China's foreign trade volume up 6.5% in July

Ships get ready for their voyages in the foreign trade container terminal of Qingdao port in Shandong province. [Photo by Yu Fangping/For China Daily]

China's total foreign trade volume up 6.5 percent to 2.93 trillion yuan in July, customs data showed on Friday.

The country's exports grew by 10.4 percent year-on-year to 1.69 trillion yuan in July, while its imports amounted to 1.24 trillion yuan, jumping by 1.6 percent from same period a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs said.

In the first seven months of this year, foreign trade of goods reached 17.16 trillion yuan, down 1.7 percent from the same period last year and narrowing by 1.5 percentage points compared with the decrease in the first half, customs data showed. 

Editor: John Li