China Envelopes (HS 4817) Trade by Country

Monthly USD Source: GACC Data as of: August 2026 Coverage 2021–2026

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Latest exports$22.5MAugust 2026 · 2026 Jan–Aug · YTD: $172M · +8.4% YoY vs 2025-01 to 2025-08
Latest imports$166KAugust 2026 · 2026 Jan–Aug · YTD: $1.7M · +3.6% YoY vs 2025-01 to 2025-08
Trade balance+$22.4MAugust 2026
Data as ofAugust 2026Exports August 2026 · Imports August 2026

Monthly Trade Trend

Exports · 2021-01 to 2026-08 · Imports · 2021-01 to 2026-08 · Monthly USD values; separate scales.

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Source
GACC statistics query
Unit
USD
Rows
10625
Data as of
August 2026

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Exports · 2021-01 to 2026-08 · Cumulative partner values.

PartnerValueShare
1United States$407M24.7%
2Japan$258M15.6%
3Australia$122M7.4%
4Hong Kong$105M6.4%
5Malaysia$92.7M5.6%

Fast-growing export markets

Latest growth snapshot · Jan–Aug 2026 vs Jan–Aug 2025

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  • South Korea Exports $4.6M Increase +$2.6M YoY +133%
  • Belgium Exports $1.7M Increase +$581K YoY +52%
How markets are selected

Ranked by USD increase, then current value. Current value ≥ $1M, increase ≥ $500K and YoY growth ≥ 50%. Only complete, observed matching months with a positive prior-year baseline qualify. Missing or excluded values are not zero. Rankings compare all markets, independently of the chart’s selected country or historical period.

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Imports · 2021-01 to 2026-08 · Cumulative partner values.

PartnerValueShare
1Italy$3.6M17.6%
2France$3.0M14.5%
3Japan$2.1M10.2%
4Germany$1.6M7.9%
5United States$589K2.8%

Fast-growing import suppliers

Latest growth snapshot · Jan–Aug 2026 vs Jan–Aug 2025

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No markets meet the growth criteria for this period.

How markets are selected

Ranked by USD increase, then current value. Current value ≥ $1M, increase ≥ $500K and YoY growth ≥ 50%. Only complete, observed matching months with a positive prior-year baseline qualify. Missing or excluded values are not zero. Rankings compare all markets, independently of the chart’s selected country or historical period.

HS 4817 Trade Analysis

Over the twelve months to August 2026, China's envelopes trade under HS 4817 ran $256M of exports against $2.6M of imports, a trade surplus of $253M.

Monthly exports of envelopes (HS 4817) ranged from $16.7M to $27.7M between September 2025 and August 2026, averaging $21.3M. The latest month, August 2026, came in at $22.5M.

Imports over the same months came to $2.6M. Across the published period its largest source markets are Italy, France and Japan.

Annual exports fell 18% between 2021 and 2025, from $296M to $242M.

The three largest destination markets — United States, Japan and Australia — account for 48% of the published total, out of 165 trading partners on record.

Annual Totals

Sum of published monthly values per year. The latest year is labelled with its last published month until December is in.

YearExportsImportsBalance
2021$296M2021 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$4.5M2021 · Full year (Jan–Dec)+$292M
2022$314M2022 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$4.3M2022 · Full year (Jan–Dec)+$310M
2023$316M2023 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$4.3M2023 · Full year (Jan–Dec)+$312M
2024$307M2024 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$3.4M2024 · Full year (Jan–Dec)+$304M
2025$242M2025 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$2.6M2025 · Full year (Jan–Dec)+$240M
2026$172M2026 Jan–Aug · YTD$1.7M2026 Jan–Aug · YTD+$170M

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Data notes

Data notes

HS 4817 is an official customs product-group classification. Monthly values are shown in USD, and long product names may be shortened for display.

Source

Source

Source: China General Administration of Customs (GACC), cleaned and structured by China Data Portal.
Transformations: Values are presented as published by the source.

Citation

Citation

China Data Portal. "China Envelopes Trade Data (HS 4817)." Accessed [date]. https://chinadata.live/china-trade/hs/4817/

About this data

How much envelopes does China export?

China exported $256M of envelopes in the twelve months to August 2026, averaging $21.3M per month, based on official China customs statistics (HS 4817).

Which countries buy the most envelopes from China?

United States, Japan and Australia together account for 48% of the published total, out of 165 trading partners on record.

Is China's envelopes export growing?

Annual exports declined by 18% between 2021 and 2025, from $296M to $242M.

Where does this China customs data come from, and can I get the full dataset?

Figures come from official China General Administration of Customs (GACC) statistics, published monthly. ChinaData cleans partner names, periods and values so the series is ready for analysis. Partner-level rows for every month, including HS8 detail, are available as a one-time CSV purchase. Choose your products and coverage, then preview the file and price before payment.

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