How dependent is Singapore on India?

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%.

• India sells 12.6% of what the world exports of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds; next come China (26.6%), Switzerland (17.1%) and Ireland (13.8%). The rest of the world exported 140.9 times what Singapore buys from India.
• India sells 10.5% of what the world exports of unwrought lead; next come South Korea (9%), Australia (8.9%) and United Kingdom (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 25.3 times what Singapore buys from India.
• India sells 38.6% of what the world exports of synthetic gemstones; next come China (14.5%), Hong Kong (13.2%) and United States (11.2%). The rest of the world exported 216.6 times what Singapore buys from India.
• India sells 14.7% of what the world exports of silk fabric; next come China (38.1%), Italy (23.2%) and Uzbekistan (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 93.9 times what Singapore buys from India.
• India sells 54.8% of what the world exports of anise, coriander and cumin seeds; next come Egypt (6.9%), China (6.6%) and Vietnam (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 226.1 times what Singapore buys from India.
• India sells 50.2% of what the world exports of prepared human hair; next come China (21.8%), Bangladesh (10.3%) and Myanmar (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 184.6 times what Singapore buys from India.
• India sells 46.6% of what the world exports of peanut oil; next come Brazil (15.3%), Argentina (12.2%) and Belgium (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 406.2 times what Singapore buys from India.
• India sells 8.7% of what the world exports of tanning agents; next come Italy (17.8%), Spain (11.3%) and Germany (9.3%). The rest of the world exported 788.7 times what Singapore buys from India.

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

Singapore is India’s 9th-largest customer, with 2.3% of its exports.

• Trade between Singapore and India
• Who does Singapore rely on?
• Who does India rely on?
• Dependence of Singapore on China
• 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 Brazil
• Dependence of Singapore on Vietnam
• Trade profile of Singapore
• Trade profile of India
• 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.