How dependent is Thailand 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 62.1 times what Thailand buys from China.
• China sells 28.2% of what the world exports of other iron or steel articles; next come Germany (9.7%), United States (8.9%) and Italy (5.1%). The rest of the world exported 22.7 times what Thailand buys from China.
• China sells 50.1% of what the world exports of printed circuit boards; next come Taiwan (9.5%), South Korea (8.6%) and Japan (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 15.1 times what Thailand buys from China.
• China sells 9.1% of what the world exports of cars; next come Germany (17.4%), Japan (12.3%) and South Korea (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 546.7 times what Thailand buys from China.
• China sells 34.6% of what the world exports of transformers and power supplies; next come Germany (7%), Mexico (4.5%) and Japan (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 61.9 times what Thailand buys from China.
• China sells 27.6% of what the world exports of coated flat steel; next come South Korea (10.3%), Germany (7.2%) and Belgium (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 29.2 times what Thailand buys from China.
• China sells 30.3% of what the world exports of other electrical devices; next come United States (8.6%), Mexico (7.3%) and Germany (7%). The rest of the world exported 35.1 times what Thailand buys from China.
• China sells 20.3% of what the world exports of cables and wire; next come Mexico (11.1%), United States (6%) and Germany (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 106.5 times what Thailand buys from China.
• China sells 28.4% of what the world exports of air pumps, compressors and fans; next come Germany (11%), United States (8.2%) and Japan (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 54.2 times what Thailand buys from China.
• China sells 39.2% of what the world exports of diodes, transistors and solar cells; next come Malaysia (8.6%), Japan (7.4%) and Vietnam (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 66.3 times what Thailand buys from China.

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

Thailand is China’s 11th-largest customer, with 2.3% of its exports.

• Trade between Thailand and China
• Who does Thailand rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Thailand on Taiwan
• Dependence of Thailand on Japan
• Dependence of Thailand on Brazil
• Dependence of Thailand on Laos
• Dependence of Thailand on Indonesia
• Dependence of Thailand on France
• Dependence of Thailand on the United States
• Dependence of Thailand on Singapore
• Dependence of Thailand on Myanmar
• Trade profile of Thailand
• 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.