INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Regardless of sluggish export growth China's future financial outlook looks upbeatChina's export growth slowed in October but beat
projections as thriving global need for holiday seasons, a reducing power crunch and mitigating supply chain interruptions offset some
pressures dealing with the world's second-largest economy.Imports, nevertheless, missed out on experts' expectations, likely pointing to the
overall weakness in domestic demand.Outbound deliveries leapt 27.1 percent in October from a year earlier, slower than September's 28.1
percent gain.Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast growth would alleviate to 24.5 percent
Zhiwei Zhang, primary economic expert at Pinpoint Property Management, stated the strong exports would assist to reduce the weakening
domestic economy, and offer the government with more space to manoeuvre economic policy
The government can afford to wait 'til the year end to loosen monetary and fiscal policies, now that exports provide a buffer to smooth the
economic downturn, he stated
Current data has actually indicated a production slowdown.Factory activity diminished for a 2nd month in October, an official survey showed,
while growth in industrial output reduced to the most affordable because March 2020 - the very first wave of the pandemic
However, under heavy government intervention, some supply constraints have begun to reduce in current weeks.A power crunch - set off by a
shortage of coal, harder emission requirements and strong commercial demand - has started to ease after heavy federal government
intervention.Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday that China's government will take measures to support the commercial sector as the economy
deals with renewed down pressures
Imports leapt 20.6 percent in October from a year previously, accelerating from a 17.6 percent gain in September but missing the
expectations for an increase of 25 per cent.China's petroleum imports plunged in October to their lowest given that September 2018, while
coal imports slowed as domestic production boomed.Purchases of iron ore slipped for a 2nd month on reducing demand
China posted a trade surplus of $84.54 billion last month, above the survey's forecast of $65.55 billion and September's $66.76 billion
surplus.The nation's economy grew 4.9 per cent in the July-September quarter from a year previously, the weakest reading given that the
third quarter of last year.China's trade surplus with the United States was $40.75 billion in October, Reuters estimations based on
customizeds data revealed, below $42 billion in September.US Trade Representative Katherine Tai promised last month to exclude some Chinese
imports from tariffs while pressing Beijing over its failure to keep some promises made in a Phase 1 trade offer made under the Trump
