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Trade between China and Kyrgyzstan

In 2024, China exported $5.5 billion to Kyrgyzstan and imported $2.8 billion. China ran a surplus of $2.7 billion with Kyrgyzstan, compared with a surplus of $2.4 billion in 2019. Kyrgyzstan was China’s 74th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Kyrgyzstan’s largest (34%).

Summary

China → Kyrgyzstan
$5.5billion
Kyrgyzstan → China
$2.8billion
China’s balance
$2.7billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Kyrgyzstan

Trade between China and Kyrgyzstan grew 37.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 5.5
  • Imports 2.8
  • Balance +2.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$99 million$118 million-$19 million
1996$71 million$55 million$17 million
1997$71 million$36 million$35 million
1998$172 million$26 million$147 million
1999$103 million$32 million$71 million
2000$91 million$49 million$41 million
2001$88 million$28 million$60 million
2002$122 million$53 million$69 million
2003$189 million$41 million$148 million
2004$230 million$60 million$170 million
2005$376 million$107 million$269 million
2006$749 million$61 million$688 million
2007$1.4 billion$104 million$1.3 billion
2008$3.3 billion$74 million$3.2 billion
2009$1.5 billion$29 million$1.5 billion
2010$1.6 billion$46 million$1.5 billion
2011$2.2 billion$66 million$2.1 billion
2012$2.1 billion$74 million$2.1 billion
2013$2.7 billion$68 million$2.6 billion
2014$2.4 billion$40 million$2.4 billion
2015$2 billion$71 million$1.9 billion
2016$2.7 billion$84 million$2.6 billion
2017$2.1 billion$104 million$2 billion
2018$2.6 billion$68 million$2.5 billion
2019$2.5 billion$95 million$2.4 billion
2020$1.2 billion$48 million$1.2 billion
2021$2.5 billion$111 million$2.4 billion
2022$4.9 billion$86 million$4.8 billion
2023$6 billion$90 million$5.9 billion
2024$5.5 billion$2.8 billion$2.7 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Kyrgyzstan

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

  1. Cars$987 million · 18%
    114 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  2. Harvesters and farm machinery$270 million · 4.9%
    3 thousand tonnes
  3. Other nuts (almonds, walnuts)$136 million · 2.5%
    42 thousand tonnes
  4. Sorting and crushing machines$130 million · 2.4%
    32 thousand tonnes
  5. Other synthetic fiber fabric$126 million · 2.3%
    14 thousand tonnes
  6. Synthetic filament fabric$117 million · 2.1%
    17 thousand tonnes
  7. 809 tonnes
  8. 1 thousand tonnes
  9. Auto parts$80 million · 1.5%
    17 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Trucks$79 million · 1.4%
    30 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations

What Kyrgyzstan sells to China

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

  1. Gold$2.7 billion · 95.4%
    30 tonnes · Kyrgyzstan’s destinations
  2. Precious metal ore$51 million · 1.8%
    15 thousand tonnes
  3. Refined petroleum$12 million · 0.45%
    13 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  4. Unwrought lead$10 million · 0.37%
    6 thousand tonnes
  5. Tin ore$9 million · 0.34%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Coal$5 million · 0.19%
    122 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  7. Raw cotton$5 million · 0.18%
    3 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  8. Copper ore$5 million · 0.16%
    5 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  9. Other ores$4 million · 0.16%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Unwrought aluminum$4 million · 0.16%
    3 thousand tonnes · China’s sources

How it travels

China and Kyrgyzstan traded $8.3 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 100% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Land$8.3 billion · 100%

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

How much each matters to the other

Kyrgyzstan was China’s 74th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Kyrgyzstan’s largest (34%).

Kyrgyzstan in China’s trade
0.1%
Kyrgyzstan’s rank among China’s partners
74th
China in Kyrgyzstan’s trade
33.8%
China’s rank among Kyrgyzstan’s partners
1st

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Sources and methodology

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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.