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Trade volume growth remains strong

Exports increased by 7.4 percent year-on-year to 3.54 trillion yuan ($5.63 billion) in the first three months while imports surged by 11.7 percent to 3.21 trillion yuan, Huang Songping, spokesman for the General Administration of Customs, said at a news conference on Friday.

He announced that foreign trade volume registered a hefty growth of 9.4 percent year-on-year to 6.75 trillion yuan in the first quarter of the year, buoyed by the steady recovery of the global economy and solid domestic demand.