China March exports in shock 15% fall
Tumble could heighten worries about how rising yuan has hurt demand for Chinese goods, services abroad: analysts
Beijing
CHINA'S export sales contracted 15 per cent in March while import shipments fell at their sharpest rate since the 2009 global financial crisis, a shock outcome that deepens concern about sputtering Chinese economic growth.
The tumble in exports - the worst in about a year - compared with expectations for a 12 per cent rise and could heighten worries about how a rising yuan has hurt demand for Chinese goods and services abroad, analysts said.
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