According to customs statistics, China's total goods trade in the first seven months of 2026 reached 30.13 trillion RMB, up 17.3% year on year, with exports at 17.44 trillion RMB, up 14%.
By trading partners, trade with ASEAN reached 5.14 trillion RMB, up 20%; trade with the EU reached 3.67 trillion RMB, up 9.5%; and trade with the United States stood at 2.38 trillion RMB, down 1.6%. Trade with Belt and Road countries totaled 15.36 trillion RMB, up 15.5%.
Yiwu's performance was particularly notable, with the first half of 2026 seeing import and export totals of 486.42 billion RMB, up 19.9%, with exports reaching 420.72 billion RMB, up 17.3%, historically breaking the 400 billion mark for the first time. Trade with Africa, ASEAN, and the EU reached 102.64 billion, 78.21 billion, and 45.81 billion RMB respectively, up 42.7%, 63.5%, and 13.7%.
Yiwu's cross-border e-commerce transactions in the first half reached 100.084 billion RMB, up 11.25%, the first time exceeding 100 billion in a half-year period.
Source: Yiwu Customs / Yiwu Index
