World Bank · Private Sector
China: Merchandise imports
2.58Tcurrent USD · 2025+53.8% since 2015
Merchandise imports includes goods whose economic ownership is changed from a non-resident to a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for China from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,582,896,000,000 | |
| 2024 | 2,583,218,000,000 | |
| 2023 | 2,556,941,000,000 | |
| 2022 | 2,706,507,000,000 | |
| 2021 | 2,679,412,000,000 | |
| 2020 | 2,065,964,000,000 | |
| 2019 | 2,078,386,000,000 | |
| 2018 | 2,135,748,000,000 | |
| 2017 | 1,843,792,000,000 | |
| 2016 | 1,587,925,000,000 | |
| 2015 | 1,679,566,000,000 | |
| 2014 | 1,959,233,000,000 | |
| 2013 | 1,949,990,000,000 | |
| 2012 | 1,818,405,000,000 | |
| 2011 | 1,743,484,000,000 | |
| 2010 | 1,396,247,000,000 | |
| 2009 | 1,005,923,000,000 | |
| 2008 | 1,132,567,000,000 | |
| 2007 | 956,116,000,000 | |
| 2006 | 791,461,000,000 | |
| 2005 | 659,953,000,000 | |
| 2004 | 561,229,000,000 | |
| 2003 | 412,760,000,000 | |
| 2002 | 295,170,000,000 | |
| 2001 | 243,553,000,000 | |
| 2000 | 225,094,000,000 | |
| 1999 | 165,699,000,000 | |
| 1998 | 140,237,000,000 | |
| 1997 | 142,370,000,000 | |
| 1996 | 138,833,000,000 | |
| 1995 | 132,084,000,000 | |
| 1994 | 115,615,000,000 | |
| 1993 | 103,959,000,000 | |
| 1992 | 80,585,000,000 | |
| 1991 | 63,791,000,000 | |
| 1990 | 53,345,000,000 | |
| 1989 | 59,142,000,000 | |
| 1988 | 55,268,000,000 | |
| 1987 | 43,216,000,000 | |
| 1986 | 42,904,000,000 | |
| 1985 | 42,252,000,000 | |
| 1984 | 27,410,000,000 | |
| 1983 | 21,390,000,000 | |
| 1982 | 19,285,000,000 | |
| 1981 | 22,014,000,000 | |
| 1980 | 19,941,000,000 | |
| 1979 | 15,621,000,000 | |
| 1978 | 11,131,000,000 | |
| 1977 | 7,148,000,000 | |
| 1976 | 6,660,000,000 | |
| 1975 | 7,926,000,000 | |
| 1974 | 7,791,000,000 | |
| 1973 | 5,208,000,000 | |
| 1972 | 2,851,000,000 | |
| 1971 | 2,129,000,000 | |
| 1970 | 2,279,000,000 | |
| 1969 | 1,917,000,000 | |
| 1968 | 2,068,000,000 | |
| 1967 | 2,169,000,000 | |
| 1966 | 2,482,000,000 | |
| 1965 | 2,246,000,000 | |
| 1964 | 1,710,000,000 | |
| 1963 | 1,450,000,000 | |
| 1962 | 1,373,000,000 | |
| 1961 | 1,747,000,000 | |
| 1960 | 2,648,000,000 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
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- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
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