China's trade surplus widened to USD 75.42 billion in November 2020 from USD 37.18 billion in the same month the previous year, and far above market expectations of USD 53.5 billion. x�+T05�31Q0 B#S=SC0+9WA?37�@�%_!� �g� With this release, second-quarter figures are now available. %���� Together these manufactured goods accounted for 87% of EU exports of goods to China and 97% of EU imports of goods from China. But demand for Chinese goods has soared amid pandemic lockdowns. Trade in goods alone reached a record deficit of $83.9 billion. The year-to-date U.S. goods deficit with China has narrowed to a seasonally adjusted $294.2 billion from the same 10 months of 2018, the report showed. European Commission Directorate-General for Trade 03-05-2017 3 Units A4 / G2 European Union, Trade with China Total goods: EU Trade flows and balance, annual data 2006 - 2016 Source Eurostat Comext - Statistical regime 4 Total goods: EU Trade flows and balance Source Eurostat Comext - Statistical regime 4 Period Imports Exports Balance Total trade Agricultural products, chemicals, and fuels are also significant exports. Data map: container terminal. For both EU exports and imports of goods with the China, 'machinery and vehicles', 'chemicals' and 'other manufactured goods' dominate. Trade data: Due to quasi-transit trade, the adding of intra-EU trade and extra-EU trade may lead to double counting. The UK had a small surplus with China on trade in services, outweighed by a deficit on trade in goods. Until February 2019 China was the largest trade partner of the United States, and currently is in third place after Canada and Mexico while it remains the biggest source of imports. endobj In 2019, China was the third largest partner for EU exports of goods (9% of total extra-EU exports) and largest for EU imports of goods (19% of total extra-EU imports). Until recently, Canada-China trade has only been reported using customs-based trade data, so called because it captures the movement of merchandise across the border. In practice, it is primarily the second category - restricted goods - that may be of relevance to European suppliers. This would lead to the same goods being counted as imports by both the Netherlands and Germany. The great bulk of China’s exports consists of manufactured goods, of which electrical and electronic machinery and equipment and clothing, textiles, and footwear are by far the most important. International trade in China China surpassed the United States as the worlds’ largest goods trading economy in 2013. China remains far from meeting its committed purchases of U.S. goods under the "phase one" trade deal, data compiled by think tank Peterson Institute for International Economics showed. Trade in goods and services is defined as the transactions in goods and services between residents and non-residents. Source: Trade in Goods with China Link Download. In practice this means that the goods imported by the EU27 from the UK were physically transported from the UK but part of these goods could have been of other origin than the UK. The project examines five interrelated categories of Chinese power: military, economics, technology, social, and international image. “The U.S. trade in goods deficit with China is $31.7 billion lower in the first eight months of 2020 than it was in the first eight months of 2016, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. endobj - PR12772512 U.S. goods and services trade with China totaled an estimated $634.8 billion in 2019. 1  Details may not equal totals due to rounding. In the mid-eighteenth century, the government restricted sea trade by setting up the Canton System. It is measured in million USD, as percentage of GDP for net trade, and also in annual growth for exports and imports. Source dataset: ext_st_eu27_2019sitc and DS-018995. The U.S. trade deficit with China in 2019 was $345.2 billion. <>>>/BBox[0 0 52.44 25.51]/Length 39>>stream China-EU trade in goods: €164 billion deficit in 2019, China-EU international trade in goods statistics. Cargo containers at the Port of … Goods and Services by Selected Countries and Areas: Quarterly – Balance of Payments Basis (exhibit 20) Statistics on trade in goods and services by country and area are only available quarterly, with a one-month lag. In 2019, China was the third largest partner for EU exports of goods (9% of total extra-EU exports) and largest for EU imports of goods (19% of total extra-EU imports). The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with China was $308.8 billion in 2019. ChinaPower provides an in-depth understanding of the evolving nature of Chinese power relative to other countries. This was the largest trade surplus since at least 1981, as exports jumped to an all-time high amid improving global demand. An example of this would be goods imported from China via the Netherlands, where they are cleared by customs for free circulation, before being dispatched to Germany. For 2019, it was only marginally lower at $345bn. China’s exports to the U.S. over the decades have changed from low-value, labor-intensive products to more capital intensive goods. zJ/���lt�h[�]�Ozq����(�nW��d�vǯN�(u��@���x�N=��}��>�'몳�sҁ�j�v��.�@iw�܁R���k�'���O���@Ѵn����� However, the UK is still part of the internal market until the end of the transitory period, meaning that data on trade with the UK are still based on statistical concepts applicable to trade between the EU Member States. In the nineteenth century, European nations used military force to initiate sustained trade with China. ADVERTISEMENT. All OECD countries compile their data according to the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA). Among them, the income from trade in goods was 1,788.2 billion yuan, the expenditure was 125.2 billion yuan, and the surplus was 456.2 billion yuan; the income from trade in services was 129.8 billion yuan, the expenditure was 2015 billion yuan, and the deficit was 71.7 billion yuan. China accounted for 4.4% of UK exports and 6.8% of all UK imports. The EU 27 data reflect the political change in the EU composition so the UK is considered as an extra-EU partner country for the EU27. NOTE: All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars on a nominal basis, not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified. �^2�y�@Q4n��{{b/�u�dOYJ� ��7�l�%w6;Pr-���%E̔�Q�]���C��i�@�4���ǓP�(y3ځ�g�'��.