How dependent is Singapore on the United States?

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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%.

• The United States sells 30.1% of what the world exports of aircraft parts; next come United Kingdom (11.8%), France (10.8%) and Germany (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 17.9 times what Singapore buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 25.2% of what the world exports of airplanes and helicopters; next come France (24.9%), Germany (15.2%) and Canada (6.6%). The rest of the world exported 61 times what Singapore buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 7.6% of what the world exports of other precious metal articles; next come South Africa (27.7%), Australia (11.4%) and Hong Kong (11.3%). The rest of the world exported 40.4 times what Singapore buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 32.9% of what the world exports of ethyl alcohol (ethanol); next come Brazil (12.5%), Netherlands (11.5%) and Belgium (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 100.8 times what Singapore buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 15.9% of what the world exports of polyvinyl acetate and vinyl ester polymers; next come Germany (18.9%), China (12.6%) and Taiwan (7.2%). The rest of the world exported 112.6 times what Singapore buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 13.7% of what the world exports of flight simulators and aircraft launch gear; next come Canada (39.7%), France (10.9%) and United Kingdom (9.6%). The rest of the world exported 111.3 times what Singapore buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 24.7% of what the world exports of raw hides; next come Zimbabwe (17.9%), Australia (13.7%) and Germany (12.2%). The rest of the world exported 20.3 times what Singapore buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 31.8% of what the world exports of hydrides, nitrides and silicides; next come China (28%), Japan (9.9%) and Germany (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 34.1 times what Singapore buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 23.7% of what the world exports of bombs, missiles and ammunition; next come Bulgaria (13.9%), Poland (11.3%) and South Korea (6.5%). The rest of the world exported 968.9 times what Singapore buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 6% of what the world exports of hydrocarbon derivatives; next come Kuwait (36.6%), China (14.3%) and Germany (10.8%). The rest of the world exported 189.3 times what Singapore buys from the United States.

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

Singapore is the United States’ 11th-largest customer, with 2.3% of its exports.

• Trade between Singapore and the United States
• Who does Singapore rely on?
• Who does the United States rely on?
• Dependence of Singapore on China
• 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 the United States
• 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.