{"id":105039,"date":"2026-05-09T09:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/105039\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:42:34","slug":"china-defies-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-with-record-monthly-export-value-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/105039\/","title":{"rendered":"China defies Strait of Hormuz crisis with record monthly export value in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s export sector showed strong resilience last month, with the total value of outbound shipments hitting a monthly record even as the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3350753\/hormuz-crisis-exposes-fragile-global-supply-chains-how-will-china-respond?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strait of Hormuz crisis<\/a> during the US-Israeli war in Iran showed little sign of abating after driving up energy and shipping costs.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The value of China\u2019s exports rose in April by 14.1 per cent, year on year, to US$359.44 billion, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Saturday. The reading was above the 6.96 per cent growth forecast compiled by financial data provider Wind.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meanwhile, the value of imports grew by 25.3 per cent last month to US$274.62 billion, exceeding the Wind poll\u2019s 13.86 per cent growth projection, while the trade surplus stood at US$84.82 billion last month, compared with US$51.1 billion in March.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/us-israel-war-iran?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran<\/a>, which erupted in late February, has led to an effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz for more than two months. This has propelled prices for oil, minerals and freight to multi-year highs, placing immense pressure on global manufacturing hubs.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">However, Zhang Zhiwei, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, said China\u2019s competitive supply chains had helped offset the impact of the Middle East conflict on export growth in April.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI expect China\u2019s exports to continue to grow by double digits in the coming months. China\u2019s macro policy stance will likely stay unchanged given the help from exporters,\u201d he said, noting that recent \u201cgreen shoots\u201d in the property sector were also noteworthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s export sector showed strong resilience last month, with the total value of outbound shipments hitting a monthly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[19677,383,262,38,1092,36393,102,34,9846,37,2980,101,51,991,8430],"class_list":{"0":"post-105039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-strait-of-hormuz","8":"tag-asean","9":"tag-beijing","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-european-union","13":"tag-general-administration-of-customs","14":"tag-hormuz","15":"tag-iran","16":"tag-iranian-foreign-minister","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-latin-america","19":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-wang-yi","22":"tag-wind"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116543969304126780","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}