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Trade between Algeria and China

In 2024, Algeria exported $800 million to China and imported $11.7 billion. Algeria ran a deficit of $10.9 billion with China, compared with a deficit of $5.8 billion in 2019. China was Algeria’s 2nd largest trading partner (14% of its trade), and Algeria was China’s 64th (0.2%).

Summary

Algeria → China
$800million
China → Algeria
$11.7billion
Algeria’s balance
-$10.9billion

Balance

Algeria’s trade balance with China

Trade between Algeria and China grew 43.8-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Algeria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0.8
  • Imports 11.7
  • Balance -10.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$30 million$255 million-$225 million
1996$11 thousand$213 million-$213 million
1997$12 million$179 million-$166 million
1998$147 thousand$230 million-$230 million
1999$55 million$253 million-$198 million
2000$23 million$233 million-$211 million
2001$84 million$228 million-$144 million
2002$107 million$379 million-$271 million
2003$112 million$596 million-$484 million
2004$245 million$989 million-$745 million
2005$296 million$1.4 billion-$1.1 billion
2006$153 million$1.9 billion-$1.7 billion
2007$1.1 billion$2.6 billion-$1.5 billion
2008$595 million$4.3 billion-$3.7 billion
2009$899 million$4.9 billion-$4 billion
2010$1.2 billion$4.9 billion-$3.7 billion
2011$2.1 billion$5.1 billion-$3 billion
2012$2.5 billion$6.3 billion-$3.8 billion
2013$2.2 billion$7.2 billion-$5.1 billion
2014$1.6 billion$8.7 billion-$7.1 billion
2015$585 million$8.9 billion-$8.3 billion
2016$335 million$9 billion-$8.6 billion
2017$638 million$8.4 billion-$7.8 billion
2018$1.2 billion$7.9 billion-$6.7 billion
2019$1.1 billion$6.9 billion-$5.8 billion
2020$997 million$5.6 billion-$4.6 billion
2021$1.1 billion$6.3 billion-$5.2 billion
2022$1.1 billion$6.3 billion-$5.1 billion
2023$846 million$9.5 billion-$8.6 billion
2024$800 million$11.7 billion-$10.9 billion

What they sell each other

What Algeria sells to China

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Natural gas and LPG$391 million · 48.9%
    602 thousand tonnes
  2. Refined petroleum$356 million · 44.5%
    521 thousand tonnes · Algeria’s destinations
  3. Refined copper$21 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  4. Copper scrap$18 million · 2.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Industrial fatty acids$3 million · 0.41%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Raw wool$2 million · 0.25%
    3 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  7. Natural cork stoppers and articles$2 million · 0.2%
    209 tonnes
  8. Paintings and drawings$1 million · 0.16%
  9. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$886 thousand · 0.11%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Sculptures$853 thousand · 0.11%

What China sells to Algeria

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$393 million · 3.4%
    7 thousand tonnes
  2. Air conditioners$373 million · 3.2%
    69 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Hot-rolled flat steel$343 million · 2.9%
    627 thousand tonnes
  4. Synthetic filament fabric$300 million · 2.6%
    85 thousand tonnes
  5. Cars$242 million · 2.1%
    27 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$240 million · 2.1%
    250 thousand tonnes
  7. Coated flat steel$186 million · 1.6%
    259 thousand tonnes
  8. Bulldozers and excavators$185 million · 1.6%
    52 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  9. Trucks$179 million · 1.5%
    53 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Auto parts$175 million · 1.5%
    51 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Algiers to Shanghai.

The estimated sea route between Algiers and Shanghai is 13,521 nautical miles (25,041 km) long: ≈ 31.5–40 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (13,521 nautical miles); and 15% via the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (8,927 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$11.7 billion · 94.2%
  2. Air$726 million · 5.8%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

China was Algeria’s 2nd largest trading partner (14% of its trade), and Algeria was China’s 64th (0.2%).

China in Algeria’s trade
13.6%
China’s rank among Algeria’s partners
2nd
Algeria in China’s trade
0.2%
Algeria’s rank among China’s partners
64th

Compare with

Other partners of Algeria

Other partners of China

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.