China's overall trade touches USD 2.68 trillion

Beijing, Dec 10 (PTI) China's overall trade touched 2.68 trillion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of the year, up 36.3 percent year on year.

The figures were released by the country's General Administration of Customs (GAC) today.

Despite the debt crisis, the EU remained China's largest trade partner, with EU-China trade increasing 33.1-percent year on year in the first 11 months to USD 433.88 billion, it said.

China's trade with the United States rose 30.2 percent year on year to USD 346.89 billion in the January-November period while China-Japan trade jumped 31.7 percent year on year to USD 267.79 billion, GAC said.

China?s exports registered a huge 34.9 per cent rise in November to USD 153.33 billion in value terms, even as its trade surplus declined due to high imports.

According to GAC, imports last month jumped 37.7 percent to USD 130.43 billion.