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Trade between Bosnia and Herzegovina and China

In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina exported $88 million to China and imported $1.5 billion. Bosnia and Herzegovina ran a deficit of $1.4 billion with China, compared with a deficit of $772 million in 2019. China was Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 5th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Bosnia and Herzegovina was China’s 128th (0%).

Summary

Bosnia and Herzegovina → China
$88million
China → Bosnia and Herzegovina
$1.5billion
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s balance
-$1.4billion

Balance

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s trade balance with China

Trade between Bosnia and Herzegovina and China grew 16,220.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.1
  • Imports 1.5
  • Balance -1.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$4 thousand$95 thousand-$91 thousand
1996$0$77 thousand-$77 thousand
1997$0$209 thousand-$209 thousand
1998$125 thousand$204 thousand-$79 thousand
1999$311 thousand$564 thousand-$253 thousand
2000$2 million$2 million$930 thousand
2001$674 thousand$2 million-$869 thousand
2002$383 thousand$3 million-$3 million
2003$563 thousand$61 million-$61 million
2004$650 thousand$111 million-$111 million
2005$104 million$240 million-$136 million
2006$120 million$259 million-$139 million
2007$24 million$416 million-$392 million
2008$5 million$562 million-$557 million
2009$12 million$376 million-$364 million
2010$18 million$443 million-$425 million
2011$22 million$550 million-$529 million
2012$19 million$535 million-$516 million
2013$16 million$625 million-$609 million
2014$26 million$941 million-$915 million
2015$46 million$618 million-$572 million
2016$36 million$616 million-$580 million
2017$43 million$681 million-$638 million
2018$58 million$806 million-$749 million
2019$57 million$829 million-$772 million
2020$50 million$791 million-$741 million
2021$100 million$1 billion-$923 million
2022$73 million$1.2 billion-$1.2 billion
2023$59 million$1.5 billion-$1.4 billion
2024$88 million$1.5 billion-$1.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Bosnia and Herzegovina sells to China

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

  1. Women's coats and jackets$29 million · 32.6%
    28 tonnes
  2. Sawn wood$9 million · 9.8%
    16 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  3. Logs$7 million · 7.4%
    22 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  4. Men's coats and jackets$6 million · 7.3%
    8 tonnes
  5. Auto parts$5 million · 5.7%
    158 tonnes · China’s sources
  6. Rubber and plastic footwear$5 million · 5.5%
    29 tonnes
  7. Wood veneer sheets$4 million · 4.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Lead ore$4 million · 4.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Sulfides$1 million · 1.5%
    229 tonnes
  10. Printers and printing machines$1 million · 1.4%
    63 tonnes

What China sells to Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$85 million · 5.6%
    433 tonnes
  2. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$70 million · 4.6%
    29 thousand tonnes
  3. Air conditioners$60 million · 4%
    8 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  4. Coated flat steel$53 million · 3.5%
    53 thousand tonnes
  5. Computers$40 million · 2.6%
    373 tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Monitors and projectors$34 million · 2.2%
    1 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  7. Auto parts$31 million · 2%
    6 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  8. New tires$28 million · 1.8%
    9 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  9. Toys$28 million · 1.8%
    4 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Computer and office machine parts$24 million · 1.6%
    942 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Neum to Shanghai.

The estimated sea route between Neum and Shanghai is 14,607 nautical miles (27,053 km) long: ≈ 34–43.5 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 (14,607 nautical miles); and 15% via the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (8,485 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$1.4 billion · 84.9%
  2. Air$244 million · 15.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

China was Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 5th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Bosnia and Herzegovina was China’s 128th (0%).

China in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s trade
6.3%
China’s rank among Bosnia and Herzegovina’s partners
5th
Bosnia and Herzegovina in China’s trade
0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s rank among China’s partners
128th

Compare with

Other partners of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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.