15 Jun 2013

An alternate estimate found that actual year-on-year export growth for January to April was only about 7 per cent, while import growth was about 6 per cent, 21st Century Business Herald reported,...

4:05AM
9 Jun 2013

Exports in May rose by 1 per cent to US$182.8 billion from the same month last year, according to customs data released yesterday. The growth was far below the 14.7 per cent increase in April and...

6:34AM
8 Jun 2013

China’s exports rose 1 per cent in May from a year ago while imports fell 0.3 per cent, leaving the country with a trade surplus of US$20.4 billion for the month, the Customs Administration said...

11:23AM
7 Jun 2013

The mainland's crackdown on fake export invoices used to disguise money flows is probably cutting its trade figures, revealing subdued global demand that will weigh on economic growth.

3:46AM
21 May 2013

When President Xi Jinping visited Iowa in February 2012 as vice-president, he underscored the importance of the American agricultural sector to China by visiting a farm.

4:34AM
18 May 2013

The credit risks faced by exporters are mounting even as trade data suggests a spike in mainland exports since the beginning of the year. Local manufacturers complain that it is taking much longer...

3:33AM

Fast yuan appreciation has hurt exporters, the Ministry of Commerce said, adding the country's trade outlook is clouded by uncertainties despite the recent upbeat growth.

6:15AM

Beijing urged the European Union on Thursday to avoid engaging in protectionism, after Brussels proposed an anti-dumping levy on imports of Chinese solar panels.

9:16PM

The mainland's export growth last month may be too good to be true, with economists unanimously linking the strong performance to speculative fund inflows betting on yuan appreciation. The...

5:13AM

The HSBC flash manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) for China fell to a two-month low of 50.5 in April, compared with the final reading of 51.6 in March, HSBC and Markit said yesterday....

6:01AM

China’s exports surged more than 20 per cent in February on-year despite the Lunar New Year holiday, data showed Friday, in another sign of recovery for the world’s second-largest economy. 

1:47AM

Pan Shiyi, chairman and co-founder of the property company Soho China, is one of the mainland's liveliest businessmen and an obsessive weibo user. Yesterday he regaled a humdrum Asian Financial...

4:16AM

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