CHINA REPORTS 700 MLN DLR TWO-MONTH TRADE DEFICIT
China's trade deficit totalled 700 mln
dlrs in the first two months of this year, according to figures
released by the State Statistics Bureau.
    The New China News Agency quoted the Bureau as saying
foreign trade totalled 9.3 billion dlrs in the period, of which
exports were worth 4.3 billion dlrs.
    The bureau said total trade volume was up 2.5 pct on the
same 1986 period, with exports up 18.1 pct, but it gave no
other comparative figures.
    China's 1986 trade deficit totalled 12 billion dlrs,
official figures show.
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