China reported record levels of foreign trade at the end of 2025, despite US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade policies.
General China trade surplus reached an unprecedented level – $1.19 trillionwhich was the highest figure in the entire history of the country. For comparison, this amount is approximately five times higher than Greece gross domestic product.
A year earlier, in 2024, the surplus was $993 billionwhich emphasizes the further acceleration of export dynamics.
As noted BBCwithin 2025 China’s monthly trade surplus more than seven times higher than the $100 billion. This indicates that US tariffs have had an impact minimal impact on China’s trade with the rest of the world.
Although trade volumes with USA actually decreased, this was fully compensated by the growth of exports to other regions – primarily in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Additional growth factors were weakening of the yuanthe high productive capacity of the Chinese economy, as well as inflationary pressures in Western countries that have made Chinese goods more price competitive.
The Chinese authorities separately emphasize growth in exports of green technology productsas well as goods related to artificial intelligence and robotics.
At the same time import grew by only 0.5%which further strengthened the positive trade balance.
According to analysts, China’s export dynamics will continue into 2026 as Chinese goods and services continue to gain a foothold in global supply chains and business processes around the world.
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