According to the latest statistics from the General Administration of Customs of China, the total value of China's imports and exports of goods trade in 2016 was RMB 24.33 trillion (the same below), a decrease of 0.9% from 2015. Among them, exports were 13.84 trillion yuan, a decrease of 2%; imports were 10.49 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.6%; the trade surplus was 3.35 trillion yuan, a decrease of 9.1%. Trends in the export value of China's plastic products in 2016 Export situation In 2016, China exported 10.38 million tons of plastic products, a year-on-year increase of 6.7%; the export value was 235.17 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.5%. The export of 1 million tons in December was a month-on-month increase of 5.3%; the export value was 25.73 billion yuan, a month-on-month increase of 15.6%. Import situation In 2016, China imported 25.7 million tons of plastics in primary shapes, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5%; the value of imports was 273.06 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.2%. In December, the import volume was 2.64 million tons, an increase of 10.5% month-on-month; the import value was 29.30 billion yuan, an increase of 10.9% month-on-month. In 2016, China imported 5.81 million tons of natural and synthetic rubber (including latex), a year-on-year increase of 23.1%; the value of imports was 57.66 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.8%. In December, 730,000 tons were imported, a month-on-month increase of 30.4%; the value of imports was 8.63 billion yuan, a month-on-month increase of 45.8%.

In the first quarter of this year, China's export pressure is expected to ease. In December 2016, the leading index of China's foreign trade exports continued to rise. In the fourth quarter of 2016, the leading index of China's foreign trade exports rebounded for three consecutive months, reaching 37.4 in December, an increase of 0.5, indicating that the pressure on China's exports in the first quarter of 2017 is expected to ease. Among them, according to online questionnaire survey data, that month, China’s export managers’ index fell 0.6 to 39.4; the new export orders index rose 0.6 to 41.9, the manager confidence index fell 2 to 43.5, and the corporate comprehensive cost index fell 1.6 to 23.9.