List of the largest trading partners of China

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This is a list of the largest trading partners of the People's Republic of China.

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Background

China has become the world's second largest economy by GDP (Nominal) and largest by GDP (PPP).

'China developed a network of economic relations with both industrial economies and those constituting the semi-periphery and periphery of the world system.' [1] Due to the rapid growth of China's economy, the nation has developed many trading partners throughout the world. All trading partners are considered important to the development of the Chinese economy, however the title of China's largest partners are ever-changing due to national and international policy changes.

The expansion of the Chinese economy grew 6.8% the last quarter of 2017, equaling the growth of the prior 3 months exceeding expectations of 6.7%. The overall economy expanded 6.9% last year, just beating the 6.7% of 2016 which ended a drought of a declining trend that started in 2011. [2]

List of largest trading partners of China

The major trading partners for mainland China 2023 were as follows:

2023 Imports and Exports of goods by top 23 trading partners (billions of USD) [3]
RankCountry / TerritoryTotal tradeChina exportsChina importsTrade
balance
-Infobox ASEAN flag.svg  ASEAN 911.7523.7388.0135.6
-Flag of Europe.svg  European Union 783.0501.2281.7219.5
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 664.5500.3164.2336.1
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 318.0157.5160.5-2.9
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 310.7149.0161.7-12.8
4Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 288.2274.513.7260.9
5Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 267.868.5199.3-130.9
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 240.1111.0129.1-18.2
7Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 229.8137.692.245.4
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 229.173.8155.4-81.6
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 206.8100.6106.2-5.6
10Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 190.287.4102.9-15.5
11Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 181.559.1122.4-63.3
12Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 139.465.274.2-9.0
13Flag of India.svg  India 136.2117.718.599.1
14Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 126.375.750.525.2
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 117.1100.216.983.2
16Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 108.477.031.445.5
17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 98.077.920.157.9
18Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 89.045.143.91.2
19Flag of France.svg  France 78.941.637.34.3
20Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 71.952.419.532.9
21Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 71.844.527.217.3
Total5,936.83,380.02,556.8823.2

China is the largest trading partner of many countries. The following tables are based on 2016 data as shown on the CIA World Factbook.

Exports [4]
NationPercentage
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 85.6%
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 84.1%
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 70.0%
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 62.4%
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 57.7%
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 53.7%
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 47.8%
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 40.6%
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 39.8%
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 36.9%
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 35.3%
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30.5%
Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia 30.4%
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 30.1%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 28.6%
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25.1%
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 24.6%
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 23.5%
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 21.9%
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 19.4%
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 19.0%
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 13.6%
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 12.8%
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 11.6%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25

.2%

Imports [5]
NationPercentage
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 90.3%
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 37.8%
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 36.7%
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 35.3%
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 33.9%
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 33.2%
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 29.2%
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 29.1%
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 28.8%
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 28.7%
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 27.3%
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 26.9%
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.8%
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 25.3%
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 25.1%
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 24.3%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 24.3%
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 24.1%
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23.4%
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 22.9%
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 22.8%
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 22.2%
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.6%
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 21.6%
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 21.4%
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 21.2%
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 21.2%
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.1%
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 20.7%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 20.3%
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 20.2%
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 19.9%
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 19.9%
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 19.4%
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 18.8%
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 18.1%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 18.1%
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 17.9%
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 17.8%
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 17.8%
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 17.7%
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 17.3%
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 17.3%
Flag of India.svg  India 17.0%
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 16.2%
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 14.4%
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 14.3%
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 14.1%
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 14.0%
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 13.3%
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 12.9%
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 12.8%
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 12.5%
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 12.2%
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 12.2%
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 11.2%
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 9.7%
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 7.4%

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