In August 2025, China’s total exports surged by *** percent year-over-year. This marked a decrease compared to the previous month.Export industry developmentIn the past decade, China has been the largest exporter of goods in the world, accounting for nearly ***** percent of the total global merchandise exports as of 2023. The country’s exports dropped significantly the year after the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, yet reached its record growth of 31.3 percent in 2010. Chinese export growth has been decelerating as a result of the Sino-U.S. trade war between 2017 and 2020. The outbreak of the global Coronavirus pandemic, however, provided the country with a new opportunity in its export trade. That year, China recorded over ** percent year-on-year growth in exports.Export partnersASEAN countries, the the United States, and European Union were China’s leading export trade partners in 2024. These regions accounted for around ********** of all exports from China that year. That year, China also hit another record for exports to countries along the BRI (belt-and-road initiative).

China Exports to United States was US$525.65 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. China Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on November of 2025.

In 2024, the ASEAN was the largest export destination for China. The value of China's exports to the ASEAN member states exceeded **** trillion yuan, increasing slightly from the previous year.

China Export: Asia: United Arab Emirates data was reported at 5.741 USD bn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.242 USD bn for Feb 2025. China Export: Asia: United Arab Emirates data is updated monthly, averaging 2.353 USD bn from Jan 2001 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 291 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.906 USD bn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 146.587 USD mn in Jan 2001. China Export: Asia: United Arab Emirates data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Administration of Customs. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s International Trade – Table CN.JA: USD: Trade by Country.

China Export: Latin America: Mexico data was reported at 7.462 USD bn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.249 USD bn for Feb 2025. China Export: Latin America: Mexico data is updated monthly, averaging 2.306 USD bn from Jan 2001 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 291 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.570 USD bn in Aug 2024 and a record low of 93.780 USD mn in Jan 2001. China Export: Latin America: Mexico data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Administration of Customs. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s International Trade – Table CN.JA: USD: Trade by Country.

In 2023, Morocco remained China's largest tea export destination, with an annual tea import volume of approximately ****** metric tons. Around ** percent of China's tea exports that year were shipped to Morocco.Tea market in ChinaChina is the largest tea producer and exporter in the world. In 2023, tea output reached **** million metric tons, coming mostly from the southern subtropical regions of the country. Green tea is by far the most consumed and exported variety of Chinese teas. Black tea, on the other hand, has traditionally been seen as a foreign beverage, even though it originates from China. China’s relatively recent black tea drinking habit has been strongly influenced by the British culture, boosting black tea imports and consumption.Chinese tea export marketsIn 2023, China exported around ***** thousand metric tons of tea, worth nearly **** billion U.S. dollars. The majority of it went to Northern and Western African countries, with Morocco at the forefront of the leading importers. In 2019, Morocco was chosen to open China’s first tea company in Africa, signaling China’s growing presence in the continent. Uzbekistan, where tea is an integral part of a daily life, was the third-largest Chinese tea customer in 2023, importing over ** thousand metric tons of tea.

Exports to Latin America in China decreased to 18889718.37 USD Thousand in February from 22057751.72 USD Thousand in January of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for China Exports To Latin America.

In 2024, around **** percent of the cross-border e-commerce exports in China were sold to buyers in the United States. Meanwhile, United Kingdom accounted for about **** percent of the Chinese cross-border e-commerce export market.

In 2024, the trade value between China and all countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) reached ***** trillion yuan. The trade volume increased by *** percent compared to the previous year. Figures for years before 2023 were calculated according to a different methodology, which used a less broad definition of BRI countries (see details section).

In 2024, the total value of the U.S. trade in goods with China amounted to around *** billion U.S. dollars composed of a ****** billion U.S. dollars export value and a ****** billion U.S. dollars import value. This represented a negative trade balance of ***** billion U.S. dollars.

Graph and download economic data for Exports: Value Goods to European Union (15 countries) from China (DISCONTINUED) (XTEXVA04CNA667N) from 1993 to 2008 about China, trade, exports, and goods.

China Export: Asia: Lebanon data was reported at 237.624 USD mn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 101.916 USD mn for Feb 2025. China Export: Asia: Lebanon data is updated monthly, averaging 119.197 USD mn from Jan 2001 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 291 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 315.588 USD mn in Jan 2014 and a record low of 10.539 USD mn in Aug 2006. China Export: Asia: Lebanon data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Administration of Customs. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s International Trade – Table CN.JA: USD: Trade by Country.

