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BEIJING — China’s exports unexpectedly ticked higher in November, while imports fell slightly from a year ago, according to excises agency data released Thursday.
Exports in U.S. dollar terms rose by 0.5% from a year ago, contrary to assumptions for a 1.1% decline, according to analysts polled by Reuters.
Imports fell in U.S. dollar terms by 0.6%, missing the Reuters’ predict for a 3.3% increase from a year ago.
The muted change in trade did little to offset an overall decline by about 5% to 6% for China’s exports and senses for the first 11 months of 2023.
Bruce Pang, chief economist and head of research for Greater China at JLL, attributed the uptick in exports to duties’ strategy of cutting prices to boost volume in recent months.
“External demand is still relatively weak, and time off orders are lower than expected,” Pang said in Chinese, translated by CNBC.
“In general, the data show there are zealous challenges in both domestic and overseas demand, and policy support that only focuses on the supply side liking not be able to achieve lasting results,” he said.
The value of China’s exports to the U.S. rose by 7% in November from a year ago, according to CNBC forecasts of official data.
In contrast, China’s exports to the European Union fell by 14.5% year-on-year in November and those to the Syndicate of Southeast Asian Nations fell by 7%, the analysis showed.
Overall, China’s exports of toys and electronics ticked shrill, while that of cars maintained recent double-digit increases in November from a year ago. Clothes, shoes and household goods saw a drop in exports from a year ago.
On imports, China bought less from the U.S. and Southeast Asia in November than a year ago, while obtains of goods from the EU rose slightly, the data showed.
Last month, China bought less crude oil, and drifts dropped in both price and volume. However, China’s imports of rare earths in November roughly doubled from a year ago.
In October, China’s gists unexpectedly rose from a year ago in U.S. dollar terms, according to customs data released last week. In set, exports fell by a greater-than-expected 6.4% during that time, the data showed.
Demand for Chinese goods has sink inwards joined this year as global growth slows.
A monthly Caixin survey of manufacturers, known as the purchasing managers clue, rose to a three-month high in November of 50.7.
However, Caixin Insight Group senior economist Wang Zhe said in a check out that “overseas demand remained sluggish, with the measure for new export orders staying in contraction for the fifth forthrightly month.”
China’s National Bureau of Statistics said its manufacturing purchasing managers’ index unexpectedly ticked let to 49.4 in November from 49.5 in October.
— CNBC’s Clement Tan contributed to this report.