Doha: China's foreign trade rose 17.6 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2026, with both exports and imports posting solid gains, and import growth continuing to outpace exports.
According to Qatar News Agency, the total value of China's imports and exports of goods reached CNY 34.78 trillion (about USD 5.13 trillion) in the January-August period, as reported by the General Administration of Customs. The growth rate was 0.3 percentage point faster than that recorded in the first seven months of the year.
Exports increased 14.6 percent year on year to CNY 20.17 trillion, while imports expanded by 22 percent to CNY 14.61 trillion, the data revealed. In August alone, China's goods trade totaled CNY 4.65 trillion, up 19.8 percent from a year earlier and remaining above the CNY-4-trillion mark for a sixth consecutive month.
Exports grew 18.6 percent year on year in August, while imports rose by 21.7 percent. Both exports and imports registered double-digit growth for a fourth straight month, and import growth exceeded that of exports for a sixth successive month.