China remained top global exporter in 2016

China remained the world's largest exporter in 2016, shipping 13.84 trillion yuan ($2.1 trillion) worth of goods and accounting for 13.2 percent of worldwide exports, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

This is the eighth straight year that China held the top spot, ministry spokesman Sun Jiwen said.

Last year, the value of imports reached 10.49 trillion yuan and overall trade volume for 2016 reached 24.33 trillion yuan.