China trade by method and enterprise type
China trade by method and enterprise type, tracking monthly exports and imports in US dollars.
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| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 04-2025 | 03-2025 | 02-2025 | 01-2025 | 12-2024 | 11-2024 | 10-2024 | 09-2024 | 08-2024 | 07-2024 | 06-2024 | 05-2024 | 04-2024 | 03-2024 | 02-2024 | 01-2024 | 12-2023 | 11-2023 | 10-2023 | 09-2023 | 08-2023 | |
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| By trade method3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General trade | 2,528 | 2,493.35 | 2,592.5 | 2,357.93 | 2,285.3 | 1,992.7 | 1,968.82 | 2,311.36 | 2,357.06 | 2,115.46 | 1,928.62 | 2,063.03 | 2,124.3 | 2,132.84 | 2,150.12 | 2,100.03 | 2,085.25 | 2,070.69 | 1,354.33 | 2,194.51 | 2,228.84 | 2,024.15 | 1,982.62 | 1,904.36 | 2,008.99 | 1,957.25 | 2,040.25 | 2,008.5 | 1,919.4 | 1,832.1 | 1,461.77 | 2,029.03 | 1,975.3 | 1,855.9 | 1,708.46 | 1,892.99 | 1,857.35 | |
| Processing trade | 782.36 | 809.72 | 796.34 | 736.4 | 689.2 | 696.64 | 559.97 | 669.6 | 682.74 | 704.26 | 675.67 | 733.96 | 619.68 | 588.6 | 590.3 | 567.99 | 574.92 | 579.97 | 460.34 | 587.14 | 620.13 | 623.7 | 684.76 | 665.96 | 615.5 | 586.08 | 575.65 | 571.58 | 568.46 | 561.02 | 421.61 | 566.02 | 573.16 | 597.39 | 633.99 | 657.34 | 560.25 | |
| Other trade | 704.04 | 675.45 | 735.03 | 673.49 | 619.92 | 520.99 | 469.99 | 586.04 | 537.67 | 483.79 | 449.25 | 488.67 | 474.12 | 496.39 | 511.91 | 492.99 | 496.76 | 488.46 | 337.05 | 466.03 | 507.3 | 475.25 | 423.2 | 466.8 | 461.98 | 462.24 | 462.65 | 443.41 | 436.67 | 403.7 | 319.41 | 482.3 | 487.72 | 466.06 | 405.83 | 440.97 | 430.31 | |
| By type of enterprise4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State-owned enterprises | 358.33 | 334.34 | 315.4 | 311.76 | 287.55 | 258.57 | 220.11 | 261.38 | 259.75 | 227.12 | 234.8 | 222.84 | 238.65 | 229.26 | 235.35 | 220.55 | 229.04 | 244.66 | 189.82 | 228.67 | 264.06 | 232.09 | 240.49 | 252.61 | 249.79 | 231.71 | 234.03 | 238.04 | 222.37 | 218.51 | 172.29 | 225.63 | 233.88 | 225.36 | 213.54 | 228.42 | 225.86 | |
| Foreign-invested enterprises | 1,099.33 | 1,100.88 | 1,098.3 | 1,016.37 | 962.35 | 957.07 | 791.93 | 909.71 | 935.37 | 919.94 | 837.73 | 950.91 | 864.99 | 860.61 | 849.73 | 838.17 | 824.8 | 839.28 | 662.85 | 839.18 | 847.79 | 820.01 | 872.66 | 871.35 | 866.05 | 848.53 | 836.48 | 807.2 | 785 | 809.6 | 622.15 | 802 | 782.95 | 778.38 | 802.88 | 886.37 | 801.3 | |
| Private enterprises | 2,515.44 | 2,496.86 | 2,661.67 | 2,392.52 | 2,303.4 | 1,954.17 | 1,949.8 | 2,358.01 | 2,333.96 | 2,112.71 | 1,939.06 | 2,066.84 | 2,070.54 | 2,082.81 | 2,116.6 | 2,058.2 | 2,060.19 | 2,014.35 | 1,268.24 | 2,138.65 | 2,208.4 | 2,052.22 | 1,937.29 | 1,870.07 | 1,928.95 | 1,870.79 | 1,956.06 | 1,924.39 | 1,875.25 | 1,727.37 | 1,377.84 | 2,006.97 | 1,963.84 | 1,809.2 | 1,663.32 | 1,815.62 | 1,714.81 | |
| Other enterprises | 39.02 | 40.62 | 44.26 | 44.47 | 40.6 | 39.36 | 36.95 | 37.9 | 42.02 | 40.49 | 39.12 | 37.83 | 40.15 | 40.6 | 40.19 | 40.93 | 39.93 | 38.97 | 30.82 | 41.19 | 44.89 | 38.22 | 37.5 | 34.91 | 37.66 | 38.51 | 41.48 | 42.29 | 38.12 | 39.35 | 30.51 | 42.74 | 45.76 | 40.9 | 37.15 | 40.28 | 41.39 | |
| Imports2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| By trade method3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General trade | 1,528.04 | 1,619.5 | 1,573.62 | 1,482.96 | 1,530.98 | 1,460.08 | 1,180.25 | 1,330.43 | 1,394.43 | 1,262.54 | 1,258.37 | 1,417.45 | 1,304.99 | 1,328.34 | 1,253.08 | 1,316.44 | 1,358.8 | 1,247.4 | 1,133.69 | 1,165.94 | 1,428.9 | 1,336.49 | 1,278.23 | 1,360.26 | 1,332.36 | 1,314.64 | 1,279.6 | 1,402.75 | 1,401.61 | 1,375.11 | 1,178.06 | 1,444.96 | 1,479.4 | 1,418.25 | 1,378.86 | 1,395.35 | 1,396.93 | |
