According to statistics of China customs, surplus of China trade exceeded US$ 2.38 billion in the first five months, US$ 100 million higher than that of the first four months.

  In the first five months, China’s foreign trade totaled US$ 309.34 billion, up by 39.6%. Out of which exports were US$ 155.6 billion with an increase of 34.3%；Imports were US$ 153.48 billion with an increase of 45.5%.The trade surplus in this period were US$ 2.8 billion.

  Figures show that from January to May, exports by general trade continued to grow fast, and growth rate of imports was further down. The I$E through general trade was US$ 138.35 billion with an increase of 45.3%. out of which exports was US$ 66.42 billion, up by 36.1%；Imports was US$ 71.93 billion, up by 55.1%；The growth rate from January to May is 3.2 percentage points lower than that of Jan.- Apr..

  Import & Export by processing trade increased. The import growth slight slowed down. I&E by processing trade was US$ 143 billion with an increase of 32.4%. Out of which export was US$ 84.84 billion in the first five months, up by 32.4%, 0.9 percentage points higher over the first four months. Imports was US$ 58.16 billion with an increase of 32.4%, and 0.6 percentage points lower than that in the January-April period.