The overall value of imports into the United States provided by its Asian competitor rose by an average 3.3% year over year from 2023 when America’s purchases from Chinese suppliers were valued at $448 billion.
On the other hand, the US exported $143.5 billion worth of products to China in 2024. That dollar amount approached one-third (31%) compared to America’s total spending on all commodities imported from China, declining by a -2.9% dip from 2023.
Consequently, America incurred a -$319.1 billion deficit trading goods with China during 2024 up from -$300.2 billion in red ink for 2023.
Showcased below are the 100 most valuable imported and exported products exchanged by the United States and China during 2024.
This research is based on statistics using detailed four-digit Harmonized Tariff System codes.
Information in this article is presented in two searchable document databases for the top 100 products traded between the two North American countries.
Top US Imports from China
The following document database highlights the 100 most valuable goods that America imported from China in 2024.
| Products | US$ | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phone devices including smarpthones | $51,468,009,000 | -6.8% |
| 2 | Computers, optical readers | $36,735,827,000 | -7.3% |
| 3 | Electric storage batteries | $18,141,058,000 | +14.5% |
| 4 | Models, puzzles, miscellaneous toys | $14,423,144,000 | +10.7% |
| 5 | Automobile parts/accessories | $10,112,547,000 | +2% |
| 6 | Seats (excluding barber/dentist chairs) | $7,492,936,000 | +1.9% |
| 7 | Table games, bowling equipment | $7,243,007,000 | -33.4% |
| 8 | Electric water heaters, hair dryers | $7,002,064,000 | +9.2% |
| 9 | TV receivers/monitors/projectors | $6,995,666,000 | +2.8% |
| 10 | Miscellaneous plastic items | $6,917,145,000 | +8.9% |
| 11 | Plastic tableware, kitchenware, toiletry | $6,897,011,000 | +10.7% |
| 12 | Computer parts, accessories | $6,684,865,000 | +1.6% |
| 13 | Miscellaneous furniture | $6,599,070,000 | +3.1% |
| 14 | Medication mixes in dosage | $6,121,269,000 | +36.8% |
| 15 | Microphones/headphones/amps | $5,541,677,000 | +3.4% |
| 16 | Carnival items, magic tricks | $5,132,793,000 | +7% |
| 17 | Sports equipment | $4,654,447,000 | +10% |
| 18 | Electrical converters/power units | $3,999,758,000 | -6.4% |
| 19 | Miscellaneous articles, dress patterns | $3,881,848,000 | +8% |
| 20 | Cars | $3,820,891,000 | +50.5% |
| 21 | Air or vacuum pumps | $3,796,122,000 | +11.8% |
| 22 | Insulated wire/cable | $3,721,336,000 | +10.4% |
| 23 | Taps, valves, similar appliances | $3,709,295,000 | +5.6% |
| 24 | Footwear (rubber or plastic) | $3,625,035,000 | +1.3% |
| 25 | Lamps, lighting, illuminated signs | $3,608,026,000 | -3.1% |
| 26 | Iron and steel tables, household items | $3,508,704,000 | +26% |
| 27 | Base metal mountings, fittings | $3,132,927,000 | +10.4% |
| 28 | Air conditioners | $3,063,425,000 | +9.6% |
| 29 | Refrigerators, freezers | $2,939,428,000 | +17.6% |
| 30 | Footwear (textile) | $2,915,275,000 | +4.6% |
| 31 | Pneumatic hand tool | $2,874,861,000 | +19.8% |
| 32 | Electromechanic domestic appliances | $2,858,043,000 | +20.2% |
| 33 | Cases, handbags, wallets | $2,843,518,000 | -0.6% |
