With the facts given above, it’s pretty apparent that China is a market that’s hard to ignore. Being the world’s largest trading nation, China has worked on its transport infrastructure. Considering the amount of trade ongoing in the country, there are a variety of means for freight transportation.

There is air freight, sea freight, rail freight and courier services in China. The availability of all these make it all the more possible to ship your goods to any destination across the globe Majorly, however, China ‘s import destinations are;

China to the USA

The United States is China ‘s largest and most comprehensive trading partner. The two countries traded an estimated USD 711 billion worth of goods in 2017. Note that there is an imbalance in the trade between China and the US as China imports very little from the US.

Note that there are lots of convenient ways to transport imports from China to the US. Sea and air freight nonetheless remain to be the most popular mode of freight transportation from China to the US.

China to Canada

Canada is about 5447 miles away from China. This is entirely a distance which surprisingly doesn’t hinder trade activities across these two countries.

You may wonder why and how?

Well, I’ll tell you this, again;

China is a country that has steadily risen to become an economic powerhouse in the globe. This has and continues to open up immense opportunities for people to import goods from the Asian trade giant. These include Canadian companies, small business entities, and individuals.

So if you want to import goods from China to Canada, you needn’t worry as there is an excellent market there. If you don’t believe me, look at these numbers. 2013-2014 trade statistics show that Canada and China exchanged about USD 73.2 billion worth of goods. Among the USD 73.2 billion, USD 52.7 were imports from China. That’s about 71% of the total amount of goods traded between these two countries, right?

Well, there you have it.

And, note that this figure keeps increasing yearly as demand for goods from China keeps rising. So what can you import to Canada from China?

Good question.
The Canadian market seems pretty prime for some goods such as:

China to the UK

While the UK is a major destination for imports from China, it does not beat the US. UK and China trade a total of about 84 billion dollars’ worth of goods annually.

This is only a third of what the US imports from China. But that’s not the issue. The UK, as I’ve told you, trades about 84 billion dollars of worth with China annually. Out of the 84 billion, about 50 billion dollars are imports from China. This is a record high basing on the 2016 UK China trade statistics. Looking at trade goods, imports from China to the UK totaled 46.9 billion euro in 2016. Comparing these with former years, UK trade with China has increased tremendously.

The best part:

This trade relationship is bound to get even better.
The British Prime Minister made a recent announcement of plans to sign a trade deal that will benefit both countries.

This only means that importers in the UK should be looking forward to an increase in ample business opportunities. Most imports from China to the UK are miscellaneous manufactured articles.

Other imports include:

• Clothing
• Electrical machinery and equipment
• Telecom equipment, etc.

China to Japan

Japan is known as the land of the rising sun. It is a major economic giant just like China and political power too. While both hail from the eastern Asian region and at close proximities, they share a cordial trade relationship. China serves as Japans largest trading partner in term of imports. Being the world most complex economy, Japan imports close to $550 billion worth of goods yearly.

Among these, about $120 billion are imports from China.

These imports include:

• Mineral fuel
• Machinery equipment
• Medical and technical equipment
• Pharmaceuticals
• Plastics

China to Australia

China also makes quite a significant number of products to Australia. The distance between these two nations is somewhat above 7000km. Interestingly, the economies of China and Australia are to some extent complementary. This makes trade and investment relationship between these nations a substantial aspect.

For a long time, shipping from China to Australia has mainly been through ocean freight. This is necessary considering that the boundaries of these two countries share a large water body. Furthermore, shipping via ocean freight is comparatively cheaper because most of the exports are bulky.

In 2017, the worth of China -Australia trade was approximately USD 129 billion, a significant increase from the previous year. Incidentally, this is an indication that indeed the volume of imports that Australia receives from China is quite substantial. Shipping from China to Australia can as well be possible using air freight only that it is bit expensive. Nonetheless, it remains the only viable option especially for importing relatively perishable items.

China to Africa

China has for a long time been exporting various types of goods to different African nations. However, in the recent times, the volume of this exports has been increasing tremendously. Of course, that is a clear signal that the trade between these two regions is expanding.

Africa is seemingly one of the largest countries but with many landlocked nations. Therefore, ocean freight doesn’t seem to be the best mode of shipping goods to Africa from China. Nonetheless, countries such as South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Angola, Morocco, and Egypt have recorded significant figures regarding imports from China.

Some of the goods that China exports to this region include:

• Affordable electronics
• Communication equipment
• Cutlery
• Toys
• Gaming equipment
• Cloths
• Machinery
• Pharmaceutical equipment

Additionally, the African market for Chinese products also seems to be opening up more. This means that the excessively produced goods can find a ready market in Africa. As it stands, China continues to import different products from different products to various African destinations using ocean and air freight.

China to Russia

Arguably, Russia has for the longest time been a trading partner with Russia even during the ancient days. This partnership is attributed to the fact these two nations share a common landmass only separated by a little known Mongolia.

The infrastructural network between China and Russia is what contributes effectively to the importation of goods from the former. Currently, “The New Silk” road and railway network adds significantly to the Russian importation activities of good from China.

As of 2017, the estimated net value of Russia’s imports from China was approximately USD 48 billion. Incidentally, this represents more than 21% of the total goods that Russia import, which is quite a significant number by all standards.

And at that point and by extension today, China tops the list of countries that export different goods to Russia. Machinery Medical equipment is a notable products that China exports to Russia. They amount to about $13. 6 billion. Electronic equipment, footwear and vehicles follow the pack with an estimated amount of $12, $1.65 and $1.6 billion respectively.

The bottom line here is that Russia provides quite a considerable share of the market for various Chinese products. And the importation also becomes easy because transportation between these two countries is convenient.

China to Mexico

The distance between China and Mexico is close to 8000 miles. This distance is quite far, but the fact that the Pacific Ocean separates both countries helps significantly in ocean freight. Mexico imports from China accounts for 17.6% of its total goods which translates to over USD 74 billion

It is a significant figure which places China at the second position after the US by Mexican import goods.

As I had stated earlier, a convenient method of transporting bulk goods from China to Mexico is via ocean. Several shipping companies offer transportation of different items using ocean which do not necessarily require urgency. From the port of Shanghai, China to port of Manzanillo, Mexico, it can take slightly between twenty to thirty days for goods to reach the destination.

Of course, that can be somewhat longer especially for transporting relatively perishable products or goods that need to be in the market straight away.

China to UAE

The UAE is among the top 20 largest importers in the world, a clear indication of where it stands when it comes to importing from China. For the longest time, possible China was the fourth largest UAE import destination after India, Switzerland, and Japan. However, as of 2017, China became the leading import destination for UAE if the recent statistics are anything to go by.

Mainly, Chinese products account for 11.4% of the overall UAE imports, which translates to approximately USD 26.5 billion. The leading import products from China to UAE is electronic equipment. These products represent USD 4.4 billion the machinery follows at USD 4 billion.

Other products include:

• Iron and steel
• Furniture
• Clothing
• Vehicles
• Plastics, just to mention a few.

As one of the leading UAE import destinations, movement of good between these nations is mostly via ocean. However, air freight is also available for transporting goods which seem to be so time-conscious such fashion items.
In a nutshell:
These are some of the leading destinations for importing goods from China. You can still import to other areas using a wide range of transport methods depending on the:

• Budget
• Urgency

Basically, you can import to any part of the globe from China. And I can not list very countries here, China ship to almost every country and area in the word.
That aside.
There is need to make sure that you understand all the rules and regulations surrounding importation in China.