China Forecasts Drop in Balance of Payments Surplus

Home>>Business

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, May 23, 2003

China Forecasts Drop in Balance of Payments Surplus

China's foreign exchange authorities predicted Thursday the country's balance of payments surplus will drop this year.

DISCUSSION

CHINESE

SEND TO FRIEND

China's foreign exchange authorities predicted Thursday the country's balance of payments surplus will drop this year.

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange published the forecast in a report released Thursday, which blamed expected surplus reductions on changes in trade, lower tariffs and the gradual dismantling of non-tariff restrictions for the decrease.

China's increasing demand for imported goods is also behind thereason for faster growth in imports.

China recorded a small trade deficit in the first quarter of this year, according to the report.

China's deficit in service and yield accounts will continue to grow for a long period of time, the report said.

According the report on China's balance of payments in 2002, China's foreign exchange reserves will continue to grow this year.

China's foreign exchange reserves stood at 286.4 billion US dollars by the end of 2002.

China enjoyed a 35.4-billion-US-dollar surplus in its balance of payments in 2002, up 104 percent over the previous year.

Questions?Comments? Click here

Chinese Crack Down on Public Spitting ( 2 Messages)

United States Afraid of its Own Shadow: Mahathir ( 8 Messages)

Int'l Community Aids China's SARS-control ( 6 Messages)

BBC Leader Criticizes US Coverage of War against Iraq ( 17 Messages)

US Interference in China's Internal Affairs Doomed to Failure: FM Spokeswoman ( 7 Messages)