How dependent is Switzerland 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 56.2% of what the world exports of home appliances; next come Germany (7.7%), Malaysia (6.5%) and Vietnam (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 65.7 times what Switzerland buys from China.
• China sells 45.9% of what the world exports of microphones and speakers; next come Vietnam (17.2%), Mexico (4.5%) and Germany (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 144.3 times what Switzerland buys from China.
• China sells 55.9% of what the world exports of watch cases; next come Hong Kong (10.2%), Malaysia (3.3%) and Thailand (3.2%). The rest of the world exported 1.9 times what Switzerland buys from China.
• China sells 58.5% of what the world exports of video game consoles and games; next come Japan (6.7%), United States (5.3%) and Germany (3.3%). The rest of the world exported 89.3 times what Switzerland buys from China.
• China sells 35.6% of what the world exports of knitted tracksuits and swimwear; next come Vietnam (10.2%), Cambodia (6%) and Germany (4.2%). The rest of the world exported 43.1 times what Switzerland buys from China.
• China sells 69.1% of what the world exports of steel kitchenware and household articles; next come India (4.2%), Germany (3.8%) and France (2.8%). The rest of the world exported 65.4 times what Switzerland buys from China.
• China sells 58.3% of what the world exports of sound players and recorders; next come Vietnam (12.8%), Malaysia (4.1%) and Netherlands (3.7%). The rest of the world exported 40 times what Switzerland buys from China.
• China sells 47.6% of what the world exports of other hats; next come United States (5.6%), Italy (5.5%) and Germany (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 57.6 times what Switzerland buys from China.
• China sells 83.8% of what the world exports of festive and Christmas articles; next come Cambodia (2.2%), Netherlands (1.6%) and India (1.4%). The rest of the world exported 41 times what Switzerland buys from China.
• China sells 54.8% of what the world exports of knitted gloves; next come Sri Lanka (8.3%), Vietnam (7.3%) and Pakistan (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 65.8 times what Switzerland buys from China.

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

Switzerland is China’s 32nd-largest customer, with 0.53% of its exports.

• Trade between Switzerland and China
• Who does Switzerland rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Switzerland on Germany
• Dependence of Switzerland on Zambia
• Dependence of Switzerland on France
• Dependence of Switzerland on Italy
• Dependence of Switzerland on the United States
• Trade profile of Switzerland
• 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.