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February of 2009 witnessed the fourth consecutive months of shrinking trade value of China. On March 11， General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China announced the profile of China for-eign trade import and export in the first two months of this year.According to the customs' statistics， the total import and export value for the first two months amounted to US$266.77 billion，27.2% decreasing compared with the same period last year.Among the total value， the export value amounted to US$155.33 billion， down 21.1% year-on-year， while the import US$111.44 billion， 34.2% decreased year-on-year. And the trade surplus in January and February achieved US$43.89 billion， 59.6% growth year-on-year.