China | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2010 - 2021

Exports structure from China in 2021 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 26% (898 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 16.2% (547 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 4.14% (139 billion US$): 94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.s.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
• 3.89% (131 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 3.56% (120 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 3.02% (101 billion US$): 95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
• 2.89% (97 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 2.84% (95 billion US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 2.57% (86 billion US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 2.45% (82 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals

What did China export in 2021?

China's Top Exports in 2021:

• 7.66% ($257 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 6.08% ($204 billion): 8471 - Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
• 4.61% ($155 billion): 8542 - Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies
• 1.46% ($49 billion): 9405 - Luminaires and light fittings; including searchlights, spotlights and parts thereof, n.e.s.; illuminated signs, name-plates and the like, having permanently fixed light source and parts thereof n.e.s. or included
• 1.45% ($48 billion): 8541 - Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals
• 1.37% ($46 billion): 9503 - Other toys; reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds
• 1.35% ($45 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
• 1.18% ($39 billion): 8528 - Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus
• 1.17% ($39 billion): 8504 - Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors
• 1.13% ($38 billion): 9403 - Other furniture and parts thereof

Imports structure to China in 2021 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 24% (668 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 14.9% (402 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 10.1% (272 billion US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 8.61% (231 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 4.06% (109 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 3.21% (86 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 3.08% (82 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.88% (77 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 2.46% (66 billion US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
• 2.24% (60 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals

What did China import in 2021?

China's Top Imports in 2021:

• 16.1% ($433 billion): 8542 - Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies
• 9.61% ($258 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 6.8% ($182 billion): 2601 - Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites
• 2.6% ($69 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 2.11% ($56 billion): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
• 2.06% ($55 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 1.99% ($53 billion): 1201 - Soya beans, whether or not broken
• 1.96% ($52 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 1.76% ($47 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 1.54% ($41 billion): 8471 - Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included