Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: China and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 10.5 billion of agricultural and food products to United States and bought USD 15.3 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in agricultural and food products runs both ways in similar amounts: China sold USD 10.5 billion and United States sold USD 15.3 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products is 46 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 48.3 billion.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to United States: agricultural and food products

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 6.34Low 6.32 / High 12.152025: 10.54

20196.34
20206.32
20217.29
202210.11
20239.97
202412.15
202510.54

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from United States: agricultural and food products

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 12.69Low 12.69 / High 38.162025: 15.32

201912.69
202021.44
202136.17
202238.16
202330.06
202424.88
202515.32

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026