China's monthly trade surplus stood at US$22.9 billion in November, according to a latest report from the General Administration of Customs.
The figure, still the second-highest on record, is a bit smaller than that calculated by Xinhua on the basis of preliminary statistics released by China's Customs on Wednesday.
It also witnessed a slight drop from October's US$23.83 billion, this year's fifth monthly record high.
The report shows that the November foreign trade climbed up 26.1 percent to US$168.788 billion, including an export of US$95.854 billion, up 32.8 percent, and an import of US$72.933 billion, up 18.3 percent.
The year's aggregate trade surplus surged to US$156.521 billion through November, dwarfing the US$102 billion for the full-year of 2005.
In the latest update, the administration also fine-tuned its preliminary statistics on accumulated imports and exports.
The aggregate imports in the first 11 months surged 27.5 percent to US$875.042 billion while the aggregate imports climbed 20.6 percent to US$718.522 billion.
At Thursday-closed Central Economic Work Conference, the Chinese leadership made balancing international payments a major goal for next year, pledging to redouble efforts to vigorously expand imports and overseas investment, while maintaining rational export growth and use of foreign investment.
