Cui Dongshu of the China Transport Federation Branch published an article saying that the General Administration of Customs recently released import and export data for January-August 2026. The overall performance of China's merchandise trade exports grew relatively strongly in 2026. From January to August 2026, exports reached US$2925.5 billion, an increase of 19% over the previous year. In particular, in August, it reached the highest level of 401.4 billion US dollars in August of the previous year, and China's export trade growth performance was strong. Looking at China's trade surplus with the US, it has maintained a strong annual trend of over 300 billion US dollars in recent years. China's trade surplus with the US in January-August of this year was relatively good at 19.7 billion US dollars, and the overall surplus in 2026 is still good. In February of this year, 81 commodities, accounting for 53%, were at their lowest level in the past two years. With the appreciation of the RMB, export commodity prices increased at a high level in August of this year. Only 14 commodities in the 0 quartile accounted for 9%, 42% of the 50%-80% high, and 37% of the product categories in the price position below 50% were 37%, a huge improvement over February.

Cui Dongshu of the China Transport Federation Branch published an article saying that the General Administration of Customs recently released import and export data for January-August 2026. The overall performance of China's merchandise trade exports grew relatively strongly in 2026. From January to August 2026, exports reached US$2925.5 billion, an increase of 19% over the previous year. In particular, in August, it reached the highest level of 401.4 billion US dollars in August of the previous year, and China's export trade growth performance was strong. Looking at China's trade surplus with the US, it has maintained a strong annual trend of over 300 billion US dollars in recent years. China's trade surplus with the US in January-August of this year was relatively good at 19.7 billion US dollars, and the overall surplus in 2026 is still good. In February of this year, 81 commodities, accounting for 53%, were at their lowest level in the past two years. With the appreciation of the RMB, export commodity prices increased at a high level in August of this year. Only 14 commodities in the 0 quartile accounted for 9%, 42% of the 50%-80% high, and 37% of the product categories in the price position below 50% were 37%, a huge improvement over February.