Exports still booming despite global crisis

China's foreign trade registered robust growth in the first nine months at $1.97 trillion, up 25.2 percent year-on-year, according to Customs figures released yesterday.

In September, exports rose 21.5 percent from the same period last year, compared to 21.1 percent in August. Imports rose 21.3 percent.

But economists and trade officials warn that exports in the coming months could run into rough weather as the impact of the financial crisis spreads to non-financial sectors, and global demand declines as a result of a slowdown in developed economies.