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China's exports beat expectations to rise in July while its purchases continued to shrink, official data showed Thursday, despite simmering US trade tensions.
The trade war with the United States and weakening global demand had weighed on China's manufacturing sector during the first six months of the year, with its global exports roughly flat from a year earlier. But in July China's exports rose 3.3 percent on-year, the customs administration's figures showed, ahead of the one percent drop forecast by a Bloomberg News poll.
China's economy slowed to 6.2 percent growth in the second quarter, the slowest quarterly pace in nearly 30 years. But it does not look to be out of the woods yet, with shrinking imports pointing to weak demand at home. Imports fell 5.6 percent on-year in July, contracting for the third consecutive month - though by less than the forecast 9 percent drop.
China's trade surplus fell to $45.1 billion for the month, from $51.0 billion in June. The trade war with the US has escalated in recent weeks, with President Donald Trump vowing to add 10 percent tariffs on another $300 billion worth of Chinese imports starting on September 1, extending punitive tariffs to nearly every product.
Beijing fired back by allowing its currency, the yuan or renminbi, to weaken and by suspending purchases of American farm goods.
Exports to the US in July fell 6.5 percent on-year while imports dropped 19.1 percent, bringing China's surplus with the US down slightly from June to $28 billion in July.
"Exports still look set to remain subdued in the coming quarters as any prop from a weaker renminbi should be overshadowed by further US tariffs and broader external weakness," said Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2019

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