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Trade between China and Denmark

In 2024, China exported $10.2 billion to Denmark and imported $5.7 billion. China ran a surplus of $4.5 billion with Denmark, compared with a surplus of $2.1 billion in 2019. Denmark was China’s 56th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and China was Denmark’s 4th (7%).

Summary

China → Denmark
$10.2billion
Denmark → China
$5.7billion
China’s balance
$4.5billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Denmark

Trade between China and Denmark grew 14.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 10.2
  • Imports 5.7
  • Balance +4.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$777 million$318 million$459 million
1996$819 million$386 million$433 million
1997$608 million$346 million$261 million
1998$976 million$343 million$633 million
1999$1.2 billion$405 million$835 million
2000$1.4 billion$572 million$783 million
2001$1.3 billion$628 million$689 million
2002$1.4 billion$707 million$726 million
2003$2.1 billion$983 million$1.1 billion
2004$2.7 billion$1.2 billion$1.5 billion
2005$3.6 billion$1.2 billion$2.4 billion
2006$4.5 billion$1.3 billion$3.2 billion
2007$5.6 billion$1.9 billion$3.7 billion
2008$6.5 billion$2.6 billion$4 billion
2009$5.4 billion$2.4 billion$3 billion
2010$6.6 billion$2.6 billion$4 billion
2011$6.8 billion$2.9 billion$4 billion
2012$6.5 billion$3 billion$3.5 billion
2013$6.7 billion$3.6 billion$3.1 billion
2014$7.4 billion$4.2 billion$3.2 billion
2015$6.7 billion$4.2 billion$2.4 billion
2016$6.4 billion$4.4 billion$2 billion
2017$7.2 billion$4.4 billion$2.7 billion
2018$7.8 billion$4.6 billion$3.2 billion
2019$7.4 billion$5.2 billion$2.1 billion
2020$7.8 billion$6 billion$1.8 billion
2021$12.2 billion$7.2 billion$5 billion
2022$10.6 billion$5.8 billion$4.8 billion
2023$8.7 billion$5.9 billion$2.8 billion
2024$10.2 billion$5.7 billion$4.5 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Denmark

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

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$982 million · 9.6%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  2. Women's suits and dresses$264 million · 2.6%
    9 thousand tonnes
  3. Lamps and light fittings$248 million · 2.4%
    18 thousand tonnes
  4. Furniture$220 million · 2.2%
    79 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  5. Sweaters and pullovers$211 million · 2.1%
    8 thousand tonnes
  6. Seats and chairs$211 million · 2.1%
    54 thousand tonnes
  7. Transformers and power supplies$205 million · 2%
    12 thousand tonnes
  8. Valves and taps$195 million · 1.9%
    18 thousand tonnes
  9. Toys$170 million · 1.7%
    12 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Other plastic articles$151 million · 1.5%
    24 thousand tonnes

What Denmark sells to China

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

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1.1 billion · 19.5%
    1 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  2. Hormones$1.1 billion · 19.4%
    2 tonnes
  3. Frozen fish$312 million · 5.5%
    59 thousand tonnes
  4. Edible offal$265 million · 4.6%
    140 thousand tonnes
  5. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$169 million · 3%
    21 thousand tonnes
  6. Pork$131 million · 2.3%
    58 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$117 million · 2%
    365 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  8. Liquid pumps$111 million · 2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Valves and taps$108 million · 1.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Fresh fish$108 million · 1.9%
    9 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Aarhus.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Aarhus is 14,732 nautical miles (27,283 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 Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (14,732 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (11,216 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$10.3 billion · 64.8%
  2. Air$5.6 billion · 35.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

Denmark was China’s 56th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and China was Denmark’s 4th (7%).

Denmark in China’s trade
0.3%
Denmark’s rank among China’s partners
56th
China in Denmark’s trade
6.7%
China’s rank among Denmark’s partners
4th

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Denmark

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.