BEIJING, Oct 13 (Reuters) - China's exports rose 25.1 percent in September from a year earlier and imports were up 24.1 percent, the customs authority reported on Wednedsay.
That left China with a trade surplus of $16.9 billion, compared with a surplus of $20 billion in August.
The median forecast of economists polled by Reuters was for exports to rise 25.5 percent and imports to climb 23.7 percent, with a projected trade surplus of $18.0 billion. [ID:nTOE69A04U]
Trade, in billions of dollars:
Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Exp 145.0 139.3 145.5 137.3 131.8 119.9 112.1 94.5 Imp 128.1 119.3 116.8 117.3 112.2 118.2 119.3 86.9 Bal 16.9 20.0 28.7 20.0 19.5 1.7 -7.2 7.6
Export and import growth (yr/yr % change):
Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Exp 25.1 34.4 38.1 43.9 48.5 30.5 24.3 45.7 Imp 24.1 35.2 22.7 34.1 48.3 49.7 66.0 44.7
Rolling 12-month surplus, in billions of dollars:
Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Bal 181.1 177.1 172.8 154.7 142.9 136.8 148.2 174.0 (Reporting by Langi Chiang and Kevin Yao; Editing by Ken Wills)