BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) - China posted stronger-than-expected import growth in August, reinforcing views that the world's second-largest economy is still expanding at a healthy pace despite tighter policy. imports grew 13.3 percent from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday, handily beating analysts' forecast of 10 percent and accelerating from an 11.0 percent pace in July.
Following is a breakdown of China's exports and imports with its biggest trade partners in August.
(Trade figures in $ billion, percent changes year-on-year):
Aug-17 Exports Imports Balance
Exports
Imports
Exports
Imports
+/- % y/y +/- % y/y +/- % m/m +/- % m/m Japan
11.2
14.2
-3.1
1.1%
9.7%
-0.5%
4.8% South Korea
8.6
15.3
-6.6
7.7%
13.1%
6.7%
10.6% Taiwan
3.8
13.8
-10.1
12.1%
8.0%
7.9%
8.9% European
34.2
22.5
11.7
5.2%
19.1%
4.0%
8.8% Union
USA
39.2
13.0
26.2
8.4%
18.1%
5.0%
7.2% Australia
3.5
6.7
-3.2
1.7%
7.1%
4.5%
-8.0% ASEAN
23.3
21.0
2.2
6.0%
22.5%
1.8%
17.5%