China Merchandise Exports

Direct measure of China's export machine — total goods shipped to the world.

$323.8B

Trend YoY growth is -1.5%, slowing by 29 bps/month over the last 5Y. Deviations have remained above trend for 12 consecutive periods. Latest: +5.3%, 6.8 pp above trend, a 0.7σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is depressed by 7.2 pp due to an tough comparison base from Dec 1.

Level

YoY %

y = 14.6% 29 bps/mo · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Rolling 1Y trend forecast

Forecast made inJan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26
Jan '25+10.8%+11.9%+13.0%+14.1%+15.3%+16.4%+17.6%+18.7%+19.9%+21.0%+22.2%+23.3%+24.5%+25.6%+26.7%+27.8%+29.0%+30.1%+31.3%+32.4%+33.6%+34.7%+35.9%+37.0%
Feb '25+9.0%+9.7%+10.6%+11.4%+12.2%+13.0%+13.8%+14.7%+15.5%+16.3%+17.1%+17.9%+18.8%+19.5%+20.3%+21.2%+22.0%+22.8%+23.6%+24.4%+25.3%+26.1%+26.9%
Mar '25+8.5%+8.9%+9.3%+9.8%+10.2%+10.6%+11.0%+11.4%+11.8%+12.2%+12.6%+13.0%+13.4%+13.8%+14.2%+14.6%+15.0%+15.4%+15.8%+16.2%+16.6%+17.0%
Apr '25+7.2%+7.2%+7.2%+7.1%+7.1%+7.1%+7.1%+7.1%+7.1%+7.0%+7.0%+7.0%+7.0%+7.0%+7.0%+6.9%+6.9%+6.9%+6.9%+6.9%+6.9%
May '25+6.5%+6.3%+6.2%+6.1%+5.9%+5.8%+5.6%+5.5%+5.4%+5.2%+5.1%+5.0%+4.8%+4.7%+4.6%+4.4%+4.3%+4.2%+4.0%+3.9%
Jun '25+6.1%+5.9%+5.8%+5.7%+5.5%+5.4%+5.3%+5.2%+5.0%+4.9%+4.8%+4.7%+4.5%+4.4%+4.3%+4.2%+4.0%+3.9%+3.8%
Jul '25+6.0%+5.8%+5.6%+5.4%+5.3%+5.1%+4.9%+4.7%+4.6%+4.4%+4.2%+4.0%+3.8%+3.7%+3.5%+3.3%+3.1%+3.0%
Aug '25+5.9%+5.8%+5.7%+5.5%+5.4%+5.3%+5.1%+5.0%+4.9%+4.8%+4.7%+4.5%+4.4%+4.3%+4.2%+4.0%+3.9%
Sep '25+5.4%+5.1%+4.8%+4.5%+4.2%+3.9%+3.6%+3.3%+3.0%+2.7%+2.4%+2.1%+1.8%+1.5%+1.2%+0.9%
Oct '25+3.9%+3.6%+3.2%+2.8%+2.5%+2.1%+1.7%+1.4%+1.0%+0.6%+0.3%-0.1%-0.5%-0.9%-1.2%
Nov '25+4.6%+4.3%+4.1%+3.8%+3.6%+3.4%+3.1%+2.9%+2.7%+2.4%+2.2%+1.9%+1.7%+1.5%
Dec '25+4.9%+4.8%+4.7%+4.6%+4.5%+4.4%+4.3%+4.2%+4.0%+3.9%+3.8%+3.7%+3.6%