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China’s exports and imports grow more slowly in December

Mark White by Mark White
January 14, 2022
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s exports and imports grew more slowly in December as the world’s second-largest economy showed signs of slowing, but exports came in just above expectations, buoyed by ongoing solid global demand.

FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

Exports rose 20.9% year-on-year last month after increasing 22% in November 2021, customs data showed on Friday. Analysts in a Reuters poll had expected exports to increase 20%.

China’s booming exports outperformed expectations for much of 2021 and buoyed growth as several other sectors were faltering, but shipments have been slowing as an overseas surge in demand for goods eases and high costs pressure exporters.

Imports rose 19.5% year-on-year in December, the customs data showed, missing a forecast 26.3% rise and sharply down from a 31.7% gain in November.

China posted a trade surplus of $94.46 billion last month, versus a forecast for a $74.50 billion surplus in the poll. China reported a $71.72 billion surplus in November.

For all of 2021, total exports rose 29.9%, compared to a 3.6% gain in 2020. Imports for the year gained 30.1% percent, after falling 1.1 percent in 2020.

The world’s second-largest economy has staged an impressive recovery from the pandemic but there are signs the momentum is flagging. A property downturn and strict COVID-19 curbs are among the headwinds clouding the outlook for 2022.

The country will roll out more policies to help exporters and ease the pressure of international logistics problems, the official Xinhua news agency said in late December, citing a meeting of the State Council chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.

China’s vice commerce minister said on Dec. 30 that the country will face an unprecedented degree of difficulty in stabilising foreign trade in 2022, as other exporters ramp up production and amid a less-favourable base of comparison.

At a key agenda-setting meeting last month, China’s top leaders pledged to focus on stabilising the economy and keeping growth within a reasonable range in 2022.

Reporting by Shen Yan, Albee Zhang and Gabriel Crossley; Editing by Ana Nicolaci da Costa

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Mark White is the editor of the ProcurementNation, a Media Outlet covering supply chain and logistics issues. He joined The New York Times in 2007 as an commodities reporter, and most recently served as foreign-exchange editor in New York.

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