�9�-�6��� ��x��5s(Y�{`�yr�%gV;Pr����]�ā"6�(b�|�"�/���dJ���W�O��#�y2�%�x�+�)O.@q��g��o���������@l. During the period 2009 to 2019, the EU had a trade in goods deficit (meaning larger imports than exports) with China, which varied between €104 billion and €164 billion. There were 24 Member States that had a trade deficit with China. The largest surplus was held by Germany (EUR 19 511 million), followed by Ireland (EUR 5 061 million) and Finland (EUR 1 252 million). 2 0 obj Census Bureau data shows that in the first six months of the year, the U.S. ran a trade deficit with China of around $132 billion. China is currently the United States’ 3rd largest goods trading partner with $558.1 billion in total (two-way) goods trade during 2019. endstream Reducing trade with China was supposed to happen in 2020. 3 0 obj For press queries, please contact our Media Support. wv;P��{^�~yr��9�(L�=�X���5�:��o Canada Trade in Goods with China, BOP and Customs Basis. During the last five reported years the imports of China changed by $23.4B from $1.59T in 2013 to $1.61T in 2018. European Commission Directorate-General for Trade 08-05-2020 3 Units A4 / G2 European Union, Trade with China Total goods: EU Trade flows and balance, annual data 2009 - 2019 Source Eurostat Comext - Statistical regime 4 Total goods: EU Trade flows and balance Source Eurostat Comext - Statistical regime 4 Period Imports Exports Balance Total trade ���Ϻ��dt����� The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the government department in charge of foreign trade in China, periodically publishes and revises the lists of restricted or banned goods. Table reflects only those months for which there was trade. <> The US deficit for goods traded with China on a non-seasonally adjusted basis shrank … European Commission Directorate-General for Trade 04-11-2016 3 Units A4 / G2 European Union, Trade with China Total goods: EU Trade flows and balance, annual data 2005 - 2015 Source Eurostat Comext - Statistical regime 4 Total goods: EU Trade flows and balance Source Eurostat Comext - Statistical regime 4 Period Imports Exports Balance Total trade The trade deficit exists because U.S. exports to China were only $106.4 billion while imports from China were $451.6 billion. 2020 : U.S. trade in goods with China . It shows that three Member States had a trade surplus with China. �r�+�q��P. 1 0 obj During parts of the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties, trade was officially discouraged. The most recent imports of China are led by Crude Petroleum ($208B), Integrated Circuits ($133B), Iron Ore ($59.2B), Cars ($45.2B), and Petroleum Gas ($44.2B). The report on US foreign trade in goods with China in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics. To contact us, please visit our User Support page. The deficit in the trade of goods with China fell 6.7 percent to $26.4 billion, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Commerce. President Trump signed a "phase one" trade agreement with China as the world's two biggest economies try to rein in a more than 18-month trade war. “The U.S. trade in goods deficit with China is $31.7 billion lower than in first eight months of 2020 than it was in the first eight months of 2016, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. More precisely, they would appear in the Netherlands' extra-EU imports from China and intra-EU exports to Germany and in Germany's intra-EU imports from the Netherlands. In 2019 the trade deficit stood at €164 billion. ;P�L� E�(��C�dv��M������' China is Australia’s biggest trading partner for both the export and import of goods. Figures 1 and 2 below shows the dominance of China, with 39% all goods exported in 2019-20 going to China, while 27% of all goods imported were from China. In 2018 China imported $1.61T, making it the number 2 trade destination in the world. The trade in goods balance between the EU Member States and China is shown in Table 1c. The US trade deficit in goods with China in 2016 was $347bn. Exports were $163.0 billion; imports were $471.8 billion. The deficit in the trade of goods with China rose 9% to $26.5 billion and the gap with Mexico rose 10% to $11.8 billion. x^��-'��W��=����=5�*��X��g/DEyԲ^���[ j�:�M/��Η~^C����z��Lt��۸����Ѻ��\t����� This timeline shows the total value of the United States trade in goods (export and import) with China from 2009 to 2019. Data: Statistics Canada Source: Office of the Chief Economist, DFATD. Among the Member States, the Netherlands was the largest importer of goods (€88 billion) from China and Germany was the largest exporter of goods (€96 billion) to China in 2019. US trade in goods with China in 2018. During the period 2009 to 2019, the EU had a trade in goods deficit (meaning larger imports than exports) with China, which varied between €104 billion and €164 billion. For this reason data on trade with the UK are not fully comparable with data on trade with other extra-EU27 trade partners like China. U.S. trade with China nosedived in September after President Donald Trump escalated the trade war with fresh tariffs on consumer items, deepening a slump for … That's 18% less than 2018's $418.9 billion deficit. Former Vice President Joe Biden is simply lying, just like he did in the first debate. UK exports to China were worth £30.7 billion; imports from China were £49.0 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of -£18.3 billion. %PDF-1.5 As a consequence, while imports from any other extra-EU27 trade partner are grouped by country of origin, the UK data reflect country of consignment. Former Vice President Joe Biden is simply lying, just like he did in the first debate. <>] 31(�� ������f��f�� f��� 3ff��3��3f�f�� 3f���3fff��� D� )]/Intent/Perceptual/Subtype/Image/Height 545/Filter/FlateDecode/Type/XObject/DecodeParms<>/Width 1104/Length 18279/BitsPerComponent 8>>stream So far this year, the overall gap in the trade of goods and services with the rest of the world has risen to $536.7 billion, up 9.5% from January-October 2019.