Category: Export

China to Cut Sulphuric Acid Exports, Affecting Global Industry

China will reportedly start limiting the export of sulphuric acid from May, the latest impact of the Iran war on the global economy. The chemical is used in numerous industrial applications, and the export ban could impact global supply chains. ...

Kenya Finalizes China Trade Deal as Ruto Pushes Export Access

Kenya says it has finalized negotiations on a bilateral trade deal with China that will give 98% of Kenyan exports duty-free access to the Chinese market, a move President William Ruto says will help narrow a trade relationship long tilted toward Beijing. ...

Kenya Finalizes Trade Deal Negotiations With China

By Duncan Miriri Kenya has finalized negotiations over a trade deal with China, two months after announcing a preliminary agreement that would grant the East African country duty-free access to the Chinese market, President William Ruto said on Wednesday.

Chinese Exports Hit Trade Hurdles From Africa to Asia

A new wave of anti-dumping moves from South Africa, Mexico, and India is putting fresh pressure on Chinese exports, with steel and industrial yarn coming under scrutiny in three major developing markets. The measures target different sectors, but together they show ...

Saudi Aramco’s Asia Cuts Hit China First

China is at the center of Saudi Aramco’s latest supply reshuffle after the kingdom cut crude allocations to Asian buyers for a second straight month in April. Aramco will supply only Arab Light crude exported from the Red Sea port of ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Emerging China-Global South Energy Nexus

This month brought quietly momentous news: for the first time ever, the world’s share of renewable energy surpassed that generated by burning coal. 
China is one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal and is therefore partly responsible for bringing us to our current carbon crisis. 

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China Halts Fertilizer Exports

The Chinese government has stopped exports of fertilizers as the disruption caused by the Iran war mounts. Authorities reportedly told exporters to halt shipments of nitrogen-potassium fertilizer blends. The curb also applies to urea, a key fertilizer ingredient. ...

China Starts Year With Booming Trade, Despite U.S. Exports Drop

China's trade surged by a fifth in the first two months of the year, official data showed Tuesday, significantly outpacing forecasts as a plunge in shipments to the United States was offset by sales to other major markets. The boost ...

Huawei-Backed Aito Teams up With UAE Dealer to Kick off Exports

Chinese automaker Seres 601127.SS said on Friday that its electric vehicle brand Aito had signed a deal with Abu Dhabi-based dealer group Performance Plus Motors to enter the Middle East. Aito, the first and most successful brand under Huawei's Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance, ...

China’s Trade Surplus Hit Record $1.2 Trillion in 2025

China reported strong trade numbers for 2025 on Wednesday, as its surplus rose year-on-year to a record $1.2 trillion despite a slump in exports to the United States after President Donald Trump hiked tariffs. Last year's bruising trade war between Washington ...

Indonesia to Cut Coal Output in 2026 After Export Slump to China and India

Indonesia plans to cut coal production in 2026 after exports to China and India fell sharply last year and prices declined, Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said. He said Indonesia would reduce coal output to around ...

China–Vietnam Rail Freight Volume Hits Record in 2025

China’s rail operator said freight trains departing the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for Vietnam carried a record 37,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo in 2025, an increase of 86% from a year earlier. The Nanning Railway Logistics Centre said demand ...

China Tops Indonesia Trade in 2025, Surplus Extends to 67 Months

China remained the top trading partner behind Indonesia’s widening trade surplus in the first 11 months of 2025, serving as both the country’s largest export destination and its biggest source of non-oil imports, official data showed. Indonesia recorded a ...
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