(MENAFN- QNA) China's exports in August rose 9.4% year-on-year to $208.5 billion, with monthly trade surplus reaching an all-time high of $49.8 billion, official data showed on Monday.
China's imports continued to disappoint as it contracted last month again, The year-on-year decrease for august was 2.4% to $158.6 billion , the General Administration of Customs said in a statement.
Trade surplus in August jumped 77.8% year-on-year and hit a record high again, after reaching an all-time high of $47.3 billion in July, China's News Agency Xinhua reported.
Last month, China's total trade volume rose 4% year-on-year to $367.1 billion.
In the first eight months, total trade edged up by 2.3% to $2.77 trillion, with exports up 3.8% to $1.48 trillion and imports up 0.6% to $1.28 trillion.
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