China’s Imports From Russia Reach Record With Largest Ever Surge

Shipping containers at Vladivostok port in Russia.Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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China’s imports from Russia surged by the most ever in dollar terms, bucking an overall decline in its purchases of foreign goods as trade between the neighbors booms.

China bought $11.5 billion of Russian products in August after an increase of more than a quarter from July, according to customs figures published in Beijing on Thursday. The monthly haul was the biggest in data going back more than two decades.