Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSC) reached US$182.6 billion from January to October 2022.
This represents a 1.8 per cent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs released by the Forum Macao.
PSCs sold goods worth US$117.9 billion to China in the first ten months of 2022 – a decrease of 6.6 per cent year-on-year.
The value of China’s merchandise exports to PSCs reached US$64.7 billion in the same period, up 21.7 per cent year-on-year.
Brazil continued to be the main partner of China with an increase of 6.2 per cent in trade followed by Angola, Portugal and Mozambique.
The value of China’s merchandise imports from PSC reached US$ 9.6 billion, down 16.9 per cent year-to-year. China sold goods to PSCs worth US$6.5 billion in October, an increase of 6.8 per cent compared with the previous year.