| Processing trade | 607.44 | 577.9 | 544.01 | 526.73 | 499.75 | 498.5 | 364.1 | 440.71 | 421.99 | 411.18 | 402.73 | 438.1 | 417.49 | 393.66 | 359.81 | 363.49 | 370.76 | 346.55 | 300.89 | 319.81 | 351.88 | 345.26 | 363.57 | 378.48 | 378.01 | 359.06 | 314.59 | 327.53 | 327.67 | 326.78 | 258.03 | 330.88 | 326.86 | 360.09 | 360.73 | 354.89 | 342.04 | |
| Other trade | 688.07 | 657.75 | 750.01 | 703.8 | 715.45 | 740.46 | 544.65 | 569.45 | 619.98 | 513.03 | 491.69 | 525.63 | 472.33 | 513.4 | 491.93 | 448.88 | 465.56 | 518.74 | 399.96 | 373.97 | 527.11 | 466.93 | 491.6 | 481.28 | 465.89 | 485.39 | 493.89 | 466.98 | 471.74 | 509.42 | 369.64 | 446.93 | 476.53 | 457.05 | 443.4 | 462.74 | 426.97 | |
| By type of enterprise4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State-owned enterprises | 572.11 | 605 | 689.13 | 631.74 | 581.68 | 547.74 | 441.37 | 500.74 | 490.17 | 458.7 | 449.92 | 515.59 | 504.98 | 537.64 | 458.5 | 447.36 | 491.12 | 471.51 | 460.29 | 417.43 | 542.38 | 555.41 | 507.85 | 548.6 | 523.75 | 494.32 | 497.78 | 580.26 | 573.63 | 591.4 | 507.94 | 592.19 | 600.79 | 566.51 | 560.13 | 546.01 | 576.01 | |
| Foreign-invested enterprises | 919.86 | 925.82 | 909.62 | 871.11 | 858.59 | 866.15 | 692.63 | 737.35 | 762.36 | 707.83 | 700.09 | 772.4 | 709.29 | 739.11 | 694.69 | 703.08 | 722.4 | 662.74 | 576.49 | 578.12 | 727.66 | 665.22 | 661.27 | 705.14 | 711.6 | 709.17 | 682.07 | 694.19 | 690.63 | 682.15 | 569.07 | 703.07 | 703.32 | 699.71 | 673.54 | 703.01 | 694.6 | |
| Private enterprises | 1,318.95 | 1,310.45 | 1,257.31 | 1,199.62 | 1,298.46 | 1,265.98 | 933.73 | 1,081.21 | 1,163.4 | 1,001.19 | 983.2 | 1,073 | 962.57 | 943.12 | 926.12 | 954.99 | 960.54 | 957.33 | 777.23 | 844.09 | 995.23 | 906.04 | 941.05 | 944.92 | 918.62 | 934.45 | 887.81 | 899.55 | 910.19 | 908.74 | 704.18 | 898.14 | 944.24 | 916.36 | 921.18 | 921.7 | 848.14 | |
| Other enterprises | 18.18 | 19.13 | 20.87 | 22.57 | 21.5 | 22.15 | 21.27 | 21.29 | 24.18 | 22.24 | 20.15 | 19.93 | 19.27 | 17.72 | 21.98 | 21.12 | 22 | 21.16 | 20.52 | 20.09 | 25.05 | 21.77 | 20.17 | 20.23 | 23.52 | 21.5 | 22.53 | 22.46 | 26.27 | 27.59 | 24.55 | 29.38 | 27.11 | 30.39 | 25.88 | 28.29 | 27.75 | |
| Exports, year-to-date growth2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| By trade method1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General trade | 14.4 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 20.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 11.3 | 9.4 | -2.9 | -3.7 | -4 | -4.1 | -4.3 | |
| By type of enterprise4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State-owned enterprises | 28.9 | 26 | 22.8 | 20.6 | 15.5 | 12 | 14.9 | 13.9 | -1 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | -0.7 | -1.1 | -1.8 | -3.9 | -5.8 | -4.3 | 1.3 | -5.2 | -5.3 | -5.6 | -6.4 | -5.1 | |
| Foreign-invested enterprises | 20.6 | 19.7 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5 | 5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -1.6 | -3.1 | -4.5 | -5.4 | -6 | -6.8 | -2.7 | -14 | -14.4 | -14.9 | -15.2 | -15.6 | |
| Private enterprises | 18 | 17.4 | 17 | 15 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 26.7 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7 | 7.1 | 6 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 16.5 | 14.5 | 0.6 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | |
| Other enterprises | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3 | 3.3 | 6.1 | -5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | -1.1 | -2.7 | -3.5 | -7.6 | -8.3 | -8.4 | -9.3 | -8.8 | -8.8 | -10.4 | -12.6 | -14.5 | -15.4 | -11.2 | -2 | -8.1 | -9.7 | -9.8 | -9.9 | -9.5 | |
