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Trade between China and Morocco

In 2024, China exported $10.5 billion to Morocco and imported $1.1 billion. China ran a surplus of $9.3 billion with Morocco, compared with a surplus of $4.5 billion in 2019. Morocco was China’s 67th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and China was Morocco’s 3rd (7%).

Summary

China → Morocco
$10.5billion
Morocco → China
$1.1billion
China’s balance
$9.3billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Morocco

Trade between China and Morocco grew 44.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 10.5
  • Imports 1.1
  • Balance +9.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$195 million$63 million$132 million
1996$159 million$17 million$142 million
1997$214 million$77 million$138 million
1998$268 million$79 million$189 million
1999$294 million$56 million$238 million
2000$320 million$67 million$252 million
2001$321 million$82 million$239 million
2002$400 million$120 million$279 million
2003$550 million$168 million$381 million
2004$816 million$210 million$605 million
2005$1.1 billion$279 million$833 million
2006$1.5 billion$360 million$1.1 billion
2007$2.2 billion$438 million$1.7 billion
2008$2.6 billion$455 million$2.2 billion
2009$2.6 billion$370 million$2.2 billion
2010$3.2 billion$447 million$2.7 billion
2011$3.2 billion$458 million$2.8 billion
2012$3.2 billion$531 million$2.7 billion
2013$3.4 billion$605 million$2.8 billion
2014$3.6 billion$551 million$3.1 billion
2015$3.2 billion$514 million$2.7 billion
2016$3.9 billion$477 million$3.4 billion
2017$4.1 billion$592 million$3.5 billion
2018$4.8 billion$672 million$4.1 billion
2019$5.1 billion$622 million$4.5 billion
2020$5.5 billion$536 million$4.9 billion
2021$7 billion$704 million$6.3 billion
2022$7.4 billion$706 million$6.7 billion
2023$7.7 billion$770 million$6.9 billion
2024$10.5 billion$1.1 billion$9.3 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Morocco

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$476 million · 4.6%
    5 thousand tonnes
  2. Other knitted fabric$318 million · 3%
    63 thousand tonnes
  3. Auto parts$285 million · 2.7%
    50 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  4. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$265 million · 2.5%
    69 thousand tonnes
  5. Synthetic filament fabric$227 million · 2.2%
    34 thousand tonnes
  6. Computers$225 million · 2.2%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  7. Tea$225 million · 2.2%
    77 thousand tonnes
  8. Air conditioners$197 million · 1.9%
    26 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  9. Motorcycles$190 million · 1.8%
    37 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Rayon fabric$188 million · 1.8%
    25 thousand tonnes

What Morocco sells to China

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

  1. Refined copper$308 million · 27.2%
    34 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  2. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$138 million · 12.2%
    42 tonnes
  3. Microchips$135 million · 11.9%
    58 tonnes · China’s sources
  4. Copper ore$96 million · 8.5%
    80 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  5. Lead ore$64 million · 5.7%
    51 thousand tonnes
  6. Zinc ore$49 million · 4.4%
    65 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  7. Precious metal ore$44 million · 3.9%
    19 thousand tonnes
  8. Women's suits and dresses$29 million · 2.6%
    388 tonnes
  9. Unrefined copper$18 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Other industrial machines$17 million · 1.5%
    60 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Tangier.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Tangier is 13,070 nautical miles (24,205 km) long: ≈ 30.5–39 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore and the Cape of Good Hope (13,070 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar (9,376 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$9.8 billion · 84.9%
  2. Air$1.7 billion · 15.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

Morocco was China’s 67th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and China was Morocco’s 3rd (7%).

Morocco in China’s trade
0.2%
Morocco’s rank among China’s partners
67th
China in Morocco’s trade
7.5%
China’s rank among Morocco’s partners
3rd

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Morocco

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.