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Foreign trade slows to US$2.56 trillion in '08
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-06 19:34 BEIJING -- China's foreign trade topped US$2.56 trillion in value in 2008, but the year-on-year growth rate dropped below 20 percent for the first time in seven years, according to the General Administration of Customs.
The total value was up 17.8 percent compared with 2007, but the growth rate was down 5.7 percentage points. Exports were up 17.2 percent to US$1.43 trillion and imports up 18.5 percent to US$1.13 trillion, but the annual export growth rate slowed by 8.5 and imports by 2.3 percentage points. The trade surplus stood at US$295.47 billion, up 12.5 percent, according to the administration. |
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