BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Following is a breakdown of China's trade in
October with the European Union, United States and Japan, issued on Wednesday by
the Chinese customs administration.

(Monthly balance in $bln; percent changes from year earlier):

EUROPEAN UNION

Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov
Exp($b) 22.3 22.6 20.6 20.7 18.9 17.3 17.4 17.2 12.9 19.8 22.2 24.0
Imp($b) 10.1 12.7 11.3 12.0 11.8 9.6 10.0 9.2 8.0 8.1 10.5 9.6
Balance 12.2 9.9 9.3 8.7 7.1 7.7 7.4 8.0 4.9 11.7 11.7 14.4
Exp pct -14.9 -17.5 -26.7 -26.0 -23.5 -29.1 -27.5 -20.2 -30.2 -17.4 -3.5 0.0
Imp pct -4.7 7.7 -6.7 -7.7 2.6 -18.0 -17.2 -17.4 -4.9 -21.5 -6.0 -8.6
_______________________________________________________________________________ UNITED STATES

Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov
Exp($b) 21.3 21.2 18.8 20.3 17.7 16.7 17.2 16.5 11.8 17.3 19.2 20.4
Imp($b) 6.2 6.9 6.3 6.3 6.1 5.7 6.6 6.2 5.4 5.0 6.7 6.2
Balance 15.1 14.3 12.5 14.0 11.6 11.0 10.6 10.3 6.4 12.3 12.5 14.2
Exp pct -9.7 -14.2 -22.0 -13.9 -16.9 -21.2 -17.7 -12.6 -23.9 -9.8 -4.1 -6.1
Imp pct 0.0 -2.8 -3.0 -12.5 -7.6 -17.4 -15.4 -12.7 -10.6 -29.9 6.5 -5.5
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JAPAN

Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov
Exp($b) 8.9 9.8 7.7 8.2 7.4 6.9 7.8 8.0 5.6 8.2 10.0 10.0
Imp($b) 11.2 13.8 11.0 12.0 11.9 8.9 10.6 9.5 8.4 6.3 10.5 10.4
Balance -2.3 -4.0 -3.3 -2.8 -4.5 -2.0 -2.8 -1.4 -2.8 2.0 -0.6 -0.4
Exp pct -13.6 -8.4 -20.6 -20.4 -28.1 -26.6 -24.3 -13.6 -27.4 -9.0 2.4 4.0
Imp pct -13.2 -0.7 -18.5 -20.0 -12.5 -28.8 -23.7 -25.5 -20.4 -43.5 -15.4 -14.8

~Rounding may lead to slight discrepancies between trade balances and
aggregate export and import figures. Export and import growth rates are in some
cases calculated by Reuters based on customs data.
(Reporting by Beijing Economics Team; Editing by Chris Lewis)