FOREIGN TRADE GROWTH RATE DOWN

China’s foreign trade in the first threequarters grew by 2.4 per cent year-on-year with total trade volume of US $232.95billion,according to the Customs statistics.Exports amount to US $134.13 billion,growing by 3.9 per cent and imports to US$98.82 billion,up 0.4 per cent.Accumu-lated trade surplus recorded US $35.3 bil-lion,up 15 per cent year-on-year.