China’s Export Growth Likely Eased in September on Electricity Curbs: Reuters Poll

China’s Export Growth Likely Eased in September on Electricity Curbs: Reuters Poll
Shipping containers at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China, on Oct. 19, 2020. Aly Song/Reuters
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BEIJING—China’s export growth likely slowed in September as electricity rationing hit production at home, while a shift in consumption towards services as developed economies reopened likely reduced global appetite for Chinese goods, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.

Exports are expected to have risen 21.0 percent in September from a year earlier, according to the median forecast of 30 economists in the poll, after growing 25.6 percent in August.