China's exports and imports shrank for the seventh month in row in May, the General Administration of Customs said on Thursday.

Source: General Administration of Customs [chinadaily.com.cn]

Exports fell 26.4 percent in May from the same period a year ago to US$88.758 billion. Imports were down 25.2 percent to US$75.36 billion.

The trade surplus was US$13.39 billion.

The combined foreign trade in May was worth US$164.13 billion, down 25.9 percent year on year, down 3.1 percent from that for April.

Exports in the five months to May totaled US$426.14 billion, down 21.8 percent, and imports went down 28 percent to US$337.34 billion over the same period.

(Xinhua News Agency June 11, 2009)