Im/Ex in February, 2010：Foreign Trade Continue Recovery Trend

On March 10, 2009, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China released the profile of China foreign trade import and export in February 2010, still huge pickup as shown in the year-on- year statistics. The statistics from customs show that, the total import and export value from January to February in 2010 is US$386.4 billion, increasing 44.8% from 2008. Among the total value, the monthly export reaches US$204.08 billion, 31.4% increase year-on-year, while the yearly import US$182.32 billion,     

TEXTILE

Textiles suffer turbulent year Usually high-flying foreign trade in the textile and garment industry had a bumpy year in 2009 as exports fell 10.1 percent to $167 billion,according to the statistics from China Customs. Sun Huaibin,spokesman of the China National Textile and Apparel     

Im/Ex in Feb Continues to Fall

February of 2009 witnessed the fourth consecutive months of shrinking trade value of China. On March 11, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China announced the profile of China foreign trade import and export in the first two months of this year. According to the customs＇ statistics, the total import and export value for the first two months amounted to US$266.77 billion, 27.2% decreasing compared with the same period last year. Among the total value, the export value amounted to US$155.33 billion, down 21.1% year-on-year, while the import US$111.44 billion, 34.2% decreased year-on-year. And the trade surplus in January and February achieved US$43.89 billion, 59.6% growth year-on-year.     

New Historical Record Created in July‘s Foreiag Trade

According to the statistics from Chinese Customs, in the first seven months of this year total China‘s foreign trade value has reached US$623.11 billion, up 38.3％ compared with the same period of last year; among them the export was US$309.12 billion and the import was US$313.99 billion, up 35.5％ and 41.3％ respectively; and the unfavorable balance was US$4.87 billion.……     

Im/Ex in March Witnesses Recovery Signal

China＇s import and export in March, 2009 continued to be another month of decreasing trade. On April 10, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China announced the profile of China foreign trade import and export in the first quarter of this year. According to the customs＇ statistics, the total import and export value for March amounted to US$162.02 billion, 20.9% decreasing compared with the same period last year. Among the total value, the export value amounted to US$90.29 billion, down 17.1% year-on-year,     

A Bright Future for China in Corporation with Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

As good neighbors of China,Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia play important roles in China‘s diplomacy. In recent years,the relations between China and these three countries have developed rapidly. Leaders frequently conduct visits, cooperation in various fields are advancing, economic and trade ties grow stably,and wade volumes keep on increasing annually.According to the statistics of China‘s Customs, in 2003, the total trade volume between China and the three countries reached US$5.064 billion (Sino-Vietnam US$4.634 billion, Sino-Laos US$110 million and Sino-Cambodia US$320 million), about 40.5% higher than the previous year, among which China‘s export reached US$3.572 billion and import US$1.492 billion.     

Over 20% Growth in Imports and Exports by Conventional Trade in the First 2 Months

According to statistics of Customs General Administration of PRC, in the first 2 months in 2005, total imports and exports of China amounted to US$179.46 billion, up by 21.7%compared with the same period of last year. Of which exports were US$95.28 billion and importsUS$84.18 billion, up by 36.6% and 8.3% respectively. And trade surplus reached US＄ 11.1 billion.……     

Over 20% Growth in Imports and Exports by Conventional Trade in the First 2 Months

According to statistics of Customs General Administration of PRC, in the first 2 months in 2005, total imports and exports of China amounted to US$179.46 billion, up by 21.7%compared with the same period of last year. Of which exports were US$95.28 billion and importsUS$84.18 billion, up by 36.6% and 8.3% respectively. And trade surplus reached US＄ 11.1 billion.     

Im/Ex Difficulty Lasts in the First 5 Months

On June l 1, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Reptlblic of China announced the profile of China foreign trade import and export in the first 5 months of this year. According to the customs＇ statistics, the total import anti export value for the first five months amounted to US$763.49 billion, 24.7% decreasing compared with the same period last year. Among the total value, the export value amounted to US$426.14 billion, down 21.8% year-on-year, while the import US$337.35 billion, 28% decreased year-on-year. And the trade surplus from January to May achieved US$88.79 billion, 15.7% growth year-on-year, a net growth of US$12.05 billion.     

Data Watch on China s Foreign Trade and Investment in the First Two Months of 2012

China's foreign trade in January and February 2012 According to statistics of the Customs,China's exports and imports in the first two months of 2012 reached $533.03 billion,up by 7.3% over the same period of last year.Specifically,exports stood at $264.39 billion,up by 6.9% year on year;imports