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Free AccessMNI BRIEF: China November PMI Rises Further Above 50
MNI US Macro Weekly: Politics To The Fore
REPEAT: China Sep Trade Surplus Eases To 6-Month Low
Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 11:16 GMT Oct 13/07:16 EST Oct 13
--Export Growth Below Expectations But Still Strong
BEIJING (MNI) - Data released Friday by the General Administration of
Customs:
Balance (bln $) Exports Y/Y % Imports Y/Y %
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September 28.47 8.1 18.7
MNI Survey Median 37.30 9.6 14.0
Previous 41.99 5.5 13.3
FACTORS:
--China Sept. Seasonally Adj. Exports +4.4% m/m VS -1.5% Aug.
--China Sept. Seasonally Adj. Imports +11.9% m/m VS -0.9% Aug.
--China Sept. Seasonally Adj. Exports +5.9% y/y VS +4.0% Aug.
--CHINA Sept. Seasonally Adj. Imports +13.6% y/y VS +13.3% Aug.
TAKEAWAY: Chinese imports and exports grew at a faster pace in September,
although exports fell below expectations. The significant acceleration in
imports indicated that domestic demand is still robust, while diverging
expectations on the yuan exchange rate continued to drag on exports.
According to the General Administration of Customs, September exports rose
8.1% year-on-year, the highest since July's 11.3% gain. Exports accelerated
above the 5.5% gain in August, but were below the MNI median forecast for a 9.6%
rise.
Although the yuan exchange rate fell 0.76% against the greenback in
September, compared with a 1.96% appreciation in August, diverging market
expectations about the yuan impacted exports. They were still robust in general,
though, with exports to China's three biggest customers -- the United States,
European Union and Japan -- all showing solid momentum.
Exports to the U.S. rose 13.8% year-on-year to $40.94 billion, the highest
level since June and significantly higher than the 8.1% decrease in September
2016. Exports to the European Union grew 10.5% to $31.90 billion, compared with
a 9.8% decrease last September. Exports to Japan equaled their growth level of
last September -- 11.83%.
The overall export acceleration was in line with the official CFLP PMI new
export orders index, which jumped to 51.3 last month from the previous 50.4.
"Since August, the global economy has stepped into a recovery stage, and
manufacturing PMIs in the main countries have all started to rebound, so exports
should maintain a strong trend," Deng Haiqing, chief analyst with Jiuzhou
Securities, told MNI.
Imports increased 18.7% year-on-year in September, higher than the MNI
median forecast for a 14% gain and also up from the 13.3% rise in August.
"The rising prices of commodities pushed up the growth of imports, and the
improvement of the domestic real economy also played a positive role," Huang
Songping, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs, said at a press
conference on Friday.
Imports of iron ore increased 16% month-on-month in August, with China
importing 102.83 million tons of iron ore, compared with 88.66 million tons in
August. Coal imports rose 7.2% m/m to 27.08 million tons.
The growth of imports contrasted slightly with the latest official CFLP
manufacturing PMI index. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the
import sub-index fell to 51.1 from the previous 51.4.
"The unexpected growth of imports was likely due to companies' increased
inventories of raw materials before the 19th Party Congress, and rising
commodities prices made manufacturers add inventories while worrying the
increase of producing cost," Deng explained.
The import growth rate continued to outpace the export growth rate in
September, the 14th consecutive month it has done so, but absolute exports
exceeded imports, resulting in a $28.47 billion trade surplus. The surplus was
lower that the MNI survey median forecast of $37.30 billion, and also much lower
than August's $41.99 billion surplus. It was also the lowest level in six
months.
In the first three quarters of this year, the trade surplus amounted to
$295.58 billion, below the $396.36 billion surplus in the same period last year,
with exports rising 7.5% y/y and imports up 17.3% y/y.
"Overall, in the first three quarters, imports and exports remained sound
and steady and witnessed positive changes, with an improvement in quality and
effectiveness," Huang said.
"But in the fourth quarter, unstable and uncertain factors will still
effect the foreign trade environment, including stronger protectionism, the
diverging monetary policies of main economies and more complicated geopolitics,"
Huang noted. "The fierce competition in the international market due to
manufacturing goes back to developed countries and the low-end manufacturing
boom in new economies."
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: vince.morkri@marketnews.com
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