How dependent is the Philippines on the United States?

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%.

• The United States sells 18.3% of what the world exports of soybean meal and pellets; next come Brazil (28.7%), Argentina (26.7%) and Netherlands (3%). The rest of the world exported 20.3 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 54.8% of what the world exports of starch, sugar and brewing residues; next come China (8.6%), Russia (4%) and Germany (3.2%). The rest of the world exported 40.4 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 11.1% of what the world exports of chemical wood pulp; next come Brazil (28.2%), Canada (9.6%) and Chile (7.4%). The rest of the world exported 645.2 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 28.9% of what the world exports of soybeans; next come Brazil (55.4%), Paraguay (4.1%) and Canada (3%). The rest of the world exported 1,122.2 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 4.8% of what the world exports of potatoes; next come France (21.6%), Netherlands (15.1%) and Germany (14.2%). The rest of the world exported 659.2 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 46.2% of what the world exports of other nuts (almonds, walnuts); next come Turkey (10%), China (5.7%) and Australia (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,495.4 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 4.6% of what the world exports of titanium oxides; next come China (43.3%), Germany (9.9%) and France (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 127.7 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 35.9% of what the world exports of wooden barrels and casks; next come France (39.1%), Spain (13%) and Austria (1.2%). The rest of the world exported 172.6 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 11.2% of what the world exports of sausages; next come Germany (13.2%), Italy (12.6%) and Spain (10.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,729.9 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 16.4% of what the world exports of propellant powders; next come Canada (16.7%), Slovakia (8%) and France (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 289.8 times what the Philippines buys from the United States.

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

The Philippines is the United States’ 35th-largest customer, with 0.47% of its exports.

• Trade between the Philippines and the United States
• Who does the Philippines rely on?
• Who does the United States rely on?
• Dependence of the Philippines on China
• Dependence of the Philippines on Indonesia
• Dependence of the Philippines on Vietnam
• Dependence of the Philippines on Thailand
• Dependence of the Philippines on Japan
• Dependence of the Philippines on Singapore
• Dependence of the Philippines on Australia
• Dependence of the Philippines on Malaysia
• Trade profile of the Philippines
• Trade profile of the United States
• 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.