Official GACC monthly release
China Trade Data May 2026
China's goods exports, imports and trade balance for May 2026, with the year-over-year and month-over-month comparison and the year-to-date totals published alongside them.
China recorded a $105.0B goods trade surplus in May 2026.
Exports were $376.3B and imports $271.3B, for $647.6B of total goods trade, up 22.5% from May 2025, up 2.2% from April 2026.
May 2026 · USD
Exports vs imports, May 2025 to May 2026
USD, monthly goods trade. Blue bars are exports; green bars are imports. The window ends at May 2026.
May 2026 compared
Against May 2025 (year over year) and April 2026 (month over month) · values in USD
| Metric | May 2026 | May 2025 | YoY | April 2026 | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total trade | $647.6B | $528.6B | +22.5% | $633.9B | +2.2% |
| Exports | $376.3B | $315.6B | +19.2% | $359.1B | +4.8% |
| Imports | $271.3B | $213.0B | +27.4% | $274.8B | -1.3% |
| Trade balance | $105.0B | $102.7B | +2.3% | $84.4B | +24.5% |
Jan-May 2026 year-to-date
| Metric | Year-to-date (USD) | YoY (vs 2025 same span) |
|---|---|---|
| Total trade | $2.98T | +19.3% |
| Exports | $1.71T | +15.5% |
| Imports | $1.26T | +24.8% |
| Trade balance | $448.5B | -4.5% |
Data notes
Data notes
All values are in USD, converted from the dataset's USD-million rows at display time. Year-over-year change compares May 2026 with May 2025; month-over-month change compares it with April 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
Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics; last verified 2026-10-15.
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
Citation
China Data Portal, "China Trade Data May 2026", https://chinadata.live/china-trade/2026/05/ Source: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) monthly import and export statistics. Accessed 2026-10-15.
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