Official GACC monthly series
China Trade Data 2026
Monthly exports, imports, trade balance, and year-to-date totals for China's goods trade.
China recorded a $119.1B goods trade surplus in August 2026.
Total trade reached $683.8B, up 26.3% from a year earlier. Jan-Aug trade totaled $5.04T, up 22.4% year over year.
August 2026 snapshot · USD
Exports vs imports, last 12 months
USD, monthly goods trade. Blue bars are exports; green bars are imports.
Monthly trade summary
Latest month first · values in USD
| Month | Total | Exports | Imports | Balance | Total YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 Latest | $683.8B | $401.4B | $282.4B | $119.1B | +26.3% |
| July 2026 | $683.2B | $397.8B | $285.3B | $112.5B | +25.3% |
| June 2026 | $698.2B | $411.8B | $286.4B | $125.5B | +30.4% |
| May 2026 | $647.6B | $376.3B | $271.3B | $105.0B | +22.5% |
| April 2026 | $633.9B | $359.1B | $274.8B | $84.4B | +18.6% |
| March 2026 | $592.2B | $321.0B | $271.2B | $49.8B | +13.0% |
| February 2026 | $510.3B | $299.8B | $210.5B | $89.2B | +28.1% |
| January 2026 | $593.1B | $356.6B | $236.6B | $120.0B | +16.2% |
Jan-Aug 2026 year-to-date
| Metric | Year-to-date (USD) | YoY (vs 2025 same span) |
|---|---|---|
| Total trade | $5.04T | +22.4% |
| Exports | $2.92T | +19.3% |
| Imports | $2.12T | +27.0% |
| Trade balance | $805.5B | +3.1% |
Data notes
All values are in USD, converted from the dataset's USD-million rows at display time. Latest-month YoY compares August 2026 with the same calendar month of 2025; year-to-date YoY compares the same 2025 span. Trade balance is the published GACC balance and can differ from exports minus imports by rounding. Promoting a later month triggers a site rebuild, which updates this page's dates, KPI strip, chart, and table without editing the page source.
Source
Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics; last verified 2026-09-25.
Transformations: China Data Portal converts the promoted USD-million rows into the billions and trillions shown on this page, calculates same-month and year-to-date YoY changes, and preserves source-period labeling. Official source files may later be revised by the publisher.
Citation
China Data Portal, "China Trade Data 2026", https://chinadata.live/china-trade/2026/ Data as of August 2026. Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics. Accessed 2026-09-25.
Data notes
All values are in USD, converted from the dataset's USD-million rows at display time. Latest-month YoY compares August 2026 with the same calendar month of 2025; year-to-date YoY compares the same 2025 span. Trade balance is the published GACC balance and can differ from exports minus imports by rounding. Promoting a later month triggers a site rebuild, which updates this page's dates, KPI strip, chart, and table without editing the page source.
Source
Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics; last verified 2026-09-25.
Transformations: China Data Portal converts the promoted USD-million rows into the billions and trillions shown on this page, calculates same-month and year-to-date YoY changes, and preserves source-period labeling. Official source files may later be revised by the publisher.
Citation
China Data Portal, "China Trade Data 2026", https://chinadata.live/china-trade/2026/ Data as of August 2026. Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics. Accessed 2026-09-25.
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