Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$58.7 billion in the period from January to July 2015. It represented a 24.2 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs.

Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$48.1 billion in the period from January to June 2015. It represented a 25.6 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs.

Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$38.3 billion in the period from January to May 2015. It represented a 28.18 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries hit US$29.7 billion from January to April, down by 28.23 percent year-on-year, according to data from China Customs.

Exports from China to Portuguese-speaking Countries rose by 7.59 percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to a year earlier, according to data from China Customs.

Exports from China to Portuguese-speaking Countries increased by 16.45 percent in the first two months of 2015 from a year earlier, according to data from China Customs.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries topped US$8.14 billion in the first month of 2015, a decrease of 28.53 percent from a year earlier, according to data from China Customs.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries topped US$132.58 billion in 2014, up by 0.85 percent in year-on-year terms, according to data from the Chinese General Administration of Customs.

Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries hit US$122.58 billion in the 11 months to November 30, 2014, up by 2.82 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the Chinese General Administration of Customs.

The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), also known as Forum Macao, has partnered with Macao’s public broadcaster TDM-Teledifusão de Macau S.A. to organise an internship programme for journalists from news agencies and TV stations of Portuguese-speaking Countries.