Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
China
China
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2017-2019) Trade (% GDP, 2017-2019)
14 722 840 10 216 2.0 1 797 18.6
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
1 1 4 4
Imports
2 2 2 3
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 2 590 221 2 057 217 2020 14.70
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 5 4
2019 1 -3
2020 4 -1 2020 11.54
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 3.3
Fuels and mining products: 3.1
Agricultural products: 9.6
Fuels and mining products: 27.9
Manufactures: 92.9
Other: 0.7
Manufactures: 59.7
Other: 2.8
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
United States of America: 17.5 Hong Kong, China: 10.5 Viet Nam: 4.4
European Union: 15.1 Japan: 5.5 Other: 47
European Union: 12.6 Japan: 8.5 United States of America: 6.6
Chinese Taipei: 9.8 Korea, Republic of: 8.4 Other: 54.1
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0703 HS2008 HS2106 HS0712 HS0808
2020 . 2 621 2 522 2 327 2 137 2 117
Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks Plants' parts otherwise preserved Other food preparations Dried vegetables, whole, cut Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1201 HS0203 HS0202 HS1901 HS1511
2020
Soya beans, whether or not broken Swine meat, fresh, chilled, frozen Meat of bovine animals, frozen Malt extract Palm oil and its fractions
39 528 11 881 9 771 5 898 4 123
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
Imports 5%
0%
HS0703
HS1201
HS2008
HS0203
HS2106
HS0202
HS0712
HS1901
HS0808
HS1511
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 57 536 157 456
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 5 9
2019 2 8
2020 -2 18
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS8471 HS8525 HS8542 HS6307 HS8517
2020
Automatic data-processing machines Radio-telephony transmission tools Electronic integrated circuits Other made-up articles Line telephony electrical apparatus
187 422 187 248 118 247 55 226 46 805
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS8542 HS2709 HS2601 HS8703 HS2711
2020
Electronic integrated circuits Petroleum oils, crude Iron ores and concentrates Motor cars for transport of persons Petroleum gases
351 173 176 321 118 944 44 923 42 078
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
80
5%
Imports 10%
0%
HS8471
HS8542
HS8525
HS2709
HS8542
HS2601
HS6307
HS8703
HS8517
HS2711
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 2 508 069 1 887 228
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 5 4
2019 0 -3
2020 3 -2
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China TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports a Commercial services imports a
Annual percentage change
2020 278 084 377 528 2020 5.66
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2010-2020 na na
2019 4 -5
2020 -1 -24 2020 8.21
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 20.7 Other commercial services: 64.1
Travel: 6.1 Goods-related services: 9
Transport: 25.1 Other commercial services: 39.1
By main destination, % (2016)
Travel: 34.8 Goods-related services: 1
By main origin, % (2016)
Hong Kong, China: 28.8 United States of America: 15 Singapore: 5.5
European Union (28): 17 Japan: 5.5 Other: 28.2
Hong Kong, China: 19.6 European Union (28): 16.9 Canada: 5.8
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
United States of America: 19.3 Japan: 6.6 Other: 31.8
Annual percentage change
2018 970 913 948 331
2010-2018 na na
2017 39 84
2018 14 34
Transport China
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 57 623 94 680
Exports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other
Value
Share (%)
28 578 14 083 na
62.2 30.6 na
2010-2020 5 4
Annual percentage change 2019 9 -3
Imports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other
2020 25 -10
Value
Share (%)
66 694 30 468 na
63.7 29.1 na
Travel 200
China
World
100 0
2010
Value
Million US$ Exports a Imports a 2013
2016
2020 17 067 131 228
2010-2020 na na
Annual percentage change 2019 -13 -9
2020 -50 -48
2020
Travel exports (Index 2014=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Exports of OCS by main item (2020) Other business services ICTs
11.2 13.4
42.3
Million US$
Value
2020
Other commercial services Exports 178 306 Imports 147 761
Construction
33.1
2010-2020 9 7
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
25 089 3 859
0 47
2019
2020
8 4
4 7
2019
2020
2 42
-16 -3
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
1 243 568
Non-residents
157 093
Trademark applications, 2014 Total
1 400 661
Residents
1 997 058
Non-residents
107 356
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
2 104 414
Residents
691 771
Non-residents
19 846
Total
711 617
a Break in series: 2014.
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