In September this year, China’s total foreign trade value amounted to $327.027 billion, indicating a month-on-month decrease of 0.5 percent and a year-on-year decrease of 6.6 percent, as announced by the Chinese customs authorities on October 13. In the given month, the total value of China’s exports amounted to $184.508 billion, down 3.0 percent month on month and decreasing by 10.0 percent year on year, while Chinese imports totaled $142.519 billion in value, up 2.9 percent month on month and declining by 1.9 percent year on year, resulting in a trade surplus of $41.989 billion.
In the January-September period of the current year, China’s total foreign trade value amounted to $2.677667 trillion, down 7.8 percent year on year, while the total value of China’s exports amounted to $1.537012 trillion, down 7.5 percent, while the value of imports declined by 8.2 percent year on year to $1.140655 trillion, resulting in a trade surplus of $396.357 billion in the given period.