According to customs statistics, in 2025, bilateral trade between China and Central and Eastern European countries (hereinafter referred to as CEECs) achieved a total value of 1.09 trillion yuan (1,088.06 billion yuan), representing an increase of 7.5% compared with the same period of the previous year (hereinafter the same). Among this, exports to CEECs amounted to 884.52 billion yuan, up 11.9%; imports from CEECs totaled 203.54 billion yuan, down 8.3%.
The main characteristics of China's bilateral trade with CEECs in 2025 are as follows:
(1) Primary exports included electromechanical products and labor-intensive products.
In 2025, China's exports of electromechanical products to CEECs were 611.24 billion yuan, increasing by 12.8%, representing 69.1% of total exports to CEECs during the same period (hereinafter the same). Specifically, electrical equipment amounted to 90.33 billion yuan, jumping by 44.3%; automatic data processing equipment and their components stood at 54.54 billion yuan, marking a rise of 1%. During the same period, exports of labor-intensive products came in at 127.26 billion yuan, declining by 3.4%, accounting for 14.4%. Among them, textiles and apparel hit 59.83 billion yuan, sliding by 3.1%; plastic products came to 21.74 billion yuan, rising by 6.2%. Additionally, exports of agricultural products reached 11.17 billion yuan, a growth of 9.6%, accounting for 1.3%; food totaled 6.47 billion yuan, a climb of 21.3%, accounting for 0.7%.
(2) Primary imports included electromechanical products, metal ores and minerals, and copper and copper materials, among others.
In 2025, China's imports of electromechanical products from CEECs stood at 139.84 billion yuan, down 10.2%, marking 68.7% of total imports from CEECs during the same period (hereinafter the same). Notably, automobile parts and components amounted to 33.99 billion yuan, dropping by 11.1%; automobiles totaled 22.56 billion yuan, tumbling by 29%. During the same period, imports of metal ores and minerals reached 18.43 billion yuan, up 8.9%, representing 9.1%; unwrought copper and copper materials came in at 9.33 billion yuan, slipping by 2%, accounting for 4.6%. Additionally, imports of agricultural products were 2.97 billion yuan, plunging by 29.9%, accounting for 1.5%; food imports reached 2.03 billion yuan, falling by 9.8%, accounting for 1%.
(3) Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary were the top three trading partners.
In 2025, China's combined imports and exports with Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary reached 348.47 billion yuan, 162.74 billion yuan, and 148.76 billion yuan respectively, representing a rise of 8.9%, a dip of 1.6%, and a surge of 29% respectively, constituting 32%, 15%, and 13.7% of China's total imports and exports with CEECs during the same period respectively.
