China achieves a trade surplus of $16.88 billion in September

Customs statistics show that China's import and export value registered US $273.1 billion in September, an increase of 24.7 percent year on year.

Of which, exports fetched US $144.99 billion, up 25.1 percent year on year; imports marked US $128.11 billion, up 24.1 percent year on year; trade surplus registered US $16.88 billion in September, down 15.7 percent from the previous month.

Month-on-month comparison of China's foreign trade value grew 5.6 percent in September, refreshing the record of US $262.29 billion in July, set a new record high.

Of which, month-on-month comparison of imports grew 7.4 percent, also set a record high. But month-on-month comparison of exports only grew 4.1 percent, resulting in September trade surplus down to nearly a 5-month low.