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A cargo ship carries foreign trade containers on the Jiaozhou Bay waterway in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 5, 2025. <\/p>\n

Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images <\/p>\n

China’s export growth in July sharply beat market expectations as the clock on a tariff truce with the U.S. keeps ticking, while imports rose to their highest in a year.<\/p>\n

Exports climbed 7.2% in July in U.S. dollar terms from a year earlier, customs data showed Thursday<\/a>, exceeding Reuters-polled economists’ estimates of a 5.4% rise.<\/p>\n

Imports rose 4.1% last month from a year earlier, marking the biggest jump since July 2024, according to LSEG data. The data also indicated a recovery in import levels following June’s 1.1% rebound. Economists had forecast imports in July to fall 1.0%, according to a Reuters poll.<\/p>\n

On a year-to-date basis, China’s overall exports jumped 6.1% from a year earlier, while imports fell 2.7%, customs data showed. China’s trade surplus this year<\/a>, as of July, reached $683.5 billion, 32% higher than the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n

China’s exports have supported the economy “strongly” so far this year, said Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, cautioning that the momentum of businesses’ shipment front-loading may soon fade.<\/p>\n

In July, China’s factory activity unexpectedly deteriorated to a three-month low with the official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index falling to 49.3 from 49.7 in June, missing expectations for 49.7.<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Chinese negotiators have yet to strike an agreement that would keep the triple-digit tariffs at bay as the truce expires on Aug.12.<\/p>\n

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