Economy

Trade surplus in Sept falls to $16.88 billion

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-13 11:21

BEIJING --?China's September trade surplus falls to $16.88 billion, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said on Wednesday.

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The country's exports increased 25.1 percent in September from a year earlier to $144.99 billion, but the pace of growth slowed from August's 34.4-percent surge.

The country's imports rose 24.1 percent year on year to reach $128.11 billion last month, with the growth rate down 11.1 percentage points from that in August.

China's trade surplus for the first nine months of the year totaled $120.6 billion, down 10.5 percent from the same period last year, the GAC said.