Apr. 15 at 1:38 PM
In 1Q26, 26, China's foreign trade in goods grew by +15% y/y, totaling CN¥11.84T - historic record as the 1st time 1Q trade exceeded the CN¥11T threshold
Key Trade Metrics:
Total Trade Value: CN¥11.84 trillion yuan (
$1.73T)
Quarterly Growth: +15% y/y - fastest in 5 years
Export Growth: +11.9% increase, reaching CN¥6.85T
Import Growth: +19.6% surge, totaling CN¥4.99T
Trade Surplus:
$264.75B for 1Q26, slightly down from
$271.09B in 1Q25
Trade w/ Belt & Road partner countries rose +14.2%, making up 51.2% of total trade
Trade w/ ASEAN & Latin America both grew by +15.4%
Trade w/ Africa surged by +23.7%
Trade w/ the EU up +14.6%
Trade w/ the UK up +13.1%
Trade w/ other APEC economies up +13.4%
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