FILE: A container ship at the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in the Zhejiang province of China, March 27, 2024.(Gilles Sabrie/The New York Times)
BEIJING: ASEAN remained as China's largest trading partner in the first quarter of 2025 (1Q 2025) accounting for 16.6 per cent of China's total foreign trade volume, according to China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC).
Total trade for 1Q 2025 grew 7.1 per per cent to 1.71 trillion yuan (US$234.17 billion) year-on-year with Vietnam being China's largest trading partner at 0.46 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.5 per cent.
