In December 2020, the Maritime Silk Road Trade Index (STI) released by the Ningbo Shipping Exchange showed that the import and export trade index was 169.85 points,up 5.41% from the previous month and up 13.34% year-on-year; the export trade index was 195.46 points,up 5.17% from the previous month,an increase of 18.63% year-on-year;the import trade index was 143.78 points,up 5.75% month-on-month and up 6.76% year-on-year.

From January to December, China total import and export trade value was US$4,658.4 billion,a year-on-year increase of 2.0%.The total export trade value was US$2,598.1 billion,a year-on-year increase of 4.0%;the total import trade value was US$2,060.3 billion,a year-on-year decrease of 0.4%.

China’s trade with continents
From January to December, the import and export trade value between China and Asia was US$2,396.5 billion, up 1.3% year-on-year, accounting for 51.4% of China’s total import and export value. The export trade value was 1,236.5 billion U.S. dollars, up 1.2% year-on-year; the import trade value was 1,160.1 billion U.S. dollars, up 1.4% year-on-year.

From January to December, the import and export trade value between China and Europe was US$909.5 billion, up 4.0% year-on-year, accounting for 19.5% of China’s total import and export value. The export trade value was 537.4 billion U.S. dollars, up 7.9% year-on-year; the import trade value was 372.2 billion U.S. dollars, down 1.0% year-on-year.

From January to December, the import and export trade value between China and Africa was US$187.3 billion, down 10.1% year-on-year, accounting for 4.0% of China’s total import and export value. The export trade value was 114.4 billion U.S. dollars, up 1.0% year-on-year; the import trade value was 72.9 billion U.S. dollars, down 23.3% year-on-year.

From January to December, the import and export trade value between China and North America was US$651.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%, accounting for 14.0% of China’s total import and export value. The export trade value was 494.2 billion U.S. dollars, up 8.7% year-on-year; the import trade value was 157.2 billion U.S. dollars, up 4.3% year-on-year.

From January to December, the import and export trade value between China and Latin America was US$316.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 0.1%, accounting for 6.8% of China’s total import and export value. The export trade value was 150.8 billion U.S. dollars, down 0.7% year-on-year; the import trade value was 166.0 billion U.S. dollars, up 0.7% year-on-year.

From January to December, the import and export trade value between China and Oceania was US$195.4 billion, up 0.3% year-on-year, accounting for 4.2% of China’s total import and export value. The export trade value was 64.8 billion U.S. dollars, up 11.6% year-on-year; the import trade value was 130.7 billion U.S. dollars, down 4.5% year-on-year.
Source: Ningbo Shipping Exchange