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BEIJING, March 13 (Reuters) - Chinese exports and imports were a lot stronger in the first 10 days of March than in February, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Friday.
The drop in exports so far this month had been much smaller than in February, when they were down 25.7 percent over the whole month from a year earlier, Chen told reporters on the sidelines of the country's annual meeting of parliament.
He forecast that the improvement in trade volumes witnessed in the first part of March would persist for the whole of the month.
Asked whether China would continue to increase value-added tax rebates for exporters, he said, "China is always ready to adjust its policies as long as the international situation continues to change." (Reporting by Michael Wei and Zhou Xin; Writing by Alan Wheatley; Editing by Ken Wills)