| 34 | Jerseys, pullovers (knit or crochet) | $2,710,625,000 | +7.9% |
| 35 | Footwear (leather) | $2,468,670,000 | -5.1% |
| 36 | Mattresses, quilts | $2,454,189,000 | +11.2% |
| 37 | Iron and steel stoves, barbecues | $2,448,876,000 | +17.2% |
| 38 | Electro-medical equip (e.g. xrays) | $2,392,112,000 | +6.9% |
| 39 | Lower-voltage switches, fuses | $2,343,787,000 | +3.2% |
| 40 | Plastic packing goods, lids, caps | $2,309,014,000 | +15.5% |
| 41 | Women's clothing (not knit or crochet) | $2,272,606,000 | +0.4% |
| 42 | Linens | $2,139,563,000 | +10.2% |
| 43 | Mechano-therapy appliances | $2,132,593,000 | +11.4% |
| 44 | Liquid pumps and elevators | $2,111,053,000 | +0.4% |
| 45 | Machinery parts | $2,067,158,000 | -7.7% |
| 46 | Miscellaneous iron or steel items | $2,054,099,000 | +10.5% |
| 47 | Filament/discharge lamps | $2,032,625,000 | +3.2% |
| 48 | TV receiver/transmit/digital cameras | $1,987,721,000 | -12% |
| 49 | Electrical machinery | $1,969,580,000 | -7.9% |
| 50 | Printing machinery | $1,869,946,000 | -2.1% |
| 51 | Electrical capacitators | $1,808,593,000 | +163.3% |
| 52 | Electric motors, generators | $1,783,277,000 | -1.7% |
| 53 | Centrifuges, filters and purifiers | $1,706,568,000 | +5.4% |
| 54 | Vacuum containers including flasks | $1,700,585,000 | +29.2% |
| 55 | Plastic tile or roll coverings | $1,613,920,000 | -25.7% |
| 56 | Blankets, travel rugs | $1,532,871,000 | +11.3% |
| 57 | Integrated circuits/microassemblies | $1,473,432,000 | -20.2% |
| 58 | Transmission shafts, gears, clutches | $1,413,206,000 | -2.6% |
| 59 | Stockings, hosiery (knit or crochet) | $1,393,813,000 | +8% |
| 60 | Miscellaneous machinery | $1,344,335,000 | +15.8% |
| 61 | Brooms, brushes including machine brushes | $1,342,846,000 | +8.4% |
| 62 | Iron and steel screws, bolts, nuts, washers | $1,322,766,000 | +11.6% |
| 63 | Piston engine parts | $1,312,513,000 | +0.1% |
| 64 | Electrical/optical circuit boards, panels | $1,312,211,000 | -7.2% |
| 65 | Trailers | $1,246,762,000 | +2.8% |
| 66 | Aluminum household tableware, kitchenware | $1,225,751,000 | +15.5% |
| 67 | Heterocyclics, nucleic acids | $1,215,094,000 | -3.3% |
| 68 | Animal or vegetable fats, oils | $1,198,084,000 | +50.7% |
| 69 | Women's clothing (knit or crochet) | $1,191,836,000 | -0.2% |
| 70 | Women's underwear, pajamas (knit or crochet) | $1,166,837,000 | +9.4% |
| 71 | Temperature-change machines | $1,159,502,000 | +19.2% |
| 72 | Artificial flowers, foliage, fruits or parts | $1,101,710,000 | +9.2% |
| 73 | Spectacles, goggles | $1,068,415,000 | +3.9% |
| 74 | Miscellaneous footwear | $1,058,880,000 | +19.8% |
| 75 | Base metal non-electric bells, gongs not musical instruments | $1,021,175,000 | +16.3% |
| 76 | Fish fillets, pieces | $1,010,968,000 | -1.4% |
| 77 | Orthopedic appliances | $990,122,000 | -4.3% |
| 78 | Miscellaneous iron and steel structures | $968,798,000 | -3.1% |
| 79 | Motorcycles | $962,513,000 | -10.2% |
| 80 | Portable electric lamps | $944,785,000 | +15.1% |
| 81 | Vacuum cleaners | $943,650,000 | -20.9% |
| 82 | Machinery for making semi-conductors | $924,188,000 | +34.4% |
| 83 | Men's suits, trousers (not knit or crochet) | $919,870,000 | +12.8% |
| 84 | Provitamins, vitamins | $918,587,000 | +10.4% |
