sam baddas filed this report >> reporter: pressure for the chinese economy in 2023 according to the data from the customs bureau the country continued to import and export further goods to kickoff the year pointing to the slowdown in the economy and weakness domestically. january and february data is combined to strip out distortion of the lunar new year holiday. exports which had been a bright spot in the economy throughout most of the pandemic continue to fall in the first two months the result was better than the marketexpected the performance was expected with the manufacturing expanding at the fastest pace in over a decade and delivery times picking up imports fell more than expected and continuing decline from 2022 which speaks to the productivity and demand story in china. particularly in the property se sector that brought the trade balance to $116.9 billion ballooning from december. the trade figures highlight the challenges for the chinese economy which clearly can't continue to export its way out of slowing growth. it supports the case for setting a more modest around 5% gdp g

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