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China’s exports fall 1.1% in October, hit by a 25% drop in shipments to the US

  • On Friday, China’s General Administration of Customs reported exports fell 1.1% year-on-year in October, their first decline since March 2024, as shipments to the United States plunged 25%.
  • Chinese exporters had been frontloading shipments to avoid high U.S. tariffs, but that momentum faded in October amid escalating trade tensions after threats of extreme levies and export controls.
  • The official purchasing managers' index fell to a six-month low, and imports rose 1%, missing the 3.2% forecast, influenced by a high base in October 2024 when exports grew over 12.6%.
  • Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump met in South Korea and agreed to a one‑year suspension of punitive measures, reducing the effective U.S. tariff rate to 31%.
  • A 'meaningful' U.S. export boost is expected in the first quarter of next year, with Goldman Sachs economists projecting 5%-6% annual growth, while China must rely more on domestic demand as exports weaken.
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China has begun to notice the effects of the trade war with the United States, half a year after Donald Trump unleashed its global tariff storm. The dollar-denominated value of Asian giant exports fell in October by 1.1% year-on-year—in Yuan, the reduction has been 0.8%—, according to figures revealed this Friday by the General Customs Administration. This is the first contraction since April, the month in which the US president announced his ba…

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Chinese exports have added a total of €264,947 million (US$305,353 million) last October, representing a 7 per cent drop from the previous month and a 1.1 per cent decline from the same month last year, representing the first year-on-year decline in China's overseas sales since March 2024, when 7.5 per cent fell, according to the General Customs Administration of China.

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China's exports fell by 1.1 percent in October, imports slightly increased by 1 percent. Exports to the US collapsed, but other regions such as ASEAN and Africa experienced growth.

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nieuwrechts.nl broke the news in on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
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