AI Data Insight
DataTrack data shows that in the first 8 months of 2026, China's cumulative freight volume of imports and exports reached 4.27 billion tons (427,012.48 ten thousand tons), representing a marginal increase of only 0.84% compared to the same period last year. This strongly contrasts with the double-digit growth in USD-denominated import and export value over the same period, reflecting that benefiting from AI infrastructure and high-end chip price hikes, China's foreign trade is undergoing a structural shift characterized by "external heat, internal cold" and "increasing prices, flat volumes."