Dec 11 (Reuters) - Following is a breakdown of China's trade in November with the European Union, United States and Japan, issued on Friday by the Chinese customs administration.
(Monthly balance in $bln; percent changes year on year):
EUROPEAN UNION
Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Exp($b) 22.1 22.3 22.6 20.6 20.7 18.9 17.3 17.4 17.2 12.9 19.8 22.2 Imp($b) 11.8 10.1 12.7 11.3 12.0 11.8 9.6 10.0 9.2 8.0 8.1 10.5 Balance 10.3 12.2 9.9 9.3 8.7 7.1 7.7 7.4 8.0 4.9 11.7 11.7 Exp pct -7.9 -14.9 -17.5 -26.7 -26.0 -23.5 -29.1 -27.5 -20.2 -30.2 -17.4 -3.5 Imp pct 22.9 -4.7 7.7 -6.7 -7.7 2.6 -18.0 -17.2 -17.4 -4.9 -21.5 -6.0 _______________________________________________________________________________
UNITED STATES
Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Exp($b) 20.0 21.3 21.2 18.8 20.3 17.7 16.7 17.2 16.5 11.8 17.3 19.2 Imp($b) 7.2 6.2 6.9 6.3 6.3 6.1 5.7 6.6 6.2 5.4 5.0 6.7 Balance 12.8 15.1 14.3 12.5 14.0 11.6 11.0 10.6 10.3 6.4 12.3 12.5 Exp pct -2.0 -9.7 -14.2 -22.0 -13.9 -16.9 -21.2 -17.7 -12.6 -23.9 -9.8 -4.1 Imp pct 16.1 0.0 -2.8 -3.0 -12.5 -7.6 -17.4 -15.4 -12.7 -10.6 -29.9 6.5 _______________________________________________________________________________
JAPAN
Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Exp($b) 8.8 8.9 9.8 7.7 8.2 7.4 6.9 7.8 8.0 5.6 8.2 10.0 Imp($b) 12.2 11.2 13.8 11.0 12.0 11.9 8.9 10.6 9.5 8.4 6.3 10.5 Balance 3.4 -2.3 -4.0 -3.3 -2.8 -4.5 -2.0 -2.8 -1.4 -2.8 2.0 -0.6 Exp pct -12.0 -13.6 -8.4 -20.6 -20.4 -28.1 -26.6 -24.3 -13.6 -27.4 -9.0 2.4 Imp pct 17.3 -13.2 -0.7 -18.5 -20.0 -12.5 -28.8 -23.7 -25.5 -20.4 -43.5 -15.4
~Rounding may lead to slight discrepancies between trade balances and aggregate export and import figures. Export and import growth rates are in some cases calculated by Reuters based on customs data. (Reporting by Beijing Economics Team; Editing by Ken Wills)