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China's total Imports in 2024 were valued at US$2.59 Trillion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. China's main import partners were: South Korea, the United States and Japan. The top three import commodities were: Electrical, electronic equipment; Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products and Ores slag and ash. Total Exports were valued at US$3.58 Trillion. In 2024, China had a trade surplus of US$991.41 Billion.
In 2024, computers were among the leading import goods from China to the United States with a total value of **** billion U.S. dollars. Passenger cars remained high on the list, as well as toys, games, and sporting goods.
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, Australia was China's largest supplier of iron ore by a significant margin, accounting for around ** billion U.S. dollars worth of iron ore imports to China. Brazil was the second-largest source of Chinese iron ore imports that year. Total iron ore imports in China amounted to around ***** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. China's iron ore imports amounted to a total of approximately **** billion metric tons in 2023.
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Imports from China in the United States decreased to 31894.80 USD Million in February from 35793.58 USD Million in January of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports from China.
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Key information about China Total Imports
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China recorded a trade surplus of 103.22 USD Billion in May of 2025. This dataset provides - China Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.
In April 2025, the value of the U.S. imports from China amounted to approximately ***** billion U.S. dollars. In the first four months of 2025, imports from China to the U.S. totaled ****** billion U.S. dollars.
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China Import: ME: Electrical Equipment (EE) data was reported at 20,770.720 RMB mn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 17,950.980 RMB mn for Feb 2025. China Import: ME: Electrical Equipment (EE) data is updated monthly, averaging 23,301.350 RMB mn from Jan 2020 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28,267.520 RMB mn in Nov 2021 and a record low of 16,351.020 RMB mn in Feb 2024. China Import: ME: Electrical Equipment (EE) 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: RMB: Import by Major Commodity: Value.
In March 2025, soybean imports to China amounted to approximately **** billion U.S. dollars, decreasing by around **** percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Despite the seasonal fluctuation in soybean imports, China remains the largest soybean importer in the world. Global top market for soybeans As a major oilseed and protein meal product, soybean is very important in the Chinese diet. Traditional food uses of soybeans include soy milk, tofu, and tofu skin. Soybean imports to China have been increasing. In 2024, more than *** million metric tons of soybeans were imported to China, over ten times as much as the import volume in 2000. The global soybean import volume amounted to around *** million metric tons in 2023/24. In addition, China’s domestic soybean oil demand reached around **** million metric tons in 2023. Brazil – China's largest soybean supplier Soybean is Brazil’s main export commodity. In 2023, Brazil held the top rank as China’s largest soybean supplier with a market share of about ** percent. The United States and Argentina were also among the top three soybean supplying countries to China. In 2023, Brazilian soybean exports to China amounted to around ** billion U.S. dollars. Soybean production in Brazil was forecasted to amount to over *** million metric tons in 2024, and it was expected to exceed *** million tons by 2033. Additionally, the harvesting area of soybeans was forecasted to exceed **** million hectares by then.
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China Import: Diode & Similar Semiconductor data was reported at 2.180 USD bn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.591 USD bn for Feb 2025. China Import: Diode & Similar Semiconductor data is updated monthly, averaging 1.064 USD bn from Jan 1993 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 387 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.799 USD bn in Dec 2015 and a record low of 6.920 USD mn in Jan 1993. China Import: Diode & Similar Semiconductor data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Administration of Customs. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.JA: USD: Import by Major Commodity: Value.
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.
In 2023, goods worth approximately ***** billion U.S. dollars were imported to Beijing municipality in China from the United States. The total value of goods imported to Beijing amounted to around ****** billion U.S. dollars that year.
In May 2025, animal meat product imports to China amounted to approximately **** billion U.S. dollars, a slight decrease from the same month of the previous year. Total meat imports exceeded **** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Meat import overview China is the world’s largest meat producer and importer. In 2023, over **** million metric tons of meat was produced in the country, over a half of which was pork. However, to meet the national demand, China imported more than *** million tons of pork, *** million tons of beef, **** million tons of poultry meat, and **** million tons of mutton and lamb in 2024 alone. What is African swine fever? African swine fever is a viral and usually fatal animal disease which affects domestic pigs and wild boars. The first outbreak of this disease was officially reported in 1907. However, the virus causing it had evolved hundreds of years earlier. In mid-2018, a particularly virulent strain of African swine fever was detected in China and was later reported in Mongolia, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Korea, other Asian countries as well as Australia and Europe. The disease was expected to kill around a quarter of the world’s pig population and an even larger proportion of China’s hog herd. Naturally, the crisis inflated the global pork prices and boosted imports in countries such as China, where pork has long been the most consumed type of meat.
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China Import: Primary: Food & Live Animals Chiefly for Food data was reported at 64.801 USD bn in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 54.314 USD bn for 2017. China Import: Primary: Food & Live Animals Chiefly for Food data is updated yearly, averaging 4.976 USD bn from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2018, with 39 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 64.801 USD bn in 2018 and a record low of 1.553 USD bn in 1985. China Import: Primary: Food & Live Animals Chiefly for Food data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Administration of Customs. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.JA: Trade: Annual.
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China Import: Primary: Animal & Vegetable Oils, Fats & Waxes data was reported at 7.779 USD bn in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.678 USD bn for 2017. China Import: Primary: Animal & Vegetable Oils, Fats & Waxes data is updated yearly, averaging 1.684 USD bn from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2018, with 39 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.527 USD bn in 2012 and a record low of 70.000 USD mn in 1983. China Import: Primary: Animal & Vegetable Oils, Fats & Waxes data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Administration of Customs. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.JA: Trade: Annual.
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Import Prices in China decreased to 99.20 points in May from 100.80 points in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - China Import Prices - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.
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United States Imports from China of Electrical, electronic equipment was US$127.06 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from China of Electrical, electronic equipment - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.
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Graph and download economic data for International Trade: Ratio: Exports to Imports: Total for China (XTEITT01CNM156N) from Jan 1992 to Oct 2023 about ratio, imports, China, exports, and trade.