globaltraffic.earth

Trade between China and Moldova

In 2024, China exported $1.2 billion to Moldova and imported $94 million. China ran a surplus of $1.1 billion with Moldova, compared with a surplus of $557 million in 2019. Moldova was China’s 134th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Moldova’s 3rd (10%).

Summary

China → Moldova
$1.2billion
Moldova → China
$94million
China’s balance
$1.1billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Moldova

Trade between China and Moldova grew 810.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.2
  • Imports 0.1
  • Balance +1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$876 thousand$770 thousand$107 thousand
1996$1 million$1 million-$400 thousand
1997$343 thousand$796 thousand-$453 thousand
1998$2 million$510 thousand$1 million
1999$1 million$32 thousand$1 million
2000$3 million$9 million-$6 million
2001$10 million$13 million-$3 million
2002$12 million$5 million$7 million
2003$25 million$8 million$17 million
2004$56 million$205 thousand$56 million
2005$106 million$762 thousand$106 million
2006$124 million$689 thousand$124 million
2007$206 million$2 million$203 million
2008$309 million$4 million$305 million
2009$248 million$4 million$245 million
2010$330 million$8 million$322 million
2011$401 million$14 million$388 million
2012$425 million$20 million$405 million
2013$491 million$19 million$472 million
2014$486 million$26 million$460 million
2015$375 million$22 million$353 million
2016$392 million$27 million$364 million
2017$510 million$39 million$471 million
2018$599 million$43 million$556 million
2019$600 million$42 million$557 million
2020$638 million$51 million$587 million
2021$835 million$63 million$772 million
2022$945 million$81 million$864 million
2023$1 billion$72 million$945 million
2024$1.2 billion$94 million$1.1 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Moldova

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$117 million · 9.4%
    299 tonnes
  2. Cars$62 million · 5%
    5 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Computers$59 million · 4.7%
    365 tonnes · China’s destinations
  4. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$47 million · 3.8%
    17 thousand tonnes
  5. Air conditioners$32 million · 2.6%
    5 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. New tires$27 million · 2.2%
    8 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  7. Transformers and power supplies$26 million · 2.1%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Monitors and projectors$24 million · 2%
    790 tonnes · China’s destinations
  9. Electric heaters and hair dryers$22 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Toys$21 million · 1.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations

What Moldova sells to China

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

  1. Women's coats and jackets$33 million · 35.3%
    45 tonnes
  2. Men's coats and jackets$18 million · 18.8%
    20 tonnes
  3. Cables and wire$11 million · 12.1%
    291 tonnes · China’s sources
  4. Women's knitted coats and jackets$7 million · 7.6%
    8 tonnes
  5. Wine$4 million · 4.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  6. Men's knitted coats and jackets$3 million · 3.4%
    4 tonnes
  7. Bags, suitcases and cases$2 million · 2.5%
    4 tonnes
  8. Tracksuits and swimwear$2 million · 2.3%
    12 tonnes
  9. Sweaters and pullovers$1 million · 1.4%
    4 tonnes
  10. Vehicle lights and signals$1 million · 1.3%
    2 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Constanța (Romania).

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Constanța (Romania) is 15,063 nautical miles (27,896 km) long: ≈ 35–45 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 Gibraltar, the Dardanelles and the Bosporus (15,063 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Dardanelles and the Bosporus (8,332 nautical miles).

Moldova is landlocked: it ships through Constanța (Romania).

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 billion · 76%
  2. Air$320 million · 24%

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

How much each matters to the other

Moldova was China’s 134th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Moldova’s 3rd (10%).

Moldova in China’s trade
0%
Moldova’s rank among China’s partners
134th
China in Moldova’s trade
9.8%
China’s rank among Moldova’s partners
3rd

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Moldova

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.