Foreign trade drops by 9.8%
By Zhong Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2016-02-16 08:02
Expert blames weak manufacturing and housing market for the decline
China's foreign trade fell by 9.8 percent year-on-year to 1.88 trillion yuan ($288 billion) in January, according to customs data on Monday.
Exports dropped by 6.6 percent from the same month last year and imports declined by 14.4 percent.
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