Deterioro en exportaciones chinas

Exportaciones chinas disminuyen en 2,2% en noviembre

Chinese exports fall

China's exports fell in November by 2.2% compared with a year earlier. It was the first such decline in seven years. Overall, the country's economy is still expected to show growth of about 9% this year.

Our Economics Correspondent Andrew Walker reports:

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China has been hit by the sharp economic deterioration in countries that buy its goods. Nearly half of China's exports go to developed countries, most of which are now probably in recession. So there is less demand abroad for Chinese goods.

The figures have been described by economists as dreadful and horrifying.

There was also an even sharper decline in China's imports - 18% compared with a year earlier. That in part reflects the fact that weakening sales overseas mean that the country's manufacturers have less need of imported raw materials.

Andrew Walker, BBC

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hit
afectada en forma negativa

sharp economic deterioration
el deterioro rápido de la economía

exports
productos y servicios para exportación

in recession
en recesión

there is less demand abroad for
hay menos demanda en el extranjero (para productos chinos)

decline
reducción

imports
productos y servicios que un país importa de otros países

reflects
refleja el hecho (que)

weakening sales overseas
deterioro en ventas al extranjero

manufacturers
fabricantes

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