How dependent is Nepal 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 9.1% of what the world exports of cars; next come Germany (17.4%), Japan (12.3%) and South Korea (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 4,164.8 times what Nepal buys from China.
• China sells 17.1% of what the world exports of apples and pears; next come United States (10.5%), Italy (9.9%) and South Africa (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 117.9 times what Nepal buys from China.
• China sells 39.5% of what the world exports of onions and garlic; next come Netherlands (10.7%), Spain (7.9%) and Mexico (5.1%). The rest of the world exported 85.4 times what Nepal buys from China.
• China sells 50.6% of what the world exports of other knitted fabric; next come Taiwan (6.3%), Turkey (5.8%) and South Korea (5.5%). The rest of the world exported 221.8 times what Nepal buys from China.
• China sells 61.9% of what the world exports of synthetic filament fabric; next come Taiwan (4.8%), South Korea (4.5%) and India (3.3%). The rest of the world exported 238.7 times what Nepal buys from China.
• China sells 31.5% of what the world exports of women's knitted suits and dresses; next come Bangladesh (9.9%), Vietnam (9.7%) and Cambodia (6%). The rest of the world exported 664.2 times what Nepal buys from China.
• China sells 29.8% of what the world exports of sweaters and pullovers; next come Bangladesh (11.8%), Vietnam (7.7%) and Italy (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 1,282.7 times what Nepal buys from China.
• China sells 28.1% of what the world exports of women's suits and dresses; next come Bangladesh (9.3%), Turkey (6.7%) and Vietnam (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,447.3 times what Nepal buys from China.
• China sells 17.5% of what the world exports of men's suits and trousers; next come Bangladesh (18.6%), Vietnam (7.6%) and Pakistan (5.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,150.1 times what Nepal 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 658 times what Nepal buys from China.

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

Nepal is China’s 109th-largest customer, with 0.06% of its exports.

• Trade between Nepal and China
• Who does Nepal rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Nepal on India
• Trade profile of Nepal
• 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.