BEIJING, April 10 (Reuters) - China's exports in March rose 32.8 percent from February, when adjusted for the difference in working days between the two months, the General Administration of Customs said on Friday.
In confirming trade figures released earlier by the official Xinhua news agency, the customs administration also said that imports rose 14.0 percent on a month-on-month basis, adjusted for the difference in working days.
Exports fell 17.1 percent in March from a year earlier, while imports fell 25.1 percent, resulting in a trade surplus of $18.56 billion.
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"All the indicators have shown that China's foreign trade in March has started to witness a noticeable recovery," the administration said in a statement on its website. (Reporting by Zhou Xin; Writing by Jason Subler)