Official GACC monthly release
China Trade Data August 2026
China's goods exports, imports and trade balance for August 2026, with the year-over-year and month-over-month comparison and the year-to-date totals published alongside them.
China recorded a $119.1B goods trade surplus in August 2026.
Exports were $401.4B and imports $282.4B, for $683.8B of total goods trade, up 26.3% from August 2025, up 0.1% from July 2026.
August 2026 · USD
Exports vs imports, August 2025 to August 2026
USD, monthly goods trade. Blue bars are exports; green bars are imports. The window ends at August 2026.
August 2026 compared
Against August 2025 (year over year) and July 2026 (month over month) · values in USD
| Metric | August 2026 | August 2025 | YoY | July 2026 | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total trade | $683.8B | $541.6B | +26.3% | $683.2B | +0.1% |
| Exports | $401.4B | $321.3B | +25.0% | $397.8B | +0.9% |
| Imports | $282.4B | $220.3B | +28.2% | $285.3B | -1.0% |
| Trade balance | $119.1B | $101.0B | +17.9% | $112.5B | +5.9% |
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. Year-over-year change compares August 2026 with August 2025; month-over-month change compares it with July 2026. Year-to-date figures are the cumulative totals published in this month's bulletin, not a later revision. Trade balance is the published GACC balance and can differ from exports minus imports by rounding. This page covers one fixed month and does not move when a later month is promoted.
Source
Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics; last verified 2026-09-20.
Transformations: China Data Portal converts the promoted USD-million rows into the billions and trillions shown on this page, calculates year-over-year and month-over-month changes, and preserves source-period labeling. Official source files may later be revised by the publisher.
Citation
China Data Portal, "China Trade Data August 2026", https://chinadata.live/china-trade/2026/08/ Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics. Accessed 2026-09-20.
Data notes
All values are in USD, converted from the dataset's USD-million rows at display time. Year-over-year change compares August 2026 with August 2025; month-over-month change compares it with July 2026. Year-to-date figures are the cumulative totals published in this month's bulletin, not a later revision. Trade balance is the published GACC balance and can differ from exports minus imports by rounding. This page covers one fixed month and does not move when a later month is promoted.
Source
Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics; last verified 2026-09-20.
Transformations: China Data Portal converts the promoted USD-million rows into the billions and trillions shown on this page, calculates year-over-year and month-over-month changes, and preserves source-period labeling. Official source files may later be revised by the publisher.
Citation
China Data Portal, "China Trade Data August 2026", https://chinadata.live/china-trade/2026/08/ Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics. Accessed 2026-09-20.