中国贸易增长9月显著放缓（双语）

　　Growth in Chinese trade slowed significantly last month as the world’s second-largest economy began to feel the effects of the economic turmoil hitting its most important trading partners in Europe and the US.

　　中国外贸增长速度上个月明显放缓。这个全球第二大经济体开始感受到欧美经济动荡给它最重要的贸易伙伴带来的影响。

　　Overall Chinese exports increased 17.1 percent in September from a year earlier, down from a 24.5 percent increase in August and well below most forecasts, according to data released by Chinese customs on Thursday.

　　中国海关周四公布的数据显示，中国出口总量9月份同比增长17.1%，增速低于8月份的24.5%，也远低于预期。

　　Imports also decelerated, rising 20.9 percent from a year earlier, compared with August’s 30.2 percent rise.

　　进口增长也在减速。9月进口增长20.9%，低于8月的30.2%。

　　Many of China’s imports are components such as computer chips or raw materials that are eventually re-exported as finished goods so slowing imports can signal future declines in exports.

　　中国进口的产品中，很多为电脑芯片这样的零配件以及原材料，它们最终会被加工为成品再用于出口。因此，进口放缓意味着未来的出口放缓。

　　The slowdown was particularly apparent in Chinese trade with crisis-hit Europe last month, with exports rising just 9.8 percent in September from a year earlier, compared with a 22.3 percent rise in August.

　　中国与身陷债务危机的欧洲之间的贸易减速尤为明显。对欧洲出口9月同比仅增长9.8%，增速较8月的22.3%明显下滑。

　　Imports from Europe, China’s biggest trade partner, were up 25.7 percent in September from a year earlier, compared with a 31.4 percent increase in August.

　　从欧洲进口同比上升25.7%，增速也低于8月的31.4%。欧洲是中国最大的贸易伙伴。

　　Annual trade growth with Japan, the US, Taiwan and Australia all slowed from earlier months.

　　中国与日本、美国、台湾地区和澳大利亚之间的贸易增长均比此前几个月有所放缓。

　　China’s trade surplus, a serious point of contention with big trade partners, particularly the US, also came in lower than expected at $14.5bn in September, compared with $17.8bn in August and $31.5bn in July.

　　中国对美国的贸易顺差9月为145亿美元，也低于预期。这个数字在8月和7月分别为178亿美元和315亿美元。贸易顺差是中国与贸易伙伴之间产生纷争的一个重要原因。