• China recorded its largest trade surplus this year in May, as exports grew more than expected. The trade surplus rose sharply to US$19.53 billion in May from US$1.68 billion in April when the country returned to a trade surplus after seeing a deficit of US$7.24 billion for the first time in 70 months. [ Full article ]

 

 

 

 Total trade, export and import data above are all year-on-year growth rate;   
trade surplus data is in billion yuan.