Exports from China grew by 2.3% yoy to USD 540 billion in January-February 2025, missing market forecasts of 5.0% and slowing sharply from a 10.7% surge in December, reflecting escalating trade tensions with the US and subdued activity during the Lunar New Year break. It was the softest increase in overseas sales since April 2024 despite marking the 10th straight period of growth. Shipments increased for agricultural products (3.0%), fertilizer (52.6%), mechanical and electronic products (4.2%), home appliances (6.3%), integrated circuits (11.9%), automobiles (2.5%), ships (2.2%), LCD (5.6%), and high-tech products (5.4%). Conversely, exports fell for steel (-3.9%), finished oil (-24.8%), and footwear (-18.3%). Among trading partners, exports rose to the US (2.3%), Japan (0.7%), Hong Kong (7.7%), Taiwan (8.4%), the UK (1.5%), the EU (10.6%), and the ASEAN (5.7%) while falling to South Korea (-2.6%) and Australia (-4.8%). In 2024, outbound shipments grew by 5.9% to USD 3.58 trillion. source: General Administration of Customs

Exports YoY in China decreased to 2.30 percent in February from 10.70 percent in December of 2024. Exports YoY in China averaged 14.20 percent from 1991 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 154.60 percent in February of 2021 and a record low of -40.60 percent in February of 2020. This page includes a chart with historical data for China Exports YoY. China Exports YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2025.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-01-13 03:00 AM
Exports YoY
Dec 10.7% 6.7% 7.3% 7.1%
2025-03-07 03:00 AM
Exports YoY
Jan-Feb 2.3% 10.7% 5% 10.0%
2025-04-12 07:10 AM
Exports YoY
Mar 2.3%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Passanger Car Exports 492701.00 469986.00 Dec 2024
Balance of Trade 170.52 104.84 USD Billion Feb 2025
Electric Car Exports 117111.00 158409.00 Dec 2024
Exports 539.94 335.63 USD Billion Feb 2025
Exports YoY 2.30 10.70 percent Feb 2025
Imports 369.43 230.79 USD Billion Feb 2025
Imports YoY -8.40 1.00 percent Feb 2025
Terms of Trade 97.20 98.30 points Dec 2024

China Exports YoY
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
2.30 10.70 154.60 -40.60 1991 - 2025 percent Monthly
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China Exports Rise Less than Expected
Exports from China grew by 2.3% yoy to USD 540 billion in January-February 2025, missing market forecasts of 5.0% and slowing sharply from a 10.7% surge in December, reflecting escalating trade tensions with the US and subdued activity during the Lunar New Year break. It was the softest increase in overseas sales since April 2024 despite marking the 10th straight period of growth. Shipments increased for agricultural products (3.0%), fertilizer (52.6%), mechanical and electronic products (4.2%), home appliances (6.3%), integrated circuits (11.9%), automobiles (2.5%), ships (2.2%), LCD (5.6%), and high-tech products (5.4%). Conversely, exports fell for steel (-3.9%), finished oil (-24.8%), and footwear (-18.3%). Among trading partners, exports rose to the US (2.3%), Japan (0.7%), Hong Kong (7.7%), Taiwan (8.4%), the UK (1.5%), the EU (10.6%), and the ASEAN (5.7%) while falling to South Korea (-2.6%) and Australia (-4.8%). In 2024, outbound shipments grew by 5.9% to USD 3.58 trillion.
2025-03-07
China Export Growth Beats Forecasts
Exports from China surged by 10.7% yoy in December 2024, surpassing market forecasts of 7.3% and accelerating from a 6.7% rise in the previous month. This marked the ninth consecutive month of shipment growth and the largest value in three years, as some manufacturers front-loaded orders in anticipation of further tariffs, notably from the US under the second administration of Donald Trump. Exports grew to the US (15.6%), South Korea (4.0%), Taiwan (14.1%), the EU (8.8%), and the ASEAN (18.9%). For the full year of 2024, sales climbed by 5.9% to USD 3.58 trillion, boosted by agricultural products (4.1%), plastic products (5.4%), textiles (5.7%), unwrought aluminum and aluminum materials (15.2%), rare earth (6%), furniture and its parts (5.8%), and mechanical and electrical products (7.5%). During this period, exports advanced to Hong Kong (35.8%), South Korea (12.4%), Taiwan (9.3%), Canada (6.1%), Africa (6.9%), and the ASEAN (2.0%) while falling to the US (-0.1%) and the EU (-4.4%).
2025-01-13
China Export Growth Below Forecasts
Exports from China grew by 6.7% year-on-year in November 2024, missing market forecasts of 8.5% and sharply deteriorating from a more than two-year high of 12.7% surge in the previous month, reflecting ongoing trade tensions with the West. Still, it marked the eighth consecutive month of expansion in outbound shipments, with the value reaching its highest amount in 26 months of USD 312.31 billion, as some manufacturers front-loaded orders in anticipation of further tariffs, notably from the US under the second administration of Donald Trump. Exports rose to the US (8.0%), Japan (6.4%), the EU (7.2%), and the ASEAN (20.1%). For the first eleven months of the year, sales expanded by 5.4% to USD 3.24 trillion, driven by plastic products (5.6%), textiles (4.6%), unwrought aluminum and aluminum materials (15.9%), and mechanical and electrical products (7.0%). During this period, exports increased to Hong Kong (33.1%), South Korea (11.7%), Taiwan (8.8%), Russia (0.4%), and the ASEAN (12.9%).
2024-12-10


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