Table 2 The average bilateral trade cost between China and 86 counties or regions from 2000 to 2013

Low (0, 1]

Chile 0.97, Philippines 0.95, Holland 0.91, Indonesia 0.90, Russia 0.89, Saudi Arabia 0.88, Australia 0.87, Germany 0.81, Belgium 0.80, United States 0.79, Vietnam 0.73, Thailand 0.72, Japan 0.67, Korea 0.57, Malaysia 0.47, Singapore 0.44, China Hong Kong 0.24

Middle and low (1, 2]

Zambia 1.89, Mozambique 1.87, Paraguay 1.85, Ethiopia 1.84, Madagascar 1.84, Tanzania 1.82, Greece 1.82, Slovenia 1.81, Ecuador 1.80, Ivory Coast 1.79, Sri Lanka 1.78, Portugal 1.77, Venezuela 1.74, Bulgaria 1.71, Morocco 1.68, Costa Rica 1.65, Malta 1.65, Luxemburg 1.59, Jordan 1.58, Slovakia 1.56, Egypt 1.56, Estonia 1.55, Romania 1.55, Uruguay 1.53, Algeria 1.50, Benin 1.46, Norway 1.43, Turkey 1.42, Poland 1.40, Mexico 1.32, Czech 1.31, Israel 1.31, Denmark 1.31, Oman 1.31, Spain 1.31, Switzerland 1.29, Ireland 1.27, Argentina 1.27, New Zealand 1.24, Peru 1.24, Sweden 1.22, Ukraine 1.20, Hungary 1.16, Finland 1.15, South Africa 1.13, Italy 1.12, France 1.12, United Kingdom 1.10, Brazil 1.10, India 1.09, Kazakhstan 1.09, Canada 1.05

Middle and high (2,3]

Botswana 2.78, Salvatore 2.62, Uganda 2.52, Nicaragua 2.49, Guatemala 2.22, Cyprus 2.22, Kyrgyzstan 2.18, Croatia 2.17, Mauritius 2.16, Senegal 2.15, Guyana 2.10, Latvia 2.10, Tunisia 2.05, Jamaica 2.03, Lithuania 2.02, Lebanon 2.00

High (3, + _∞ ∘)

Austria 3.90