Countries

China: trade by HS code

  • US$3.6tnExports 2024
  • US$2.1tnImports 2024
  • 5,565HS6 · Exports

In 2024, exports from China came to US$3.6tn and imports to US$2.1tn.

Its largest customer was the United States and its largest supplier the United States.

Top exports

  1. 8517.13Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones: smartphonesUS$178.3bn
  2. 8471.30Portable automatic data-processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a displayUS$126.3bn
  3. 8507.60Electric accumulators, including separators therefor: lithium-ionUS$68bn
  4. 8517.62Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatusUS$57.2bn
  5. 8542.31Processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuitsUS$56.9bn
  6. 8542.32Electronic integrated circuits, electronic integrated circuits, memoriesUS$55.5bn
  7. 8542.39Electronic integrated circuits, electronic integrated circuits, otherUS$48.8bn
  8. 8473.30Parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8471US$44.2bn
  9. 9503.00Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size (‘scale’) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsUS$40.7bn
  10. 8504.40Electrical transformers, static converters: static convertersUS$35.3bn
  11. 8517.79Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones: parts, otherUS$34.4bn
  12. 8703.80Other vehicles, with only electric motor for propulsionUS$32.3bn
  13. 8541.43Photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panelsUS$27.8bn
  14. 8534.00Printed circuitsUS$25.9bn
  15. 3926.90Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials: otherUS$23.5bn
  16. 8471.50Processing units other than those of subheading 847141 or 847149, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output unitsUS$21.7bn
  17. 8901.90Other vessels for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goodsUS$21.4bn
  18. 8524.91Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating: other, of liquid crystalsUS$20.6bn
  19. 8703.22Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000 cm3 but not exceeding 1500 cm3US$20.5bn
  20. 8703.23Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1500 cm3 but not exceeding 3000 cm3US$19.9bn

Top imports

  1. 2709.00Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crudeUS$318.4bn
  2. 2601.11Iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites: non-agglomeratedUS$109.8bn
  3. 2603.00Copper ores and concentratesUS$66.2bn
  4. 8542.31Processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuitsUS$61.2bn
  5. 7108.12Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in: non-monetary, other unwrought formsUS$58.8bn
  6. 8542.39Electronic integrated circuits, electronic integrated circuits, otherUS$58.5bn
  7. 1201.90Soya beans, whether or not broken: otherUS$47.2bn
  8. 8542.32Electronic integrated circuits, electronic integrated circuits, memoriesUS$46.7bn
  9. 2711.11Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gasUS$43bn
  10. 8486.20Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuitsUS$33.5bn
  11. 7403.11Cathodes and sections of cathodesUS$33.2bn
  12. 2701.12Coal, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated: bituminous coalUS$32.8bn
  13. 8524.92Of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED)US$29.9bn
  14. 8703.23Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1500 cm3 but not exceeding 3000 cm3US$21.8bn
  15. 2711.21Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gasUS$21.3bn
  16. 2711.12Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propaneUS$18.7bn
  17. 8529.90Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the: otherUS$15.6bn
  18. 8473.30Parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8471US$15.4bn
  19. 7404.00Copper waste and scrapUS$15.1bn
  20. 7202.60Ferro-alloys, ferro-nickelUS$14.2bn

Main buyers from China

  1. United States US$454bn
  2. Hong Kong SAR China US$273.4bn
  3. Japan US$160.4bn
  4. Vietnam US$157.5bn
  5. Germany US$148.8bn
  6. South Korea US$138.1bn
  7. India US$122.3bn
  8. Russia US$113.4bn
  9. Mexico US$107bn
  10. United Kingdom US$92bn

Main suppliers of China

  1. United States US$143.1bn
  2. South Korea US$133bn
  3. Australia US$125bn
  4. Japan US$122.8bn
  5. Russia US$121.5bn
  6. Taiwan US$103.9bn
  7. Brazil US$94.9bn
  8. Vietnam US$93.8bn
  9. Germany US$89.6bn
  10. Malaysia US$84.6bn

Questions and answers

What does China export most?

In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones: smartphones (HS 8517.13), worth US$178.3bn.