Total goods trade · 2025
6.35China Customs ↗
trillion US dollars
Indicators · Economy
Goods trade
China’s latest customs totals, a long-run export series and a same-source international comparison.
Exports
3.77
trillion US dollars
Trade balance
+1.19
trillion US dollars
Historical trend
China’s merchandise exports since 1990
Current US dollars; exchange rates and price changes affect the path.
Source: World Bank ↗ · WDI TX.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT · trillion US$chinainfigures.com
International comparison
Merchandise exports by economy
Latest common year across the selected economies.
Source: World Bank ↗ · WDI TX.VAL.MRCH.CD.WTchinainfigures.com
What it measures
Goods trade statistics record cross-border merchandise exports and imports. They usually exclude most services trade. China’s latest headline total comes from Customs annual statistics; exports, imports and the balance should share the same release concept and year.
Why numbers differ
Customs statistics, balance-of-payments goods and national accounts use different concepts. Growth rates in yuan versus US dollars also move with exchange rates. International charts should lock one database indicator and a common year.
Common mistake
Do not treat a merchandise trade surplus as a current-account surplus, and do not treat export value as domestic value added or a complete measure of manufacturing strength.
Reading guide
Align concepts before citing trade figures
Same release for total, exports and imports?
The three figures should share one Customs year and valuation concept; otherwise the balance will not reconcile.
Goods or services?
This page is merchandise trade. Services balances are a different system and should not be casually added into “all trade”.
Dollar paths move with exchange rates
Long-run export series in US dollars help comparison, but exchange rates and prices reshape the curve.
Common year on international bars
Cross-country bars only use a shared year; missing economies stay unavailable.
Downloads and revisions
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Includes registered formal points, available historical series and scalar derived metrics. UTF-8 encoded for spreadsheets and analysis tools.
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Revision and update timeline
Data downloads and revision timeline added
Added page-level formal-data CSV files, chart-level CSV/PNG/SVG exports and a bilingual revision timeline to all indicator pages.
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Indicator page published
Published the official 2025 goods-trade headline with long-run exports and a same-source international comparison.
Related sources: General Administration of Customs of China ↗
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