China's foreign trade tumbles to 10.8% in January

Last Updated: Sunday, February 8, 2015, 15:14

The overall trade dropped to 2.09 trillion yuan (USD 341.16 billion) year on year in January.

China's trade crosses $4 trillion in 2013, exports up 7.9%

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 12:09

Imports increased 7.3 percent to USD 1.95 trillion and China's trade surplus widened to USD 259.75 billion in 2013, a rise of 12.8 percent from a year earlier, Zheng Yuesheng, spokesman for the General Administration of Customs, told the media here today.

China posts big trade surplus as exports goes up

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 14:33

Exports went up 12.7 percent year-on-year in November while imports gained 5.3 percent, the General Administration of Customs said today.

Test of China's reforms in a region wealthier than most nations

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 13:45

The aim of the reforms is increasing productivity and transforming China's export-based economy into a consumption and services-driven model.

PM takes up trade imbalance issue with Li

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 19:27

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday raised India's concern over the "unsustainable" imbalance in trade with China.

China's September trade surplus down 44.7%

Last Updated: Saturday, October 12, 2013, 09:04

China's trade surplus narrowed to a disappointing USD 15.2 billion in September from USD 28.6 billion in August, customs figures showed Saturday.

'High trade deficit with China not sustainable in long run'

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:50

India on Monday said the widening trade deficit with China is not "sustainable" in the long run and asked the neighbouring country to give more market access for its products even as Beijing assured all steps in this direction.

China Sept HSBC PMI hits 6-month high, adds to economic momentum

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 10:00

Growth in China's factory sector accelerated to a six-month high in September, a preliminary survey showed on Monday, as stronger domestic and foreign demand added to recent signs of a tentative turnaround in the world's second-largest economy.

China's trade strengthens as exports rise 7.2 %

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 13:36

The exports growth rate was 2.1 percentage points higher than July, figures released by China's General Administration of Customs said today.

As China's trade outlook worsens, Li unleashes 'Liconomics'

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 14:41

China's exports dropped 3.1 percent in June from a year earlier, the first decline since January last year while imports went down 0.7 percent.

China's foreign trade jumps by 15.7%, beats expectations

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 11:59

Surpassing expectations and proving scepticism unfounded, China's foreign trade volume grew by 15.7 percent year-on-year in April, higher than the 12.1 percent increase in March.

China's tea output reaches 1.75 mn tonnes

Last Updated: Thursday, March 7, 2013, 15:33

Tea exports slid 2.8 percent year on year, as demand from the EU and Japan weakened, said Yang Shengjun, vice president of the China Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce.