In 2025, China achieved a trade surplus of more than one trillion dollars, a record figure in the world

Published at: 08/12/2025 11:05 PM

China reached a historic milestone in its international trade, achieving a trade surplus in goods and services that exceeds the trillion dollar barrier for the first time in history, the Russia Today website reported.

According to data from the General Administration of Customs of China, in the first 11 months of 2025, the Asian giant's exports of goods and services exceeded imports by almost 1.08 trillion dollars, a figure never reached by any country.

The growth of the Chinese trade surplus occurred despite the impact of the US tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on Chinese products, due to which Chinese exports to the United States were reduced by almost a fifth.

Beijing compensated for this blow by cutting back its purchases of American products, such as soybeans, by a similar proportion and reorienting its exports to Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.

Two fundamental economic factors explain this overwhelming competitiveness of Chinese products.

On the one hand, China's currency, the yuan, has been weak against other currencies for years. On the other hand, domestic prices in China have fallen, while they rose in Europe and the United States. This combination makes Chinese products extraordinarily cheap in the global market.

Mazo News Team