China's Exports Grow 14.1 Percent in Jan., Feb.

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China's Exports Grow 14.1 Percent in Jan., Feb.

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China's foreign trade reported an 8.8 percent increase, hitting 75.73 billion U.S. dollars-worth, in the first two months of this year, according to figures just released by the General Administration of Customs.

The statistics show that China's exports and imports in January and February increased to 40.84 billion U.S. dollars-worth and 34. 89 billion U.S. dollars-worth respectively, up 14.1 and 3.2 percent year-on-year.

China's exports to the United States increased by a large margin, while its exports to the European Union and Japan showed a weakening tendency.

More notably, China's imports from Russia, Japan, the United States and European Union all decreased, according to the statistics.

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China exported and imported 40. 67 billion U.S. dollars worth of goods in the first month of this year, up 25.7 percent over the same period last year, according to the latest Customs figures.

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China will work to maintain next year's foreign trade at this year's level while trying to increase export, Chinese trade minister Shi Guangsheng said Thursday in Beijing.

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