Refrigerators and freezers: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. China$19.3 billion · 31.5%
   see destinations
2. Mexico$6.8 billion · 11.2%
   see destinations
3. Italy$4.2 billion · 6.9%
   see destinations
4. South Korea$3 billion · 5%
   see destinations
5. Germany$2.8 billion · 4.6%
   see destinations
6. Turkey$2.8 billion · 4.5%
   see destinations
7. United States$2.5 billion · 4.1%
   see destinations
8. Thailand$2.3 billion · 3.8%
   see destinations
9. Poland$1.8 billion · 3%
   see destinations
10. France$1.7 billion · 2.7%
    see destinations
11. Czechia$975 million · 1.6%
12. Japan$755 million · 1.2%
13. Austria$751 million · 1.2%
14. Spain$743 million · 1.2%
15. Sweden$682 million · 1.1%
16. Netherlands$661 million · 1.1%
    re-exports
17. Canada$573 million · 0.93%
18. Vietnam$544 million · 0.89%
19. Ireland$531 million · 0.87%
20. Singapore$510 million · 0.83%
    re-exports

China went from 1.1% to 31.5% of world exports of refrigerators and freezers

In 2024, China accounted for 31.5% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 49.6%. HHI: 1,298 out of 10,000; equivalent to 8 exporters of the same size.

Share of recorded exports, not of production: a country that produces a lot and consumes almost all of it may export little

Countries where China sells more than half of what they buy

Countries that buy more than half of this product from its largest exporter, with its share.

• Japan: 62.2% of its purchases · Dependence of Japan on China
• Australia: 58.8% of its purchases · Dependence of Australia on China
• South Korea: 74.3% of its purchases · Dependence of South Korea on China
• Russia: 65% of its purchases · Dependence of Russia on China
• Indonesia: 78.8% of its purchases · Dependence of Indonesia on China
• Brazil: 63.6% of its purchases · Dependence of Brazil on China
• Thailand: 75.4% of its purchases · Dependence of Thailand on China
• Vietnam: 60.2% of its purchases · Dependence of Vietnam on China
• India: 56.9% of its purchases · Dependence of India on China
• Malaysia: 68.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Malaysia on China

1. United States$13.9 billion · 22.6%
   see sources
2. Germany$4.1 billion · 6.6%
   see sources
3. France$2.5 billion · 4.1%
   see sources
4. United Kingdom$2.2 billion · 3.6%
   see sources
5. Canada$1.8 billion · 2.9%
   see sources
6. Mexico$1.7 billion · 2.7%
   see sources
7. Japan$1.5 billion · 2.4%
   see sources
8. Italy$1.5 billion · 2.4%
   see sources
9. Netherlands$1.4 billion · 2.4%
   re-exports · see sources
10. Australia$1.4 billion · 2.3%
11. Spain$1.3 billion · 2.1%
12. Poland$1.1 billion · 1.8%
13. China$990 million · 1.6%
14. Saudi Arabia$875 million · 1.4%
15. South Korea$855 million · 1.4%
16. Switzerland$839 million · 1.4%
17. Austria$830 million · 1.4%
18. Russia$814 million · 1.3%
19. United Arab Emirates$773 million · 1.3%
20. Belgium$769 million · 1.3%
    re-exports

Includes heat pumps and industrial refrigeration equipment.

• 8418 · Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps

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Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.