The result was a record monthly trade surplus of just over $99 billion, China’s customs administration reported on Friday.
For the Chinese government, the ever-widening trade surplus is good news.
Consumers in distant markets are buying many of the goods that Chinese households no longer want.
Officials around the world worry that exports from China will displace their own industrial output, forcing factories to close and hurting economic growth.
Governments in United States, the European Union, Brazil, India, Turkey and elsewhere have been raising tariffs or imposing new tariffs on manufactured goods from China in recent weeks.
Organizations:
European
Locations:
China, United States, European Union, Brazil, India, Turkey