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How dependent is Uzbekistan on China?

In 2024, China sold $10.5 billion to Uzbekistan, 28.9% of its imports, ranking 1st among its suppliers. Its share was 22.4% in 2019 and 3.4% in 1995. In 236 products it sells more than 50% of what Uzbekistan buys of them (in 82, more than 75%); what Uzbekistan buys from China in those products (dominated value) adds up to $6.7 billion, 18.4% of its imports.

Summary

Share of its imports
28.9%
Value imported
$10.5billion
Rank among its suppliers
1st
Products where it sells over 50%
236
Products where it sells over 75%
82
Dominated value
$6.7billion
Share of total imports
18.4%

Trend

Trend in shares

China went from 3.4% to 28.9% of what Uzbekistan buys

Share (%)

  • China 28.9%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearValue (USD millions)ShareRank
1995473.4%9
1996381%14
1997621.8%11
1998572.3%12
1999271.5%13
2000392.3%12
2001512.5%10
20021045.7%5
20031476.7%5
20041726.5%5
20052307.2%5
200640510.1%3
200776412.2%3
20081,27714.6%2
20091,55720%2
20101,18014.4%3
20111,35914.1%3
20121,78316.8%2
20132,61321%2
20142,67820.1%2
20152,22921.2%1
20162,00720.9%2
20172,72620.6%2
20183,61519.5%1
20195,05722.4%1
20204,57222%1
20215,05120.8%2
20226,67222.8%1
202311,92731.4%1
202410,54528.9%1

Products where China sells more than half

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
CarsChina63.7%South Korea · 21.2%$892 million
Cameras and broadcast equipmentChina69%Vietnam · 11.2%$595 million
Diodes, transistors and solar cellsChina98.7%over 75%United Arab Emirates · 0.27%$342 million
Transformers and power suppliesChina84.2%over 75%Russia · 4.6%$308 million
Other industrial machinesChina66.5%Turkey · 12.8%$258 million
Generating setsChina76.2%over 75%Turkey · 11.1%$240 million
New tiresChina66.1%Slovakia · 9.7%$205 million
Seamless steel pipesChina52.6%Russia · 39.5%$176 million
Bulldozers and excavatorsChina63.7%Austria · 10.2%$172 million
Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resinsChina66.4%Turkey · 10.9%$143 million
Air conditionersChina68%Turkey · 18.6%$126 million
Air pumps, compressors and fansChina56.2%Turkey · 8%$125 million
Harvesters and farm machineryChina81.7%over 75%Germany · 4.9%$124 million
BatteriesChina82.2%over 75%South Korea · 4.7%$122 million
Coated flat steelChina67.1%Russia · 19.4%$121 million
Alloy steel sheetChina67.3%Russia · 25.8%$100 million
Plastic and rubber processing machinesChina64.3%Italy · 10.9%$83 million
Elevators, escalators and conveyorsChina53.8%South Korea · 21.9%$66 million
Stainless steel sheetChina93.7%over 75%Russia · 4.4%$65 million
Knitted plush and terry fabricChina97.6%over 75%Turkey · 0.59%$63 million
Plastic sheets and filmChina60.3%Russia · 17.1%$62 million
Parts for cranes and excavatorsChina59.7%Russia · 14.8%$61 million
BusesChina96.1%over 75%Russia · 1.5%$58 million
PVC and other vinyl polymersChina74.6%Russia · 11.2%$56 million
CranesChina72%Russia · 12.2%$54 million
Metal rolling millsChina55.3%Italy · 23.2%$47 million
Electric heaters and hair dryersChina54.2%Turkey · 13.9%$46 million
Washing machinesChina54.6%Kazakhstan · 34.2%$42 million
Treated paper and cellulose waddingChina60.6%Germany · 11.6%$41 million
Synthetic filament yarnChina51%Turkey · 44.5%$41 million

and 206 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?

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

Seen from China

Uzbekistan is China’s 51st-largest customer, with 0.29% of its exports.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

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.