People's Republic of China

Top Exports in 2024

Top Exports in 2024
HS6
Value (US$ million)
Commodity Description Top Destinations
852520 227365 Transmission app. for radio-telephony/radio-telegraphy/radio-broadcasting/t ... China, Hong Kong SAR
854221 215698 Monolithic integrated circuits, digital China, Hong Kong SAR
847130 102705 Portable digital auto. data processing machines, weighing not >10kg, consis ... USA
999999 96963 Commodities not specified according to kind USA
850780 61787 Electric accumulators, incl. separators therefor, whether or not rect. (inc ... USA
870390 44762 Vehicles princ. designed for the tpt. of persons (excl. of 87.02 & 8703.10- ... Belgium
950390 40038 Toys n.e.s. in 95.03 USA
851790 39815 Parts of the app. & equip. of 85.17 Viet Nam
847330 38233 Parts & accessories (excl. covers, carrying cases and the like) suit. for u ... China, Hong Kong SAR
854140 35641 Photosensitive semiconductor devices, incl. photovoltaic cells whether or n ... Netherlands
890190 34275 Vessels for the tpt. of gds. & for the tpt. of both persons & gds. (excl. o ... China, Hong Kong SAR
271019 34074 Petroleum oils & oils obt. from bituminous mins. (excl. crude) & preps. oth ... China, Hong Kong SAR
Source: ADB calculations using data from UN Comtrade (accessed June 2025).

Top Imports in 2024

Top Imports/Sources in 2024
HS6
Value (US$ million) Commodity Description Top Source
854221 385357 Monolithic integrated circuits, digital Taipei, China
270900 325187 Petroleum oils & oils obt. from bituminous mins., crude Russian Federation
260111 129383 Iron ores & concs. (excl. roasted iron pyrites), non-agglom. Australia
710812 99769 Gold (incl. gold plated with platinum), in unwrought forms (excl. powder) Switzerland
260300 67332 Copper ores & concs. Chile
852520 53232 Transmission app. for radio-telephony/radio-telegraphy/radio-broadcasting/t ... Viet Nam
120100 52726 Soya beans, whether or not broken Brazil
847989 49058 Machines & mech. appls. having individual functions, n.e.s./incl. in Ch.84 Japan
271111 44064 Natural gas, liquefied Australia
270112 35393 Bituminous coal, whether or not pulverised but not agglom. Australia
740311 35178 Cathodes & sections of cathodes, of ref. copper, unwrought Dem. Rep. of the Congo
870323 28355 Vehicles (excl. of 87.02 & 8703.10) princ. designed for the tpt. of persons ... Germany
Source: ADB calculations using data from UN Comtrade (accessed June 2025).

Main Trading Partners, 2024

 
Export Destination Exports
(US$ million)
Rank Import Source Imports
(US$ million)
United States 525,225 1 Taipei, China 217,919
Hong Kong, China 292,653 2 Korea, Rep. of 181,902
Viet Nam 162,276 3 United States 165,376
Japan 152,051 4 Japan 156,455
Korea, Rep. of 147,349 5 Australia 141,988
India 120,591 6 Russian Federation 128,318
Russian Federation 115,570 7 Brazil 116,658
Germany 107,079 8 Malaysia 110,674
Malaysia 101,322 9 Viet Nam 98,942
Netherlands 91,219 10 Germany 94,879
Mexico 90,171 11 Indonesia 71,151
Thailand 86,097 12 Saudi Arabia 57,507
Source: ADB calculations using data from IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (accessed October 2025).