The following commodities represent the cream of the crop in China’s export portfolio for 2023, cumulatively making up 68.4% of the nation’s total export value:

Electrical Machinery and Equipment - 804.5 billion USD (26.6%)

Machinery (including computers) - 492.3 billion USD (16.3%)

Furniture, bedding, lamps, signs, and prefabricated buildings - 126.3 billion USD (4.2%)

Plastics and plastic products - 118.1 billion USD (3.9%)

Automobiles - 108.9 billion USD (3.6%)

Toys and games - 94 billion USD (3.1%)

Optical, technical, and medical instruments - 88.8 billion USD (2.9%)

Steel products - 85.4 billion USD (2.8%)

Clothing and accessories - 78.2 billion USD (2.6%)

Organic chemicals - 73 billion USD (2.4%)

Note: The percentages in parentheses represent the share of each category in the total export value.