China Posts Double Digit Trade Growth in First Half of 2022

China's General Administration of Customs released lastest global trade figures released on Sunday.

China’s total global trade jumped 10.3% in the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year, according to new figures released on Sunday by the General Administration of Customs.

In all, the country did $3.49 trillion of international trade, marking solid gains among its three largest trading partners: ASEAN (+13.2%), the EU (+8.9%) and the United States (+11.8%).

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