According to Dalian Infobank, in 202212, CHINA's exports and imports of goods amounted to 534144.9361 million, and were down 8.87% comparing with the same period of last year. Among these, exports were down 9.89% at 306078.7657 million, and imports were down 7.46% at 228066.1704 million. And the corresponding trade surplus was 78012.5954 million and down 16.30%.

During the current year until 202212, CHINA's total exports and imports of goods were 6321463.3760 million and were up 4.57% comparing to the same period of last year. Among these, exports were 3604452.6953 million and up 7.33%; imports were 2717010.6807 million and up 1.13%. The total trade surplus was 887442.0147 million and up 32.17%.

If considering by country (region), UNITED STATES, SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, HONG KONG were CHINA's top five trading partners. During the current year until 202212, CHINA's imports and exports to five countries/territories were 759314.0007 million, 364129.3157 million, 357961.9340 million, 321372.3630 million, 310106.8572 million. These values correspond to 12.01%, 5.76%, 5.66%, 5.08%, 4.91% of CHINA's imports and exports, and, respectively, were up 0.58%, up 0.60%, down 3.55%, down 2.00%, down 13.81% comparing to the same period of last year.

Current year until 202212, CHINA and the top five trade partners UNITED STATES, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, VIETNAM are the top five countries/territories that CHINA exports to in terms of the total export amount. During the current year until 202212, CHINA's exports to these five countries/territories were 581612.8775 million, 302221.9930 million, 173101.2533 million, 164004.9799 million, 147606.4286 million. These values correspond to 16.14%, 8.38%, 4.80%, 4.55%, 4.10% of CHINA's exports and, respectively, were up 1.11%, down 13.68%, up 4.46%, up 10.44%, up 7.20% comparing with the same period of last year.

Current year until 202212, CHINA's exports to top five countries/territories TAIWAN, SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN, UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA are the top five countries/territories that CHINA imports from in terms of the total export amount. During the current year until 202212, CHINA's imports from these five countries/territories were 240078.3273 million, 200124.3358 million, 184860.6806 million, 177701.1231 million, 141040.6404 million. These values correspond to 8.84%, 7.37%, 6.80%, 6.54%, 5.19% of CHINA's total imports and, respectively, were down 3.83%, down 6.24%, down 10.01%, down 1.11%, down 13.75% comparing with the same period of last year.

During the current year until 202212, the trade surplus of CHINA was mainly from UNITED STATES, HONG KONG, NETHERLANDS, INDIA, MEXICO at 403911.7544 million, 294337.1288 million, 105147.0049 million, 101268.8758 million, 59909.2175 million, and up 2.12%, down 13.53%, up 19.03%, up 46.27%, up 24.19%. And the trade deficits were mainly from TAIWAN, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, SWITZERLAND at 158784.2917 million, 123518.5585 million, 62052.0655 million, 47065.0136 million, 42119.5594 million, and down 7.33%, down 21.27%, down 36.18%, down 16.62%, up 33.09%.

Current year until 202212, CHINA's trade surplus or deficit with top five countries/territories During the current year until 202212,  commodities with hs2 codes, 85, 84, 27, 87, 26, were CHINA's top five traded commodities. They correspond to the import and export values of 1609931.9867 million, 755117.0627 million, 595408.8628 million, 231262.1023 million, 228613.8211 million, which were up 2.81%, down 3.02%, up 32.82%, up 12.09%, down 17.51% comparing with the same period of last year and account for 25.47%, 11.95%, 9.42%, 3.66%, 3.62% of CHINA's total imports and exports.

During the current year until 202212, 85, 84, 87, 39, 94 were CHINA's top five traded commodities, with total import and export values of 962257.5489 million, 552792.8195 million, 150432.2095 million, 144091.1962 million, 131553.7206 million. These values correspond to 26.70%, 15.34%, 4.17%, 4.00%, 3.65% of CHINA's total exports and, respectively, were up 7.21%, up 1.01%, up 25.43%, up 10.14%, down 5.40% comparing to the same period of last year.

During the current year until 202212, 85, 27, 26, 84, 71 were CHINA's top five traded commodities, with total import values of 647674.4378 million, 531393.7326 million, 224675.6601 million, 202324.2432 million, 103702.4466 million. These values correspond to 23.84%, 19.56%, 8.27%, 7.45%, 3.82% of CHINA's total exports and, respectively, were down 3.09%, up 31.07%, down 17.58%, down 12.55%, up 33.95% comparing to the same period of last year.

Data Source: General Administration of Customs of China