United States International Trade in Goods and Services with China

In 2017, U.S. exports of goods and services to China were $188.0 billion, up 10.0% from 2016, and imports from China were $523.7 billion, up 9.3% from 2016. As a result, the trade deficit with China increased to $335.7 billion.

In 2017, exports to China accounted for 8.0% of total U.S. exports, and imports from China accounted for 18.0% of total U.S. imports. Exports were led by capital goods (excluding automotive), which accounted for 25.2% of U.S. exports to China, and imports were led by consumer goods (excluding food and automotive), which accounted for 45.0% of U.S. imports from China.

Millions of dollars:

Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Exports	87,192	87,697	115,559	133,880	144,894	160,375	169,008	165,525	170,881	188,004
Imports	350,504	307,433	376,735	412,413	439,832	455,525	483,677	499,059	479,244	523,708
Balance	-263,313	-219,736	-261,176	-278,533	-294,938	-295,150	-314,669	-333,533	-308,363	-335,704

In 2017, the U.S. direct investment position in China (outward) was $107.6 billion, an increase of 10.6% from 2016. The direct investment position from China in the United States (inward) was $39.5 billion, a decrease of 2.3% from 2016.

In 2016, China-based majority-owned affiliates of U.S. Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) employed 1.75 million people, an increase of 2.1% from 2015; sales were $345.3 billion, down 3.4%. U.S.-based majority-owned affiliates of Chinese MNEs employed 43.8 thousand people in 2015, an increase of 5.8% from the previous year; sales were $22.1 billion, down 0.7%.