| 85 | Non-aluminum household tableware, kitchenware | $915,729,000 | +5.8% |
| 86 | Miscellaneous heterocyclics | $907,758,000 | +15.1% |
| 87 | Household glassware | $904,242,000 | +15% |
| 88 | Wigs, false beards, eyebrows, eyelashes | $903,415,000 | +2.3% |
| 89 | Spray/dispersing mechanical appliances | $889,160,000 | +7.7% |
| 90 | Garments from special fabric (not knit or crochet) | $886,957,000 | +0.1% |
| 91 | Miscellaneous/adhesive paper | $865,671,000 | +6.6% |
| 92 | Rubber tires (new) | $856,012,000 | -7.7% |
| 93 | Ceramic sinks, basins, baths | $840,283,000 | +22.9% |
| 94 | Sound recording or reproducing items | $840,014,000 | +10.7% |
| 95 | Printed circuits | $821,650,000 | +5.7% |
| 96 | Other organo-inorganic compounds | $815,384,000 | +16.7% |
| 97 | Printed books, brochures | $814,363,000 | +29.9% |
| 98 | Paper containers, cellulose wadding | $814,058,000 | -5.6% |
| 99 | Radar, radio communication items | $811,420,000 | -5.6% |
| 100 | Vulcanized rubber items | $799,281,000 | +3.7% |
These 100 import products attracted US$356.2 billion in American spending in 2024 or almost four-fifths (77%) of total US spending on imports from China.
By dollar value, imports into the United States from China equaled 13.8% of overall US imports from around the world in 2024. That percentage represents a reduction from 14.1% one year prior.
The fastest-growing US imports from China from 2023 to 2024 were electrical capacitators (up 163.3%), animal or vegetable fats or oils (up 34.4%), cars (up 50.5%), medication mixes in dosage (up 36.8%), machinery for making semi-conductors (up 34.4%), printed books and brochures (up 29.9%), then vacuum containers including flasks (up 29.2%).
Decliners impacting America’s spending on imported goods from China the most were led by Chinese-shipped table games and bowling equipment (down -33.4% from 2023), plastic tile or roll coverings (down -25.7%), vacuum cleaners (down -20.9%), electronic integrated circuits or microassemblies (down -20.2%), television receivers and transmitters or digital cameras (down -12%), motorcycles (down -10.2%), electrical machinery (down -7.9%), then new rubber tires (down -7.7%).
Top US Exports to China
The following document database focuses on the 100 leading products that American exporters sold to buyers located in China during 2024.
| Products | US$ | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soya beans | $12,761,370,000 | -15.8% |
| 2 | Integrated circuits/microassemblies | $8,716,400,000 | +69.8% |
| 3 | Blood fractions (including antisera) | $6,679,734,000 | +23.3% |
| 4 | Petroleum gases | $6,187,024,000 | +37% |
| 5 | Crude oil | $6,159,563,000 | -53% |
| 6 | Cars | $4,930,903,000 | -21.1% |
| 7 | Machinery for making semi-conductors | $4,170,410,000 | -5.4% |
| 8 | Electro-medical equip (e.g. xrays) | $3,460,390,000 | -5.4% |
| 9 | Copper waste, scrap | $2,794,578,000 | +33.1% |
| 10 | Ethylene polymers | $2,577,631,000 | -9.5% |
| 11 | Medication mixes in dosage | $2,176,077,000 | -44.5% |
| 12 | Other measuring/testing machines | $1,892,534,000 | +62.8% |
| 13 | Acyclic hydrocarbons | $1,592,834,000 | -10.5% |
| 14 | Coal, solid fuels made from coal | $1,524,544,000 | +39.3% |
