| Year | Total imports from Turkmenistan by China | Proportion of China’s total imports from Turkmenistan to China’s imports from Asia | Year | Total imports from Turkmenistan by China | Proportion of China’s total imports from Turkmenistan to China’s imports from Asia |
| 1998 | 0.0222 | 0.003 | 2009 | 0.3873 | 0.006 |
| 1999 | 0.0202 | 0.002 | 2010 | 10.4452 | 0.125 |
| 2000 | 0.0406 | 0.003 | 2011 | 46.9317 | 0.467 |
| 2001 | 0.0122 | 0.001 | 2012 | 86.7338 | 0.835 |
| 2002 | 0.0074 | 0.000 | 2013 | 88.9326 | 0.816 |
| 2003 | 0.041 | 0.002 | 2014 | 95.1616 | 0.877 |
| 2004 | 0.1389 | 0.004 | 2015 | 78.2766 | 0.82 |
| 2005 | 0.1908 | 0.004 | 2016 | 55.633 | 0.614 |
| 2006 | 0.1601 | 0.003 | 2017 | 65.7 | 0.652 |
| 2007 | 0.5014 | 0.008 | 2018 | 81.19 | 0.801 |
| 2008 | 0.2844 | 0.004 |