64.1% | Italy · 9.6% | $118 million |
| Phones and telecom equipment | China | 89.4%over 75% | Mexico · 4.3% | $105 million |
| Linen fabric | China | 58% | Spain · 11.1% | $97 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 70.4% | France · 6.9% | $80 million |
| Optical fibers and lenses | China | 60.4% | Japan · 16.2% | $53 million |
| Toys | China | 85.9%over 75% | Spain · 3.3% | $51 million |
| Video recorders and players | China | 56.8% | France · 13.6% | $50 million |
| Embroidery | China | 70.5% | Spain · 11.4% | $48 million |
| Home appliances | China | 86.4%over 75% | France · 4.5% | $45 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 57.8% | Turkey · 15.1% | $42 million |
| Sunflower seeds | China | 85.7%over 75% | Turkey · 6.1% | $39 million |
| Steel kitchenware and household articles | China | 63.6% | Turkey · 16.5% | $39 million |
| Microphones and speakers | China | 70.1% | France · 8.9% | $37 million |
| Sewing machines | China | 63.5% | Germany · 9.6% | $33 million |
| Amino acids and amino alcohols (lysine) | China | 67% | India · 11.8% | $32 million |
| Velvet, plush and chenille fabric | China | 66% | Spain · 9.9% | $29 million |
| Organosulfur compounds | China | 54.5% | Spain · 19.3% | $26 million |
| Special-purpose vehicles | China | 53.2% | Germany · 27.2% | $26 million |
| Porcelain tableware | China | 77.9%over 75% | France · 6.5% | $24 million |
| Gas, water and electricity meters | China | 50.9% | France · 23.4% | $19 million |
| Iron or steel sanitary ware | China | 63.6% | Turkey · 14.9% | $18 million |
| Other footwear | China | 80.3%over 75% | Spain · 6.9% | $18 million |
| Motorcycle and bicycle parts | China | 79.1%over 75% | Turkey · 4.8% | $17 million |
and 73 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 713.2 times what Morocco 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 1,144.7 times what Morocco 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 27.4 times what Morocco 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 208.3 times what Morocco 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 139.3 times what Morocco buys from China.
- China sells 80.4% of what the world exports of knitted plush and terry fabric; next come Malaysia (3.6%), South Korea (2.4%) and Taiwan (1.5%). The rest of the world exported 6.9 times what Morocco 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 288.1 times what Morocco 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 173 times what Morocco buys from China.
- China sells 56.2% of what the world exports of phones and telecom equipment; next come Vietnam (11.1%), South Korea (5.6%) and Taiwan (3.4%). The rest of the world exported 274.9 times what Morocco buys from China.
- China sells 63.3% of what the world exports of linen fabric; next come Italy (8.7%), India (3.5%) and Turkey (3.1%). The rest of the world exported 8.8 times what Morocco buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Morocco is China’s 52nd-largest customer, with 0.29% 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.