How dependent is Nicaragua 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 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 339 times what Nicaragua 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 754.1 times what Nicaragua buys from China.
• China sells 22.8% of what the world exports of new tires; next come Thailand (8%), Japan (6%) and Germany (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 2,350.9 times what Nicaragua 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 10,937.4 times what Nicaragua buys from China.
• China sells 33.3% of what the world exports of light bulbs and fluorescent tubes; next come Germany (13.9%), Japan (7.1%) and United States (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 226.3 times what Nicaragua buys from China.
• China sells 66.3% of what the world exports of toys; next come Vietnam (5.8%), Czechia (4.1%) and Mexico (2.6%). The rest of the world exported 1,012.9 times what Nicaragua 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 2,112.4 times what Nicaragua buys from China.
• China sells 50.6% of what the world exports of rubber and plastic footwear; next come Vietnam (16.4%), Indonesia (6%) and Germany (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,200.1 times what Nicaragua buys from China.
• China sells 39.2% of what the world exports of washing machines; next come Poland (9%), Thailand (8.2%) and Turkey (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 753.9 times what Nicaragua buys from China.
• China sells 23.3% of what the world exports of polyester and other synthetic staple fiber; next come South Korea (12.8%), Thailand (8.5%) and Taiwan (4.6%). The rest of the world exported 407.2 times what Nicaragua buys from China.

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

Nicaragua is China’s 116th-largest customer, with 0.05% of its exports.

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