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Trade between China and North Macedonia

In 2024, China exported $1.1 billion to North Macedonia and imported $104 million. China ran a surplus of $1 billion with North Macedonia, compared with a surplus of $361 million in 2019. North Macedonia was China’s 138th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was North Macedonia’s 5th (6%).

Summary

China → North Macedonia
$1.1billion
North Macedonia → China
$104million
China’s balance
$1billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with North Macedonia

Trade between China and North Macedonia grew 265.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.1
  • Imports 0.1
  • Balance +1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$5 million$28 thousand$5 million
1996$4 million$2 million$2 million
1997$6 million$172 thousand$6 million
1998$8 million$229 thousand$8 million
1999$13 million$340 thousand$13 million
2000$16 million$797 thousand$15 million
2001$22 million$503 thousand$21 million
2002$30 million$638 thousand$29 million
2003$56 million$15 million$41 million
2004$83 million$2 million$80 million
2005$116 million$12 million$104 million
2006$139 million$3 million$136 million
2007$250 million$10 million$240 million
2008$321 million$14 million$307 million
2009$291 million$16 million$275 million
2010$293 million$93 million$200 million
2011$358 million$144 million$214 million
2012$374 million$165 million$209 million
2013$379 million$117 million$263 million
2014$434 million$96 million$338 million
2015$404 million$151 million$253 million
2016$451 million$55 million$395 million
2017$443 million$95 million$348 million
2018$520 million$77 million$443 million
2019$544 million$183 million$361 million
2020$600 million$191 million$409 million
2021$762 million$224 million$538 million
2022$992 million$81 million$911 million
2023$1.1 billion$123 million$940 million
2024$1.1 billion$104 million$1 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to North Macedonia

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

  1. Hot-rolled flat steel$71 million · 6.2%
    114 thousand tonnes
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$67 million · 5.9%
    192 tonnes
  3. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$57 million · 5%
    17 thousand tonnes
  4. Printed circuit boards$53 million · 4.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Air conditioners$39 million · 3.4%
    5 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Computers$37 million · 3.2%
    216 tonnes · China’s destinations
  7. Generating sets$32 million · 2.8%
    6 thousand tonnes
  8. Low-voltage switches and connectors$25 million · 2.2%
    667 tonnes
  9. Monitors and projectors$23 million · 2%
    896 tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Transformers and power supplies$22 million · 1.9%
    927 tonnes

What North Macedonia sells to China

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

  1. Marble and travertine$36 million · 35%
    74 thousand tonnes
  2. Ferroalloys$35 million · 33.5%
    5 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  3. Electric motors and generators$11 million · 10.9%
    350 tonnes
  4. Control panels$3 million · 3%
    8 tonnes
  5. Low-voltage switches and connectors$2 million · 2.1%
    30 tonnes
  6. Cables and wire$2 million · 1.9%
    35 tonnes · China’s sources
  7. Elevators, escalators and conveyors$2 million · 1.7%
    30 tonnes
  8. Sweaters and pullovers$2 million · 1.6%
    5 tonnes
  9. Catalysts$893 thousand · 0.86%
    3 tonnes
  10. Clothes dryers and textile finishing machines$866 thousand · 0.83%
    10 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Thessaloniki (Greece).

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Thessaloniki (Greece) is 14,803 nautical miles (27,416 km) long: ≈ 34.5–44 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 and the Strait of Gibraltar (14,803 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal (8,070 nautical miles).

North Macedonia is landlocked: it ships through Thessaloniki (Greece).

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$998 million · 79.8%
  2. Air$253 million · 20.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

North Macedonia was China’s 138th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was North Macedonia’s 5th (6%).

North Macedonia in China’s trade
0%
North Macedonia’s rank among China’s partners
138th
China in North Macedonia’s trade
5.7%
China’s rank among North Macedonia’s partners
5th

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of North Macedonia

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.