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China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade

China's goods trade (exports plus imports) by partner, US$ billion, 2025.

Trade rewired
  1. 1. Mexico, not China, now sells America the most goods
  2. 2. China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade
  3. 3. America's duty-free parcels grew almost tenfold in nine years
  4. 4. Mexico's factories now outproduce Britain's and France's
  5. 5. The UAE sold more goods abroad than France in 2025
  6. 6. The EU now buys more US gas than Russian gas
  7. 7. Malaysia again sells more to America than to China
  8. 8. Brazil mines 93% of the world's niobium
  9. 9. More Vietnamese now work in industry than on farms
  10. 10. Indonesia set to use more palm oil than it exports
  11. 11. Factories now make more of Cambodia's economy than China's
  12. 12. China now buys more from Brazil than from Germany
  13. 13. Kazakhstan now sells Russia more than Germany does
  14. 14. China fell to third among America's suppliers in 2025
  15. 15. America overtook China as Taiwan's biggest export market
  16. 16. Mongolia's coal exports hit a record 90 million tonnes
  17. 17. Viet Nam's ports now handle more containers than Japan's
  18. 18. Liberia overtook Panama as the biggest flag by ship capacity
  19. 19. Nickel made Indonesia the world's fifth-biggest iron and steel exporter
  20. 20. Mexico again hosts more US investment than China
  21. 21. Mexico replaced China as America's top computer supplier
$1,055bn

China's 2025 trade with the ten ASEAN nations, up 7.4% on 2024.

1.9×

ASEAN trade was 1.88 times China's trade with the US ($560bn).

−18.7%

China–US trade fell in 2025, while trade with the EU rose 5.4% to $828bn.

Source: General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), China's Total Export & Import Values by Country/Region, December 2025 (USD), 2025
the numbers & method
China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade. Source: General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), China's Total Export & Import Values by Country/Region, December 2025 (USD), 2025.
Total trade 2025 (bn)
ASEAN (10 nations)1,054.6
European Union828.1
United States559.7
Hong Kong367.3
South Korea331.2
Japan322.2
Taiwan314.3
Russia228.1
Australia206.6
Brazil188.0
India155.6

Claim types Fact

GACC monthly table (4) 'China's Total Export & Import Values by Country/Region, Dec 2025 (in USD)', column 'Export & Import, 1-to-12', US$ million, and its year-on-year column, read from GACC's English site. 2025 (US$ bn, change on 2024): ASEAN 1,054.6 (+7.4%), EU 828.1 (+5.4%), United States 559.7 (−18.7%), Hong Kong 367.3 (+18.9%), South Korea 331.2 (+1.2%), Japan 322.2 (+4.5%), Taiwan 314.3 (+7.3%), Russia 228.1 (−6.9%), Australia 206.6 (−2.3%), Brazil 188.0 (−0.1%), India 155.6 (+12.4%); China's total 6,354.8 (+3.2%). 2024 from the December 2024 table of the same series: ASEAN 982.3, EU 785.8, US 688.3. ASEAN and EU totals are GACC's own bloc rows; Vietnam and others are inside ASEAN. The ASEAN/US ratio (1.88) is a progrss calculation. Some goods shipped to ASEAN end up in the US or EU. Re-sourced from GACC (previously sites quoting it); corrected Hong Kong (was 366.3), Russia (227.9), Australia (207.5) and Brazil (188.2, the 2024 value).

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