China News reported on 10 November 2026, citing the General Administration of Customs of China website, that China's goods imports and exports reached RMB 44.81 trillion in the first 10 months of 2026, up 20% year on year. Exports were RMB 25.99 trillion, up 17.6%, and imports were RMB 18.82 trillion, up 23.6%. In October, trade totaled RMB 4.87 trillion, up 31.2%, including exports of RMB 2.79 trillion (up 28.7%) and imports of RMB 2.08 trillion (up 34.7%).
By trade mode, general trade was RMB 26.8 trillion (up 13.2%), processing trade RMB 8.92 trillion (up 28.4%) and bonded logistics RMB 7.69 trillion (up 44.1%). Among major partners, trade with ASEAN was RMB 7.68 trillion, up 24.2%, and trade with Belt and Road partner countries was RMB 22.88 trillion, up 18.5%. Private enterprises handled RMB 25.46 trillion of imports and exports, up 20.1%. Mechanical and electrical exports reached RMB 16.81 trillion, up 25.2%.
Xinhua, also reporting the 10 November GACC release, cited spokesman Lü Daliang as saying mechanical and electrical products accounted for 64.7% of China's exports in the period, 3.9 percentage points higher than a year earlier. It also cited official product figures showing exports of integrated circuits up 101.9%, memory components up 132.5%, 3D printers up 104.8%, digital cameras up 41.4%, industrial robots up 17.8%, the 'new three' green products up 46.5%, electric motorcycles and bicycles up 33.3%, and wind turbines and parts up 19.7%.
Xinhua further reported that trade in central and western China rose 24.5% in the first 10 months, 4.5 percentage points faster than the national pace. Lü said multimodal clearance reforms and stronger links among road, rail, water and air corridors, including China-Europe Railway Express and the Western Land-Sea New Corridor, are supporting that growth. Buyers should still confirm HS classification, origin documents and factory lead times for each lot, because monthly figures describe the national total rather than a single plant or lane.