China's foreign trade turnover in 11 months decreased by 7.8%

Almaty. December 8. Silkroadnews - In the first 11 months, China's foreign trade volume totaled to 22.08 trillion yuan, and decreased by 7.8% compared with the same period last year, reports China Internet Information Center.
Thus, according to China's General Administration of Customs, exports amounted to 12.71 trillion yuan, imports - 9.37 trillion, which is respectively 2.2% and 14.4% less than during the same period. During this period of time the trade surplus increased by 63% to 3.34 trillion yuan.
As for imports, in the first 11 months, the volume of imports to China of basic goods, including sand, crude oil, grain and oil products increased, imports of coal and rolled steel declined, prices for basic imported goods also declined.
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