{"id":594322,"date":"2026-09-08T21:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/594322\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T21:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:56:40","slug":"chinas-exports-pick-up-in-august-jumping-25-as-its-trade-surplus-widens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/594322\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s exports pick up in August, jumping 25% as its trade surplus widens"},"content":{"rendered":"

BANGKOK \u2014 China<\/a>\u2019s exports jumped 25% in August from a year earlier on strong demand for autos and high-tech goods as its record trade surplus<\/a> widened further, its customs agency said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The data was broadly in line with what economists had expected and comes just ahead of a planned meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping<\/a> and U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a>. That\u2019s set for late September, though Beijing has not yet confirmed the exact date for the visit.<\/p>\n

Trade is expected to be among the key topics of discussion between Trump and Xi when the two leaders meet.<\/p>\n

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China\u2019s global imports climbed 28.2% in August compared with a year earlier, up from July\u2019s 27.5% rise. Exports grew 23.9% year-on-year in July. The trade surplus expanded in August to $119.1 billion from $112.5 billion in July.<\/p>\n

Policymakers in the U.S. and elsewhere have raised concerns over China\u2019s ballooning trade surplus, which surged to a record $1.2 trillion for the whole of last year. Beijing has said that it is not seeking to maximize its trade surplus.<\/p>\n

In August, China\u2019s exports to the U.S. totaled $42.5 billion, up 34.4% year-on-year, in part due to a base effect after higher U.S. tariffs caused exports to fall last year. U.S. exports to China last month were $13.3 billion, leaving a trade surplus in China\u2019s favor of about $29.2 billion, according to Chinese data.<\/p>\n

Exports to the European Union rose 6.6%, while those to Southeast Asia and Latin America rose 30.2% and 17.5%, respectively.<\/p>\n

Exports have consistently outpaced imports and are \u201cset to lead to a new record-high trade surplus this year,\u201d said Lynn Song, chief economist for Greater China at the Dutch bank ING.<\/p>\n

China has weathered disruptions from the Iran war<\/a> better than many other countries. It also has been exporting more to Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa, shielding it from the impact of higher U.S. tariffs.<\/p>\n

Exports of autos in August grew 43% year-on-year while semiconductor exports surged 129.8%, the customs data show.<\/p>\n

\u201cChina is very competitive in its tech goods exports,\u201d said Chi Lo, a senior market strategist for Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas Asset Management. In recent months, rising exports of electric vehicles, industrial machinery and semiconductors have helped fuel China\u2019s robust shipments globally.<\/p>\n

\u201cChina has moved aggressively up the value chain and has become a major player in AI infrastructure and industrial automation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BANGKOK \u2014 China\u2019s exports jumped 25% in August from a year earlier on strong demand for autos and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-594322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}