-- 火曜日に発表された税関のデータによると、中国の3月の貿易収支は511億3000万ドルの黒字となった。 Investing.comのレポートによると、この数字は2月の2136億2000万ドルの黒字と比べて弱く、アナリスト予想の1075億ドルにも届かなかった。 INGのアナリストは火曜日のレポートで、現地通貨建てでは貿易収支は前年同月比4.8%減少したと指摘した。 INGは、現地通貨建てでのこの減少は、木曜日に発表予定の中国のGDPデータにも影響を与える可能性があると述べている。 税関によると、輸出は前年同月比2.5%増の3210億ドルとなった。Investing.comによると、この伸び率は予想の8.3%を下回った。また、1月から2月にかけての21.8%増と比べても鈍化している。 INGのアナリストによると、米国向け輸出は前年同月比14.6%減少したが、今後数カ月で減少幅は縮小すると予想される。 「米国からの押し下げ要因は緩和されると予想される(新たな関税ショックは完全に排除できないが)ため、今年の成長の重要な原動力は引き続き海外需要となるだろう」とINGは述べている。 複数の報道によると、輸入額は前年同月比27.8%増の2,699億ドルに達し、予想を上回った。これは1~2月期の19.8%増を上回る伸びである。 INGのアナリストは、この急増はハイテク製品価格の上昇によるものであり、アジア太平洋地域全体で「驚異的な輸出成長」につながったと指摘している。 アナリストによると、中国の半導体輸入は年初来で数量ベースで前年同月比11%、金額ベースで45%増加した。 INGによると、この数字にはイラン戦争の影響は反映されていない。原油輸入量は年初来で前年同期比8.9%増加したが、金額ベースでは同4.7%減少した。 同行は、エネルギー価格の上昇により、今後数カ月で輸入がさらに加速する可能性があると指摘した。 四半期の貿易収支は2,643億ドルに達した。
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