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Trade between China, Portuguese-speaking Countries tops US$31.97bln in January-March 2020
Release time:2020-05-29
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Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$31.968 billion in the period from January to March 2020. It represented a 5.13 percent decline year-on-year, according to data from China Customs.


Portuguese-speaking Countries sold goods worth US$23.227 billion to China in the first three months of 2020 – a decline of 5.15 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s merchandise exports to those countries reached US$8.741 billion in the same period, down 5.08 percent year-on-year, according to Chinese official data.


The total value of merchandise traded in March between the parties topped US$10.593 billion, up 20.36 percent from the previous month.


The value of China’s merchandise imports from Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$7.503 billion, an increase of 0.71 percent month-to-month, according to Chinese official data. China sold goods to those countries worth US$3.09 billion in March, an increase of 128,74 percent compared with February.