China's foreign trade hits historic high in 2018

Source: Xinhua| 2019-01-14 12:02:27|Editor: mmm
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CHINA-FOREIGN TRADE-HISTORIC HIGH (CN)

Workers produce medical gloves at a factory in Luannan County, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 8, 2018. Each year, over 13 billion medical gloves are produced in Luannan County and exported to global markets including the U.S., Germany and France. China's foreign trade rose 9.7 percent year on year to a historic high of 30.51 trillion yuan (about 4.5 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2018, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Monday. Exports rose 7.1 percent year on year to 16.42 trillion yuan last year, while imports grew 12.9 percent to 14.09 trillion yuan, resulting in a trade surplus of 2.33 trillion yuan, which narrowed by 18.3 percent. Exports and imports of products under the general trade category surged 12.5 percent year on year to 17.64 trillion yuan, accounting for 57.8 percent of the total foreign trade, 1.4 percentage points higher than 2017. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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