Summary
- Share of its imports
- 24.2%
- Value imported
- $508million
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 55
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 31
- Dominated value
- $275million
- Share of total imports
- 13.1%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 0.71% to 24.2% of what Rwanda buys
Share (%)
- China 24.2%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 0.71% | 17 |
| 1996 | 5 | 1.5% | 17 |
| 1997 | 4 | 1% | 20 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0.79% | 25 |
| 1999 | 4 | 1.1% | 18 |
| 2000 | 3 | 2.4% | 13 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2.7% | 15 |
| 2002 | 9 | 3% | 14 |
| 2003 | 11 | 3% | 11 |
| 2004 | 14 | 3.3% | 12 |
| 2005 | 18 | 3.2% | 9 |
| 2006 | 26 | 4.5% | 7 |
| 2007 | 57 | 7.4% | 4 |
| 2008 | 108 | 8.6% | 4 |
| 2009 | 105 | 8.4% | 3 |
| 2010 | 117 | 7.9% | 4 |
| 2011 | 158 | 9.4% | 2 |
| 2012 | 219 | 12.4% | 1 |
| 2013 | 259 | 12% | 1 |
| 2014 | 361 | 15.5% | 1 |
| 2015 | 400 | 15.8% | 1 |
| 2016 | 443 | 15.2% | 1 |
| 2017 | 454 | 15.9% | 1 |
| 2018 | 537 | 17.9% | 1 |
| 2019 | 646 | 19.2% | 1 |
| 2020 | 739 | 18.9% | 1 |
| 2021 | 752 | 18.4% | 1 |
| 2022 | 1,112 | 21% | 1 |
| 2023 | 420 | 18.8% | 1 |
| 2024 | 508 | 24.2% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frozen fish | China | 97.5%over 75% | Japan · 1.9% | $83 million |
| Trucks | China | 63.1% | South Africa · 8.4% | $21 million |
| Tractors | China | 70.4% | Germany · 9.3% | $14 million |
| New tires | China | 71% | Uganda · 13.4% | $13 million |
| Buses | China | 65.6% | Germany · 24.8% | $11 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 97.4%over 75% | India · 1.1% | $10 million |
| Other hats | China | 87.2%over 75% | Slovakia · 6.3% | $9 million |
| Men's suits and trousers | China | 95.8%over 75% | Turkey · 1.5% | $9 million |
| Trailers | China | 86.7%over 75% | Uganda · 3.8% | $7 million |
| Sorting and crushing machines | China | 75.5%over 75% | Turkey · 8.4% | $6 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 71.6% | Portugal · 5.7% | $6 million |
| Electric motors and generators | China | 82.9%over 75% | United Kingdom · 3.5% | $5 million |
| Prepared fish and caviar | China | 83.8%over 75% | Morocco · 12.6% | $5 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 64.7% | Kenya · 31.9% | $5 million |
| Gas, water and electricity meters | China | 94%over 75% | United States · 1.8% | $4 million |
| Technical ceramics | China | 99.7%over 75% | Germany · 0.32% | $4 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 53.6% | Egypt · 11.6% | $4 million |
| Other iron or steel articles | China | 60.9% | Portugal · 14.6% | $3 million |
| Phones and telecom equipment | China | 59.9% | Hong Kong · 20.8% | $3 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 86.6%over 75% | United Kingdom · 4.1% | $3 million |
| Tracksuits and swimwear | China | 84.7%over 75% | Turkey · 8.5% | $3 million |
| Shovels, hoes and other garden tools | China | 96%over 75% | Uganda · 2.9% | $3 million |
| T-shirts | China | 77.1%over 75% | India · 8.3% | $2 million |
| Tomato preserves | China | 83%over 75% | Egypt · 14.3% | $2 million |
| Elevators, escalators and conveyors | China | 77.2%over 75% | Turkey · 6.6% | $2 million |
| Microchips | China | 81.6%over 75% | Germany · 13.6% | $2 million |
| Men's coats and jackets | China | 96.9%over 75% | Taiwan · 1% | $2 million |
| Aluminum structures | China | 70.7% | Turkey · 6.4% | $2 million |
| Heavy blended cotton fabric | China | 99.8%over 75% | South Africa · 0.14% | $2 million |
| Plastic and rubber processing machines | China | 75.5%over 75% | France · 11.3% | $2 million |
and 25 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 7.6% of what the world exports of frozen fish; next come Russia (9.1%), Chile (7.5%) and Norway (7%). The rest of the world exported 296.5 times what Rwanda buys from China.
- China sells 7.5% of what the world exports of trucks; next come Mexico (19.7%), United States (11.3%) and Germany (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 8,315.7 times what Rwanda buys from China.
- China sells 10.3% of what the world exports of tractors; next come Mexico (15.9%), Germany (14.8%) and Netherlands (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 4,402.2 times what Rwanda 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 6,112.3 times what Rwanda buys from China.
- China sells 21.1% of what the world exports of buses; next come Turkey (13%), Japan (10.1%) and Germany (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,543.3 times what Rwanda 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 1,012.9 times what Rwanda buys from China.
- China sells 47.6% of what the world exports of other hats; next come United States (5.6%), Italy (5.5%) and Germany (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 276.1 times what Rwanda 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 4,262.8 times what Rwanda buys from China.
- China sells 20.4% of what the world exports of trailers; next come Germany (17.8%), United States (11.5%) and Mexico (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 3,595.5 times what Rwanda buys from China.
- China sells 31.7% of what the world exports of sorting and crushing machines; next come Germany (10%), United Kingdom (6.5%) and Italy (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 2,414.6 times what Rwanda buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Rwanda is China’s 152nd-largest customer, with 0.01% 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.