Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries hit US$102.59 billion in the first nine months of 2014, up by 4.06 percent from a year earlier, according to data from China Customs.

China sold goods and services to Portuguese-speaking Countries worth US$33.24 billion in the January-September period, an increase of 3.98 percent year-on-year. The value of China’s imports from those countries reached US$69.35 billion in the same period, according to Chinese official data.

September trade however was flat when compared with a year earlier. Total trade value reached US$12.52 billion, the same figure recorded a year ago.

In the first nine months of 2014, Brazil was the top trade partner of China among the Portuguese-speaking Countries. Total trade between China and Brazil topped US$68.23 billion between January and September, up by 1.38 percent year-on-year.

In second place was Angola with bilateral trade of US$28.26 billion, an increase of 4.31 percent. Portugal was the third trading partner in the period, with the value of goods and services traded growing 24.93 percent to US$3.61 billion.

Trade between China and Mozambique grew by 95.27 percent in the first nine months of 2014, reaching US$2.33 billion.

The other Portuguese-speaking countries – Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor and São Tomé and Principe – traded a total of US$145 million with China.