China Trade Balance

Net exports — surplus reflects manufacturing dominance and domestic demand weakness.

$102.5B

Trend YoY growth is +17.4%, slowing by 11 bps/month over the last 5Y. Latest: +10.3%, 7.1 pp below trend, a 0.2σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is depressed by 28.0 pp due to an tough comparison base from Dec 1.

Level

YoY %

y = 23.7% 11 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+61.3%+67.1%+72.3%+78.1%+83.7%+89.5%+95.1%+100.8%+106.6%+112.2%+118.0%+123.6%+129.4%+135.2%+140.4%+146.2%+151.8%+157.5%+163.1%+168.9%+174.7%+180.3%+186.1%+191.7%
Feb '25+52.5%+57.2%+62.4%+67.4%+72.6%+77.6%+82.7%+87.9%+92.9%+98.1%+103.1%+108.3%+113.5%+118.2%+123.4%+128.4%+133.6%+138.6%+143.8%+149.0%+154.0%+159.2%+164.2%
Mar '25+54.0%+57.9%+61.8%+65.8%+69.7%+73.6%+77.6%+81.5%+85.5%+89.3%+93.3%+97.3%+100.9%+104.9%+108.8%+112.8%+116.6%+120.6%+124.6%+128.5%+132.5%+136.3%
Apr '25+45.3%+46.8%+48.4%+50.0%+51.6%+53.2%+54.8%+56.4%+57.9%+59.5%+61.1%+62.6%+64.2%+65.7%+67.4%+68.9%+70.5%+72.1%+73.7%+75.3%+76.8%
May '25+39.1%+39.6%+40.1%+40.6%+41.0%+41.5%+42.0%+42.5%+43.0%+43.4%+43.9%+44.4%+44.8%+45.3%+45.8%+46.3%+46.8%+47.2%+47.7%+48.2%
Jun '25+34.0%+33.8%+33.7%+33.5%+33.4%+33.2%+33.1%+32.9%+32.8%+32.6%+32.5%+32.3%+32.2%+32.0%+31.9%+31.7%+31.5%+31.4%+31.2%
Jul '25+25.3%+23.4%+21.6%+19.7%+17.9%+16.1%+14.2%+12.3%+10.6%+8.7%+6.9%+5.1%+3.2%+1.4%-0.5%-2.3%-4.2%-6.0%
Aug '25+17.5%+14.5%+11.6%+8.6%+5.7%+2.7%-0.3%-3.0%-6.1%-9.0%-12.0%-14.9%-17.9%-20.9%-23.8%-26.8%-29.7%
Sep '25+7.6%+2.8%-2.1%-6.9%-11.8%-16.7%-21.2%-26.1%-30.9%-35.8%-40.6%-45.5%-50.4%-55.2%-60.1%-64.9%
Oct '25+3.3%-1.2%-5.5%-10.0%-14.5%-18.5%-23.0%-27.3%-31.8%-36.1%-40.6%-45.1%-49.4%-53.9%-58.2%
Nov '25+1.2%-3.1%-7.5%-12.0%-16.0%-20.4%-24.7%-29.2%-33.5%-37.9%-42.4%-46.7%-51.1%-55.4%
Dec '25+0.5%-3.6%-7.6%-11.2%-15.3%-19.2%-23.2%-27.1%-31.1%-35.2%-39.1%-43.1%-47.0%