Summary
- Share of its imports
- 5%
- Share of its imports from outside the EU
- 19%
- Value imported
- $5.7billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 6th
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 16
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 1
- Dominated value
- $962million
- Share of total imports
- 0.8%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 0.59% to 5% of what Portugal buys
Share (%)
- China 5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 205 | 0.59% | 22 |
| 1996 | 241 | 0.68% | 19 |
| 1997 | 258 | 0.71% | 18 |
| 1998 | 317 | 0.82% | 15 |
| 1999 | 310 | 0.74% | 15 |
| 2000 | 373 | 0.89% | 17 |
| 2001 | 330 | 0.8% | 19 |
| 2002 | 335 | 0.8% | 17 |
| 2003 | 447 | 0.92% | 17 |
| 2004 | 604 | 1% | 16 |
| 2005 | 753 | 1.1% | 14 |
| 2006 | 1,037 | 1.4% | 11 |
| 2007 | 1,521 | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2008 | 2,074 | 2.2% | 9 |
| 2009 | 1,668 | 2.2% | 9 |
| 2010 | 2,248 | 2.8% | 7 |
| 2011 | 2,440 | 2.9% | 7 |
| 2012 | 1,968 | 2.6% | 8 |
| 2013 | 2,001 | 2.6% | 8 |
| 2014 | 2,425 | 3% | 6 |
| 2015 | 2,172 | 3.2% | 6 |
| 2016 | 3,466 | 4.8% | 6 |
| 2017 | 2,973 | 3.7% | 6 |
| 2018 | 3,288 | 3.4% | 6 |
| 2019 | 3,642 | 4% | 6 |
| 2020 | 3,607 | 4.6% | 6 |
| 2021 | 4,708 | 4.7% | 6 |
| 2022 | 5,961 | 5.1% | 4 |
| 2023 | 5,770 | 5% | 5 |
| 2024 | 5,724 | 5% | 6 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 70.7% | Spain · 10.1% | $683 million |
| Printed circuit boards | China | 60.6% | Thailand · 9.8% | $148 million |
| Flax yarn | China | 60.7% | Italy · 16.7% | $30 million |
| Porcelain tableware | China | 63.7% | Spain · 13.8% | $20 million |
| Other glass articles | China | 56.1% | Spain · 23.5% | $18 million |
| Isotopes and their compounds | China | 61.1% | Ireland · 37.6% | $15 million |
| Umbrellas and parasols | China | 55.4% | Spain · 23% | $14 million |
| Artificial flowers and foliage | China | 54.5% | Spain · 14.1% | $11 million |
| Carded or combed wool | China | 54.2% | Italy · 11.8% | $9 million |
| Vegetable plaiting materials (bamboo, rattan, reed) | China | 56.3% | Spain · 34.8% | $3 million |
| Tire cord fabric | China | 71.6% | Italy · 9.9% | $3 million |
| Magnesium | China | 67.7% | Germany · 11.3% | $2 million |
| Articles of gut, bladder or tendon | China | 99.7%over 75% | Spain · 0.14% | $2 million |
| Antiques | China | 71.8% | United Kingdom · 10.7% | $2 million |
| Staple fiber sewing thread | China | 67.1% | Germany · 15.2% | $1 million |
| Worked slate | China | 53.9% | Spain · 26.7% | $700 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?
- China sells 39.2% of what the world exports of diodes, transistors and solar cells; next come Malaysia (8.6%), Japan (7.4%) and Vietnam (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 119.2 times what Portugal buys from China.
- China sells 50.1% of what the world exports of printed circuit boards; next come Taiwan (9.5%), South Korea (8.6%) and Japan (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 177.2 times what Portugal buys from China.
- China sells 51.1% of what the world exports of flax yarn; next come Italy (10.5%), Ethiopia (7.7%) and Tunisia (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 7.3 times what Portugal buys from China.
- China sells 64.3% of what the world exports of porcelain tableware; next come Germany (5.7%), France (3.6%) and Turkey (2.5%). The rest of the world exported 95.7 times what Portugal buys from China.
- China sells 28.8% of what the world exports of other glass articles; next come Vietnam (13.5%), Japan (13%) and Germany (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 186.1 times what Portugal buys from China.
- China sells 10.1% of what the world exports of isotopes and their compounds; next come Ireland (45%), United States (9.6%) and Hong Kong (9.5%). The rest of the world exported 191.2 times what Portugal buys from China.
- China sells 82.7% of what the world exports of umbrellas and parasols; next come Cambodia (2.1%), Germany (1.9%) and Netherlands (1.1%). The rest of the world exported 36 times what Portugal buys from China.
- China sells 91% of what the world exports of artificial flowers and foliage; next come Netherlands (1.6%), Germany (1.1%) and Poland (0.55%). The rest of the world exported 30.6 times what Portugal buys from China.
- China sells 38.8% of what the world exports of carded or combed wool; next come Czechia (9.6%), Peru (8.4%) and Italy (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 90.6 times what Portugal buys from China.
- China sells 50.9% of what the world exports of vegetable plaiting materials (bamboo, rattan, reed); next come Vietnam (4.1%), Malaysia (3.9%) and Netherlands (3.3%). The rest of the world exported 36.5 times what Portugal buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Portugal is China’s 71st-largest customer, with 0.16% 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.