SAFE Releases Preliminary Data of the Balance of Payments for the Second Quarter and the First Half ...

In the second quarter of 2025, China's current account registered a surplus of RMB 971.5 billion, including a surplus of RMB 1575.1 billion under trade in goods, a deficit of RMB 334.5 billion under trade in services, a deficit of RMB 297.8 billion under primary income and a surplus of RMB 28.7 billion under secondary income. The capital and financial accounts (including net errors and omissions for the quarter) recorded a deficit of RMB 971.5 billion. Inward foreign direct investments (FDI) continued the net inflow.

In the first half of 2025, China's current account registered a surplus of RMB 2158.9 billion, including a surplus of RMB 3279.8 billion under trade in goods, a deficit of RMB 760.4 billion under trade in services, a deficit of RMB 408.9 billion under primary income, and a surplus of RMB 48.5 billion under secondary income. The capital and financial accounts (including net errors and omissions for the second quarter) recorded a deficit of RMB 1981.0 billion.

In the US dollar terms, in the second quarter of 2025, China's current account registered a surplus of USD 135.1 billion, including a surplus of USD 219.1 billion under trade in goods, a deficit of USD 46.5 billion under trade in services, a deficit of USD 41.4 billion under primary income and a surplus of USD 4.0 billion under secondary income. The capital and financial accounts (including net errors and omissions for the quarter) recorded a deficit of USD 135.1 billion.

In the US dollar terms, in the first half of 2025, China's current account recorded a surplus of USD 300.6 billion, including a surplus of USD 456.6 billion under trade in goods, a deficit of USD 105.9 billion under trade in services, a deficit of USD 56.9 billion under primary income, and a surplus of USD 6.7 billion under secondary income. The capital and financial accounts (including net errors and omissions for the second quarter) recorded a deficit of USD 275.8 billion.

In SDR terms, in the second quarter of 2025, China's current account registered a surplus of SDR 99.6 billion, including a surplus of SDR 161.5 billion under trade in goods, a deficit of SDR 34.3 billion under trade in services, a deficit of SDR 30.5 billion under primary income and a surplus of SDR 2.9 billion under secondary income. The capital and financial accounts (including net errors and omissions for the quarter) recorded a deficit of SDR 99.6 billion.

In SDR terms, in the first half of 2025, China posted a surplus of SDR 225.7 billion under the current account, including a surplus of SDR 342.5 billion under trade in goods, a deficit of SDR 79.6 billion under trade in services, a deficit of SDR 42.3 billion under primary income and a surplus of SDR 5.0 billion under secondary income. The capital and financial accounts (including net errors and omissions for the second quarter) recorded a deficit of SDR 206.5 billion.(End)


China's Balance of Payments, Q2 2025 (Preliminary Data)

Item

Line No.

RMB 100 million

USD 100 million

SDR 100 million

1. Current account

1

9715

1351

996

Credit

2

76684

10664

7868

Debit

3

-66968

-9312

-6871

1. A Goods and Services

4

12406

1726

1272

Credit

5

69992

9733

7181

Debit

6

-57586

-8007

-5909

1.A.a Goods

7

15751

2191

1615

Credit

8

62696

8718

6433

Debit

9

-46945

-6528

-4817

1.A.b Services

10

-3345

-465

-343

Credit

11

7296

1015

749

Debit

12

-10642

-1480

-1092

1.A.b.1 Processing services

13

174

24

18

Credit

14

224

31

23

Debit

15

-51

-7

-5

1.A.b.2 Maintenance and Repair Services

16

83

12

8

Credit

17

235

33

24

Debit

18

-153

-21

-16

1.A.b.3 Transport

19

-900

-125

-92

Credit

20

2095

291

215

Debit

21

-2996

-417

-307

1.A.b.4 Travel

22

-3050

-424

-313

Credit

23

952

132

98

Debit

24

-4002

-556

-411

1.A.b.5 Construction

25

126

18

13

Credit

26

288

40

30

Debit

27

-162

-23

-17

1.A.b.6 Insurance and Pension Services

28

-220

-31

-23

Credit

29

46

6

5

Debit

30

-266

-37

-27

1.A.b.7 Financial Services

31

0

0

0

Credit

32

79

11

8

Debit

33

-79

-11

-8

1.A.b.8 Charges for the Use of Intellectual Property

34

-747

-104

-77

Credit

35

155

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