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Trade between China and Estonia

In 2024, China exported $2.3 billion to Estonia and imported $302 million. China ran a surplus of $2 billion with Estonia, compared with a surplus of $1.2 billion in 2019. Estonia was China’s 115th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Estonia’s 5th (6%).

Summary

China → Estonia
$2.3billion
Estonia → China
$302million
China’s balance
$2billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Estonia

Trade between China and Estonia grew 161.5-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.3
  • Imports 0.3
  • Balance +2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$13 million$3 million$11 million
1996$18 million$649 thousand$18 million
1997$27 million$4 million$23 million
1998$37 million$10 million$27 million
1999$48 million$5 million$43 million
2000$159 million$11 million$148 million
2001$181 million$18 million$163 million
2002$274 million$39 million$235 million
2003$343 million$44 million$298 million
2004$427 million$41 million$386 million
2005$651 million$68 million$583 million
2006$802 million$306 million$496 million
2007$937 million$111 million$826 million
2008$1 billion$104 million$899 million
2009$640 million$102 million$537 million
2010$952 million$186 million$766 million
2011$1.5 billion$368 million$1.1 billion
2012$1.5 billion$157 million$1.3 billion
2013$1.5 billion$212 million$1.3 billion
2014$1.5 billion$255 million$1.3 billion
2015$1.3 billion$253 million$1 billion
2016$1.3 billion$230 million$1.1 billion
2017$1.5 billion$292 million$1.2 billion
2018$1.7 billion$262 million$1.4 billion
2019$1.5 billion$303 million$1.2 billion
2020$1.6 billion$325 million$1.3 billion
2021$2.1 billion$292 million$1.8 billion
2022$2.4 billion$300 million$2.1 billion
2023$2.1 billion$341 million$1.8 billion
2024$2.3 billion$302 million$2 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Estonia

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$340 million · 15%
    495 tonnes
  2. Computers$136 million · 6%
    630 tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Phones and telecom equipment$72 million · 3.2%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$58 million · 2.6%
    18 thousand tonnes
  5. Batteries$53 million · 2.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Computer and office machine parts$53 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  7. Cars$49 million · 2.2%
    3 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  8. Toys$49 million · 2.2%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  9. Vacuum cleaners$42 million · 1.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Video recorders and players$42 million · 1.8%
    110 tonnes

What Estonia sells to China

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

  1. Peat$51 million · 17%
    315 thousand tonnes
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$38 million · 12.5%
    289 tonnes
  3. Discs and storage media$18 million · 5.8%
    1 tonne
  4. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$17 million · 5.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Water heaters and industrial dryers$14 million · 4.7%
    108 tonnes
  6. Phones and telecom equipment$13 million · 4.2%
    70 tonnes
  7. Gallium, germanium, chromium and other metals$11 million · 3.8%
    88 tonnes
  8. Transformers and power supplies$11 million · 3.6%
    476 tonnes
  9. Copper scrap$9 million · 2.9%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Clasps, buckles and hooks$9 million · 2.8%
    488 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Tallinn.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Tallinn is 15,310 nautical miles (28,355 km) long: ≈ 35.5–45.5 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, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (15,310 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (11,795 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$1.5 billion · 58.5%
  2. Air$1.1 billion · 41.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

Estonia was China’s 115th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Estonia’s 5th (6%).

Estonia in China’s trade
0%
Estonia’s rank among China’s partners
115th
China in Estonia’s trade
6.2%
China’s rank among Estonia’s partners
5th

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Estonia

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.