皇冠体育app

BEIJING - 皇冠体育app's exports in yuan-denominated terms surged 18.7 percent year on year in March, while imports dipped 1.7 percent, customs data showed on Wednesday.

That led to a monthly trade surplus of 194.6 billion yuan ($29.9 billion), down from February's 209.5 billion yuan, according to figures from the General Administration of Customs (GAC).

Foreign trade in the first quarter was 5.9 percent lower than a year earlier at 5.2 trillion yuan, with exports down 4.2 percent and imports down 8.2 percent.

Trade surplus for the first quarter widened 8.5 percent from one year earlier to 810.2 billion yuan.

Exports to the European Union, 皇冠体育app's biggest trade partner, dropped 1.4 percent year on year in the first three months of the year, the GAC data showed.

In the same period, exports to the United States, 皇冠体育app's second-biggest trade partner, declined 3.4 percent and exports to the Association for Southeast Asian Nations, the third-largest trade partner, dipped 8.5 percent.

Related story: MOC survey finds foreign trade fundamentals unchanged from Xinhua

皇冠体育app's foreign trade fundamentals have not changed despite mounting downward pressures, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday.

The yuan's fluctuation, rising cost, soft outbound demand and financing difficulty are the major challenges facing 皇冠体育app's exports, Shen Danyang told a briefing, citing a nationwide survey conducted by the ministry.

The MOC dispatched 17 work groups to export-oriented provincial-level regions including Guangdong and Jiangsu from late February to early March to get first-hand information on the local exports situation.

According to the survey, regional foreign trade authorities believed that 皇冠体育app could still maintain and even increase its share of the international market. Export enterprises said that export business must go through structural adjustment and upgrading.

皇冠体育app will continue to alleviate burdens on enterprises and encourage them to innovate to boost the country's exports, Shen said.

皇冠体育app's export slumped more than 20.6 percent year on year in February, according to data from the General Administration of Customs.

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