Statistics
China's foreign trade up 44.4% in Jan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-10 14:10
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China's foreign trade posted a 44.4 percent growth in January year-on-year, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) announced Wednesday.
Exports in January stood at $109.47 billion, up 21 percent from a year earlier, while imports rose 85.5 percent to $95.31 billion.
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The trade surplus contracted 63.8 percent to $14.16 billion.
The European Union and United States remained China's first two largest trading partners.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) surpassed Japan to be the third largest as the Sino-ASEAN trade surged 80 percent to $21.48 billion after the China ASEAN free trade area kicked off on January 1 this year.
Exports of machinery added 27 percent to $62.51 billion, or nearly 60 percent of the total.
Exports of appliance and electrical products grew 33.1 percent to $24.09 billion.
