How dependent is Venezuela 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 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 74.6 times what Venezuela 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 192 times what Venezuela 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 525 times what Venezuela 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 314.2 times what Venezuela buys from China.
• China sells 31.5% of what the world exports of refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps; next come Mexico (11.1%), Italy (6.9%) and South Korea (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 398.6 times what Venezuela buys from China.
• China sells 50.6% of what the world exports of rubber and plastic footwear; next come Vietnam (16.4%), Indonesia (6%) and Germany (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 209 times what Venezuela buys from China.
• China sells 12.1% of what the world exports of auto parts; next come Germany (14.5%), Mexico (9.5%) and United States (9%). The rest of the world exported 4,225.6 times what Venezuela 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 183.5 times what Venezuela 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 281.6 times what Venezuela buys from China.
• China sells 66.3% of what the world exports of toys; next come Vietnam (5.8%), Czechia (4.1%) and Mexico (2.6%). The rest of the world exported 294.7 times what Venezuela buys from China.

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

Venezuela is China’s 80th-largest customer, with 0.13% of its exports.

• Trade between Venezuela and China
• Who does Venezuela rely on?
• Who does China rely on?
• Dependence of Venezuela on the United States
• Trade profile of Venezuela
• 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.