China's August exports growth slows while imports growth accelerates

China's exports increased 34.4 percent in August from a year earlier to 139.3 billion U.S. dollars, but the pace of growth slowed from July's 38.1-percent surge, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Friday.

The country's imports rose 35.2 percent year on year to reach 119.27 billion U.S. dollars last month, with the growth rate up 12.5 percentage points from that in July.

China's trade surplus for the first eight months of the year totaled 103.9 billion U.S. dollars, down 14.6 percent from the same period last year, the GAC said.
(Source:xinhua)