China's Agricultural Trade in the First Two Months of 2025

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China's agricultural trade value decreased 9.5 percent year-on-year to $45.9 billion in the first two months of 2025. Exports grew by 3.0 percent to $15.2 billion. Imports dropped by 14.7 percent to $30.7 billion. Trade deficit shrank by 27.0 percent to $15.5 billion.

  The details are as follows:   

  1. Cereals imports decreased by 74.3 percent to 3.4 million tons and exports also decreased 22.3 percent to 0.2 million tons. Net imports decreased by 75.1 percent to 3.3 million tons.  

  2. Cotton imports decreased by 56.4 percent to 0.3 million tons. Cotton yarn imports decreased by 12.3 percent to 0.2 million tons.    

  3. Sugar imports decreased by 93.3 percent to 0.08 million tons.    

  4. Edible oilseeds imports increased by 6.2 percent to 14.9 million tons while exports decreased by 1.5 percent to 0.2 million tons.    

  5. Edible vegetable oil imports decreased by 28.1 percent to 0.9 million tons, while exports increased 1.8 times to 73 thousand tons.   

  6. Vegetables exports dropped by 1.1 percent to $2.6 billion and imports grew by 4.7 percent to $0.1 billion. Trade surplus shrank by 1.4 percent to $2.5 billion.    

  7. Fruits exports grew by 12.5 percent to $1.3 billion while imports dropped by 6.6 percent to $3.9 billion. Trade deficit shrank by 14.0 percent to $2.6 billion.    

  8. Livestock products imports grew by 4.2 percent to $6.9 billion while exports grew 12.6 percent to $1.0 billion. Trade deficit expand by 2.9 percent to $5.9 billion.    

     9. Fisheries and aquaculture products exports grew by 1.3 percent to $3.0 billion, and imports grew by 5.3 percent to $3.7 billion, resulting in a trade deficit expand by 28.4 percent to $0.7 billion.   

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