ChChina’s total import and export value of goods reached 42.07 trillion yuan in 2022, a 7.7% increase over 2021 and a record high, said Lv Daliang, spokesman for the General Administration of Customs on Tuesday. Exports grew by 10.5 percent and imports by 4.3 percent. So far, China has been the largest country in goods trade for six consecutive years.

In the first and second quarters, the total value of imports and exports exceeded 9 trillion yuan and 10 trillion yuan respectively. In the third quarter, the total value of imports and exports rose to 11.3 trillion yuan, a record quarterly high. In the fourth quarter, the total value of imports and exports remained at 11 trillion yuan.