BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) - China's exports and imports in April both rose in dollar terms from March, even though they were down sharply from year-earlier levels, the General Administration of Customs said on Tuesday.
Customs published export and import figures that showed a trade surplus last month of $13.14 billion, slightly higher than the figure of $12.9 billion indicated by Xinhua news agency when it published a cumulative January-April surplus of $75.43 billion.
Trade, in billions of dollars:
Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Exp 91.9 90.3 64.9 90.5 111.2 115.0 128.3 136.4 Imp 78.8 71.7 60.1 51.3 72.2 74.9 93.1 107.1 Bal 13.1 18.6 4.8 39.1 39.0 40.1 35.2 29.3
Export and import growth (yr/yr % change):
Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Exp -22.6 -17.1 -25.7 -17.5 -2.8 -2.2 19.2 21.5 Imp -23.0 -25.1 -24.1 -43.1 -21.3 -17.9 15.6 21.3
Rolling 12-month surplus, in billions of dollars:
Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Bal 314.8 318.3 311.3 315.1 295.5 278.7 265.0 257.3 (Reporting by Zhou Xin and Alan Wheatley; Editing by Ken Wills)