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Nuclear and space: China and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 119 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to United States and bought USD 156 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft runs both ways in similar amounts: China sold USD 119 million and United States sold USD 156 million in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew about 5.3 times, from USD 52.2 million in 2019 to USD 276 million in 2025.

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: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 7.6Low 0.3 / High 324.92025: 119.2

20197.6
20200.3
20215.2
20221.4
2023315.1
2024324.9
2025119.2

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: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 44.6Low 35.6 / High 185.62025: 156.5

201944.6
202035.6
202164.6
202288.2
202380.1
2024185.6
2025156.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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