2015.10.1302:11:48UTC+00China Sept dollar-denominated exports fall 3.7 percent, less than expected; imports sink 20.4 percent

The September exports in China dropped 3.7% from a year earlier, while exports plunged 20.4%, marking its 11^th consecutive month of decline.

That left the country with a trade surplus of $60.34 billion for the month, the General Administration of Customs said on Tuesday, slightly higher than expected.

Combined exports and imports dropped 8.1% in the first nine months of the year from the same period in 2014, well below the full-year official target for growth of 6 percent.