U.S. foreign trade figures show COVID-19 continues to impact global, domestic economy


By Gao Lu
  • World
  • Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020

HOUSTON, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The latest foreign trade figures of the U.S. Houston-Galveston Customs District showed the novel coronavirus has continued to impact both global and domestic economic activity, according to a Monday release.

The monthly update of foreign trade from the Greater Houston Partnership showed that the customs district's top import, crude and refined products decreased in weight by 1.1 percent in the first nine months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. The value decreased by 36.2 percent in the same period, from 16.9 billion U.S. dollars to 10.8 billion dollars.

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