2017-03-08

Return to Trade Deficit

BBC: China sees first monthly trade deficit in three years
Higher commodity prices and domestic demand were credited with pushing February's imports up 38.1% on a year earlier.

But exports unexpectedly fell 1.3%, giving a trade deficit of $9.2bn for the month.

China's monthly imports last exceeded exports in February 2014.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast China would have a monthly trade surplus of $25.8bn.
China should be in trade deficit, so this is a positive sign even if it is probably an outlier.

Looking at country level data, imports from some nations are way up. India +63.8; Australia +77.6; Brazil, Russia, South Africa +40; Singapore +59; Indonesia +67 percent. Imports from Hong Kong down 49 percent.

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