According to the freshly-published data, Chinese exports to Russia from January to August decreased 0.8 percent compared to the same period last year, totalling $31 billion, while imports from Russia to China decreased 5.2 percent year-on-year to total $37.5 billion.
In August alone, China imported $4.5 billion worth of Russian goods and exported $5.2 billion worth of its own goods to Russia, the data shows.
China's trade with the United States also decreased in the January-August period, continuing the downward trend that has persisted since the two countries engaged in a brutal economic confrontation, which is often referred to as trade war.
In the given period, Chinese exports to the US decreased 3.6 percent year-on-year, totalling $266 billion, while US imports in China decreased 2.9 percent to a total of $78.2 billion.
The month of August accounted for $55.3 billion of bilateral trade, with China's exports to the US totalling $44.7 billion and US exports to China totalling $10.5 billion.