How dependent is San Marino on Germany?

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%.

• Germany sells 17.4% of what the world exports of cars; next come Japan (12.3%), China (9.1%) and South Korea (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 17,871.9 times what San Marino buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 15.2% of what the world exports of airplanes and helicopters; next come United States (25.2%), France (24.9%) and Canada (6.6%). The rest of the world exported 6,984.7 times what San Marino buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 7% of what the world exports of transformers and power supplies; next come China (34.6%), Mexico (4.5%) and Japan (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 39,243.6 times what San Marino buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 16.2% of what the world exports of chocolate; next come Belgium (11.9%), Poland (7.5%) and Italy (7.5%). The rest of the world exported 17,467.9 times what San Marino buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 16.6% of what the world exports of polyamides (nylon); next come United States (15.8%), China (13.5%) and Netherlands (5.8%). The rest of the world exported 9,305.2 times what San Marino buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 2.9% of what the world exports of sports equipment; next come China (50.4%), Taiwan (6.2%) and United States (4.7%). The rest of the world exported 24,631 times what San Marino buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 11.3% of what the world exports of candy and sweets; next come China (9.3%), Mexico (8.2%) and Belgium (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 12,851.4 times what San Marino buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 10.4% of what the world exports of medical and dental instruments; next come United States (20.1%), Mexico (10.9%) and China (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 201,640.1 times what San Marino buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 1.7% of what the world exports of microchips; next come Taiwan (23.7%), China (17.7%) and South Korea (16.9%). The rest of the world exported 1,359,198.9 times what San Marino buys from Germany.

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

San Marino is Germany’s 126th-largest customer, with 0.01% of its exports.

• Who does San Marino rely on?
• Who does Germany rely on?
• Trade profile of San Marino
• Trade profile of Germany
• 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.