China recorded a trade surplus of 90.07 USD Billion in October of 2025. This dataset provides - China Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2020, the trade value between China and countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) grew to **** trillion U.S. dollars or *** trillion yuan. The largest share of the trade volume was directed towards BRI countries in Asia, accounting for **** percent of the total trade value.

China's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$3.58 Trillion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. China's main export partners were: the United States, Hong Kong and Vietnam. The top three export commodities were: Electrical, electronic equipment; Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers and Vehicles other than railway, tramway. Total Imports were valued at US$2.59 Trillion. In 2024, China had a trade surplus of US$991.41 Billion.

From the 11th to the 15th century, China was the most powerful trading and military power in the Indian Ocean. However, in the 1400s, resources were diverted away from international trade in order to improve internal infrastructure and northern defenses, and domestic trade was prioritized. From this time, China's presence at sea decreased significantly, and whatever naval resources it had were spent on defense, not trade. Following the Portuguese arrival in India at the turn of the 16th century, European merchants requested trade with China in the 1510s and 1520s, but were denied both times. This changed however in 1557, as the Portuguese took control of Macau, and the arrival of silver from the Americas opened entry into Chinese markets. Portuguese seize opportunities As part of its previous isolationist policies, Chinese authorities had prohibited its citizens from trade via sea with other regions of Asia, alongside many other trade restrictions. Smuggling and piracy were rampant, particularly between China and Japan, but this changed under the Portuguese. China removed many of its trade barriers in the 1560s, but maintained its embargo on Japan; this allowed Portuguese merchants to then become intermediaries and facilitate trade between China and Japan as formal relations between the two countries were often hostile. The discovery of rich silver deposits in Japan in the 1530s also made it one of the most prosperous trading partners for Europeans for roughly 100 years, and Japanese silver made up over 70 percent of the silver imported into China from the selected regions shown here. In early decades the Portuguese did export goods to China, but eventually prioritized their shipping networks in Asia, facilitating trade between China, India, Indonesia, and Japan. These routes were quicker, safer, and more profitable than the much longer trade routes with Europe, and this saw Portuguese prosperity soar for almost a century, before their position in Asia was usurped by the Dutch in the mid-1600s. The Spanish Philippines During the given period, Spanish colonization and overseas expansion was largely concentrated in the Americas, with the major exception being the Philippines. King Philip II, whom the country remains named after, ordered the annexation of the islands in 1564 and effective control was established by 1571. The majority of Spanish silver (taken from Mexico) then entered China via Chinese merchants trading in Manilla, unlike the Portuguese model which actively pursued trade on the Chinese mainland. In comparison to the wealth the Spanish gained from colonizing the Americas, profits from trade in Asia were relatively small, and eventually declined over the 17th century.

Mainland China remained Taiwan’s largest merchandise import partner in 2024, with an import value of approximately **** billion U.S. dollars. Around **** billion U.S. dollars worth of goods were exported from Taiwan to mainland China in the same year, leaving a trade surplus of around ***** billion U.S. dollars. Trade between mainland China and Taiwan Regardless of the ever-changing cross-strait relations, Taiwan’s economy largely relies on its trade with mainland China. Taiwan’s trade surplus with China has increased significantly in recent decades, making mainland China and Hong Kong its most crucial trade surplus sources. While imports from China were mostly raw materials, Taiwan’s main commodity exports to mainland China are machinery and electrical equipment such as integrated circuits. New Southbound Policy To limit its trade dependency on mainland China, the government of Taiwan has introduced a new trade initiative, which aims to strengthen the regional relations with ASEAN, South Asian countries, Australia, and New Zealand. By implementing the New Southbound Policy, Taiwan hopes to enhance diplomatic and economic collaboration and achieve a free exchange of resources and talent within the region. In 2024, the total export value from Taiwan to countries of the New Southbound Policy amounted to around **** billion U.S. dollars.

In 2024, Brazil was the largest beef supplier in China, accounting for approximately ** percent of China's total beef import volume that year. Argentina and Uruguay were also China's leading beef import partners that year, making up, respectively, around ** and **** percent of the total import volume.

In 2024, China imported a total of around ****million metric tons of sugar, while nearly *** million metric tons were from Brazil. South Korea, which ranked second among all sugar-exporting countries to China, exported nearly ******* metric tons that year.

In 2021, China exported chemicals to the United States with a value of around ** billion U.S. dollars, making the North American country China's largest trade partner for chemical exports. Ranking second that year was India, with an export value of approximately **** billion U.S. dollars.