China — Trade & Compliance
China's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
Memberships & standing
Trade Flow
- 1USA12.6%
- 2China, Hong Kong SAR7.7%
- 3Japan4.5%
- 4Viet Nam4.4%
- 5Germany4.2%
- 1USA6.9%
- 2Rep. of Korea6.5%
- 3Russian Federation6.2%
- 4Australia6.0%
- 5Japan5.9%
- 1Electrical machinery29.3%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances17.4%
- 3Vehicles5.9%
- 4Plastics3.8%
- 5Furniture, bedding, lighting3.0%
- 1Mineral fuels & oils23.4%
- 2Electrical machinery15.4%
- 3Ores, slag, ash10.7%
- 4Machinery & mechanical appliances8.4%
- 5Pearls, precious stones & metals3.7%
- 1Russian Federation+1.09pp
- 2Viet Nam+0.81pp
- 3India+0.62pp
- 1USA−2.87pp
- 2Philippines−0.65pp
- 3Japan−0.57pp
- 1Vehicles+1.88pp
- 2Pearls, precious stones & metals+0.31pp
- 3Electrical machinery+0.24pp
- 1Organic chemicals−0.55pp
- 2Misc chemical products−0.51pp
- 3Toys, games, sports−0.43pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
- ✓United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
- ✓Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 14 November 1975
- ✓Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. Geneva, 2 December 1972
Fiscal & Tariffs
Sanctions & restrictive measures
18 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures lists — full lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List
Key commodities
Top item per category of 198 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA