China's foreign trade grows 20% in first 10 months

China's foreign trade sustained robust growth in the first 10 months of 2026, with total goods imports and exports rising 20 percent year-on-year to 44.81 trillion yuan ($6.67 trillion), the General Administration of Customs said on Tuesday.

Exports increased 17.6 percent to 25.99 trillion yuan, while imports expanded 23.6 percent to 18.82 trillion yuan during the period, data from the administration showed.

October marked the sixth consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year growth in both exports and imports, the administration said.

The country's goods trade rose 31.2 percent year-on-year to 4.87 trillion yuan last month.