The slide in sugar futures to a 10-month low is not the end of the market's rout, with prices on their way to levels not seen since 2010, sapped by the prospect of weaker Chinese imports. Futures price...

The Republic of Korea's (ROK) rare earth imports from China grew in March 2012 due to a fall in import prices, customs data showed on April 19,2012. ROK purchased a total of 158 tons from China in Marc...

China does not pursue a trade surplus and is willing to work with Mexico for balanced trade, visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said here on April 18,2012. The Chinese government attaches g...

China's Ministry of Commerce said on April 17,2012 it was confident of achieving its targeted rate of growth in international trade in 2012 and that the second quarter would prove stronger than the fi...

Trade corridors between China and the Mena region carry huge economic growth potential for businesses, offering the greatest prospects in the commodity and energy sectors, HSBC said at its Middle East...

The value of China's trade with Latin America rose 31.5 percent 2011 to $241.5 billion, a senior Chinese official said. Exchanges between the Asian giant and Latin America totaled just $10 billion as r...

China's import of coking coal, a key steel-making ingredient, is seen to rise 10 percent to reach around 50 million tonnes 2012, with most of the rebound seen coming through in the fourth-quarter, two...

Premier Wen Jiabao and his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra agreed on April 17, 2012 to upgrade bilateral relations to a "comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership." "Establishing the China-T...

China, the world's largest iron ore importer and steel maker, saw its iron ore imports reach 62.87 million metric tons in March 2012, according to the latest statistics released by the General Adminis...

China is confident about achieving the full-year target of 10-percent growth in foreign trade, despite slowed growth in the first quarter due to cumulative factors, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said...

According to Australia's official statistics: In February, Australia-China trade in goods totaled AUD 8.537 billion (USD 9.234 billion), up 15.08% year-on-year; therein, its exports to China reached AU...

Substantial environmental and economic cooperation will highlight Premier Wen Jiabao's upcoming visit to Germany and three other European countries, Chinese senior officials said on April 17, 2012. Wen...

China should take concrete steps to expand imports and cut import tariffs quickly, as the deceleration of import growth is raising economic concerns, Wei Jianguo, former deputy minister of commerce, s...

China has reported a 500% increase in grain imports from 2011, hitting a record high in March, customs data from Beijing revealed. According to the data released grain imports reached 1.64m tonnes, up ...

China has provided a list of five Mexican companies allowed to export pork to the Asian giant, according to Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Patricia Espinosa, who participated in the V Permane...

Export-orientated Chinese companies are raring to go ahead of the Canton Fair, which opens on April 15, 2012 in the southern city of Guangzhou in a bid to boost exports amid the uncertain global econo...

Tony Zhang used to make cents on the dollar churning out cheap sneakers for Wal-Mart. And like every other low-margin exporter in China's manufacturing heartland, he was struggling to keep pace with ri...

China, the world's largest steel producer, saw its exports of steel products grew 2.44% year on year to 5.03 million tons in March 2012, according to the latest statistics released by the China Iron a...

The pace of growth in China's passenger vehicles market has slowed after sales growth in March eased. That's another much watched indicator of activity in the Chinese economy that has produced an outco...

Mainland China bought 39,668 kilograms (39.668 metric tons), up from 32,948 kilograms in January, according to export data from the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong government. Demand ...