China’s September export numbers rightly made headlines: manufactured exports rose 38% in value year-on-year.

China’s September export numbers rightly made headlines: manufactured exports rose 38% in value year-on-year.

China’s September export numbers rightly made headlines: manufactured exports rose 38% in value year-on-year. Now that granular data are available, we can distinguish between rising export prices and rising volumes (central to „flood“ narratives), and assess whether export growth is broad-based or concentrated in a limited range of products. I’ve distilled ten findings into the first page of this short briefing.  Includes several charts that speak a thousand words.  Comments welcome, especially as I’m considering making this a monthly update.