BEIJING, July 13, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Huang Songping (R), spokesman of the General Administration of Customs (GAC), speaks at a press conference about the foreign trade in the first half of 2016 in Beijing, capital of China, July 13, 2016. Foreign trade in the first half of 2016 was 3.3 percent lower than a year earlier at 11.13 trillion yuan (about 1.67 trillion U.S. dollars), with exports down 2.1 percent and imports down 4.7 percent. (Xinhua/Pan Xu)