China-Import Growth/Analysis
China-Import Growth/Analysis
Dateline : Aug 21, 2026/File
Location : China
Duration : 2'04
FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of containers in railway port
Beijing, China - Aug 21, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Liu Ge, financial commentator:
"In the first seven months, our crude oil imports actually declined, falling by 13.2 percent. In terms of weight, we imported 283 million tons. Therefore, it is clear that this increase in our import value is not due to the growth in crude oil prices."
FILE: Qingdao City, Shandong Province, east China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Aerial shots of port, liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks
FILE: Jinan City, Shandong Province, east China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Aerial shots of machines transporting coal
Beijing, China - Aug 21, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Liu Ge, financial commentator:
"Our accumulated imports of chips surpassed 300 billion units, with a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent. Then let us look at some other bulk commodities. Let us look at the import of coal, which increased by 4.3 percent. And then iron ore increased by 5.9 percent. All that I have mentioned is calculated by tonnage. This means that the total import increase was not caused by what people subconsciously assumed -- rises in bulk commodities prices on the international market; rather, it was our total volume, our entire real demand that ultimately led to the growth in import value."
FILE: Tangshan City, Hebei Province, north China - July 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of iron ore being processed, transported
FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of wafers, chip production in progress
8. Various of containers, ships at seaport
China's import growth outpaced export growth by 8 percentage points in the first seven months of the year, yet this surge was not fueled by rising energy commodities as many assumed, according to a financial commentator.
Despite volatile international oil prices, China's physical crude oil purchases declined substantially over the seven-month period.
With crude oil volumes contracting rather than expanding, the commodity price narrative alone cannot account for the overall surge in import value, said Liu Ge, the financial commentator.
"In the first seven months, our crude oil imports actually declined, falling by 13.2 percent. In terms of weight, we imported 283 million tons. Therefore, it is clear that this increase in our import value is not due to the growth in crude oil prices," Liu said.
While crude oil purchases dropped as domestic new energy alternatives expanded and strategic reserves were tapped, other major commodities registered solid volume gains.
"Our accumulated imports of chips surpassed 300 billion units, with a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent. Then let us look at some other bulk commodities. Let us look at the import of coal, which increased by 4.3 percent. And then iron ore increased by 5.9 percent. All that I have mentioned is calculated by tonnage. This means that the total import increase was not caused by what people subconsciously assumed -- rises in bulk commodities prices on the international market; rather, it was our total volume, our entire real demand that ultimately led to the growth in import value," said Liu.
ID : 8495481
Published : 2026-08-22 12:08
Last Modified : 2026-08-22 22:18:22
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
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