
Shipping containers at the port in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on Aug. 12, 2025. STR/AFP via Getty Images
China’s export growth slowed to its lowest level in five months as market watchers monitor the global economic fallout from the seven-week-old war in Iran.
Exports rose 2.5 percent year over year to $321.03 billion, customs data released on April 14 showed. This is sharply down from the February spike of almost 40 percent.

