Value of imports into China by month 2021-2023
Import trade partners
As of 2022, China was the world’s second largest importer of merchandise goods, representing 10.6 percent of worldwide imports. Over the last decade, the value of imports to China had increased significantly.In 2022, ASEAN and the European Union were China’s most important import trade partners with an import value of about 2.72 trillion yuan and 1.9 trillion yuan respectively. About 86 percent of China’s imports from the European Union were manufactured goods; main import comodities to China were machinery and transport equipment.