SunSirs: China's Agricultural Products Import and Export from January to July 2025

From January to July, China's agricultural product import and export volume was US $174.89 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 5.0%. Among them, exports were US $57.72 billion, an increase of 1.8%; imports were US $117.17 billion, a decrease of 8.0%; and the trade deficit was US $59.45 billion, a decrease of 15.8%.

1. Grain: From January to July, grain imports totaled 14.204 million tons, a decrease of 63.0% year-on-year, with a trade value of $4.27 billion, down 62.8%; exports totaled 833,000 tons, up 11.1%, with a trade value of $520 million, up 2.9%; net imports totaled 13.371 million tons, down 64.4%.

2. Cotton, sugar

Cotton: From January to July, imports were 5.77 million tons, a decrease of 72.0% year-on-year; the import value was $1 billion, a decrease of 76.1%. In addition, imports of cotton substitutes, cotton yarn [1], were 7.77 million tons, a decrease of 14.0%.

Sugar: From January to July, 1.782 million tons of sugar were imported, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%; the import value was $840 million, a decrease of 17.0%.

3, Edible oilseeds, edible vegetable oils

Edible oilseeds: From January to July, imports increased by 2.9% year-on-year to 64.938 million tons, while import value decreased by 10.5% to US$29.94 billion; exports increased by 1.9% year-on-year to 6.46 million tons, while export value decreased by 4.0% to US$1.08 billion; trade deficit was US$28.86 billion, down by 10.7% year-on-year.

Edible vegetable oil: From January to July, imports were 3.626 million tons, down 12.6% year-on-year, and the import value was $4.04 billion, down 0.6%; exports were 232,000 tons, up 1.5 times, and the export value was $300 million, up 1.2 times; the trade deficit was $3.74 billion, down 4.7%.

4, Vegetables, fruits

Vegetables: From January to July, the export value was US $9.84 billion, a decrease of 5.5% year-on-year; the import value was US $880 million, an increase of 24.2%; the trade surplus was US $8.96 billion, a decrease of 7.7%.

Fruit: From January to July, the export value was US $4.42 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%; the import value was US $12.74 billion, an increase of 1.3%; the trade deficit was US $8.32 billion, a decrease of 0.3%.

5, Livestock products, aquatic products

Agricultural products: 1-7 months, inImport value of $23.91 billion, up 3.6% year-on-year; export value of $4.18 billion, up 14.1%; trade deficit of $19.73 billion, up 1.6%.

Aquatic products: From January to July, the export value was US $11.8 billion, an increase of 3.4% year-on-year; the import value was US $13.59 billion, an increase of 6.9%; the trade deficit was US $1.79 billion, an increase of 37.1%.

Note: The data on the import and export trade volume of agricultural products is from the official website of the General Administration of Customs of China. The trade data by product category is compiled according to the classification caliber of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China's agricultural products.

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[1] Cotton yarn is classified as an industrial product in the statistics of import and export.

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