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China's trade surplus with U.S. widens in 2017

Xinhua,January 12, 2018 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's trade surplus with the Unites States widened in 2017 while total foreign trade volume maintained rapid growth, customs data showed Friday.

Trade surplus with the United States soared 13 percent year on year to 1.87 trillion yuan (about 288 billion U.S. dollars), according to Huang Songping, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs.

China's imports and exports to the United States expanded 15.2 percent in 2017 to 3.95 trillion yuan, accounting for 14.2 percent of the total trade volume. Enditem