# China’s Container-Export Share Climbed to 37% in 2025

By Riza Dagoc

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Published: 2026-09-24T07:42:33.000Z
Updated: 2026-09-24T07:42:33.000Z

China’s share of global container exports climbed to 37% in 2025, highlighting how shipping routes have shifted as U.S. trade policies target goods originating in China.

The share rose from 31.7% in 2019 to 36.0% in 2024 before reaching 37% in 2025. Exports to regions outside North America drove part of the increase.

Container-export share measures the number of containers moving through global trade lanes. It does not show the value of the goods, who owns them, where they were ultimately delivered or China’s total share of global trade.

That distinction matters because a higher shipping share can reflect changes in trade routes, weaker exports from other countries or goods moving through third countries. The figures do not establish that additional Chinese shipments resulted from tariff evasion or transshipment.

The White House estimated that transshipment through third countries costs the United States $19 billion to $26 billion in tariff revenue annually. Its central estimate covered $75 billion in transshipped goods, within a broader range of $34 billion to $303 billion.

The White House said Chinese-origin goods were increasingly routed through lower-tariff countries after U.S. tariffs were imposed. It also said the overall effects of tariff and anti-transshipment policies could not yet be measured rigorously.

Peter Navarro, the White House trade adviser, called the practice “the great transshipment scam” and said it had allowed China to launder exports. Those terms were Navarro’s characterization of the trade routes, not a measurement of China’s total exports.

The shipping data therefore show a larger Chinese share of container movements but do not by themselves establish whether tariffs reduced the volume of Chinese-made goods entering global commerce. Further measurement of the tariff and anti-transshipment policies will be needed before their overall effect can be assessed.