Summary
- Share of its imports
- 19.5%
- Value imported
- $2.7billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 194
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 79
- Dominated value
- $1.8billion
- Share of total imports
- 12.5%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 2% to 19.5% of what Uganda buys
Share (%)
- China 19.5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 24 | 2% | 13 |
| 1996 | 16 | 1.5% | 17 |
| 1997 | 15 | 1.6% | 15 |
| 1998 | 20 | 1.6% | 16 |
| 1999 | 26 | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2000 | 31 | 2.9% | 9 |
| 2001 | 38 | 3.4% | 8 |
| 2002 | 51 | 4.2% | 8 |
| 2003 | 78 | 5% | 8 |
| 2004 | 115 | 5.9% | 6 |
| 2005 | 116 | 5.2% | 6 |
| 2006 | 149 | 5.3% | 6 |
| 2007 | 271 | 7.4% | 4 |
| 2008 | 383 | 8.1% | 4 |
| 2009 | 394 | 8.8% | 4 |
| 2010 | 438 | 8.9% | 3 |
| 2011 | 545 | 9.1% | 3 |
| 2012 | 685 | 11.3% | 2 |
| 2013 | 651 | 10.7% | 2 |
| 2014 | 766 | 12.2% | 2 |
| 2015 | 888 | 15% | 2 |
| 2016 | 908 | 17.5% | 1 |
| 2017 | 1,191 | 19.1% | 1 |
| 2018 | 1,185 | 16.4% | 1 |
| 2019 | 1,259 | 15.4% | 1 |
| 2020 | 1,359 | 15.3% | 1 |
| 2021 | 1,668 | 17.4% | 1 |
| 2022 | 1,895 | 19.4% | 1 |
| 2023 | 2,319 | 19% | 1 |
| 2024 | 2,745 | 19.5% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 89.8%over 75% | United Arab Emirates · 1.8% | $133 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 84.4%over 75% | South Korea · 4.4% | $129 million |
| Computers | China | 67.9% | Hong Kong · 13.9% | $62 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | China | 60.4% | Japan · 10.7% | $57 million |
| Alloy steel sheet | China | 99.7%over 75% | United Arab Emirates · 0.09% | $54 million |
| Used clothing | China | 50.6% | United States · 11.6% | $52 million |
| New tires | China | 70% | India · 19.2% | $47 million |
| Centrifuges and filters | China | 56.1% | India · 13.7% | $38 million |
| Cables and wire | China | 60.7% | India · 11.9% | $37 million |
| Armored vehicles | China | 67.6% | United Arab Emirates · 31.7% | $37 million |
| Other industrial machines | China | 63% | India · 14.1% | $36 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 89.7%over 75% | Egypt · 4.2% | $35 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 58.1% | India · 19.7% | $33 million |
| Gas, water and electricity meters | China | 96.7%over 75% | Spain · 0.87% | $30 million |
| Tractors | China | 51.3% | India · 14.6% | $29 million |
| Seamless steel pipes | China | 70.7% | United Arab Emirates · 16.3% | $28 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 97.1%over 75% | India · 2.3% | $28 million |
| Valves and taps | China | 54.8% | Italy · 14.1% | $27 million |
| Plastic and rubber processing machines | China | 55% | Germany · 12.4% | $27 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 93.8%over 75% | India · 1.8% | $26 million |
| Sorting and crushing machines | China | 64.2% | India · 22.1% | $26 million |
| Steel wire rod | China | 74.5% | Egypt · 15.1% | $25 million |
| PVC and other vinyl polymers | China | 74% | India · 8.6% | $23 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 66.5% | Kenya · 20.7% | $22 million |
| Lightweight polyester-cotton fabric | China | 82.6%over 75% | United Arab Emirates · 4.9% | $21 million |
| Earthmoving and drilling machines | China | 86.7%over 75% | United States · 2.4% | $20 million |
| Prefabricated buildings | China | 54% | India · 18.1% | $20 million |
| Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds | China | 67.9% | India · 27.4% | $19 million |
| Air pumps, compressors and fans | China | 63.7% | India · 9.2% | $19 million |
| Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps | China | 53.3% | India · 18.2% | $18 million |
and 164 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%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- 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 2,546 times what Uganda buys from China.
- China sells 19.4% of what the world exports of polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins; next come United States (8.8%), Germany (8.8%) and South Korea (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 408.2 times what Uganda 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 4,142.2 times what Uganda buys from China.
- China sells 25.8% of what the world exports of bulldozers and excavators; next come Japan (19.7%), United States (6.8%) and Germany (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 781 times what Uganda buys from China.
- China sells 16.4% of what the world exports of alloy steel sheet; next come Japan (14.7%), Germany (11%) and South Korea (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 487.4 times what Uganda buys from China.
- China sells 13.3% of what the world exports of used clothing; next come United States (17.9%), United Kingdom (9.3%) and Germany (7%). The rest of the world exported 78.9 times what Uganda buys from China.
- China sells 22.8% of what the world exports of new tires; next come Thailand (8%), Japan (6%) and Germany (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 1,643 times what Uganda buys from China.
- China sells 14.5% of what the world exports of centrifuges and filters; next come Germany (15.2%), United States (13.2%) and Mexico (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 2,043.2 times what Uganda 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 3,595.4 times what Uganda buys from China.
- China sells 1.1% of what the world exports of armored vehicles; next come United States (21.9%), Canada (18.8%) and South Korea (18.6%). The rest of the world exported 198.3 times what Uganda buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Uganda is China’s 99th-largest customer, with 0.08% of its exports.
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.