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Trade between China and Tajikistan

In 2024, China exported $3.5 billion to Tajikistan and imported $343 million. China ran a surplus of $3.2 billion with Tajikistan, compared with a surplus of $749 million in 2019. Tajikistan was China’s 98th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Tajikistan’s largest (48%).

Summary

China → Tajikistan
$3.5billion
Tajikistan → China
$343million
China’s balance
$3.2billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Tajikistan

Trade between China and Tajikistan grew 161.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 3.5
  • Imports 0.3
  • Balance +3.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$15 million$9 million$5 million
1996$8 million$4 million$4 million
1997$11 million$9 million$2 million
1998$11 million$8 million$3 million
1999$2 million$6 million-$3 million
2000$7 million$10 million-$4 million
2001$5 million$5 million-$151 thousand
2002$7 million$6 million$615 thousand
2003$20 million$18 million$2 million
2004$53 million$15 million$37 million
2005$143 million$14 million$129 million
2006$305 million$18 million$287 million
2007$513 million$10 million$503 million
2008$1.5 billion$20 million$1.5 billion
2009$1.2 billion$185 million$1 billion
2010$1.4 billion$56 million$1.3 billion
2011$2 billion$72 million$1.9 billion
2012$1.7 billion$109 million$1.6 billion
2013$1.9 billion$89 million$1.8 billion
2014$2.5 billion$48 million$2.4 billion
2015$1.8 billion$52 million$1.7 billion
2016$1.1 billion$44 million$1 billion
2017$673 million$41 million$632 million
2018$781 million$65 million$717 million
2019$812 million$63 million$749 million
2020$589 million$38 million$551 million
2021$826 million$159 million$666 million
2022$1.1 billion$405 million$652 million
2023$1.2 billion$320 million$872 million
2024$3.5 billion$343 million$3.2 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Tajikistan

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

  1. Cars$270 million · 7.7%
    31 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$206 million · 5.9%
    15 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Rubber and plastic footwear$143 million · 4.1%
    7 thousand tonnes
  4. Lamps and light fittings$100 million · 2.8%
    8 thousand tonnes
  5. Synthetic filament fabric$77 million · 2.2%
    9 thousand tonnes
  6. Porcelain tableware$77 million · 2.2%
    10 thousand tonnes
  7. Trucks$71 million · 2%
    27 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  8. 10 thousand tonnes
  9. Bags, suitcases and cases$66 million · 1.9%
    3 thousand tonnes
  10. Other footwear$63 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes

What Tajikistan sells to China

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

  1. Precious metal ore$211 million · 61.3%
    56 thousand tonnes
  2. Refined copper$46 million · 13.4%
    5 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  3. Lead ore$35 million · 10.2%
    19 thousand tonnes
  4. Raw cotton$19 million · 5.5%
    10 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  5. Other ores$19 million · 5.5%
    6 thousand tonnes
  6. Silver$4 million · 1.1%
    4 tonnes
  7. Cotton yarn$4 million · 1.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Unwrought aluminum$4 million · 1.1%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  9. Tanned cattle hides$1 million · 0.36%
    607 tonnes
  10. Silk waste$417 thousand · 0.12%
    52 tonnes

How it travels

China and Tajikistan traded $3.9 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$3.9 billion · 100%

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

How much each matters to the other

Tajikistan was China’s 98th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Tajikistan’s largest (48%).

Tajikistan in China’s trade
0.1%
Tajikistan’s rank among China’s partners
98th
China in Tajikistan’s trade
48.1%
China’s rank among Tajikistan’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.