Chine : fort recul du commerce extérieur au mois de mars
▻http://www.latribune.fr/actualites/economie/international/20140410trib000824611/chine-fort-recul-du-commerce-exterieur-au-mois-de-mars.html
Après une chute de 18,1% au mois de février, les exportations chinoises ont encore baissé de 6,6% sur un an en mars. Deux mois consécutifs de dégradation qui représentent une première depuis 2009. Les importations ont aussi reculé de 11,3%.
Certains rappellent que les chiffres chinois sont parfois d’une fiabilité douteuses…
China exports fall in March - Business - China Daily Asia
▻http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2014-04/10/content_15129924.html
Some analysts have cautioned this year’s trade figures are distorted by comparison with unreliable data issued last year. They say exporters last year inflated the value of goods sold abroad as a way to evade Chinese currency controls and bring extra money into the country.
"While the export data will add to worries among policymakers and in the market about growth slowing down precariously or China losing competitiveness, we would caution against such interpretations,’’ said RBS economist Louis Kuijs in a report.
Kuijs said that with data distortions factored out, China’s exports in March might have grown by as much as 5.2 percent, on par with South Korea.