Monthly value of exports from China 2022-2024

In September 2024, Chinese exports amounted to around 303.71 billion U.S. dollars. This indicated a significant increase in exports compared to the same period of the previous year. Export trade in ChinaChina overtook the United States as the world’s largest trading nation in 2013. In the years that followed, the country remained one of the strongest players in global and regional trade. According to the IMF, China’s total gross domestic product (GDP) had ranged at around 17.66 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. Thus, exports of goods had accounted for more than a third of China’s total economic output that year. In 2023, China’s trade surplus amounted to 823.22 billion U.S. dollars. Since the implementation of various reform strategies in 1979, China’s economic development has largely profited from its export-led growth strategy. In 2023, the most important export partner for China was ASEAN. Automatic data processing machines, clothes, and integrated circuits were among China’s main export goods. It is noticeable that China’s comparative advantage nowadays lies not only in labor-intensive manufactured goods. Over the past years, China has steadily moved up the global value chain by increasing the export share of high technology products such as computers and power devices. China has been frequently accused of currency manipulation by other countries. The country is criticized for deliberately keeping its currency yuan undervalued, to give Chinese goods export advantages.

于2024年9月，中国出口额约为3037.1亿美元，相较于去年同期，出口额显著增长。自2013年起，中国已超越美国，成为全球最大的贸易国。在此之后的年份里，中国始终是全球及区域贸易领域中的主要参与者之一。根据国际货币基金组织（IMF）的数据，中国在2023年的总国内生产总值（GDP）约为176.6万亿美元。因此，那一年的商品出口额已占中国总经济产出超过三分之一。2023年，中国的贸易顺差达到8232.2亿美元。自1979年实施各项改革策略以来，中国的经济发展在很大程度上得益于其以出口为导向的增长战略。在2023年，东盟成为中国最重要的出口合作伙伴。自动数据处理机、服装和集成电路是中国的主要出口商品之一。值得注意的是，中国目前的比较优势不仅体现在劳动密集型制造业。在过去几年中，中国通过提高计算机和电力设备等高科技产品的出口份额，稳步提升在全球价值链中的地位。中国常被其他国家指责进行货币操纵，批评其有意维持人民币汇率低估，以赋予中国商品出口优势。