China halved gasoline exports in May over the same month a year earlier and scaled back diesel exports by nearly 70 percent, data showed on June 21, 2011. Traders said that after months of export curbs...

According to the figures, total seasonal exports totalled 51,7 million kg earning the country $259 million. "China and European countries bought 40% collectively of tobacco in the period under review ...

China's exports of rare-earth metals in the first five months of the year fell 8.8% from a year earlier, reflecting the government's success in tightening control over trade in the strategic ores and ...

Exports of the metals, which are used in technology applications ranging from music players to missile systems, fell to 23,742 tonnes in the January to May period, customs data supplied by Hong Kong-b...

Agricultural commodities closed generally higher yesterday despite continued uncertainty in the macro-environment, except CBOT wheat and ICE coffee which declined 1.9% and 2.4% respectively. Wheat pri...

Chinese companies will continue "madly buying" scrap copper in overseas markets for the next five years, with industrialization and urbanization spurring demand, a senior executive of a unit of the Yu...

China should import more "advanced technology, managerial experience, high-end talents and international brands" to improve the quality of the country's industrial development, Vice Premier Wang Qisha...

China's copper imports may fall 32 percent 2011, more than earlier estimated, as stockpiles in the world's biggest user remain above average, said state-owned researcher Beijng Antaike Information Dev...

Copper prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange have improved considerably as compared with the London Metal Exchange with the yuan appreciating against the dollar. Traders and analysts maintain that t...

Barclays Capital said China domestic iron-ore production reached a record high in May and may be starting to gain market share over imported material. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Ch...

China and Russia failed to finalize a long-expected gas supply agreement at a meeting of their two presidents in Moscow despite a pledge to boost their bilateral trade, particularly in the energy sect...

Nowadays food safety has increasingly come to the forefront of public concern. Since the value of China's agricultural exports has been soaring for years, it is essential to enhance the quality awaren...

Chinese vice commercial minister Zhong Shan said growth in China's imports will "probably" slow down in the coming months as measures to cool the economy takes effect, and the prospects of exports are...

Measures to cool economy will take effect soon, comments vice-minister China's import growth will "probably" slow down in the months ahead as the government's measures to cool the economy take off, an...

China's monthly exports of passenger cars rose to its record high last month, indicating growing demand for Chinese cars from overseas, an industry report showed on June 16, 2011. According to the repo...

Brazil's soy exports to China fell 11.3 percent year on year between January and May to 9.2 million tons according to figures published on June 13, 2011 by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. The dr...

Natural rubber demand in world's largest auto market China continued to boost the commodity as the demand expected to climb by nearly 8 percent, analysts said. According to China Rubber Industry Associ...

Increasing imports is not a temporary measure for China, but a long-term macro-economic strategy, Yao Jian, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said on June 15, 2011. Yao stressed the importance of...

Inventories of iron ore at 25 of China's major sea ports rose for four consecutive weeks to 93.54 million metric tons in the week ending June 13, according to the Xinhua-China Iron Ore Price Index rel...

China's trade surplus for May narrowed by 33 percent from a year earlier to $13.1 billion, as exports slowed and import growth quickened, according to the General Administration of Customs. China's im...