AlHijjah 29, 1436, October 13, 2015, SPA -- China's foreign trade shrank by nearly 8 per cent in the first three quarters of the year, official figures showed Tuesday, according to dpa. Between January and September, the value of foreign trade was 17.9 trillion yuan (2.8 trillion dollars), a decrease of 7.9 per cent on the same period last year, according to customs authorities. Exports were down 1.8 per cent and imports were down 15.1 per cent in the same nine months, more than analysts had thought. The country's trade surplus surged by 82 per cent to 2.6 trillion yuan (411 billion dollars) in the same period.
