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Trade between China and Tunisia

In 2024, China exported $2.9 billion to Tunisia and imported $446 million. China ran a surplus of $2.5 billion with Tunisia, compared with a surplus of $1.9 billion in 2019. Tunisia was China’s 106th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Tunisia’s 4th (7%).

Summary

China → Tunisia
$2.9billion
Tunisia → China
$446million
China’s balance
$2.5billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Tunisia

Trade between China and Tunisia grew 32.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.9
  • Imports 0.4
  • Balance +2.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$67 million$35 million$32 million
1996$77 million$29 million$48 million
1997$83 million$22 million$62 million
1998$95 million$42 million$54 million
1999$105 million$28 million$76 million
2000$113 million$2 million$111 million
2001$149 million$19 million$130 million
2002$171 million$35 million$137 million
2003$207 million$18 million$188 million
2004$327 million$34 million$293 million
2005$403 million$46 million$357 million
2006$521 million$59 million$462 million
2007$676 million$37 million$639 million
2008$959 million$92 million$867 million
2009$988 million$109 million$879 million
2010$1.4 billion$124 million$1.3 billion
2011$1.5 billion$214 million$1.3 billion
2012$1.8 billion$159 million$1.7 billion
2013$1.6 billion$158 million$1.4 billion
2014$1.8 billion$190 million$1.7 billion
2015$1.8 billion$172 million$1.6 billion
2016$1.9 billion$133 million$1.8 billion
2017$1.9 billion$186 million$1.7 billion
2018$2.2 billion$247 million$2 billion
2019$2.1 billion$190 million$1.9 billion
2020$2 billion$195 million$1.8 billion
2021$2.5 billion$251 million$2.2 billion
2022$2.8 billion$215 million$2.6 billion
2023$2.6 billion$200 million$2.4 billion
2024$2.9 billion$446 million$2.5 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Tunisia

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$170 million · 5.9%
    344 tonnes
  2. Computers$125 million · 4.3%
    464 tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$109 million · 3.8%
    28 thousand tonnes
  4. Cars$97 million · 3.3%
    7 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  5. Low-voltage switches and connectors$95 million · 3.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Hot-rolled flat steel$93 million · 3.2%
    139 thousand tonnes
  7. Auto parts$75 million · 2.6%
    5 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  8. Microchips$70 million · 2.4%
    70 tonnes · China’s destinations
  9. Coated flat steel$57 million · 2%
    54 thousand tonnes
  10. Synthetic filament fabric$54 million · 1.9%
    6 thousand tonnes

What Tunisia sells to China

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

  1. Refined petroleum$227 million · 50.9%
    320 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  2. Men's shirts$21 million · 4.6%
    13 tonnes
  3. Cables and wire$19 million · 4.2%
    135 tonnes · Tunisia’s destinations
  4. Copper scrap$15 million · 3.4%
    945 tonnes
  5. Women's suits and dresses$15 million · 3.4%
    82 tonnes
  6. Low-voltage switches and connectors$12 million · 2.7%
    127 tonnes
  7. Men's suits and trousers$11 million · 2.5%
    65 tonnes
  8. Centrifuges and filters$10 million · 2.2%
    114 tonnes
  9. Bags, suitcases and cases$9 million · 2.1%
    39 tonnes
  10. Other plastic articles$8 million · 1.8%
    179 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Tunis.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Tunis is 13,890 nautical miles (25,725 km) long: ≈ 32–41.5 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 (13,890 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal (8,573 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$2.2 billion · 65.2%
  2. Air$1.2 billion · 34.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Tunisia was China’s 106th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Tunisia’s 4th (7%).

Tunisia in China’s trade
0.1%
Tunisia’s rank among China’s partners
106th
China in Tunisia’s trade
6.9%
China’s rank among Tunisia’s partners
4th

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Tunisia

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.