{"id":406277,"date":"2026-01-14T08:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/406277\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:28:07","slug":"chinas-trade-surplus-hits-new-heights-in-2025-despite-us-tariff-war-business-and-economy-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/406277\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s trade surplus hits new heights in 2025 despite US tariff war | Business and Economy News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trade gap rises to nearly $1.2 trillion as tariffs see exporters pivot to new markets.<\/p>\n

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China\u2019s trade surplus hit a new high of nearly $1.2 trillion in 2025 despite the tariff war with the United States.<\/p>\n

Customs data released on Wednesday showed that Chinese exports rose by 5.5 percent last year to total $3.77 trillion. The data shows that increased trade with other countries across the globe made up for reduced trade with the US.<\/p>\n

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Imports remained steady at $2.58 trillion, creating a trade surplus of $1.19 trillion. The gap stood at $992bn in 2024, before President Donald Trump launched his erratic trade policy actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Facing aggressive tariffs in the US market, Chinese firms pivoted to customers in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin \u2060America and Europe.<\/p>\n

However, trade with \u200cRussia dropped \u200dfor the first time \u200din five years, pulling back from a record level in 2024 on a slide in Russian demand for Chinese cars and a drop in the value of Chinese imports of Russian \u2060crude oil.<\/p>\n

China has provided a major economic lifeline to Russia as it navigates US and European \u200bsanctions levied due to its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe momentum for global trade growth looks to be insufficient, and the external environment for China\u2019s foreign trade development remains severe and complex,\u201d Wang Jun, a vice minister at China\u2019s customs administration, said at a news briefing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But \u201cwith more diversified trading partners, (China\u2019s) ability to withstand risks has been significantly enhanced,\u201d Wang said, adding that the fundamentals \u200dfor China\u2019s foreign trade remained \u201csolid\u201d.<\/p>\n

Strong global demand for computer chips and other devices, and the materials used to make them, were among categories that supported China\u2019s exports, analysts said.<\/p>\n

In December, China\u2019s exports climbed 6.6 percent from the year before in dollar terms, better than economists\u2019 estimates and higher than November\u2019s 5.9 percent year-on-year increase. Imports in December were up 5.7 percent year-on-year, compared with November\u2019s 1.9 percent.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s trade surplus surpassed the $1 trillion mark<\/a> for the first time in November, as the gap reached $1.08 trillion in the first 11 months of last year.<\/p>\n

Lynn Song, chief economist for Greater China at ING, said China\u2019s record trade surplus puts it on par with the gross domestic product (GDP) of a top 20 global economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is set to help China achieve its growth target of around 5 percent when the GDP data is published next week,\u201d said Song.<\/p>\n

Economists expect exports will continue to support China\u2019s economy this year, despite the ongoing trade friction and geopolitical tensions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to expect exports to act as a big growth driver in 2026,\u201d said Jacqueline Rong, chief China economist at BNP Paribas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trade gap rises to nearly $1.2 trillion as tariffs see exporters pivot to new markets. Published On 14…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,1204,4868,144,3139,3,104,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-406277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-asia-pacific","tag-business-and-economy","tag-china","tag-international-trade","tag-news","tag-trade-war","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}