Another blockbuster from China ….

China November trade balance is +$33.80bn

  • $21.20bn was the expected
  • $31.10bn was prior
China November trade balance 08 December 2013

Source Bloomberg

Exports are at +12.7% y/y

  • expected +7.0%, prior was +5.6%

Imports are at +7.0 +5.3% y/y

  • expected +7.0%, prior was +7.6%

This is a positive for the Australian dollar … though there are often doubts expressed about the veracity of Chinese data, even by China’s own State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) itself.