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China’s exports surge, trade surplus widens
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China’s trade surplus widened further in October to $32bn as exports swelled by 11.6 per cent, the strongest rise since May, state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday.
During the same period, imports rose by 2.4 per cent year-on-year, the same rate of growth recorded in September.
CNN reported that in the first ten months of 2012, the country’s total foreign trade expanded by 6.3 per cent to $3.16tn compared to the same period last year.
China had set a target of target of 10 per cent growth in foreign trade this year, however the country’s commerce minister has said that will be difficult to achieve.
“Even though our year-on-year export growth rate rebounded slightly to 9.9% in September and 11% in October, it remains very difficult for us to achieve the 10% foreign trade growth target for the whole year,” Chen said on the sidelines of the Communist Party’s 18th National Congress in Beijing, according to Xinhua.
Chen said that China could instead expect to maintain its share of global trade.
Last year, China’s trade surged by 22.5 per cent, however, this year, weak global demand, higher operating costs and growing trade protectionism were putting pressure on exports, Xinhua reported.
In the first ten months of this year, trade with China’s largest trading partner, the European Union fell by three per cent amid a severe economic downturn and a series of severe austerity measures. A territorial dispute between China and Japan has also taken a toll on their economic relations, pushing trade between the two down by 2.1 per cent.
The falls were offset by China’s growing trade relations with the United States, ASEAN countries, Russia and Brazil. This year, China’s trade with the US, its second largest trading partner, increased by 9.1 per cent to $396bn.
The positive figures come as thousands of delegates meet in Beijing for a once-in-a-decade leadership change. Next week, Xi Jinping is expected to be named the country’s new president, replacing current President Hu Jintao.
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