China Exports 1983-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

Exports from China declined 2.7 percent from a year earlier to USD 174.12 billion in March 2018, missing market expectations of a 10 percent rise, and down from a 44.5 percent surge in February. It was the first drop in exports since February last year due to seasonal factors around the Lunar New Year holiday. Among major trading partners, exports fell to the US (-5.6 percent), the EU (-7 percent), Japan (-3.7 percent), South Korea (-4.2 percent) and Australia (-1.3 percent), but rose to ASEAN countries (1.4 percent) and Taiwan (8.1 percent). For the first quarter as a whole, exports still grew 14.1 percent. Trade tensions between China and the US have been escalating, after President Donald Trump approved a possible tariff hike on USD 50 billion of Chinese goods. Trump is demanding Beijing take steps to narrow its trade deficit with the US, which stood at a record USD 375.2 billion last year. Exports in China averaged 629.45 USD HML from 1983 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 2317.86 USD HML in December of 2017 and a record low of 13 USD HML in January of 1984.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus
2018-02-08	03:00 AM	Exports YoY	11.1%	10.9%	9.6%
2018-03-08	03:00 AM	Exports YoY	44.5%	11.1%	13.6%
2018-04-13	03:00 AM	Exports YoY	-2.7%	44.5%	10%
2018-05-08	03:00 AM	Exports YoY		-2.7%
2018-06-08	03:00 AM	Exports YoY
2018-07-13	03:00 AM	Exports YoY

China Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-49.83	337.43	628.33	-319.71	USD HML	[+]
Exports	1741.22	1716.18	2317.86	13.00	USD HML	[+]
Imports	1791.04	1378.76	1830.94	16.60	USD HML	[+]
Current Account	622.83	343.31	1330.85	-8.96	USD HML	[+]
Current Account to GDP	1.30	1.80	10.10	-3.70	percent	[+]
External Debt	17106.00	14206.57	17799.32	158.28	USD HML	[+]
Terms of Trade	99.46	95.61	118.33	81.75	Index Points	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	345.10	210.62	1310.35	18.32	USD HML	[+]
Capital Flows	39.09	142.35	464.08	-1305.58	USD HML	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	2917.00	2815.12	2917.00	22.96	Tens of Thousands	[+]
Gold Reserves	1842.60	1842.56	1842.60	395.01	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	3763.00	3820.00	4408.00	1012.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	5.54	6.11	6.29	1.47		[+]
Weapons Sales	1131.00	2192.00	2606.00	3.00	USD Million	[+]

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China Exports

Export growth has been a major component supporting China's rapid economic expansion. In 2015 and 2016, the exports declined due to weaker global demand but in 2017 it has been back into steady growth path. China major exports are: mechanical and electrical products, high tech products, clothing, textiles, footwear, furniture, plastic products and ceramic, motors and generators and integrated circuits. China’s main export partners are the United States, Hong Kong, the European Union of which Germany, the UK and the Netherlands, ASEAN countries of which Vietnam, Japan, South Korea and India. This page provides - China Exports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. China Exports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2018.