Summary
- Share of its imports
- 22.5%
- Value imported
- $2.9billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 120
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 40
- Dominated value
- $1.6billion
- Share of total imports
- 12.1%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 1.2% to 22.5% of what Uruguay buys
Share (%)
- China 22.5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 41 | 1.2% | 14 |
| 1996 | 60 | 1.6% | 15 |
| 1997 | 81 | 2% | 10 |
| 1998 | 101 | 2.4% | 9 |
| 1999 | 103 | 2.8% | 9 |
| 2000 | 145 | 3.7% | 6 |
| 2001 | 142 | 4.1% | 6 |
| 2002 | 86 | 3.8% | 7 |
| 2003 | 110 | 4.1% | 6 |
| 2004 | 190 | 4.8% | 7 |
| 2005 | 268 | 5.7% | 6 |
| 2006 | 383 | 6.6% | 4 |
| 2007 | 577 | 9.1% | 4 |
| 2008 | 956 | 9.6% | 4 |
| 2009 | 882 | 11.9% | 3 |
| 2010 | 1,197 | 12.9% | 3 |
| 2011 | 1,610 | 13.9% | 3 |
| 2012 | 1,848 | 14.6% | 2 |
| 2013 | 2,071 | 16.1% | 2 |
| 2014 | 2,345 | 19.6% | 1 |
| 2015 | 1,824 | 18% | 1 |
| 2016 | 1,607 | 18.5% | 1 |
| 2017 | 1,833 | 18.2% | 2 |
| 2018 | 1,783 | 16.3% | 2 |
| 2019 | 1,694 | 17.6% | 2 |
| 2020 | 1,508 | 18.3% | 2 |
| 2021 | 2,161 | 19.2% | 1 |
| 2022 | 2,462 | 17.6% | 2 |
| 2023 | 2,493 | 18.5% | 2 |
| 2024 | 2,943 | 22.5% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 66.3% | Vietnam · 14% | $218 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 76.3%over 75% | Argentina · 5.2% | $106 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 90.9%over 75% | South Korea · 2.1% | $90 million |
| Computers | China | 72% | United States · 8% | $84 million |
| Buses | China | 57.5% | Brazil · 37% | $52 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 58.8% | India · 15.9% | $47 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 76%over 75% | India · 10% | $44 million |
| Valves and taps | China | 65.6% | Brazil · 5.6% | $42 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 79.6%over 75% | Italy · 4.5% | $42 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 63.7% | Mexico · 27.8% | $38 million |
| Computer and office machine parts | China | 57.8% | United States · 10.7% | $33 million |
| Bags, suitcases and cases | China | 80.2%over 75% | Argentina · 5.8% | $31 million |
| Dredgers and floating cranes | China | 75.5%over 75% | Netherlands · 24.4% | $28 million |
| Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds | China | 79.1%over 75% | India · 15.2% | $27 million |
| Microphones and speakers | China | 81%over 75% | United States · 5.6% | $26 million |
| Electric heaters and hair dryers | China | 53.6% | Turkey · 14.8% | $26 million |
| Cold-rolled flat steel | China | 91.1%over 75% | Argentina · 6.3% | $25 million |
| Toys | China | 87.5%over 75% | Brazil · 3.9% | $24 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 57.2% | Argentina · 14.5% | $24 million |
| Air pumps, compressors and fans | China | 56.7% | Brazil · 9.1% | $23 million |
| Phosphate fertilizers | China | 63.8% | Morocco · 12.1% | $23 million |
| Home appliances | China | 89%over 75% | Brazil · 5.3% | $22 million |
| Sweaters and pullovers | China | 53.7% | Bangladesh · 22.6% | $22 million |
| Forklifts and works trucks | China | 76%over 75% | Germany · 4.5% | $20 million |
| Washing machines | China | 69.7% | Turkey · 19.6% | $19 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 51.6% | Brazil · 15.8% | $19 million |
| Sports equipment | China | 62.5% | Brazil · 8.5% | $18 million |
| Hot-rolled flat steel | China | 88.7%over 75% | Brazil · 6.1% | $16 million |
| Vacuum cleaners | China | 80.4%over 75% | Brazil · 5.5% | $15 million |
| Men's suits and trousers | China | 50.7% | Bangladesh · 18.8% | $15 million |
and 90 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 1,556.4 times what Uruguay 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 495.9 times what Uruguay 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 457.4 times what Uruguay 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 3,062.8 times what Uruguay buys from China.
- China sells 21.1% of what the world exports of buses; next come Turkey (13%), Japan (10.1%) and Germany (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 334.1 times what Uruguay 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 2,103.9 times what Uruguay buys from China.
- China sells 28.6% of what the world exports of motorcycles; next come Japan (10.4%), Germany (8.3%) and Thailand (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 608.4 times what Uruguay buys from China.
- China sells 20.1% of what the world exports of valves and taps; next come United States (13.1%), Germany (12.9%) and Italy (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 2,127.8 times what Uruguay buys from China.
- China sells 59.2% of what the world exports of lamps and light fittings; next come Germany (4.7%), Mexico (4%) and Italy (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 490.6 times what Uruguay buys from China.
- China sells 32.3% of what the world exports of monitors and projectors; next come Mexico (17.8%), Vietnam (7%) and Poland (5.6%). The rest of the world exported 1,233.9 times what Uruguay buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Uruguay is China’s 97th-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.