China-Philippines Bilateral Trade: Main Categories of Chinese Exports to the Philippines

China-Philippines Bilateral Trade: 

Main Categories of Chinese Exports to the Philippines

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Philippines relations have developed smoothly overall, with extensive cooperation in areas such as transportation infrastructure, industrial parks, energy, and people's livelihoods.

China has become the Philippines' largest trading partner, primary source of imports, and fourth-largest destination for exports. According to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce of China, in the first eight months of 2019, the bilateral trade volume between China and the Philippines reached $38.52 billion, a growth of 6.4%. Among this, China imported $13.15 billion from the Philippines, a decrease of 3.9%, while China's exports to the Philippines amounted to $25.37 billion, an increase of 12.6%.

In recent years, the main categories of China's exports to the Philippines include:

① Motor, electrical and audio equipment and their parts;

② Mechanical appliances and parts;

③ Steel;

④ Mineral fuel, mineral oil, asphalt, mineral wax;

⑤ Clothing;

⑥ Plastics and their products;

⑦ Steel products;

⑧ Toys, games and sports equipment and their parts;

⑨ Vehicles and their parts;

⑩ Footwear, leggings and similar articles and their parts.

In recent years, the main categories of China's imports from the Philippines include:

① Motor, electrical and audio equipment and their parts;

② Mechanical appliances and parts;

③ Ore, slag and ash;

④ Copper and its products;

⑤ Edible fruits and nuts, citrus fruits or melon peel;

⑥ Plastics and their products;

⑦ Optical, photographic, medical or surgical instruments, etc;

⑧ Mineral fuel, mineral oil, asphalt, mineral wax;

⑨ Animal or vegetable oils and oils;

⑩ Glass and glass products.