Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSC) reached US$104.461 billion from January to June 2022, representing a 14.13 per cent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs released by Forum Macao.
PSCs sold goods worth US$69.353 billion to China in the first six months of 2022 – an increase of 9.24 per cent year-on-year while China’s merchandise exports to those countries reached US$35.108 billion in the same period, up 25.17 per cent year-on-year.
The total value of merchandise traded in June between the parties topped US$20.682 billion, an increase of 8.11 per cent from the prior-year period.
The value of China’s merchandise imports from PSCs reached US$13.356 billion, down 4.69 per cent year-to-year.
China sold goods to those countries worth US$7.326 billion in June, an increase of 43.19 per cent compared with the previous year.
