# China exports to the United States: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from China to the United States, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CHN-USA/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, China reported $453.1B in goods exports to the United States. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $453.1B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 75.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 265 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 1,795 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $53.9B | 19.3% | High attention |
| 2 | 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $42.7B | 40.3% | High attention |
| 3 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $25.1B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls\' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $16.0B | 16.9% | High attention |
| 5 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $51.3B | 64.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $12.2B | 10.2% | Watch |
| 7 | 950450 | Games: video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 | $5.7B | 47.4% | High attention |
| 8 | 852852 | Monitors: other than cathode-ray tube: capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 84.71 | $5.5B | 24.7% | High attention |
| 9 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $76.8B | 3.8% | High attention |
| 10 | 392410 | Plastics: tableware and kitchenware | $4.4B | 8.4% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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