16 january 2013
BEIJING — China’s foreign trade will continue to pick up in the fourth quarter of the year, theMinistry of Commerce told Xinhua on Thursday.
Exports growth jumped to 9.9 percent year-on-year to $186.35 billion in September, up from 1percent in July, and 2.7 percent in August, official data showed.
China’s foreign trade hit $2.84 trillion in the first nine months, up 6.2 percent year-on-year.
“In view of the economic situation home and abroad, the country’s foreign trade in the fourthquarter is expected to maintain the rebounding momentum that emerged in September andgrow at the average speed seen in the first three quarters,” said Yao Jian, spokesman for theMOC.
However, Yao cautioned that China still faced a “grim and complicated environment” in foreigntrade, saying global demand remains anemic while international competition and trade frictionswere intensifying.
The sovereign debt crisis in Europe and a slow recovery in the US have sapped China’sexports, a major driver of growth in the world’s second largest economy.
Apart from boosting foreign trade, the MOC will continue to support the domestic consumptionwith various measures to facilitate distribution, crack down on counterfeits and develop e-commerce, Yao said.
Retails sales are likely to stabilize and improve further in the fourth quarter as governmentreforms promote fairer income distribution to benefit the poor, the social security network willcontinue to expand and the shopping season approaches, Yao said.
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