Summary
- Share of its imports
- 44.2%
- Value imported
- $65million
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 16
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 12
- Dominated value
- $23million
- Share of total imports
- 16%
Trend
Trend in shares
Portugal went from 42.1% to 44.2% of what São Tomé and Principe buys
Share (%)
- Portugal 44.2%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 17 | 42.1% | 1 |
| 1996 | 17 | 47.9% | 1 |
| 1997 | 15 | 35.9% | 1 |
| 1998 | 19 | 42.1% | 1 |
| 1999 | 17 | 28.2% | 2 |
| 2000 | 18 | 37.2% | 1 |
| 2001 | 17 | 30.1% | 1 |
| 2002 | 23 | 38.7% | 1 |
| 2003 | 28 | 42.7% | 1 |
| 2004 | 31 | 44% | 1 |
| 2005 | 32 | 43.1% | 1 |
| 2006 | 48 | 46.8% | 1 |
| 2007 | 58 | 41.8% | 1 |
| 2008 | 71 | 50.6% | 1 |
| 2009 | 62 | 37.7% | 1 |
| 2010 | 73 | 37.3% | 1 |
| 2011 | 82 | 37.3% | 1 |
| 2012 | 74 | 37.6% | 1 |
| 2013 | 91 | 43.3% | 1 |
| 2014 | 102 | 44.5% | 1 |
| 2015 | 78 | 48.8% | 1 |
| 2016 | 84 | 55.8% | 1 |
| 2017 | 80 | 53.6% | 1 |
| 2018 | 80 | 50.6% | 1 |
| 2019 | 71 | 41.6% | 1 |
| 2020 | 71 | 50.6% | 1 |
| 2021 | 80 | 48.9% | 1 |
| 2022 | 75 | 31.6% | 1 |
| 2023 | 64 | 34.6% | 1 |
| 2024 | 65 | 44.2% | 1 |
Products where Portugal sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine | Portugal | 97.7%over 75% | Spain · 2% | $4 million |
| Wheat flour | Portugal | 54.8% | Turkey · 32.4% | $2 million |
| Soft drinks | Portugal | 66.9% | Spain · 17.9% | $2 million |
| Pet and animal feed | Portugal | 99.5%over 75% | France · 0.5% | $2 million |
| Computers | Portugal | 87.6%over 75% | France · 6.3% | $2 million |
| Cables and wire | Portugal | 90.1%over 75% | China · 7.6% | $1 million |
| Soybean oil | Portugal | 76.3%over 75% | Egypt · 18.3% | $1 million |
| Beer | Portugal | 92.7%over 75% | Dominican Republic · 5% | $1 million |
| Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas) | Portugal | 100%over 75% | Lebanon · 0.01% | $1 million |
| Powdered and condensed milk | Portugal | 78.2%over 75% | Malaysia · 15.5% | $1 million |
| Sausages | Portugal | 98.3%over 75% | Brazil · 1.7% | $1 million |
| Cars | Portugal | 75.4%over 75% | Germany · 8.1% | $1 million |
| Medicines in measured doses or retail packs | Portugal | 76.8%over 75% | China · 18.7% | $1 million |
| Low-voltage switches and connectors | Portugal | 82%over 75% | China · 10.6% | $833 thousand |
| Pasta | Portugal | 53.6% | Turkey · 27.6% | $811 thousand |
| Toilet paper and tissues | Portugal | 50.5% | Turkey · 19.6% | $555 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?
- Portugal sells 2.7% of what the world exports of wine; next come France (33.8%), Italy (23%) and Spain (8.9%). The rest of the world exported 9,138.4 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
- Portugal sells 0.47% of what the world exports of wheat flour; next come Turkey (20.1%), Kazakhstan (8.6%) and Germany (8%). The rest of the world exported 2,814.5 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
- Portugal sells 0.55% of what the world exports of soft drinks; next come Austria (9.8%), Germany (8.4%) and Netherlands (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 17,010.2 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
- Portugal sells 0.28% of what the world exports of pet and animal feed; next come Germany (9.9%), United States (9.5%) and Netherlands (8.9%). The rest of the world exported 26,619.8 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
- Portugal sells 0.03% of what the world exports of computers; next come China (38.7%), Taiwan (14.2%) and Mexico (12.6%). The rest of the world exported 256,723.6 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
- Portugal sells 0.77% of what the world exports of cables and wire; next come China (20.3%), Mexico (11.1%) and United States (6%). The rest of the world exported 113,887.9 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
- Portugal sells 0.97% of what the world exports of soybean oil; next come Argentina (44.4%), Brazil (10%) and Netherlands (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 9,521.8 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
- Portugal sells 0.89% of what the world exports of beer; next come Mexico (37.5%), Netherlands (10.4%) and Belgium (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 13,137.7 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
- Portugal sells 0.19% of what the world exports of dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas); next come Canada (18.2%), Australia (12.8%) and Myanmar (10.4%). The rest of the world exported 14,205.5 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
- Portugal sells 0.4% of what the world exports of powdered and condensed milk; next come New Zealand (28.6%), Netherlands (9.2%) and United States (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 18,405.1 times what São Tomé and Principe buys from Portugal.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Portugal
São Tomé and Principe is Portugal’s 66th-largest customer, with 0.08% of its exports.
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.