{"id":2455,"date":"2011-11-29T21:16:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T02:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2011-11-29T21:16:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T02:16:40","slug":"china-manufacturing-exports-shrink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/29\/china-manufacturing-exports-shrink\/","title":{"rendered":"China manufacturing exports shrink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Harper Petersen Index shows a fall in container shipping rates in the last few months, reflecting a sharp decline in manufacturing exports.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2011\/2011-11-30-harper-petersen-index.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Harper Petersen Index\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg (hat tip to macrobusiness.com.au) now reports that &#8220;the cost of hauling goods to Europe from China (its largest export market) is falling faster than rates for deliveries to the U.S. The price for shipments to Europe is down 39 percent to $511 per twenty-foot box since Aug. 31, according to figures from Clarkson Securities Ltd., a unit of the world\u2019s largest shipbroker. 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