According to the website of the General Administration of Customs 2018, the total import and export value of China's goods trade was 6.75 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.4% over the same period of last year. Among them, exports were 3.54 trillion yuan, up 7.4% year-on-year; imports were 3.21 trillion yuan, up 11.7% year-on-year; trade surplus was 326.18 billion yuan, down 21.8% year-on-year.
In the first quarter, China's imports and exports to the EU, the US and ASEAN increased by 8.2%, 6.3% and 13.7% respectively, which together accounted for 41.2% of China's total import and export value; China's imports and exports to Russia, Poland and Kazakhstan were respectively The year-on-year growth was 20.5%, 16.6% and 16.2%, both higher than the overall increase.
In the first quarter, China's general trade import and export was 3.93 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.2%, accounting for 58.3% of China's total foreign trade, an increase of 2%. Of this total, exports were 1.98 trillion yuan, up 13.3% year-on-year; imports were 1.95 trillion yuan, up 13.0% year-on-year.
In the first quarter, China exported 12,449 tons of rare earths, down 0.9% year-on-year; China's export rare earths amounted to 770 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.2%.
In the first quarter, China exported 1.269 million tons of unwrought aluminum and aluminum, up 19.7% year-on-year; China's export of unwrought aluminum and aluminum was 23.77 billion yuan, up 21.9% year-on-year.
In the first quarter, China imported 270.508 million tons of iron ore and concentrates, down 0.1% year-on-year; China's iron ore and concentrate imports amounted to 125.87 billion yuan, down 16.9% year-on-year.
In the first quarter, China's copper ore and concentrate imports were 4.676 million tons, up 7.4% year-on-year; China's copper ore and concentrate imports amounted to 53.06 billion yuan, up 23.8% year-on-year.
In the first quarter, China's unwrought copper and copper imports amounted to 1.23 million tons, an increase of 7.3% year-on-year; China's unwrought copper and copper imports amounted to 59.48 billion yuan, an increase of 19.5%.