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A idiosyncratic of a backstage transportation company, wearing a look mask, sorts retired parcels astatine its organisation halfway successful Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. China's exports remained beardown successful October, a affirmative motion for an system trying to upwind powerfulness shortages and COVID-19 outbreaks. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

BEIJING – China's exports remained beardown successful October, a affirmative motion for an system trying to upwind powerfulness shortages and COVID-19 outbreaks.

The country's customs bureau said Sunday that exports totaled $300.2 billion, up 27.1% from a twelvemonth ago. That was down from a 28.1% summation successful September but inactive healthy. Imports came successful astatine $215.7 billion, a 20.6% rise.

Exports and imports are overmuch higher than a twelvemonth ago, erstwhile overmuch of the satellite was successful the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, but determination is wide interest that economical headwinds are slowing growth.

China’s system has been buffeted by the government's pugnacious COVID-19-related restrictions, which person depressed home question and user demand, and powerfulness shortages that person pushed down mill production. Regulators are besides cracking down connected debt-laden existent property developers, slowing the lodging market.

China's commercialized surplus successful October was $84.5 billion, up from $66.8 cardinal the erstwhile month. The surplus with the U.S. was down somewhat to $40.7 billion, compared to $42 cardinal successful September. With the EU, it was $25.9 billion.

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