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    ECONOMY

    May 20, 2021 3 minutes

    Foreign Trade

    The import and export volume of China expanded 28.5 percent year on year to 11.62 trillion yuan ($1.8 trillion) in the first four months of 2021, up 21.8 percent from the pre-epidemic level in 2019, data from the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) showed on May 7.

    Exports jumped 33.8 percent from a year earlier, while imports climbed 22.7 percent in yuan terms. Trade surplus increased 149.7 percent to 1.02 trillion yuan ($158 billion).

    Imports and exports totaled 3.15 trillion yuan ($489 billion) in April alone. This

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