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Defence and arms: China and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 93.6 million of arms and ammunition to United States.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 93.6 million of arms and ammunition, and United States sold almost none.
  • BothTwo-way trade in arms and ammunition is 56 percent below its 2021 peak of USD 215 million.

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: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 82.6Low 82.6 / High 214.72025: 93.6

201982.6
2020118.5
2021214.7
2022155.8
2023104.8
2024114
202593.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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