China Rail locomotives powered (HS 8601) Trade by Country

Monthly USD Source: GACC Data as of: Varies by flow Coverage 2021–2026

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Latest exports$16.4MAugust 2026 · 2026 Jan–Aug · YTD: $106M · +42.4% YoY vs 2025-01 to 2025-08
Latest imports$3.9MApril 2026 · 2026-04 to 2026-04 · Partial coverage: $3.9M · YoY unavailable
Trade balanceN/ARequires matching flow months
Data as ofVaries by flowExports August 2026 · Imports April 2026

Monthly Trade Trend

Exports · 2021-01 to 2026-08 · Imports · 2021-01 to 2026-04 (7 published months; gaps) · Monthly USD values; separate scales.

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GACC statistics query
Unit
USD
Rows
576
Data as of
Varies by flow

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

PartnerValueShare
1Uzbekistan$191M26.5%
2Hong Kong$150M20.8%
3Laos$62.1M8.6%
4India$59.9M8.3%
5Türkiye$47.5M6.6%

Fast-growing export markets

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

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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 2026-04 (7 published months; gaps) · Cumulative partner values.

PartnerValueShare
1United Kingdom$3.2M41.5%
2Italy$306K3.9%
3Japan$900.0%

HS 8601 Trade Analysis

Over the 7 months both directions report (January 2021 to April 2026), China's rail locomotives powered trade under HS 8601 ran $83.1M of exports against $7.8M of imports, a trade surplus of $75.3M.

Monthly exports of rail locomotives powered (HS 8601) ranged from $815K to $19.4M between September 2025 and August 2026, averaging $10.3M. The latest month, August 2026, came in at $16.4M, above the twelve-month average.

Imports over the same months came to $7.8M. Across the published period its largest source markets are United Kingdom, Italy and Japan.

Annual exports fell 53% between 2021 and 2025, from $196M to $91.9M.

The three largest destination markets — Uzbekistan, Hong Kong and Laos — account for 56% of the published total, out of 16 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$196M2021 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$902021 Jan–Jan · YTDUnavailable
2022$163M2022 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$344K2022-09 to 2022-09 · Partial coverageUnavailable
2023$93.0M2023 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$143K2023 Jan–Jan · YTDUnavailable
2024$72.7M2024 · Full year (Jan–Dec)$3.4M2024-01 to 2024-08 (3 published months; gaps) · Partial coverageUnavailable
2025$91.9M2025 · Full year (Jan–Dec)Unavailable2025 · Coverage unavailableUnavailable
2026$106M2026 Jan–Aug · YTD$3.9M2026-04 to 2026-04 · Partial coverageUnavailable

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Data notes

Data notes

HS 8601 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 Rail locomotives powered Trade Data (HS 8601)." Accessed [date]. https://chinadata.live/china-trade/hs/8601/

About this data

How much rail locomotives powered does China export?

China exported $123M of rail locomotives powered in the twelve months to August 2026, averaging $10.3M per month, based on official China customs statistics (HS 8601).

Which countries buy the most rail locomotives powered from China?

Uzbekistan, Hong Kong and Laos together account for 56% of the published total, out of 16 trading partners on record.

Is China's rail locomotives powered export growing?

Annual exports declined by 53% between 2021 and 2025, from $196M to $91.9M.

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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