CHINA REPORTS 700 MLN DLR TWO-MONTH TRADE DEFICIT

  China's trade deficit totalled 700 mln
  dlrs in the first two months of this year, according to figures
  released by the State Statistics Bureau.
      The New China News Agency quoted the Bureau as saying
  foreign trade totalled 9.3 billion dlrs in the period, of which
  exports were worth 4.3 billion dlrs.
      The bureau said total trade volume was up 2.5 pct on the
  same 1986 period, with exports up 18.1 pct, but it gave no
  other comparative figures.
      China's 1986 trade deficit totalled 12 billion dlrs,
  official figures show.
  