| 15 | Cotton (uncarded, uncombed) | $1,487,518,000 | -5% |
| 16 | Physical/chemical analysis tools | $1,424,984,000 | -19.2% |
| 17 | Other diagnostic/lab reagents | $1,352,890,000 | -0.6% |
| 18 | Automobile parts/accessories | $1,295,749,000 | -12.8% |
| 19 | Sorghum grain | $1,260,369,000 | +6.2% |
| 20 | Frozen beef | $1,187,922,000 | -1.2% |
| 21 | Solar power diodes/semi-conductors | $1,061,906,000 | +21.4% |
| 22 | Centrifuges, filters and purifiers | $986,859,000 | -5.5% |
| 23 | Polyacetal/ether/carbonates | $982,714,000 | +24.3% |
| 24 | Chemical woodpulp (non-dissolving) | $955,403,000 | -25.4% |
| 25 | Phone devices including smartphones | $937,201,000 | +10.8% |
| 26 | Computers, optical readers | $934,481,000 | -15.8% |
| 27 | Orthopedic appliances | $909,442,000 | +1.6% |
| 28 | Taps, valves, similar appliances | $902,925,000 | +5.6% |
| 29 | Miscellaneous nuts | $854,495,000 | -16% |
| 30 | Rough wood | $852,810,000 | +17.2% |
| 31 | Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers | $758,371,000 | -18.8% |
| 32 | Sawn wood | $736,287,000 | +1.9% |
| 33 | Acyclic alcohols | $654,969,000 | -4.1% |
| 34 | Transmission shafts, gears, clutches | $635,013,000 | +11.7% |
| 35 | Computer parts, accessories | $630,898,000 | +25.4% |
| 36 | Red meat offal | $623,814,000 | -15.4% |
| 37 | X-ray equipment | $619,083,000 | -20.4% |
| 38 | Beauty/makeup/skin care preparations | $600,793,000 | +6.3% |
| 39 | Lower-voltage switches, fuses | $588,152,000 | +6% |
| 40 | Jewelry | $580,892,000 | -17.9% |
| 41 | Wheat | $559,906,000 | +42.1% |
| 42 | Miscellaneous plastic items | $529,822,000 | +2.7% |
| 43 | Liquid pumps and elevators | $528,223,000 | +10.7% |
| 44 | Chemical industry products/residuals | $506,967,000 | +6.8% |
| 45 | Optical fiber cables, sheets, plates | $470,648,000 | +17.1% |
| 46 | Sutures, special pharmaceutical goods | $467,452,000 | +13% |
| 47 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, tape, strips | $466,240,000 | -4.6% |
| 48 | Copper ores, concentrates | $465,470,000 | +8.4% |
| 49 | Miscellaneous animal feed preparations | $460,280,000 | -22.4% |
| 50 | Whole fish (frozen) | $456,868,000 | +8.6% |
| 51 | Petroleum oil residues | $456,235,000 | -44.4% |
| 52 | Insulated wire/cable | $452,610,000 | +12% |
| 53 | Initiators/accelerators, catalytic preps | $440,233,000 | -7.1% |
| 54 | Electrical/optical circuit boards, panels | $433,280,000 | -13.2% |
| 55 | Liquid/gas checking instruments | $419,529,000 | +6.5% |
| 56 | Bovine/equine rawhides, skins | $419,231,000 | -17.5% |
| 57 | Natural sands | $416,222,000 | +45.6% |
| 58 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, tape, strips | $408,345,000 | +21.1% |
| 59 | Other food preparations | $397,065,000 | +17.3% |
| 60 | Processed petroleum oils | $374,011,000 | +115% |
| 61 | Turbo-jets | $366,219,000 | +79.4% |
| 62 | Hay, alfalfa, clover | $366,213,000 | -16.6% |
| 63 | Electrical machinery | $361,575,000 | +14.6% |
| 64 | Self-adhesive plastic in rolls | $360,861,000 | +5.1% |
| 65 | Poultry meat | $351,228,000 | -50% |
| 66 | Swine meat | $346,575,000 | -10.3% |
| 67 | Electrical converters/power units | $335,981,000 | -9.3% |
| 68 | Corn | $330,932,000 | -80% |
| 69 | Cellulose/chemical derivatives | $329,567,000 | +13.9% |
