Ministry of Commerce (MOC) of the People's Republic of China informed that the Chinese Custom releases the foreign trade report for January to November 2005.
It stated that China's foreign trade volume grew 23.5 percent to US$1282 billion in the first 11 months of this year.
The country's trade surplus hit a record US$90 billion. Exports totaled US$686 billion, up 29.7 percent, and imports came to US$595 billion, up 17.1 percent year on year.
November's trade volume reached US$133.74 billion, the highest single month trade volume for this year.
The customs statistics showed that export of general trade kept fast growth in the period, reaching US$538 billion, up 21.4 percent year on year.
The trade volume of processing trade reached US$620 billion, up 26 percent.
The foreign trade volume of foreign-funded enterprises reached US$747 billion, up 25.4 percent, 0.9 percentage points more than the growth rate of last year's same period.
The foreign trade volume of state-owned companies reached US$332 billion, up 11.9 percent.
Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
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