According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, in the first three quarters of 2025, China's import and export of goods reached 33.61 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4%. Among them, exports amounted to 19.95 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.1%; Imports amounted to 13.66 trillion yuan, a decrease of 0.2%. In September, imports and exports reached 4.04 trillion yuan, an increase of 8%.

Specifically, there are five main characteristics:

Firstly, the growth rate of imports and exports is accelerating quarter by quarter. China's imports and exports increased by 1.3% and 4.5% respectively in the first and second quarters of this year, and by 6% in the third quarter, achieving year-on-year growth for eight consecutive quarters.

The second is the continuous promotion of market diversification. In the first three quarters, China's import and export to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" amounted to 17.37 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2%, accounting for 51.7% of the total import and export value, and the proportion increased by 1.1 percentage points. Imports and exports to ASEAN, Latin America, Africa, Central Asia, and other regions increased by 9.6%, 3.9%, 19.5%, and 16.7% respectively. The import and export of other economies in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation increased by 2%.

The third is to export products to new and better markets. In the first three quarters, China's exports of mechanical and electrical products reached 12.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.6%, accounting for 60.5% of the total export value, an increase of 1.4 percentage points. Among them, the export of high-tech products such as electronic information, high-end equipment, and instruments increased by 8.1%, 22.4%, and 15.2% respectively; The growth rate of green products such as "New Three" products and railway electric locomotives has reached double digits.

Fourthly, the import operation is gradually recovering. With the effective release of domestic demand potential, imports increased by 0.3% year-on-year in the second quarter, and the growth rate further accelerated to 4.7% in the third quarter. In the third quarter, the import volume of crude oil and metal ore increased by 4.9% and 10.1% respectively year-on-year; The import value of measuring and testing instruments, computers, and communication equipment increased by 9.3% and 8.9% respectively.

Fifth, foreign trade entities are actively active. In the first three quarters, the number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in China reached 700000, an increase of 52000 year-on-year. Among them, there were 613000 private enterprises, with an import and export volume of 19.16 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.8%; There were 80000 foreign-invested enterprises, with an import and export volume of 9.82 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.1%.