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China's exports and imports posted smaller drops in Sept.
Source: Xinhua |
October 14, 2009, Wednesday
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China's foreign trade continued to fall in September, but the rate of decline slowed sharply, the General Administration of Customs announced today.
The total value of imports and exports for September was US$218.94 billion, down 10.1 percent from the same month last year, but an increase of 14.2 percent from August.
Imports stood at US$103.01 billion, down by 3.5 percent from September last year and up 17 percent from August.
Exports in September dropped 15.2 percent from the same month last year to US$115.93 billion, but their value rose 11.8 percent from August.
For the first three quarters, China's foreign trade was down by20.9 percent from the same period last year to US$1.56 trillion.
Exports dropped by 21.3 percent from the same period last year to US$846.65 billion. Imports were US$711.17 billion, representing a decrease of 20.4 percent from the same period last year.
The total trade surplus was US$135.48 billion from January to September, a decrease of 26 percent from the same period last year.
In the first three quarters, the European Union remained China's leading trade partner, with a total trade volume of US$260.05 billion, a decrease of 19.4 percent over the same period last year.
The trade volume between China and the United States, China's second largest trade partner, dropped 15.8 percent from a year earlier to US$211.88 billion.
The total value of imports and exports for September was US$218.94 billion, down 10.1 percent from the same month last year, but an increase of 14.2 percent from August.
Imports stood at US$103.01 billion, down by 3.5 percent from September last year and up 17 percent from August.
Exports in September dropped 15.2 percent from the same month last year to US$115.93 billion, but their value rose 11.8 percent from August.
For the first three quarters, China's foreign trade was down by20.9 percent from the same period last year to US$1.56 trillion.
Exports dropped by 21.3 percent from the same period last year to US$846.65 billion. Imports were US$711.17 billion, representing a decrease of 20.4 percent from the same period last year.
The total trade surplus was US$135.48 billion from January to September, a decrease of 26 percent from the same period last year.
In the first three quarters, the European Union remained China's leading trade partner, with a total trade volume of US$260.05 billion, a decrease of 19.4 percent over the same period last year.
The trade volume between China and the United States, China's second largest trade partner, dropped 15.8 percent from a year earlier to US$211.88 billion.
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