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View all search resultsChina's exports to Russia up by more than 20 percent
Reuters calculations based on Chinese customs data on Monday showed shipments of Chinese goods to Russia rose 21.2 percent from a year earlier in dollar terms, slowing from a 26.5 percent increase in August yet outperforming China's overall export growth of 5.7 percent by a large margin, as interest rate hikes to curb red-hot inflation in major economies weakened demand for Chinese goods.
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At high stakes: A cargo ship berths at a port in Lianyungang in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, on May 8. China’s exports fell more than expected in April while imports rose, official data showed on Wednesday, ahead of high-stakes talks aimed at resolving a trade war with the United States.
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hina's exports to sanctions-hit Russia rose at a double-digit pace for the third consecutive month in September, bucking the trend of weakening external demand elsewhere amid the Russia-Ukraine war and a global economic slowdown.
Reuters calculations based on Chinese customs data on Monday showed shipments of Chinese goods to Russia rose 21.2 percent from a year earlier in dollar terms, slowing from a 26.5 percent increase in August yet outperforming China's overall export growth of 5.7 percent by a large margin, as interest rate hikes to curb red-hot inflation in major economies weakened demand for Chinese goods.
Top exports to Russia included smartphones, generator sets, excavators and containers.
Imports from Russia jumped 55.2 percent compared with a 59.3 percent increase in August, partly driven by a 22 percent annual rise in oil imports, the customs data showed.
Oil supplies from Russia totalled 7.46 million tonnes, equivalent to 1.82 million barrels per day (bpd), compared with 1.96 million bpd in August.
As Western nations have shunned Russia, cooperation with Beijing has become increasingly important for Moscow. Bilateral trade has surged to $136.09 billion in value in the first nine months, up 32.5 percent..
