This week, the Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing government hosted the first 2026 event of the "Big Market for All: Export to China" campaign. This is part of China's efforts to increase imports, but the record high trade surplus last year indicates that structural barriers

China's exports of rare earths and products using rare earths rose during the final two months of 2025, according to official Customs data. The year-end growth in both volume and value reflects a broader trend of increased activity after the initial dip in May.

China has fundamentally reshaped the geopolitical and economic landscape of Eurasia, officially overtaking Russia to become the largest trading partner of the five Central Asian nations, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.

Official data shows that in October, China's overall rare earth exports experienced mixed results but were mostly stable. Rare earth magnet exports continued to grow year-on-year, underscoring the continued and complex reliance of global supply chains on Chinese rare earth processing power.

China’s rare earth exports dipped modestly in September while sales of high‑value magnets, which are vital to everything from electric cars to fighter jets, remained strong, with the exception of exports to the U.S. This underscores Beijing's grip over the market for some of the

July data from China's customs agency shows a significant rebound in the country's exports of rare earths and derivative products, but tensions over its export controls on these products remain.

Data from the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) indicates that the export control measures implemented by Beijing on gallium and germanium have reduced China's overall exports of the two minerals, with a stark divergence among importing nations. Exports to the U.S. experienced an initial hit