BEIJING (Reuters) - China's trade deficit in services widened to $18.3 billion in November from $17.8 billion in October, the foreign exchange regulator said on Wednesday.
The deficit was largely due to a $14.9 billion gulf in spending between foreign tourists and the Chinese, who splurge more abroad than do visitors to China, data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) showed.
For the January-November period, China's services trade deficit stood at $234.8 billion, versus a gap of $216.5 billion for January-October.