Summary
- Share of its imports
- 29.2%
- Value imported
- $16billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 280
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 120
- Dominated value
- $9.9billion
- Share of total imports
- 18%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 3.5% to 29.2% of what Peru buys
Share (%)
- China 29.2%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 285 | 3.5% | 9 |
| 1996 | 243 | 2.9% | 12 |
| 1997 | 227 | 2.5% | 14 |
| 1998 | 222 | 2.6% | 12 |
| 1999 | 243 | 3.3% | 11 |
| 2000 | 295 | 3.8% | 9 |
| 2001 | 356 | 4.7% | 6 |
| 2002 | 469 | 5.9% | 5 |
| 2003 | 645 | 7.4% | 3 |
| 2004 | 774 | 7.4% | 2 |
| 2005 | 1,069 | 8.2% | 2 |
| 2006 | 1,593 | 9.9% | 3 |
| 2007 | 2,282 | 11.1% | 2 |
| 2008 | 4,093 | 13.4% | 2 |
| 2009 | 3,290 | 14.6% | 2 |
| 2010 | 6,207 | 16.8% | 2 |
| 2011 | 6,365 | 16.3% | 2 |
| 2012 | 11,698 | 20% | 2 |
| 2013 | 12,825 | 21.3% | 2 |
| 2014 | 8,922 | 20.9% | 1 |
| 2015 | 11,412 | 23.1% | 1 |
| 2016 | 8,343 | 22.6% | 1 |
| 2017 | 8,959 | 22% | 1 |
| 2018 | 10,177 | 23.4% | 1 |
| 2019 | 10,591 | 24.6% | 1 |
| 2020 | 10,601 | 29% | 1 |
| 2021 | 14,651 | 28.6% | 1 |
| 2022 | 15,815 | 26.3% | 1 |
| 2023 | 13,762 | 26.3% | 1 |
| 2024 | 15,999 | 29.2% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 68.8% | Vietnam · 15% | $1.1 billion |
| Computers | China | 74.2% | Mexico · 10.9% | $612 million |
| Toys | China | 96.1%over 75% | Vietnam · 1.2% | $502 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 77.9%over 75% | Japan · 14.8% | $282 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 60.7% | Mexico · 33.3% | $251 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 82.4%over 75% | United States · 6.3% | $242 million |
| Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps | China | 55.5% | Colombia · 9.9% | $191 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 87.5%over 75% | Vietnam · 3.4% | $191 million |
| Cables and wire | China | 59.9% | United States · 8.3% | $189 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 55.2% | Vietnam · 17.3% | $185 million |
| Hot-rolled flat steel | China | 75.7%over 75% | Japan · 19.5% | $167 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 65.9% | India · 23.6% | $158 million |
| Cranes | China | 87.7%over 75% | Italy · 2.7% | $144 million |
| Other iron or steel articles | China | 61.3% | United States · 16.3% | $137 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 75% | Brazil · 5.8% | $126 million |
| Phones and telecom equipment | China | 92.4%over 75% | Vietnam · 1.2% | $124 million |
| Welded steel pipes | China | 87.1%over 75% | United States · 4.7% | $120 million |
| Textile footwear | China | 51.6% | Vietnam · 24.8% | $118 million |
| Other knitted fabric | China | 87.6%over 75% | Colombia · 3.2% | $117 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 85.7%over 75% | Taiwan · 3% | $115 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 54.1% | United States · 6.7% | $112 million |
| Steel wire rod | China | 78.8%over 75% | Brazil · 15.8% | $104 million |
| Steel structures | China | 64.4% | Spain · 11.5% | $103 million |
| Electric heaters and hair dryers | China | 80.8%over 75% | Brazil · 5% | $96 million |
| Synthetic filament yarn | China | 72% | India · 8% | $91 million |
| Ceramic tiles | China | 64.1% | Spain · 13.2% | $87 million |
| Seats and chairs | China | 78.8%over 75% | Brazil · 2.9% | $80 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 94.5%over 75% | United States · 1.9% | $79 million |
| Batteries | China | 56.2% | Colombia · 11.7% | $78 million |
| Aluminum bars and profiles | China | 93.8%over 75% | Spain · 3% | $77 million |
and 250 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 296.7 times what Peru 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 420.6 times what Peru 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 39.8 times what Peru buys from China.
- China sells 27.6% of what the world exports of coated flat steel; next come South Korea (10.3%), Germany (7.2%) and Belgium (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 148.6 times what Peru 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 184.4 times what Peru buys from China.
- China sells 19.4% of what the world exports of polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins; next come United States (8.8%), Germany (8.8%) and South Korea (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 217.4 times what Peru buys from China.
- China sells 31.5% of what the world exports of refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps; next come Mexico (11.1%), Italy (6.9%) and South Korea (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 220.3 times what Peru 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 261.2 times what Peru buys from China.
- China sells 20.3% of what the world exports of cables and wire; next come Mexico (11.1%), United States (6%) and Germany (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 712.9 times what Peru 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 109.2 times what Peru buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Peru is China’s 36th-largest customer, with 0.45% 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.