Summary
- Largest supplier: Indonesia
- 37.7%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 2,223
- Products with a supplier above 50%
- 143
- Products with a supplier above 75%
- 90
Concentration index (HHI): 2,223 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 4 suppliers of the same size
Trend
Trend in shares
Indonesia went from 86.4% to 37.7% of what Timor-Leste buys
Share (%)
- Indonesia 37.7%
- China 25.9%
- Singapore 6.3%
- Turkey 5.2%
- Australia 4.2%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest supplier | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Indonesia | 86.4% |
| 1996 | Indonesia | 88.4% |
| 1997 | Philippines | 39.7% |
| 1998 | Japan | 57.7% |
| 1999 | South Korea | 57.7% |
| 2000 | Indonesia | 38% |
| 2001 | Indonesia | 67.1% |
| 2002 | Australia | 40.8% |
| 2003 | Australia | 38.7% |
| 2004 | Indonesia | 45.2% |
| 2005 | Indonesia | 36.2% |
| 2006 | Indonesia | 29.9% |
| 2007 | Australia | 22% |
| 2008 | Indonesia | 26.2% |
| 2009 | Indonesia | 45.7% |
| 2010 | India | 58.9% |
| 2011 | Indonesia | 38.2% |
| 2012 | Indonesia | 37.9% |
| 2013 | Indonesia | 36.2% |
| 2014 | Indonesia | 35.1% |
| 2015 | Indonesia | 41.8% |
| 2016 | Indonesia | 38.8% |
| 2017 | Indonesia | 31% |
| 2018 | Indonesia | 29% |
| 2019 | Indonesia | 31.8% |
| 2020 | Indonesia | 35.2% |
| 2021 | Indonesia | 31.2% |
| 2022 | Indonesia | 26.4% |
| 2023 | Indonesia | 31.1% |
| 2024 | Indonesia | 37.7% |
Its suppliers
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
Products with a dominant supplier
Of the 162 products Timor-Leste buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | Indonesia | 67% | China · 18.1% | $37 million |
| Motorcycles | Indonesia | 97.2%over 75% | China · 1.5% | $30 million |
| Cement | Indonesia | 98.4%over 75% | China · 1.5% | $24 million |
| Palm oil | Indonesia | 99.6%over 75% | Malaysia · 0.39% | $18 million |
| Pasta | Indonesia | 99.2%over 75% | South Korea · 0.39% | $17 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | Indonesia | 57.1% | China · 36.6% | $17 million |
| Bread, biscuits and pastries | Indonesia | 93.9%over 75% | Malaysia · 3.8% | $15 million |
| Welded steel pipes | China | 78.2%over 75% | Turkey · 15.9% | $14 million |
| Poultry meat | United States | 91.8%over 75% | Singapore · 4.5% | $13 million |
| Furniture | China | 76.1%over 75% | Indonesia · 18.3% | $12 million |
| Cigarettes and cigars | Indonesia | 96.8%over 75% | Taiwan · 1.4% | $12 million |
| Steel bars | China | 58.7% | Indonesia · 41.3% | $9 million |
| Powdered and condensed milk | Indonesia | 97.6%over 75% | Malaysia · 1.4% | $9 million |
| Detergents and surfactants | Indonesia | 82.2%over 75% | China · 11.6% | $8 million |
| Steel structures | China | 70.8% | Australia · 22.1% | $8 million |
| Wheat flour | Indonesia | 99.7%over 75% | Turkey · 0.24% | $8 million |
| Hoists, winches and jacks | Indonesia | 95.9%over 75% | China · 3.9% | $8 million |
| Auto parts | Indonesia | 51.9% | China · 18.3% | $8 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 90.4%over 75% | Australia · 4.1% | $8 million |
| Electric heaters and hair dryers | China | 52% | Turkey · 35.5% | $8 million |
| Soft drinks | Indonesia | 65.5% | South Korea · 32% | $7 million |
| Frozen fish | China | 96.4%over 75% | Portugal · 1.7% | $7 million |
| Other iron or steel articles | Indonesia | 72.4% | China · 25% | $7 million |
| Water | Indonesia | 99.5%over 75% | Portugal · 0.18% | $7 million |
| Toilet paper and tissues | Indonesia | 87.5%over 75% | China · 10.4% | $7 million |
and 118 more
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%.
Selling: who it relies on
- Largest customer: Thailand
- 72.3%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 5,322
Concentration index (HHI): 5,322 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 2 customers of the same size
Trend in shares
Thailand went from 0% to 72.3% of what Timor-Leste sells
Share (%)
- Thailand 72.3%
- United States 6.8%
- Indonesia 5.5%
- Portugal 2.3%
- Japan 1.8%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest customer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | South Africa | 56% |
| 1996 | South Africa | 26.8% |
| 1997 | South Africa | 83.5% |
| 1998 | South Africa | 33.3% |
| 1999 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49.8% |
| 2000 | Australia | 61.1% |
| 2001 | United Kingdom | 29.4% |
| 2002 | Bangladesh | 57.7% |
| 2003 | United States | 38.1% |
| 2004 | Australia | 29.6% |
| 2005 | New Zealand | 34.9% |
| 2006 | Japan | 36.9% |
| 2007 | Japan | 71.1% |
| 2008 | Japan | 82% |
| 2009 | Japan | 47.8% |
| 2010 | Japan | 61.1% |
| 2011 | Singapore | 36.4% |
| 2012 | Singapore | 65.5% |
| 2013 | Iran | 33.6% |
| 2014 | South Korea | 68.4% |
| 2015 | Singapore | 87.8% |
| 2016 | Thailand | 61.8% |
| 2017 | Singapore | 59.2% |
| 2018 | Singapore | 47.2% |
| 2019 | Singapore | 38.5% |
| 2020 | Malaysia | 27.4% |
| 2021 | China | 25.7% |
| 2022 | China | 28.3% |
| 2023 | China | 39.2% |
| 2024 | Thailand | 72.3% |
1 of the 2 products Timor-Leste sells for more than $1 million has a customer buying more than 50% of what Timor-Leste sells of that product; in 1, more than 75%. In that product, sales to its dominant customer add up to 72.2% of what Timor-Leste sells.
| Product | Customer | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude petroleum | Thailand | 100%over 75% | — | $64 million |
Concentration compared
The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).
| Rank | Country | HHI |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | Palestine | 2,244 |
| 41 | Tuvalu | 2,242 |
| 42 | Timor-Leste | 2,223 |
| 43 | New Caledonia | 2,217 |
| 44 | Cayman Islands | 2,200 |
| 45 | Vietnam | 2,142 |
Links
Sources and method
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.