| Imports, year-to-date growth2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| By trade method1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General trade | 15.9 | 15.8 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 13.7 | -4.2 | -4.4 | -4.3 | -4.6 | -5.8 | -6.4 | -7.7 | -8.8 | -9.4 | -11.6 | -12.8 | -19.8 | -3.1 | -3 | -2.7 | -2.1 | -2 | -1.6 | -2 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -1.2 | 1.6 | 12.1 | -4 | -4.7 | -4.9 | -5.8 | -5.5 | |
| By type of enterprise4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State-owned enterprises | 18.3 | 20 | 20.2 | 16.5 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 19.8 | -12.7 | -12.8 | -12.4 | -12.4 | -13.2 | -14.6 | -18.2 | -20 | -19 | -20.5 | -20.7 | -30 | -4.3 | -3.8 | -3.9 | -3.1 | -3.4 | -2.4 | -2.1 | -1.3 | -0.4 | -2.4 | -0.2 | 10.6 | -6.6 | -6.7 | -6.5 | -7.2 | -6.5 | |
| Foreign-invested enterprises | 25.8 | 25.3 | 25.3 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 26.3 | 23.7 | 27.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -1 | -1.1 | -2.1 | -3 | -4 | -7.1 | -9.4 | -18 | -0.9 | -1.3 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -1 | -1.4 | -2.5 | -2.1 | -2.2 | -3.9 | -2.1 | 8.9 | -13.1 | -13.9 | -14.6 | -15.2 | -15.2 | |
| Private enterprises | 33 | 32 | 31.4 | 29.5 | 29.8 | 27.3 | 24.2 | 27.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | -5.8 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 9 | 10 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 11.4 | 25.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | -0.4 | -1.2 | |
| Other enterprises | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 5.8 | -12 | -12.8 | -14 | -15.3 | -16.7 | -16.8 | -17 | -19.5 | -22.3 | -24.1 | -24.7 | -31.7 | -15 | -15.7 | -14.2 | -13.6 | -11.7 | -10.8 | -10.7 | -7 | -0.8 | -0.4 | 2.4 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
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The series on this page is monthly and runs from Apr 2021 to Aug 2026. Source: Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOFCOM) — Data Center.
About this data
China trade by method and enterprise type, tracking monthly exports and imports in US dollars. Compiled from MOFCOM customs data, trade methods include general trade, processing trade, and other trade. Enterprise categories cover state-owned enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, private enterprises, and other enterprises. Figures are published monthly in 100 million US dollars with year-to-date growth rates in percent since 2020.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the latest figure for China trade by method and enterprise type?
- Private enterprises stood at 2,515.44 100 million US dollars in Aug 2026. That is +0.7% from Jul 2026 and +21.5% from a year earlier.
- How far back does the China trade by method and enterprise type data go?
- The series on this page is monthly and runs from Apr 2021 to Aug 2026. Source: Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOFCOM) — Data Center. Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.
- What is the difference between general trade and processing trade in China?
- In China customs statistics, general trade refers to goods imported or exported by domestic enterprises based on standard commercial contracts. Processing trade refers to business where raw materials or parts are imported duty-free, processed or assembled domestically, and then re-exported as finished products.
- Which enterprise types are tracked in China's trade statistics?
- China trade statistics by enterprise type cover state-owned enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, private enterprises, and other enterprises for both exports and imports.
- What units and measures are reported in this trade dataset?
- Trade values for China are reported monthly in 100 million US dollars alongside cumulative year-to-date growth rates expressed in percent for both exports and imports.