BEIJING, July 10 from 10 points in China General Administration of Customs released the first half of this year China’s foreign trade imports and exports. According to customs statistics, from January to June China’s import and export value of 1.35488 trillion U.S. dollars, than the same period last year (the same below) increased 43.1%. Exports 705.09 billion U.S. dollars, up 35.2%; imports 649.79 billion U.S. dollars, up 52.7%; trade surplus was 55.3 billion U.S. dollars, down 42.5%. Data show that China’s import and export value of the month in June 254.77 billion U.S. dollars, up 39.2%. Of which exports 137.4 billion U.S. dollars, up 43.9%; imports 117.37 billion U.S. dollars, up 34.1%. Customs statistics show that in June, China’s monthly export value and export value were refreshing in July 2008 in the historical record, are a record. From the chain point of view, import and export in June this year, the chain than in May increased by 4.4%; exports rose 4.3%, Central, Central, imports rose 4.6%.

Major trading partner with bilateral trade, the customs statistics, bilateral trade between China and the EU 219.42 billion U.S. dollars, up 37.2%. Bilateral trade with the United States was 171.99 billion U.S. dollars worth, up 30.2%. ASEAN, Japan by a narrow margin over again become our third largest trading partner. In the first half, China’s bilateral trade with Japan was 136.55 billion U.S. dollars worth, up 37%. Among them, China exported 55.11 billion U.S. dollars in Japan, up 25.2%; from Japanese imports 81.44 billion U.S. dollars, up 46.3%; on the Japanese trade deficit of 26.33 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 1.3 times. Over the same period, bilateral trade between China and ASEAN totaled 136.49 billion U.S. dollars, up 54.7%. Among them, China’s exports to ASEAN was 64.6 billion U.S. dollars, up 45.4%; from ASEAN imports 71.89 billion U.S. dollars, up 64%; of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations trade deficit of 7.29 billion U.S. dollars, while the trade surplus in 2009 compared to 600 million U.S. dollars. In addition, Brazil ranks tenth largest trading partner of China. In the first half, China’s bilateral trade with Brazil was 26.39 billion U.S. dollars worth, up 60.3%. Among them, I exported 10.32 billion U.S. dollars to Brazil, up 1 times; imported 16.07 billion U.S. dollars from Brazil, up 41.1%; deficit of 5.75 billion U.S. dollars to Brazil.