Maritime Silk Road Trade: monthly China - USA trade index 2019-2022, by type
In May 2022, the China Maritime Silk Road Trade Index (STI) showed that China's import and export trade indices to the United States were 120.38 and 208.88 points, respectively. The import index for China's imports from the U.S. increased by about 15.4 percent from the previous month and 21.2 percent from the same period of the previous year. In addition, China's export index to the United States also grew by 12.9 percent over the previous month and 15.7 percent from the same period of the previous year.