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Trade between China and Slovakia

In 2024, China exported $8.7 billion to Slovakia and imported $4.1 billion. China ran a surplus of $4.6 billion with Slovakia, compared with a surplus of $3.5 billion in 2019. Slovakia was China’s 62nd largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and China was Slovakia’s 5th (6%).

Summary

China → Slovakia
$8.7billion
Slovakia → China
$4.1billion
China’s balance
$4.6billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Slovakia

Trade between China and Slovakia grew 134.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 8.7
  • Imports 4.1
  • Balance +4.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$64 million$31 million$33 million
1996$82 million$54 million$27 million
1997$119 million$14 million$105 million
1998$154 million$5 million$149 million
1999$141 million$7 million$135 million
2000$181 million$22 million$159 million
2001$228 million$21 million$207 million
2002$339 million$56 million$283 million
2003$542 million$159 million$382 million
2004$769 million$151 million$619 million
2005$1.1 billion$214 million$869 million
2006$1.6 billion$409 million$1.2 billion
2007$3 billion$926 million$2.1 billion
2008$4.1 billion$832 million$3.2 billion
2009$3.1 billion$861 million$2.2 billion
2010$4 billion$1.6 billion$2.4 billion
2011$4.7 billion$2.7 billion$2 billion
2012$4.8 billion$2.6 billion$2.2 billion
2013$6 billion$3.1 billion$2.9 billion
2014$6.5 billion$2.8 billion$3.7 billion
2015$6.8 billion$1.8 billion$5 billion
2016$6.1 billion$1.5 billion$4.7 billion
2017$6.7 billion$1.6 billion$5.1 billion
2018$5.7 billion$3.3 billion$2.4 billion
2019$5.7 billion$2.2 billion$3.5 billion
2020$5.6 billion$2.6 billion$3 billion
2021$7.6 billion$3 billion$4.6 billion
2022$8.6 billion$3 billion$5.6 billion
2023$8.5 billion$3.1 billion$5.5 billion
2024$8.7 billion$4.1 billion$4.6 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Slovakia

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$892 million · 10.3%
    12 thousand tonnes
  2. Auto parts$577 million · 6.7%
    54 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Batteries$458 million · 5.3%
    12 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  4. Computers$285 million · 3.3%
    1 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  5. Cars$261 million · 3%
    16 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Transformers and power supplies$242 million · 2.8%
    8 thousand tonnes
  7. Electric heaters and hair dryers$210 million · 2.4%
    20 thousand tonnes
  8. Microchips$195 million · 2.3%
    925 tonnes · China’s destinations
  9. Air pumps, compressors and fans$190 million · 2.2%
    10 thousand tonnes
  10. Computer and office machine parts$185 million · 2.1%
    4 thousand tonnes

What Slovakia sells to China

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

  1. Cars$3.1 billion · 75.4%
    117 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$193 million · 4.8%
    7 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  3. Vehicle lights and signals$82 million · 2%
    466 tonnes
  4. Control panels$69 million · 1.7%
    381 tonnes
  5. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$60 million · 1.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Logs$42 million · 1%
    165 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  7. Ball and roller bearings$36 million · 0.89%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Air pumps, compressors and fans$36 million · 0.87%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Cables and wire$33 million · 0.81%
    972 tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  10. Centrifuges and filters$33 million · 0.8%
    631 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Koper (Slovenia).

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Koper (Slovenia) is 14,788 nautical miles (27,387 km) long: ≈ 34–44 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 (14,788 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal (8,667 nautical miles).

Slovakia is landlocked: it ships through Koper (Slovenia).

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$9.9 billion · 77.6%
  2. Air$2.9 billion · 22.4%

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

How much each matters to the other

Slovakia was China’s 62nd largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and China was Slovakia’s 5th (6%).

Slovakia in China’s trade
0.2%
Slovakia’s rank among China’s partners
62nd
China in Slovakia’s trade
5.9%
China’s rank among Slovakia’s partners
5th

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Other partners of China

Other partners of Slovakia

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.