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Trade between China and Jordan

In 2024, China exported $4.8 billion to Jordan and imported $442 million. China ran a surplus of $4.4 billion with Jordan, compared with a surplus of $2.8 billion in 2019. Jordan was China’s 90th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Jordan’s largest (17%).

Summary

China → Jordan
$4.8billion
Jordan → China
$442million
China’s balance
$4.4billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Jordan

Trade between China and Jordan grew 36.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 4.8
  • Imports 0.4
  • Balance +4.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$119 million$23 million$96 million
1996$92 million$16 million$76 million
1997$131 million$43 million$88 million
1998$150 million$42 million$108 million
1999$157 million$67 million$90 million
2000$216 million$98 million$118 million
2001$286 million$90 million$196 million
2002$394 million$105 million$289 million
2003$565 million$96 million$469 million
2004$802 million$127 million$675 million
2005$1.1 billion$117 million$941 million
2006$1.2 billion$82 million$1.1 billion
2007$1.3 billion$144 million$1.2 billion
2008$1.9 billion$223 million$1.6 billion
2009$1.7 billion$156 million$1.5 billion
2010$1.8 billion$265 million$1.5 billion
2011$2.2 billion$446 million$1.8 billion
2012$2.4 billion$474 million$1.9 billion
2013$2.8 billion$265 million$2.5 billion
2014$2.8 billion$443 million$2.3 billion
2015$3 billion$500 million$2.5 billion
2016$3.1 billion$334 million$2.7 billion
2017$3 billion$434 million$2.6 billion
2018$2.9 billion$312 million$2.6 billion
2019$3.4 billion$630 million$2.8 billion
2020$2.7 billion$577 million$2.1 billion
2021$3.2 billion$502 million$2.7 billion
2022$4.1 billion$994 million$3.1 billion
2023$4.6 billion$1 billion$3.5 billion
2024$4.8 billion$442 million$4.4 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Jordan

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

  1. Other knitted fabric$286 million · 5.9%
    55 thousand tonnes
  2. Cars$212 million · 4.4%
    24 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Hot-rolled flat steel$130 million · 2.7%
    238 thousand tonnes
  4. Synthetic filament fabric$120 million · 2.5%
    27 thousand tonnes
  5. Air conditioners$111 million · 2.3%
    18 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Cameras and broadcast equipment$103 million · 2.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Rubber and plastic footwear$92 million · 1.9%
    11 thousand tonnes
  8. Lamps and light fittings$89 million · 1.9%
    9 thousand tonnes
  9. Coated flat steel$89 million · 1.9%
    125 thousand tonnes
  10. Knitted plush and terry fabric$73 million · 1.5%
    18 thousand tonnes

What Jordan sells to China

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

  1. Phenol derivatives$122 million · 27.7%
    52 thousand tonnes
  2. Potash fertilizers$111 million · 25.2%
    374 thousand tonnes
  3. Natural phosphates$77 million · 17.4%
    793 thousand tonnes
  4. Other inorganic acids and nonmetal oxides$50 million · 11.4%
    38 thousand tonnes
  5. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine$27 million · 6.1%
    11 thousand tonnes
  6. Copper scrap$12 million · 2.7%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. T-shirts$10 million · 2.3%
    122 tonnes
  8. Aluminum scrap$7 million · 1.7%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Sweaters and pullovers$5 million · 1.2%
    85 tonnes
  10. Makeup and skin care$2 million · 0.54%
    8 tonnes · China’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Aqaba.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Aqaba is 7,196 nautical miles (13,327 km) long: ≈ 16.5–21.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore; and Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.

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$5 billion · 95.8%
  2. Air$220 million · 4.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

Jordan was China’s 90th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Jordan’s largest (17%).

Jordan in China’s trade
0.1%
Jordan’s rank among China’s partners
90th
China in Jordan’s trade
16.6%
China’s rank among Jordan’s partners
1st

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Jordan

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.