China's foreign trade up 3.8% in 2025

China's foreign trade up 3.8% in 2025

WAM
14 Jan 2026, 11:14 GMT+

BEIJING, 14th January, 2026 (WAM) -- China's foreign trade expanded 3.8 percent year-on-year in yuan terms in 2025, official data showed on Wednesday.

Last year, the country's foreign trade value hit 45.47 trillion yuan (about US$6.48 trillion), according to data released by the General Administration of Customs. This marks the ninth consecutive year of growth for China's foreign trade since 2017.

Exports grew 6.1 percent year-on-year to 26.99 trillion yuan in 2025. Imports reached a record 18.48 trillion yuan, with year-on-year growth of 0.5 percent.

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