Foreign trade volume nears $800 bln in first 4 months

Recently, the General Administration of Customs released this year's trade volume statistics. China's total imports and exports reached 791.14 billion U.S. dollars in the first fourth months, up 24.4 percent year-on-year. Exports amounted to 424.57 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 21.5 percent; and imports accounted for 366.57 billion U.S. dollars, growing by 27.9 percent.

The trade surplus in this period reached 58 billion U.S. dollars, down 7.9 percent.

Statistics also reveal that in April total imports and exports grew by 23.9 percent to reach 220.74 billion U.S. dollars, hitting a record high.

Source: People's Daily Online