According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs, China's foreign trade value in 2022 was 42.07 trillion yuan, up 7.7% year on year. Exports saw a 10.5% increase to 23.97 trillion yuan, and imports rose by 4.3% to 18.1 trillion yuan.
Imports and exports were resilient and large in scale.
The foreign trade value exceeded 40trillion yuan for the first time.
China has been the world's largest commodity trading nation for six consecutive years.