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Trade between Austria and China

In 2024, Austria exported $6.6 billion to China and imported $16.3 billion. Austria ran a deficit of $9.7 billion with China, compared with a deficit of $4.7 billion in 2019. China was Austria’s 4th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Austria was China’s 40th (0.4%).

Summary

Austria → China
$6.6billion
China → Austria
$16.3billion
Austria’s balance
-$9.7billion

Balance

Austria’s trade balance with China

Trade between Austria and China grew 16.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 6.6
  • Imports 16.3
  • Balance -9.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$560 million$805 million-$245 million
1996$397 million$830 million-$432 million
1997$349 million$873 million-$524 million
1998$399 million$876 million-$477 million
1999$502 million$936 million-$433 million
2000$527 million$1.1 billion-$589 million
2001$861 million$1.2 billion-$331 million
2002$1.2 billion$1.4 billion-$120 million
2003$1.1 billion$1.9 billion-$812 million
2004$1.5 billion$2.6 billion-$1.1 billion
2005$1.7 billion$3.4 billion-$1.8 billion
2006$1.9 billion$4.4 billion-$2.5 billion
2007$2.4 billion$5.3 billion-$2.9 billion
2008$2.9 billion$7 billion-$4.1 billion
2009$3.1 billion$6.1 billion-$3 billion
2010$4 billion$6.9 billion-$3 billion
2011$4.3 billion$8.4 billion-$4.1 billion
2012$4.2 billion$8.3 billion-$4 billion
2013$4.3 billion$8.8 billion-$4.4 billion
2014$4.9 billion$9.4 billion-$4.5 billion
2015$4.2 billion$8 billion-$3.8 billion
2016$4.4 billion$8.6 billion-$4.2 billion
2017$4.8 billion$9.3 billion-$4.6 billion
2018$5.6 billion$10.4 billion-$4.7 billion
2019$6 billion$10.7 billion-$4.7 billion
2020$5.4 billion$11.3 billion-$5.9 billion
2021$6.5 billion$15.1 billion-$8.6 billion
2022$6.2 billion$17.5 billion-$11.3 billion
2023$6.2 billion$16 billion-$9.8 billion
2024$6.6 billion$16.3 billion-$9.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Austria sells to China

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

  1. Other industrial machines$1 billion · 15.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  2. Cars$595 million · 9%
    24 thousand tonnes · Austria’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$524 million · 7.9%
    2 thousand tonnes · Austria’s destinations
  4. Artificial staple fiber (viscose)$240 million · 3.6%
    81 thousand tonnes
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$214 million · 3.2%
    3 thousand tonnes · Austria’s destinations
  6. Auto parts$170 million · 2.6%
    7 thousand tonnes · Austria’s destinations
  7. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$149 million · 2.3%
    26 tonnes
  8. Spark-ignition engines$114 million · 1.7%
    5 thousand tonnes
  9. Plastic and rubber processing machines$108 million · 1.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  10. Water heaters and industrial dryers$103 million · 1.6%
    3 thousand tonnes

What China sells to Austria

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$1.5 billion · 9.1%
    4 thousand tonnes
  2. Computers$911 million · 5.6%
    4 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Cars$560 million · 3.4%
    28 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  4. Batteries$526 million · 3.2%
    21 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  5. Transformers and power supplies$460 million · 2.8%
    15 thousand tonnes
  6. Computer and office machine parts$420 million · 2.6%
    8 thousand tonnes
  7. Lamps and light fittings$295 million · 1.8%
    19 thousand tonnes
  8. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$279 million · 1.7%
    78 thousand tonnes
  9. Women's suits and dresses$267 million · 1.6%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Bags, suitcases and cases$247 million · 1.5%
    11 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Koper (Slovenia) to Shanghai.

The estimated sea route between Koper (Slovenia) and Shanghai is 14,788 nautical miles (27,387 km) long: ≈ 34–44 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 (14,788 nautical miles); and 15% via the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (8,667 nautical miles).

Austria is landlocked: it ships through Koper (Slovenia).

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$13.4 billion · 58.3%
  2. Air$9.6 billion · 41.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

China was Austria’s 4th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Austria was China’s 40th (0.4%).

China in Austria’s trade
5.8%
China’s rank among Austria’s partners
4th
Austria in China’s trade
0.4%
Austria’s rank among China’s partners
40th

Compare with

Other partners of Austria

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.