Summary
- China → Turkmenistan
- $1billion
- Turkmenistan → China
- $9.6billion
- China’s balance
- -$8.6billion
Balance
China’s trade balance with Turkmenistan
Trade between China and Turkmenistan grew 605.2-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1
- Imports 9.6
- Balance -8.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $11 million | $6 million | $5 million |
| 1996 | $8 million | $3 million | $5 million |
| 1997 | $12 million | $4 million | $8 million |
| 1998 | $10 million | $2 million | $8 million |
| 1999 | $16 million | $5 million | $11 million |
| 2000 | $25 million | $8 million | $17 million |
| 2001 | $31 million | $1 million | $30 million |
| 2002 | $87 million | $735 thousand | $86 million |
| 2003 | $79 million | $4 million | $75 million |
| 2004 | $85 million | $14 million | $71 million |
| 2005 | $91 million | $19 million | $72 million |
| 2006 | $163 million | $16 million | $147 million |
| 2007 | $302 million | $50 million | $252 million |
| 2008 | $799 million | $28 million | $771 million |
| 2009 | $916 million | $38 million | $877 million |
| 2010 | $525 million | $1 billion | -$520 million |
| 2011 | $784 million | $4.7 billion | -$3.9 billion |
| 2012 | $1.7 billion | $8.7 billion | -$7 billion |
| 2013 | $1.1 billion | $8.9 billion | -$7.8 billion |
| 2014 | $954 million | $9.5 billion | -$8.6 billion |
| 2015 | $812 million | $7.8 billion | -$7 billion |
| 2016 | $338 million | $5.6 billion | -$5.2 billion |
| 2017 | $368 million | $6.6 billion | -$6.2 billion |
| 2018 | $317 million | $6.4 billion | -$6.1 billion |
| 2019 | $431 million | $9.6 billion | -$9.2 billion |
| 2020 | $443 million | $8.5 billion | -$8.1 billion |
| 2021 | $509 million | $6.8 billion | -$6.3 billion |
| 2022 | $868 million | $10.3 billion | -$9.4 billion |
| 2023 | $957 million | $9.6 billion | -$8.7 billion |
| 2024 | $1 billion | $9.6 billion | -$8.6 billion |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Turkmenistan
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Turkmenistan sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Bandar Abbas (Iran) is 5,676 nautical miles (10,512 km) long: ≈ 13–17 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Turkmenistan is landlocked: it ships through Bandar Abbas (Iran).
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
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Turkmenistan was China’s 70th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and China was Turkmenistan’s largest (61%).
- Turkmenistan in China’s trade
- 0.2%
- Turkmenistan’s rank among China’s partners
- 70th
- China in Turkmenistan’s trade
- 61.1%
- China’s rank among Turkmenistan’s partners
- 1st
Compare with
Other partners of China
Other partners of Turkmenistan
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
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.