| 70 | Miscellaneous machinery | $325,784,000 | -13.7% |
| 71 | Uncoated kraft paper | $320,231,000 | +9.9% |
| 72 | Photographic film in rolls, unexposed | $317,617,000 | -4.6% |
| 73 | Lead ores, concentrates | $316,614,000 | +16.5% |
| 74 | Fresh or chilled beef | $312,880,000 | +6.5% |
| 75 | Liquid crystal/laser/optical tools | $309,280,000 | +4.9% |
| 76 | Polyamides | $297,692,000 | +26.5% |
| 77 | Unrecorded sound media | $295,898,000 | -10.4% |
| 78 | Engines (diesel) | $295,222,000 | -32.6% |
| 79 | Platinum (unwrought) | $294,570,000 | -60.3% |
| 80 | Printing machinery | $293,543,000 | +15% |
| 81 | Inedible meat flour | $280,022,000 | -28.7% |
| 82 | Crustaceans (including lobsters) | $277,858,000 | -15.1% |
| 83 | Chemicals used in electronics | $274,497,000 | +16.2% |
| 84 | Miscellaneous preserved fruits | $267,506,000 | +18.3% |
| 85 | Iron and steel screws, bolts, nuts, washers | $266,222,000 | -3.3% |
| 86 | Temperature-change machines | $266,084,000 | +11.1% |
| 87 | Electric motors, generators | $259,920,000 | +1.5% |
| 88 | Air or vacuum pumps | $255,361,000 | -13.9% |
| 89 | Bars, rods, wire | $252,575,000 | -8.1% |
| 90 | Unmanufactured tobacco, tobacco waste | $241,974,000 | +6.7% |
| 91 | Anti-knock/oxidation/gum inhibitors | $236,770,000 | +41.5% |
| 92 | Zinc ores, concentrates | $228,468,000 | +393.2% |
| 93 | Whey | $221,521,000 | +5.3% |
| 94 | Provitamins, vitamins | $220,229,000 | -2.3% |
| 95 | Regulate/control instruments | $217,735,000 | -9.4% |
| 96 | Hormones, miscellaneous steroids | $215,908,000 | +133.1% |
| 97 | Miscellaneous meat (preserved/prepared) | $211,356,000 | +154.9% |
| 98 | Potassic fertilizers | $210,473,000 | -1.2% |
| 99 | Animal guts, bladders (not fish) | $207,890,000 | -8.3% |
| 100 | Items from mineral substances, stone | $203,989,000 | -7% |
The itemized 100 US export products represent US$109.9 billion in American sales to China in 2024 or more than three-quarters (76.6%) of total US exports into China.
Exports from the United States to China equaled 7% of all US exported products sold around the world in 2024, down from 7.3% for the prior year.
The greatest increases among the top 100 US exports into China from 2023 to 2024 arose from sales of zinc ores and concentrates (up 393.2%), miscellaneous preserved or prepared meat (up 154.9%), hormones and miscellaneous steroids (up 133.1%), processed petroleum oils (up 115%), turbo-jets (up 79.4%), electronic integrated circuits or microassemblies (up 69.8%), miscellaneous measuring or testing machines (up 62.8%), natural sands (up 45.6%), then wheat (up 42.1%).
The severest setbacks among America’s sales of exported goods to China were declines in Chinese spending on imports of US corn (down -80% from 2023), unwrought platinum (down -60.3%), crude oil (down -53%), poultry meat (down -50%), medication mixes in dosage (down -44.5%), petroleum oil residues (down -44.4%) then diesel engines (down -32.6%).
See also China’s Top Exports, United States Top Exports, China’s Top Imports and United States Top Imports
Research Sources:
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on April 12, 2025
Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on April 12, 2025