Change in monthly exports in China 2023-2025

In April 2025, China’s total exports surged by *** percent year-over-year. This marked a strong rebound from the contraction seen in the previous month.

Export industry development

In 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 partners

ASEAN 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).