How dependent is Singapore on China?

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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%.

• China sells 46.2% of what the world exports of cameras and broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (13.1%), Taiwan (4.4%) and India (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 48.2 times what Singapore buys from China.
• China sells 56.2% of what the world exports of phones and telecom equipment; next come Vietnam (11.1%), South Korea (5.6%) and Taiwan (3.4%). The rest of the world exported 20.7 times what Singapore buys from China.
• China sells 51.5% of what the world exports of shipping containers; next come United States (6.6%), Germany (4.2%) and Poland (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 3.8 times what Singapore buys from China.
• China sells 34.4% of what the world exports of cranes; next come Germany (12.3%), Japan (8.2%) and Italy (7.4%). The rest of the world exported 24.8 times what Singapore buys from China.
• China sells 21.8% of what the world exports of acetic acid and other saturated acids; next come United States (12.6%), Germany (8%) and Malaysia (6.6%). The rest of the world exported 35.3 times what Singapore buys from China.
• China sells 8.1% of what the world exports of unwrought nickel; next come Canada (11.8%), Norway (11.7%) and Australia (10.1%). The rest of the world exported 40.4 times what Singapore buys from China.
• China sells 30.4% of what the world exports of aluminum structures; next come Germany (8.6%), Poland (5.4%) and Italy (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 60.8 times what Singapore buys from China.
• China sells 24.8% of what the world exports of buoys, rafts and floating structures; next come United States (10.7%), United Kingdom (10.4%) and Netherlands (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 6 times what Singapore buys from China.
• China sells 59.2% of what the world exports of lamps and light fittings; next come Germany (4.7%), Mexico (4%) and Italy (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 108.4 times what Singapore buys from China.
• China sells 27.7% of what the world exports of earthmoving and drilling machines; next come Germany (11.1%), United States (10.4%) and Sweden (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 52 times what Singapore buys from China.

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

Singapore is China’s 21st-largest customer, with 1.6% of its exports.

• Trade between Singapore and China
• Who does Singapore rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Singapore on the United States
• Dependence of Singapore on Malaysia
• Dependence of Singapore on South Korea
• Dependence of Singapore on Switzerland
• Dependence of Singapore on Saudi Arabia
• Dependence of Singapore on France
• Dependence of Singapore on Indonesia
• Dependence of Singapore on Thailand
• Dependence of Singapore on India
• Dependence of Singapore on Brazil
• Dependence of Singapore on Vietnam
• Trade profile of Singapore
• Trade profile of China
• 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.