Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt have emerged as China’s top trade destinations, with exports jumping by 25 percent year-on-year to reach 122 billion dollars so far in 2025.

A report by Bloomberg said Africa’s demand for Chinese products surged this year, already surpassing the continent’s entire 2020 trade volume with China and on course to top 200 billion dollars for the first time.

Construction machinery ranked among China’s fastest-growing exports to Africa in the first seven months of 2025, surging 63 percent year-on-year.

According to Bloomberg, shipments of passenger cars more than doubled, while steel product exports rose in high double digits. 

African nations have also stepped up imports of Chinese solar panels, which climbed 60 percent in the 12 months through June, according to climate think tank Ember.

On the other hand, however, Africa’s share of China’s total exports is still meagre at about 6 percent, roughly half the level for the United States.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China emerged as Nigeria’s largest source of imports in the first quarter of 2025.