China's service trade up 3.2 pct in first 7 months

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's service trade totaled 3.09 trillion yuan (about 436 billion U.S. dollars) during the first seven months of 2019, up 3.2 percent year on year, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed Wednesday.

Export of services amounted to 1.1 trillion yuan, up 9.5 percent, while import came in at 1.99 trillion yuan, the ministry said in a statement.

The service trade deficit stood at 887.1 billion yuan during the period, down 9.8 percent year on year.