List of the largest trading partners of China

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

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 2025 were as follows: ^[3]

2025 Imports and Exports of goods by top 23 trading partners (billions of USD) ^[4]

Rank	Country / Territory	Total trade	China exports	China imports	Trade balance
-	ASEAN	1,054.6	665.2	389.4	275.8
-	European Union	828.1	559.9	268.2	291.8
1	United States	559.7	420.1	139.7	280.4
-	Hong Kong	367.4	335.6	31.7	303.9
2	South Korea	331.2	144.2	187.0	-42.8
3	Japan	322.2	157.3	164.8	-7.5
4	Taiwan	314.3	83.6	230.7	-227.6
5	Vietnam	296.1	198.1	98.0	100.2
6	Russia	228.1	103.3	124.8	-21.5
7	Germany	211.1	118.3	92.8	25.4
8	Australia	206.5	76.3	130.3	-53,9
9	Malaysia	191.7	103.7	88.0	15.7
10	Brazil	188.0	71.6	116.4	-44.8
11	Indonesia	167.5	85.3	82.2	3.2
12	India	155.6	135.9	19.7	116.1
13	Thailand	153.3	103.5	49.8	53.8
14	Singapore	119.3	82.7	36.6	46.1
15	Netherlands	114.3	93.8	20.5	73.4
16	United Kingdom	103.7	85.1	18.6	66.4
17	Canada	89.6	47.9	41.7	6.2
18	France	84.0	47.8	36.2	11.6
19	Italy	76.2	51.2	24.9	26.3
20	Philippines	72.3	55.6	16.7	38.9
—	Total	6,354.8	3,771.9	2,582.9	1,189.0

China is the largest trading partner of many countries. The following tables are based on 2023 data as shown on the CIA World Factbook.

Exports [5] Nation Percentage   Mongolia 92%   New Caledonia 75%   North Korea 74%   DR Congo 69%   Eritrea 67%   Sierra Leone 67%   Turkmenistan 63%   Solomon Islands 56%   South Sudan 51%   Congo 46%   Timor-Leste 46%   Oman 43%   Angola 40% Laos 39%   Chile 39%   Cuba 38%   Australia 37%   Guinea 36%   Iran 35%   Belarus 34%   Peru 34%   Taiwan 33%   Russia 33%   Iraq 33%   Myanmar 32%   Philippines 31%   Brazil 30%   New Zealand 28% Papua New Guinea 28% Equatorial Guinea 27% Malaysia 26%   Gabon 26%   South Korea 25%   Mauritania 25%   Kuwait 25%   Panama 25% Vietnam 24%   Indonesia 24% Greenland 23%   Singapore 23%   Japan 22%   Saudi Arabia 21%   Uruguay 21% Ecuador 21% Zimbabwe 20% Chad 19%   South Africa 19% Niger 18%   Qatar 18% Sudan 17% Brunei 17%   Kazakhstan 16% Micronesia 16% Zambia 15% Central African Republic 14% Israel 14% Thailand 13% Mozambique 13% Namibia 12%   Switzerland 12% Bolivia 11% United Arab Emirates 11% Ethiopia 10% Rwanda 10%   Venezuela 10%

Imports [6] Nation Percentage   North Korea 97%   Mongolia 57%   Tajikistan 57%   Vietnam 54%   Russia 53%   Liberia 48%   Marshall Islands 47%   Kyrgyzstan 44%   Cameroon 43%   Tuvalu 42%   Solomon Islands 42%   Myanmar 40%   Cambodia 39%   Guinea 39%   Venezuela 35%   DR Congo 35%   Bangladesh 34%   Iran 34%   Belarus 33%   Paraguay 33%   Djibouti 32%   Eritrea 32%   Sierra Leone 32%   Uzbekistan 32%   Tanzania 32%   South Korea 31%   Ghana 30%   Indonesia 29%   Chad 28%   Australia 26%   Ethiopia 26%   Peru 26%   Thailand 26%   Nigeria 26%   Niger 26%   Pakistan 25%   Philippines 25%   Palau 25%   Congo 24%   Malaysia 24%   Algeria 24%   Papua New Guinea 24%   Brazil 23%   Yemen 23%   Chile 23%   Japan 22%   Kenya 22%   Taiwan 21%   Saudi Arabia 21%   Benin 21%   South Africa 21%   Sudan 21%   Argentina 20%   New Zealand 20%   India 19%   Madagascar 19%   Mauritania 19%   Angola 19%   United Arab Emirates 19%   Rwanda 19%   Uganda 19%   Rwanda 19%   Senegal 19%   Gambia 18%   Jordan 17%   Israel 17%   Samoa 17%   Ivory Coast 16%   Egypt 16%   United States 15%   Singapore 15%   Mauritius 15%   Burundi 15%   Turkey 13%   United Kingdom 13%   Gabon 13%   Bahrain 13%   Panama 13%   Germany 12%   Lebanon 11%   Greece 10%

See also

• Economy of China
• Internationalization of the renminbi
• List of countries by leading trade partners
• List of the largest trading partners of the United States
• List of the largest trading partners of the ASEAN

References

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6. "Imports - partners". World Fact Book, Central Intelligence Agency.