BEIJING, March 6 (Reuters) - China's exports and imports both dropped by more than 20 percent in February, the 21st Century Business Herald reported on Friday, citing an unnamed official.
The official calculated that, based on such percentage falls, China's trade surplus for the month may have fallen to $7 billion.
That would be sharply lower than the $39.1 billion surplus in January.
If accurate, those figures would mark an acceleration in the fall in China's exports and the fourth straight monthly decline for both exports and imports.
Exports fell 17.5 percent and imports fell 43.1 percent in January. (Reporting by Langi Chiang; Editing by Ken Wills)