China’s Trade Balance for August, in Chinese Yuan terms, came in at CNY649.34 billion, expanding from the previous figure of CNY601.98 billion.
Exports rose 8.4% YoY in August vs. 6.5% seen in July. The country’s imports came in at 0% YoY in the same period vs. 6.6% registered previously.
In US Dollar terms, China’s trade surplus widened in August.
Trade Balance came in at +91.02B versus +83.9B expected and +84.65B previous.
Exports (YoY): 8.7% vs. 6.5% expected and 7.0% previous.
Imports (YoY): 0.5% vs. 2.0% expected and 7.2% last.
Additional takeaways
China Jan-August USD-denominated Exports +4.6% YoY.
China Jan-August USD-denominated Imports +2.5% YoY.
China Jan-August USD-denominated Trade Surplus +608.9B.
China Jan-August Trade Surplus with the US arrived at +$224.57B.
China August Trade Surplus with the US was $33.81B vs. $30.84B in July.
FX implications
AUD/USD holds the rebound above 0.6650 after China’s trade surplus expansion. The pair is down 0.05% on the day, trading at 0.6658, at the time of writing.
Source: https://www.fxstreet.com/news/chinas-trade-balance-surplus-widens-in-august-as-exports-outperform-202409100323