What China imports

China ranks in the top 10 importers for 118 of the HS codes we track.

ProductHSImportsShare
Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated260111$131.39B78.7%
Motor cars and other motor vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal870323$33.21B12.8%
Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed300490$17.83B4.7%
Cosmetic and toilet preparations330499$13.21B22.5%
Meat of bovine animals020230$12.12B40.8%
Telephone sets: machines for the reception851762$9.35B4.3%
Aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15880240$7.93B8.2%
Motor vehicles: gear boxes and parts thereof870840$7.88B10.9%
Electrical apparatus for switching853690$7.54B16.5%
Electric transformers: Electrical static converters850440$7.49B7.4%
Telephone sets: parts851779$7.46B12.2%
Machinery and mechanical appliances: having individual functions847989$7.10B14.4%
Chemical products382499$6.51B12.9%
Human blood300241$6.23B11.3%
Boards853710$5.71B6.8%
Diamonds: non-industrial710239$5.57B7.6%
Medical901890$5.45B7.3%
Food preparations210690$5.43B9.4%
Crustaceans: frozen030617$5.36B27.4%
Jewellery articles and parts thereof: of precious metal711319$5.13B4.8%
Taps: for pipes848180$4.92B8.2%
Units of automatic data processing machines847150$4.84B5.1%
Turbo-jets841112$4.59B5.5%
Cotton520100$4.16B31.5%
Ferro-alloys: ferro-chromium720241$3.96B44.7%
Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or853890$3.95B10.4%
Aluminium: unwrought760110$3.54B10.1%
Plastics: other articles392690$3.44B4.4%
Iron ores and concentrates: agglomerated260112$3.19B18.0%
Cyclic hydrocarbons290220$3.12B36.8%
Propylene390210$2.79B11.1%
Trunks: handbags420221$2.77B13.0%
Aluminium: unwrought760120$2.46B6.3%
Motor vehicles: Vehicle parts and accessories870899$2.45B2.6%
Engines: compression-ignition internal840890$2.31B15.2%
Aircraft: parts of aeroplanes880730$2.19B3.1%
Footwear640399$2.19B6.9%
Medical: catheters901839$2.04B5.5%
Trunks: handbags420222$1.99B14.0%
Sugars: cane sugar170114$1.90B10.9%
Iron or steel: articles732690$1.90B3.4%
Plastics: plates392062$1.78B19.8%
Cotton yarn520512$1.73B69.9%
Transmission shafts and cranks: ball or roller screws848340$1.71B8.4%
Tobacco240120$1.68B18.6%
Engines: parts840991$1.64B5.0%
Air or vacuum pumps: for air841480$1.58B6.5%
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits120740$1.53B35.9%
Medicaments: containing antibiotics300420$1.47B9.5%
Machinery and mechanical appliances: parts847990$1.39B6.2%
Engines: parts for internal combustion piston840999$1.32B3.6%
Insulated wire: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts854449$1.23B3.4%
Taps: parts thereof848190$1.22B5.9%
Motor vehicles: brakes870830$1.18B3.2%
Molluscs030743$1.17B17.9%
Screws731815$1.14B5.2%
Air or vacuum pumps: parts841490$1.13B6.7%
Human hair670300$1.11B82.3%
Bananas080390$1.08B7.6%
Heterocyclic compounds293399$1.07B3.4%
Rice100630$1.04B4.2%
Machinery parts843149$1.02B3.2%
Fish030389$999.4M26.0%
Transmission shafts and cranks848310$989.4M6.7%
Electric transformers: parts thereof850490$942.9M6.2%
Pumps: centrifugal841370$917.0M5.9%
Zinc790111$902.7M9.4%
Iron or non-alloy steel720851$865.5M5.2%
Pumps: parts thereof841391$849.9M4.7%
Aluminium oxide281820$827.5M6.2%
Electric motors and generators850300$815.4M3.4%
Heterocyclic compounds: containing an unfused pyridine ring293339$682.5M4.9%
Ground-nuts120242$656.8M17.0%
Plastic plates392190$547.0M3.3%
Copper wire740811$545.8M2.8%
Nucleic acids and their salts293499$528.0M2.3%
Carbon280300$510.7M7.7%
Vegetable oils151530$507.0M43.5%
Cotton yarn520524$495.4M56.8%
Grapes080610$484.5M4.4%
Carboxyamide-function compounds292429$477.4M7.6%
Ground nut oil and its fractions150810$477.1M74.8%
Antibiotics294190$474.5M6.7%
Salt250100$453.1M9.0%
Plastics: of polymers of propylene392020$417.8M4.1%
Footwear640391$416.6M3.0%
Sugars: sucrose170199$402.9M2.5%
Pepper of the genus piper090421$394.7M22.7%
Diamonds: non-industrial710231$380.8M1.1%
Insecticides: other than containing goods specified380892$379.4M3.9%
Sulphonamides293590$371.0M4.5%
Dyes: pigments and preparations based320417$294.5M6.5%
Bread190531$264.2M2.4%
Cotton yarn520522$264.0M31.8%
Cotton yarn520523$233.5M19.2%
Trunks: of a kind normally carried in the420231$230.4M5.9%
Insecticides: other than containing goods specified380891$225.0M2.3%
Ink321590$221.5M3.4%
Stainless steel bars and rods722220$215.9M5.4%
Motorcycles and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor871130$212.3M6.5%
Plants and parts of plants121190$206.9M5.3%
Iron or steel: articles732619$203.1M5.1%
Shirts: men's or boys'610510$184.4M3.3%
Stainless steel wire722300$181.1M7.0%
Extracts210111$156.2M2.5%
Coconut530500$152.8M33.2%
Seeds of anise090931$144.4M22.4%
Apparel420310$122.5M5.2%
Vegetable saps and extracts130219$110.7M3.1%
Light-vessels: light890590$110.3M2.7%
Tea090240$107.9M3.3%
Stones710491$97.7M3.7%
Dyes: reactive dyes and preparations based320416$88.0M8.3%
Vegetable saps and extracts: whether or not modified130232$66.2M6.7%
Track suits621142$51.3M3.1%
Organic compounds294200$41.7M2.3%
Amine-function compounds292142$41.5M9.3%
Ginger091030$11.4M3.9%

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