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.

In January, China sold goods worth US$4.19 billion to Portuguese-speaking Countries, a decrease of 7.82 percent from the prior-year period. The value of China’s imports from those countries reached US$3.95 billion in the same period, down by 42.28 percent year-on-year.