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> 2008年までは輸入はともかく輸出はアメリカが一番だったんですが、それも中国で。

The part made me confused is the latter one, "それも中国で". Does it mean "That is
also true in China" or something else because it doesn't sound right to me and
I hope someone can clear my doubt. Thank you.

For more information, this is a news about Japanese export and import value
and the context leads to that sentence about China has beaten America and
became the country with highest import and export value to Japan
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About それも usage
Your sentence can be rephrased as...

> 2008年までは輸入はともかく輸出はアメリカが一番だったんですが、それも **今は** 中国で。

(今は is not there but is implied in the original)

The それ is a normal pronoun, "it/that". It refers to 輸出 here.「それも中国で」 means
「輸出の一番も今は中国で」 or 「輸出も今は中国が一番で」, "As for the highest export value, it is also
China now (as well as import value)."
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