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$18TCURRENT US$
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111%CURRENT US$
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$21.1BCURRENT US$
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22.7%CURRENT US$
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$12,720CURRENT US$
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102%CURRENT US$
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$8,820CURRENT US$
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About

China-Gabon Trade: In 2022, China exported $583M to Gabon. The main products that China exported to Gabon were Railway Freight Cars ($46.8M), Large Construction Vehicles ($21.9M), and Processed Fish ($18.2M). Over the past 5 years the exports of China to Gabon have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.63%, from $602M in 2017 to $583M in 2022.

In 2022, China did not export any services to Gabon.

Gabon-China Trade: In 2022, Gabon exported $3.4B to China. The main products that Gabon exported to China were Crude Petroleum ($2.07B), Manganese Ore ($1.07B), and Sawn Wood ($223M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Gabon to China have increased at an annualized rate of 10%,  from $2.11B in 2017 to $3.4B in 2022.

In 2022, Gabon did not export any services to China.

Comparison: In 2022,  China ranked 22 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.12), and 1 in total exports ($3.73T). That same year, Gabon ranked 112 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.99), and 112 in total exports ($7.88B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, China exported $583M to Gabon. The main products exported from China to Gabon were Railway Freight Cars ($46.8M), Large Construction Vehicles ($21.9M), and Processed Fish ($18.2M). During the last 5 years the exports of China to Gabon have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.63%, from $602M in 2017 to $583M in 2022.

In 2017, Gabon exported $3.4B to China. The main products exported from Gabon to China were Crude Petroleum ($2.07B), Manganese Ore ($1.07B), and Sawn Wood ($223M). During the last 5 years the exports of Gabon to China have increased at an annualized rate of 10%, from $2.11B in 2022 to $3.4B in 2017.

Exports from China (Flag) to Gabon (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Gabon (Flag) to China (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

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This map shows whether countries import more from China or Gabon. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from China and Gabon or the difference in the growth in imports.

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Difference in imports from Gabon (Flag) and China (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage China - Gabon

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between China and Gabon by product, considering products traded by both, China and Gabon.

During 2022, China had a large net trade with Gabon in the exports of Machines ($147M), Transportation ($96.4M), and Metals ($92.2M).

During 2017, Gabon had a large net trade with China in the exports of Mineral Products ($3.14B), Wood Products ($249M), and Metals ($13.6M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential China Gabon+$7.6MTelephones
Top Product Potential Gabon China+$553MCrude Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of China and Gabon. This means that a dot/product with the flag of China indicates it has a comparative advantage over Gabon. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Gabon indicates it has a comparative advantage over China.

Product Space of China (Flag) and Gabon (Flag) (2022)

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