Chinese Imports : What's Behind the Slowdown? /
Real imports in China have decelerated significantly over the last two years to below 4 percent (yoy) from double-digit growth in previous years. Weaker investment, partly due to progress in rebalancing from investment to consumption, has been the main factor accounting for about 40-50 percent of sl...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2016.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2016/106 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
| Summary: | Real imports in China have decelerated significantly over the last two years to below 4 percent (yoy) from double-digit growth in previous years. Weaker investment, partly due to progress in rebalancing from investment to consumption, has been the main factor accounting for about 40-50 percent of slowdown during this period. Weaker exports also account for about 40 percent of slowdown, of which about a quarter is due to stronger RMB. Onshoring-substitution of imported intermediate inputs with domestic production-has not been an additional drag over this period but it continues to slow import growth at a similar pace as previous periods. There is large uncertainty about the impact of rebalancing on the import slowdown due to difficulties in identifying the counterfactual nonrebalancing path. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (34 pages) |
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| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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