How dependent is Turkey 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 93.5 times what Turkey buys from China.
• China sells 38.7% of what the world exports of computers; next come Taiwan (14.2%), Mexico (12.6%) and Vietnam (7%). The rest of the world exported 148.3 times what Turkey 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 119.6 times what Turkey buys from China.
• China sells 30.3% of what the world exports of computer and office machine parts; next come Taiwan (15%), Vietnam (10.6%) and South Korea (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 350.9 times what Turkey buys from China.
• China sells 42.8% of what the world exports of synthetic filament yarn; next come India (5.1%), Vietnam (5%) and Italy (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 16.6 times what Turkey buys from China.
• China sells 39.4% of what the world exports of air conditioners; next come Thailand (11.7%), Mexico (11.7%) and United States (4.2%). The rest of the world exported 86.5 times what Turkey buys from China.
• China sells 35.8% of what the world exports of video recorders and players; next come Vietnam (8.4%), Thailand (8.3%) and Japan (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 104.1 times what Turkey buys from China.
• China sells 37% of what the world exports of motorcycle and bicycle parts; next come Taiwan (12%), Japan (6.7%) and Italy (5.1%). The rest of the world exported 53.6 times what Turkey 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 117.7 times what Turkey buys from China.
• China sells 56.2% of what the world exports of phones and telecom equipment; next come Vietnam (11.1%), South Korea (5.6%) and Taiwan (3.4%). The rest of the world exported 127 times what Turkey buys from China.

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

Turkey is China’s 26th-largest customer, with 1.2% of its exports.

• Trade between Turkey and China
• Who does Turkey rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Turkey on Russia
• Dependence of Turkey on Switzerland
• Dependence of Turkey on Italy
• Dependence of Turkey on France
• Dependence of Turkey on Brazil
• Dependence of Turkey on the United States
• Dependence of Turkey on Malaysia
• Trade profile of Turkey
• 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.