China's imports and exports totaled 14.76 trillion yuan in the first 5 months of this year, up 28.2 percent year-on-year and 21.6 percent from the same period in 2019, the General Administration of Customs said on Monday.Of this, exports reached 8.04 trillion yuan, up 30.1 percent year-on-year and 23.6 percent over the same period in 2019;Imports reached 6.72 trillion yuan, up 25.9% year on year and 19.2% over the same period in 2019;The trade surplus was 1.32 trillion yuan, up 56.2 percent year on year.

In dollar terms, the total value of China's imports and exports in the first five months of this year was US $2.27 trillion, up 38.1 percent year-on-year and 26.8 percent over the same period in 2019.Of this, exports amounted to US $1.24 trillion, up 40.2 percent year-on-year and 29 percent over the same period in 2019.Imports reached US $1.03 trillion, up 35.6 percent year-on-year and 24.3 percent over the same period in 2019;The trade surplus was US $203.45 billion, an increase of 70.2% year on year.

The proportion of imports and exports in general trade increased.In the first five months, China's general trade imports and exports reached 9.12 trillion yuan, up 32% year on year (the same below), accounting for 61.8% of China's total foreign trade value and 1.8 percentage points higher than the same period last year.Exports accounted for 4.9 trillion yuan, up 34.5 percent;Imports were 4.22 trillion yuan, up 29.2%.In the same period, import and export of processing trade reached 3.23 trillion yuan, up 16.7 percent, accounting for 21.9 percent, down 2.2 percentage points.Exports accounted for 2.02 trillion yuan, up 16.4%;Imports were 1.21 trillion yuan, up 17.1%.In addition, China's imports and exports through bonded logistics totaled 1.79 trillion yuan, up 29.9 percent.Among them, the export was 625.26 billion yuan, up by 37.6 percent;Imports were 1.16 trillion yuan, up 26.1%.