Export cut to curb trade surplus
2007-07-26 08:38:06
China will again expand the list of processed goods subject to export limits, to further curb exports of cheap labor-intensive products and enlarge imports.
Changes in aluminum tariffs soon
2007-07-20 09:03:38
The Ministry of Finance said it will suspend import tariffs on primary aluminum and will impose a 15% preliminary tariff on exports of rods and bars made from primary aluminum.
Lower rebates to slow exports of paper products
2007-07-18 17:05:34
Economic planner has forecast slower export growth for paper products in the second half after export tax rebates for energy-consuming products were cut.
China's trade deficit with East Asia hits $87.5b
2007-07-15 09:45:56
Although China has an overall foreign trade surplus, it had a deficit of $87.5 billion in 2006 with East Asian countries, said Liao Xiaoqi, vice minister of commerce.
Forex reserves top US$1.33 trillion, up 41.6%
2007-07-12 09:25:15
China's foreign exchange reserves, already the world's largest, surpassed US$1.33 trillion at the end of June, the central bank said Wednesday.
Monthly trade surplus soars to record $26.9b
2007-07-10 11:32:10
China's trade surplus in June hit a new high of US$26.91 billion, up 85.5 percent on the same month last year, the General Administration of Customs said on Tuesday.
China stops encouraging exporters to remit forex
2007-07-09 13:48:46
China has scrapped a set of rules that provided incentives for exporters to bring home as much foreign currency as they could.
China to impose tariff on energy-guzzling products
2007-07-04 10:01:30
China will impose an export tariff on highly energy-consuming products to deflate the ballooning trade surplus and improve the export-product safety.
China mulls serial policies to improve growth structure
2007-06-28 10:06:19
China is mulling a series of macro-control policies to make structural changes in the form economic growth takes, said Jin Renqing, minister of finance.