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China's foreign trade up 24.5 per cent in first seven months



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BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's total imports and exports expanded 24.5 per cent year on year to 21.34 trillion yuan (about 3.3 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first seven months of the year, official data showed Saturday.

The volume marked a 22.3 per cent increase compared with the level during the same period in 2019, data from the General Administration of Customs showed.

Both exports and imports logged double-digit growth in the Jan.-July period, jumping 24.5 per cent and 24.4 per cent from a year earlier, respectively.

Trade surplus increased 24.8 per cent year on year in the first seven months to 1.98 trillion yuan.

In July alone, the country's imports and exports rose 11.5 per cent year on year to 3.27 trillion yuan, customs data showed.