BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's imports and exports rose 9.8 percent in November year on year, ending a 12-month decline, to stand at 208.2 billion U.S. dollars, the General Administration of Customs announced Friday.
The trade surplus was 177.96 billion dollars in the January-November period, down 30.6 percent from a year earlier.
Exports stood at 113.65 billion dollars in November, down 1.2 percent from a year earlier, but were up 2.6 percent from October for the fifth consecutive monthly increase.
Imports rose 26.7 percent in November to 94.6 billion dollars.
From January to November, the country's imports and exports totaled 1.96 trillion dollars, down 17.5 percent compared with the corresponding period last year.
Imports for the first 11 months were 893.02 billion dollars, down 15.8 percent year on year; exports dropped 18.8 percent to 1.07 trillion dollars.
The EU remained China's biggest trading partner, though bilateral trade declined 17 percent to 326.27 billion dollars in value in the first 11 months; the United States was second with trade at 266.54 billion dollars, down 13.4 percent; Japan followed with trade down 17.4 percent to 203.33 billion dollars.
China's new loans rise to 294.8 bln yuan in November
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's new yuan-denominated lending in November rose to 294.8 billion yuan (43.2 billion U.S. dollars) from October's 253 billion yuan, the People's Bank of China, the central bank, said Friday.
The November figure brought new yuan-denominated loans in the first 11 months to 9.21 trillion yuan, 5.06 trillion yuan more than the corresponding period last year. Full story
China's November CPI rises 0.6%, ending nine months of fall
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 0.6 percent year on year in November, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.
It is the first monthly growth since February this year when CPI was down 1.6 percent. Full story
China's electricity power production up 26.9% in November
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's electricity power production increased by 26.9 percent in November year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.
In October, the country's power production climbed 17.1 percent. Full story
China's industrial output up 19.2% in November
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales rose 15.8 percent year on year to 1.13 trillion yuan (166 billion U.S. dollars) in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Friday.
The rise was 5 percentage points lower than that of a year earlier. It was also down 0.4 percentage points from that in October, the NBS data showed. Full story
China urban fixed-asset investment up 32.1% in first 11 months
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's urban fixed-asset investment rose 32.1 percent year on year in the first 11 months to 16.86 trillion yuan (2.47 trillion U.S. dollars), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday.
The growth rate was 5.3 percentage points higher than that in the corresponding period of last year, but 1 percentage point lower than that in the first 10 months, the NBS said at a press release. Full story
China's retail sales up 15.8% in November
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales rose 15.8 percent year on year to 1.13 trillion yuan (166 billion U.S. dollars) in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Friday.
The rise was 5 percentage points lower than that of a year earlier. It was also down 0.4 percentage points from that in October, the NBS data showed. Full story
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