How dependent is Vietnam on Indonesia?

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%.

• Indonesia sells 18.5% of what the world exports of stainless steel sheet; next come China (16.7%), Belgium (9.5%) and Finland (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 23.2 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 48.7% of what the world exports of palm oil; next come Malaysia (34.1%), Netherlands (2%) and Thailand (1.9%). The rest of the world exported 37 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 5.2% of what the world exports of motorcycles; next come China (28.6%), Japan (10.4%) and Germany (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 205.5 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 14.8% of what the world exports of coke; next come China (21.9%), Poland (17.3%) and Colombia (12.5%). The rest of the world exported 61.2 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 5.4% of what the world exports of pepper, dried chili and paprika; next come India (24.8%), China (14.6%) and Spain (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 44.2 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 7.8% of what the world exports of semi-finished steel; next come Russia (19.8%), Brazil (11.9%) and China (10.7%). The rest of the world exported 391.5 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 44.2% of what the world exports of industrial fatty acids; next come Malaysia (18.8%), Netherlands (7.5%) and Germany (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 181.6 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 14.5% of what the world exports of tissue paper stock; next come Turkey (11.3%), China (9.9%) and Italy (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 111.5 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 21.4% of what the world exports of margarine; next come Belgium (9%), Netherlands (7.9%) and Malaysia (6.8%). The rest of the world exported 190.8 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 63.1% of what the world exports of edible insects and other animal products; next come Malaysia (22.2%), Hong Kong (3.9%) and China (3.5%). The rest of the world exported 15.3 times what Vietnam buys from Indonesia.

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

Vietnam is Indonesia’s 9th-largest customer, with 3.1% of its exports.

• Trade between Vietnam and Indonesia
• Who does Vietnam rely on?
• Who does Indonesia rely on?
• Dependence of Vietnam on China
• Dependence of Vietnam on Argentina
• Dependence of Vietnam on Cambodia
• Dependence of Vietnam on Hong Kong
• Dependence of Vietnam on Australia
• Dependence of Vietnam on India
• Dependence of Vietnam on the United States
• Dependence of Vietnam on Japan
• Dependence of Vietnam on South Korea
• Dependence of Vietnam on Thailand
• Dependence of Vietnam on Singapore
• Dependence of Vietnam on Germany
• Trade profile of Vietnam
• Trade profile of Indonesia
• 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.