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How dependent is Myanmar on Singapore?

In 2024, Singapore sold $3.1 billion to Myanmar, 15.8% of its imports, ranking 3rd among its suppliers. Its share was 13.5% in 2019 and 26% in 1995. In 5 products it sells more than 50% of what Myanmar buys of them (in 2, more than 75%); what Myanmar buys from Singapore in those products (dominated value) adds up to $2.8 billion, 14.3% of its imports.

Summary

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Share of its imports
15.8%
Value imported
$3.1billion
Rank among its suppliers
3rd
Products where it sells over 50%
5
Products where it sells over 75%
2
Dominated value
$2.8billion
Share of total imports
14.3%

Trend

Trend in shares

Singapore went from 26% to 15.8% of what Myanmar buys

Share (%)

  • Singapore 15.8%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearValue (USD millions)ShareRank
199563126%1
199671226.6%1
199769224.2%1
199845318.8%2
199941418.4%1
200042815.8%3
200165519%1
200250920.3%2
200362422.2%2
200460418.8%2
200552817.1%3
200649614.7%3
200773114.8%3
20081,21519.7%3
200984313.4%3
20101,30414%3
20112,54618%3
20122,18514.1%3
20132,42212.3%3
20143,61015.4%3
20153,78215.6%3
20162,46010.7%3
20173,05312.3%3
20183,77714%3
20193,63913.5%3
20202,62910.6%3
20212,77813.1%3
20224,54416.6%2
20233,72215.7%3
20243,12715.8%3

Products where Singapore sells more than half

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Refined petroleumSingapore62.9%Malaysia · 15.7%$2.8 billion
Parts of optical and measuring instrumentsSingapore95.9%over 75%Thailand · 0.96%$8 million
Artificial filament tow (acetate)Singapore81.4%over 75%Japan · 17.3%$2 million
Precious metal watchesSingapore74.9%Thailand · 18.2%$1 million
Navigation instrumentsSingapore63.8%China · 15.2%$951 thousand

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?

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

Seen from Singapore

Myanmar is Singapore’s 21st-largest customer, with 0.94% of its exports.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

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.