In most countries, imports from China account for less than 10% of GDP, even where China is the top partner

In most countries, imports from China account for less than 10% of GDP, even where China is the top partner

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In most countries, imports from China account for less than 10% of GDP \ stacker news ~charts_and_numbers

China is the top source of imports for many countries. But this tells us only how China compares with other trading partners, not how large these imports are relative to the size of each country’s economy. That is what this map shows. The map plots the total value of merchandise imports from China as a share of each importing country’s GDP. The data shows that Chinese imports are relatively small when compared with the overall size of the import…